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Getty Images 1 hour ago Paralympic champion Jenny Holl and road cyclist Oscar Onley picked up the top prizes at the Scottish Cycling Awards. Onley won male rider of the year after becoming the first Scottish-developed rider to start the Tour de France, while female rider of the year Holl piloted Sophie Unwin to gold

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Warwick BBC Sport senior journalist 2 hours ago 35 Comments One of Britain’s most successful road cyclists, Lizzie Deignan, will retire at the end of next season. Deignan won several of the sport’s biggest races, an

Getty Images 10 November 2024, 09:52 GMT 271 Comments Updated 1 hour ago Britain’s Mark Cavendish, the most successful sprinter in cycling history, ended his career with victory in the Tour de France Criterium in Singapore. The 39-year-old from the Isle of Man, who said on Saturday that this would be his final race before

Getty Images 9 November 2024, 12:12 GMT 316 Comments Updated 3 hours ago Britain’s Mark Cavendish, the most successful sprinter in cycling history, will retire after racing in the Tour de France Criterium in Singapore on Sunday. The 39-year-old from the Isle of Man, who said in May that this season would be his last,

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 1 hour ago It is a little over two weeks since six-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy announced that his cancer was terminal. It is a measure of the high regard in which the 48-year-old is

GOLAZO Teklemariam Bekit BBC Tigrinya Habtom Weldeyowhannes BBC Tigrinya 3 hours ago Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay is a hero in his cycling-mad homeland. The first black African to win a stage on the Tour de France, the 24-year-old “African King” also took the race’s green jersey earlier this year – inspiring a host of Girmay wannabes

Getty Images 1 hour ago The 2025 Tour de France will be staged exclusively in France for the first time in five years. The 112th edition of the Grand Tour will feature 21 stages, starting in Lille on 5 July and ending in Paris on 27 July. The Tour had raced through Andorra in 2021

Getty Images 4 minutes ago Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy says he has been “blown away” by the number of men seeking cancer advice since he revealed his terminal diagnosis. The six-time Olympic champion, 48, said at the weekend that doctors have told him he has between two and four years to live. In a video

Getty Images Tom Brown BBC Sport Wales 2 hours ago Anna Morris did not own a road bike until she was almost 20 and had not so much as set foot in a velodrome. Only three years ago, she watched the Tokyo Olympics from the hospital where she was working. Now the qualified doctor is

Getty Images 8 hours ago Katy Marchant claimed Great Britain’s only medal on the final day of the Track Cycling World Championships with bronze in the women’s keirin in Denmark. The 31-year-old timed her finish perfectly after seemingly being ridden out of the medals. She pipped team-mate Emma Finucane on the line after the 21-year-old

BBC Sir Chris Hoy has been hailed as “inspiring” for sending a “wonderful message of hope” after revealing his terminal cancer diagnosis. The six-time Olympic cycling champion gave an interview to the Sunday Times, in which he said doctors have told him he has between two and four years to live. Well-wishes to Sir Chris

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 5 minutes ago Comments Katie Archibald won gold on her return to racing as she, Megan Barker, Josie Knight and Anna Morris were crowned team pursuit world champions. The quartet set the tone from the outset in

Getty Images 32 minutes ago Mark Cavendish’s final professional race is set to be the two-day Tour de France Criterium in Singapore on 9-10 November. The 39-year-old ‘Manx Missile’ has not competed since he broke the Tour de France stage wins record with his 35th victory in July. Cavendish confirmed he would not do another

Getty Images 14 minutes ago Britain’s Zoe Backstedt claimed a maiden professional win as she finished first on stage one of the Simac Ladies Tour, a 10.1km time trial in Gennep, the Netherlands. The 20-year-old Team Canyon rider held off the challenge of Team Visma’s Lieke Nooijen, winning by seven seconds in a time of

Getty Images Katie Falkingham BBC Sport Senior Journalist 3 hours ago Katie Archibald will return to action at this month’s Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark after recovering from the freak injury that ruled her out of the Olympics. Archibald, 30, broke two bones in her leg and tore ligaments off the bone after tripping

PA Media 59 minutes ago Sir Mark Cavendish says he is still committed to completing his 2024 race schedule after receiving his knighthood at Windsor Castle. Cavendish, 39, has not competed since he broke the Tour de France stage wins record with his 35th victory in July. The ‘Manx Missile’ said following the final stage

Watch as Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar wins the world road race title in Switzerland, becoming only the third man to win the ‘Triple Crown’ of the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and world championship in the same year. READ MORE: Pogacar completes ‘Triple Crown’ with first world title Available to UK users only.

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Craig Nelson BBC Sport journalist 2 hours ago Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar produced a stunning solo ride in Switzerland to claim his first world road race title – and become only the third man to win cycling’s ‘Triple