Cycling

Rui Oliveira won the final stage of the Volta a Portugal in his home city of Porto before dedicating the win to Finlay Tarling’s family. British rider Tarling, 19, died after an accident during stage eight of the race on Friday. The final two stages went ahead with the family’s …

British cyclist Finlay Tarling dies at the age of 19 in a serious accident during the eighth stage of the Volta a Portugal. BBC News

Demi Vollering showed her prowess on the final stage of the Tour de France Femmes to become the first two-time winner of cycling’s most prestigious stage race. The Dutch FDJ-Suez rider won the penultimate stage to snatch the leader’s yellow jersey from Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney and carry an eight-second lead into …

Demi Vollering raced clear to win stage eight of the Tour de France Femmes and snatch the leader’s yellow jersey with just one stage remaining. The race lead has changed hands for the second day running, with Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney having won on Mont Ventoux to replace Marlen Reusser at the …

Tour de France Femmes stage six results 1. Kim Le Court (Mau, AG Insurance-Soudal) 4hours, 1 minute and 48 seconds 2. Cedrine Kerbaol (Fra, EF Education-Oatly) same time 3. Puck Pieterse (Ned, Fenix-Premier Tech) 4. Sarah Van Dam (Can, Visma-Lease A Bike) 5. Celia Gery (Fra, FDJ United-Suez) 6. Liana …

Available for over a year Tadej Pogacar has dominated the Tour de France once again, and now has his sights set on this year’s Vuelta a Espana – the only one of cycling’s triple crown races he’s yet to win. Few would bet against him taking that title too. But …

Neil Fachie has confirmed his intention “after a magical couple of weeks in Glasgow” to “bow out of elite sport as Scotland’s most successful Commonwealth Games athlete”. The 42-year-old Para-cyclist had come out of retirement to compete in Glasgow and took two more golds with pilot Aaron Pope after victories …

Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser took the first yellow jersey of her career by winning a 21km time trial from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon in the fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes. The time trial world champion, 34, completed the course in 27 minutes and 30 seconds, ending the day with …

Norway’s Sigrid Haugset won stage three of the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift with a remarkable solo breakaway. Haugset of Uno X Mobility held off the challenge of Belgium’s two-time world champion Lotte Kopecky, with the SD Worx-Protime rider crossing the line one minute 24 seconds down after a …

Preparation explained part of the conversation. Watching her ride explained the rest. Again and again, people used the same word. Smooth. “She’s got a beautiful style. You could put a teacup on her back and it would not spill,” said two-time Commonwealth champion Katherine Bates. “She’s got an exceptionally strong …

England cyclist Matthew Robertson broke the Commonwealth Games record for a second time to earn gold in the men’s C1-C3 3,000m individual pursuit. Robertson, 27, had already taken the Games record in the morning qualification session, only for Scotland’s Fin Graham to break it and set up an intriguing gold-medal …

Teenager Henry Hobbs avoided involvement in a serious crash on the penultimate lap to sprint to victory in the men’s 10km scratch race at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The 19-year-old had already claimed a gold as part of the men’s 4000m pursuit team earlier in the week before following …

England’s teenage cyclist Henry Hobbs claimed his first senior individual medal by winning Commonwealth Games bronze in the men’s elimination race – just one day after a dramatic gold in the 4,000m team pursuit. Fresh from the exploits of Thursday evening, the 19-year-old from Essex enjoyed yet more success in …

Riding under Niewiadoma-Phinney on the Canyon-SRAM team is Britain’s Zoe Backstedt, who is making her Tour debut. The 21-year-old Welsh rider has an impressive roster of achievements already, with seven wins to her name this season, and a rich family history routed in the Tour. Her father Magnus won the …

Gaps began to appear between English wheels as the noise in the crowd grew louder. Vernon and Tanfield were part of the Team GB quartet beaten by Australia in the Paris Olympics final. Spare a thought for Charlton watching on, helpless. “It was more nerve-wracking than being in it,” he …

BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything team explains what the different cycling events are at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow BBC News

England’s Olympic cycling silver medalist Matt Richardson has been ruled out of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with injury, denying the event one of its most intriguing subplots. Richardson, 27, controversially switched allegiance to England days after winning two silvers for Australia at the Paris Olympics in 2024. He has …

One of the most entertaining riders in the race was Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz of EF Education-Easypost. He toiled earlier in the race before coming into great form to claim the king of the mountains’ polka dot jersey. He won stage 18 and Saturday’s stage 20 after topping the race’s highest …

Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz won stage 18 of the Tour de France following a commanding breakaway. The EF Education-Easypost rider brilliantly accelerated away from his rivals with intuitive and canny riding, finishing 45 seconds ahead of Switzerland’s Mauro Schmid of Jayco-Alula and Matteo Jorgenson of Visma-Lease a Bike. Meanwhile, sickness appears …

To put it simply, the testing could help to combat micro-dosing. This is where tiny amounts of performance-enhancing drugs are ingested but are in and out of the rider’s system within a few hours, leaving only a short window for detection. If a rider knows they have a seven-hour window …