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Switzerland’s Marlen Reussser wins the women’s elite individual time trial at the UCI World Championships in Kigali, Rwanda, with Duth riders Anna van der Breggen and Demi Vollering taking silver and bronze. BBC News

Britain’s Tom Pidcock says he worries about riders being targeted after extensive pro-Palestinian protests during the Vuelta a Espana. The 26-year-old finished a career-best third at the three-week race – cycling’s final Grand Tour of the season – for his new Q36.5 team. The Vuelta – won by Denmark’s Jonas …

World cycling’s governing body will use a GPS tracking system for all riders at the Road World Championships. The UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) has confirmed the system will be introduced to enhance rider safety at the tournament in Rwanda. The trackers are being introduced to establish the position of every …

Great Britain’s Zoe Backstedt says she is excited to compete in the Road World Championships despite the expectation that it will be the toughest on record. The competition will travel to Africa for the first time in its history and athletes will bid for the rainbow jersey in Rwanda’s capital …

For starters, with Kigali sitting over 1500m above sea level, riders will have to be prepared to tackle altitude and the winners will truly earn their rainbow jerseys. The men’s road race includes over 5,500m of climbing – the second highest amount in Road World Championship history – over its …

Cycling’s governing body the UCI has questioned Spain’s ability to safely host major sporting events after the final stage of the Vuelta a Espana was abandoned on Sunday. Riders were stopped with 60km remaining after pro-Palestinian protesters knocked down barriers and occupied the road at several points on the course …

Jonas Vingegaard closed in on his first Vuelta a Espana title as he powered to victory in stage 20 while Britain’s Tom Pidcock tightened his grip on a first Grand Tour podium finish. Denmark’s Vingegaard, 28, sped away in the final kilometre on the gruelling climb up the Bola del …

The 2025 Mountain Bike World Championships are taking place in Switzerland this week, and BBC Sport will be showing the elite cross-country women’s and men’s events live from Valais. Coverage of the action will be shown on 13-14 September, live on the iPlayer & BBC Sport app and website. In …

The Vuelta a Espana, the third and final three-week Grand Tour of the year, is currently taking place in Spain – but will it make it to Sunday’s finish line in Madrid? Pro-Palestinian protestors have disrupted the race on several occasions and with riders saying they are worried for their …

Italy’s Giulio Pellizzari won stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana, with Britain’s Tom Pidcock in second as Jonas Vingegaard extended his overall race lead. Pellizzari, 21, launched an attack 3.5km from the end of the 143.2km route on the punishing slopes of the summit finish on the Alto de …

Lidl-Trek rider Pedersen earned his first victory of this year’s race with a blistering sprint on the home straight. Pedersen burst past Italy’s Marco Frigo on the final stretch of what was classed as a medium mountain stage to seal victory in four hours, two minutes and 13 seconds. Frigo, …

Marc Soler won stage 14 of the Vuelta a Espana as riders from the Israel-Premier Tech team raced in modified jerseys amid more pro-Palestinian protests at the final Grand Tour of the season. Spaniard Soler powered up to the summit finish at Farrapona in the north of the country alone …

Spain’s Juan Ayuso held off Javier Romo to win stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana in a breakaway as Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall race lead. Ayuso, 22, who also won stage seven and is leaving UAE Team Emirates-XRG at the end of the season, was joined by his …

Matthew Brennan powered to victory in a sprint finish on stage three of the Tour of Britain. The 20-year-old British rider benefited from a lead-out from his Visma-Lease a Bike team-mate and race leader Olav Kooij, coming through to cross the line first in a frantic finale on the 122.8km …

Dutch rider Olav Kooij sealed back-to-back victories at the Tour of Britain by winning a sprint finish on stage two. The Team Visma-Lease a Bike rider went round the outside of Great Britain’s Sam Watson on the final corner on the way to winning the 174.06km stage in wet weather …

Dutch rider Olav Kooij won the opening stage of the Tour of Britain after fending off a strong challenge from Tord Gudmestad. The pair went toe-to-toe in the closing stage of the 167.6km route between Woodbridge and Southwold. But the 23-year-old Team Visma-Lease a Bike rider crossed the finish line …

Australian Jay Vine secured his second stage win of this year’s Vuelta a Espana on Tuesday as Jonas Vingegaard regained the overall lead. After Movistar’s Pablo Castrillo had attacked the remaining members of the breakaway on the final climb, he was reeled in by Vine. The 29-year-old UAE Team Emirates-XRG …

There are people and there is leadership, but numbers are becoming ever more influential in assessing performances and deciding who truly is the best of the best. Speed, distances, heart rate, VO2 max aerobic capacity tests, biomechanics, injury risk, sleep, mood, stress, positions, heat maps, formations – it is too …

Fin Graham won his fourth successive road race World Championship title as Great Britain’s Para-cyclists brought home nine medals from Belgium. Graham, 25, launched an attack inside the final kilometre and held off France’s Thomas Peyroton Dartet to retain his C3 crown. His victory came two days after he won …

Jonas Vingegaard won stage nine of the Vuelta a Espana with a solo attack to narrow the gap to overall leader Torstein Traeen to just 37 seconds. The two-time Tour de France winner shaved two minutes off Traeen’s lead in the ride from Alfaro to the Valdezcaray ski resort, landing …