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Getty Images Two men have been jailed for a knifepoint robbery at the family home of elite cyclist Mark Cavendish. Romario Henry, 31, of south-east London, and Ali Sesay, 28, of Kent, broke into Mr Cavendish’s home in Ongar, Essex, on 27 November 2021. Henry, who denied the crime, was found guilty of two counts

British rider Zoe Backstedt won silver in the women’s under-23 race at the Cyclo-cross World Championships. The Netherlands’ Shirin van Anrooij, 21, sealed a dominant victory to take the rainbow jersey in Hoogerheide. She beat 18-year-old Welsh rider Backstedt by 33 seconds at the end of the 45-minute race, with Czech Kristyna Zemanova in third

More than 20 years on, Daphny van den Brand can remember the feeling as she looked out over the mud and slopes from the start line. She was bidding for a World Championship crown, but knew more than a title was at stake. She and the rest of the field also had to put on

Katy Marchant and Elinor Barker have been included in Great Britain’s squad for the European Track Championships in what will be their first international competition since giving birth. Olympic bronze medallist Marchant, 30, who gave birth to son Arthur in June 2022, is in the women’s sprint team. Olympic gold and silver medallist Barker, 28,

Tour de France great and three-time world champion Peter Sagan will retire from cycling’s World Tour at the end of this season. The 33-year-old Slovakian will continue to compete, and is aiming for mountain bike gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Sagan won seven green points jerseys at the Tour de France between 2012 and

Getty Images One man has been found guilty of a knifepoint robbery at the family home of elite cyclist Mark Cavendish. Romario Henry, 31, of Bell Green in Lewisham, south-east London, broke into Mr Cavendish’s home in Ongar, Essex, on 27 November 2021. Henry was found guilty of two counts of robbery and will be

Britain’s Simon Yates claimed victory in the last stage of the Santos Tour Down Under to finish second overall. The Team Jayco AlUla rider overtook Australia’s Jay Vine at the uphill finish at Mount Lofty in Adelaide. The 2018 Vuelta a Espana winner made his charge with 1.7km to go and held off the challenge

British rider James Knox has criticised cycling’s concussion protocols, after being disqualified from the Tour Down Under in Australia. Knox, 27, crashed 55km from the end of stage one, but was later disqualified on his way back to the peloton. He believes there is a conflict between Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) rules and rider safety.

Elizabeth Cook/PA Media Elite cyclist Mark Cavendish and his wife Peta were “terrorised in their own home” by balaclava-clad raiders wielding knives, a court has been told. Prosecutors have said the athlete was threatened at knifepoint in front of his three-year-old son at the house in Ongar, Essex, in November 2021. Two men are on

Great Britain’s most successful female Olympic athlete Dame Laura Kenny and her husband Sir Jason Kenny are expecting their second child. She announced the pregnancy in a post on Instagram, saying: “Today I felt like I couldn’t hide away any more. “I’m already starting to show and the anxiety I have felt has been unreal.”

British sprinter Mark Cavendish has agreed to ride for Astana this season. Former world champion Cavendish, 37, will be hoping for a record-breaking 35th stage win if he competes at the 2023 Tour de France. Cavendish, who had been without a team since leaving Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl in the summer, had been tipped to join

Every Olympic Games up to and including the 2032 summer Games will continue to be shown free to air across the BBC. The BBC will offer live and on-demand coverage of both summer and winter editions of the Games on TV, radio, online and digital platforms. “The Olympic Games is a truly special event –

Elizabeth Cook/PA Media A man accused of robbing Mark Cavendish at the elite cyclist’s home said he had lent his phone to a man who has already admitted the same offence. Two watches worth £700,000 were taken in a knifepoint raid in Ongar in Essex on 27 November 2021. Oludewa Okorosobo, 28, of Camberwell in

Elizabeth Cook/PA Media A masked intruder dragged the elite cyclist Mark Cavendish by his feet and held a “Rambo-style” knife to his throat, his wife has told a trial. Prosecutors have said men in balaclavas broke into the family home in Ongar, Essex, on 27 November 2021. Two suspects deny two counts of robbery at

Yui Mok/PA Wire Two further suspects wanted over a knifepoint robbery at the family home of elite cyclist Mark Cavendish remain at large, a court has heard. Two men are on trial at Chelmsford Crown Court where they deny two counts of robbery over the raid in Ongar, Essex, on 27 November 2021. Jurors have

Reuters Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish and his wife were subjected to a knifepoint robbery while at home with their children, a trial has heard. Prosecutors say intruders made off with two Richard Mille watches, valued at £400,000 and £300,000, following the raid in Ongar, Essex, in November 2021. Jurors were told one of the masked

The Tour de France will start in Italy for the first time ever in 2024. It will begin in Florence in a year marking the centenary of Ottavio Bottecchia’s Tour de France win, which was the first by an Italian, in 1924. The first three stages will take place in Italy, while the race will

Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel has had his conviction for assaulting two teenage girls in Australia overturned. The 27-year-old rider pleaded guilty in September to two counts of common assault after a confrontation with the girls, aged 13 and 14. The incident took place at Van der Poel’s hotel in Sydney the night before