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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 …

Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen won stage 17 of the Tour de France following a bunch sprint. The Alpecin-Premier Tech rider powered over the line with a good gap over his rivals to win his first stage in what had been a frustrating three-week race. The 28-year-old won the prestigious green points …

Richardson won gold in individual and team sprint events at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and says he is not worried about having a target on his back. “I use it as fuel,” he said. “I always find motivation in something, whether it’s trying to hunt someone down, trying …

Jonas Vingegaard crashed out of the Tour de France after breaking his collarbone in a crash which resulted in riders landing on spectators. In a stage 15 won by Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel, two-time winner Vingegaard – seen as the only real threat to defending champion and yellow jersey wearer Tadej …

Welsh rider Zoe Backstedt has retained the 2026 Baloise Ladies Tour title a year after becoming the youngest winner of the race. The 21-year-old’s performance included a time trial win on stage 3A on Saturday, and she finished with a provisional overall time of 11 hours, 27.08 minutes. Only one …

Shriever has won three of the past five World Championships but has yet to retain her title. Will 2026 be the year she achieves this as well as becoming the only rider to win four World titles? In the men’s elite race, GB’s Kye Whyte and Ross Cullen will be …

To try to chase down a breakaway, the group of differing teams behind must work together to close the gap by using the energy of several riders in the group. The advantage in numbers should close the deficit to the breakway, who must ride into the wind for longer. But …

It took until the halfway stage for an initial eight-man breakaway to form, finally moving clear of the rest of the riders during the tricky 3.8km-long Suc au May climb. The group never led by more than a minute and a half but just four were left as the race …

Belgium’s Tim Merlier made it back-to-back wins on stage eight of the Tour de France on Saturday. The Soudal Quick-Step rider claimed victory in a sprint for stage seven on Friday and followed that up during another bunch finish in Bergerac. The 33-year-old looked out of contention as the riders …

Tadej Pogacar took a big step towards winning the Tour de France for a record-equalling fifth time with a dominant victory on stage six, regaining the leader’s yellow jersey. The defending champion established a lead with ease on the iconic Col du Tourmalet during the first 186.2km mountain stage of …

Debutant Isaac del Toro claimed victory on stage two of the Tour de France as Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey. Mexico’s Del Toro, 22, crossed the line just ahead of his UAE Team Emirates-XRG colleague Tadej Pogacar, after accelerating on the short, steep climb to the finish …

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard took the yellow jersey on the opening stage of the Tour de France following a tense team time trial. Two-time Tour winner Vingegaard finished the 19.6km course in 21 minutes, 47 seconds – eight seconds ahead of Italy’s Filippo Ganna of the British Netcompany Ineos Cycling team. …