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EPA Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen won the fastest-ever Milan-San Remo race in a photo finish on Saturday. The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider, 26, edged out Jayco-AlUla’s Michael Matthews to claim the first Monument of the season. Britain’s Tom Pidcock was in contention before Philipsen came through to win the prestigious one-day Spring Classic. “It’s an incredible feeling,” he
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Getty Images By Harry Poole BBC Sport Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard took overall victory at the Tirreno-Adriatico race, while Matteo Jorgenson triumphed at Paris-Nice. Denmark’s Vingegaard, 27, ended Italy’s seven-stage race one minute and 24 seconds ahead of Spain’s Juan Ayuso. American Jorgenson, 24, finished behind Remco Evenepoel on the final stage of
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Getty Images By Matt Warwick BBC Sport Cycling’s world governing body will review time trial helmet designs after issuing a ban on a ‘head sock’ element. The UCI says it wants to ensure radical designs do not compromise safety. “It raises an issue concerning the current trend, focusing more on performance than to ensure the
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Getty Images Slovenia’s two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar pulled off a stunning solo ride to win the Strade Bianche in Tuscany. The UAE Team Emirates rider attacked with 81km of the 215km race remaining. He finished a record two minutes 44 seconds ahead of second-placed Toms Skujins in Siena, with Britain’s defending champion
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Getty Images The UCI has suspended members of Cynisca Cycling after the team disguised a mechanic as a rider in an effort to gain entry to last year’s Argenta Classic. American team Cynisca were missing one of their five riders due to illness for the road race in Belgium. Mechanic Moira Barrett dressed as the
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SWpix.com By Katie Falkingham BBC Sport at the National Cycling Centre, Manchester Lauren Bell won her second British title inside 24 hours with keirin victory on the last day of the National Track Championships in Manchester. Bell, a two-time team sprint world medallist, held off a late charge from Rhian Edmunds to narrowly pip her
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Six-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy says he is “optimistic, positive and surrounded by love” after revealing he was diagnosed with cancer last year. The former Great Britain track cyclist, 47, posted on Instagram that his treatment, which includes chemotherapy, “is going really well”. “I am continuing to work, ride my bike and live
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Getty Images Britain’s Mark Cavendish claimed his first victory of the season in a sprint finish on stage four of the Tour of Colombia. Cavendish edged out home favourite Fernando Gaviria on the 181.8km route from Paipa to Zipaquira. The 38-year-old’s triumph was his first since reversing his decision to retire – and also the
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Getty Images Great Britain won two silver medals and one bronze on the final day of the UCI Track Nations Cup in Adelaide. Katie Archibald was second in the women’s omnium with 125 points, nine behind New Zealand’s Ally Wollaston. Katy Marchant took silver in the keirin, which was won by Japan’s Mina Sato. Ollie
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Getty Images Britain’s Simon Yates won the final stage of the AlUla Tour to claim the overall race win by three seconds in Saudi Arabia. After the final climb up Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid, Yates beat Belgium’s William Lecerf and New Zealand’s Finn Fisher-Black in a sprint to the finish. Yates, 31, collected a 10-second
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Getty Images Great Britain’s Katie Archibald and Elinor Barker put in a dominant display to win the women’s madison at the UCI Track Nations Cup in Adelaide. The British pair did not get or need any points from the final sprint as they finished on a total of 31. Australia won the last sprint to
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PA Media By Matt Warwick BBC Sport British Cycling says it faces a “race against the clock” to hold the Women’s Tour, after collaboration with the previous organiser became “untenable”. The governing body will run the men’s Tour of Britain and Women’s Tour after Sweetspot, which owed many thousands of pounds, was liquidated in January.
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Getty Images Great Britain won gold medals in the women’s team sprint and men’s team pursuit on the opening day of action at the UCI Track Nations Cup in Adelaide. World silver medallists Lauren Bell, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane clocked 46.023 seconds to beat China. Joshua Tarling, Rhys Britton, Will Tidball and Charlie Tanfield
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Getty Images Geraint Thomas has confirmed he will race both the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France this year. The 37-year-old Welshman revealed his plans on social media after discussions with Ineos Grenadiers bosses. Thomas was runner-up to Primoz Roglic in last year’s Giro and says he would like to “have another bash” when the
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Getty Images Sir Dave Brailsford remains “the Godfather” of Ineos Grenadiers despite stepping aside as team principal, says new boss John Allert. Brailsford, 59, has been in control of cycling affairs since the team’s inception as Team Sky in 2010. However, he is now preparing to join the football board at Manchester United after Sir
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Getty Images An island of Ireland bid to host the Tour de France Grand Depart in either 2026 or 2027 has been withdrawn. Irish Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sports and Media, Catherine Martin, and former NI Economy Minister Gordon Lyons, had submitted an expression of interest in the formal bidding process to the Tour
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