Cycling

Britain’s Simon Yates begins his bid for Giro d’Italia victory on Saturday looking to end three years of heartbreak and misfortune at the race. Having won three stages and led for 13 days in 2018, he cracked in the final week, before an underwhelming eighth-place finish in 2019 was followed by an early exit last

Mark Cavendish won his fourth stage of the 2021 Tour of Turkey as he sprinted to victory in Sunday’s finale. The British Deceuninck-Quick Step rider had not won a race for nearly three years before the eight-stage event, the wins heralding a major return to form. The 35-year-old is one of cycling’s most successful sprinters,

Primož Roglič ‘happy with the legs’ at Tour of the Basque Country just weeks after two hard crashes Wout van Aert’s trainer says Tirreno-Adriatico ‘was so tough, it was not a build up week’ for the Classics Primož Roglič powers to victory on opening time trial of Tour of the Basque Country 2021

Image 1 of 4 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (CCC-Liv) (Image credit: Getty Images) Image 2 of 4 Pauliena Rooijakkers (CCC-Liv) third at the new Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa (Image credit: Getty Images) Image 3 of 4 Pauliena Rooijakkers (CCC-Liv) third at the new Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa (Image credit: Getty Images) Image 4 of 4 Pauliena Rooijakkers

Image 1 of 3 Chad Haga empties the tank on the run to the finish (Image credit: Getty Images) Image 2 of 3 Giro TT winner Chad Haga was a strong early pacesetter (Image credit: Bettini Photo) Image 3 of 3 Team Sunweb’s Chad Haga warms up in the shade ahead of his effort (Image