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Mark Cavendish sprinted to victory to become the first Briton to win the Milano-Torino. Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl Team rider Cavendish rode to the front of the pack in the final hundred metres at the end of a largely flat 199km race. The 36-year-old becomes the oldest winner of the oldest race on the international calendar,

Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic held on to win the Paris-Nice race despite a late push from Britain’s Simon Yates, who won the final stage to finish as runner-up. Yates, who had 47 seconds to make up on Roglic, launched a solo breakaway with 19km to go. He led the stage by 25 seconds at the top

Commonwealth Games track cyclist John Paul has died aged 28, Scottish Cycling has announced. Paul earned a reputation as one of Scotland’s most promising talents after becoming world junior sprint champion in 2011. Also a double European champion at junior level, Paul would go on to represent Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Stirling will host the time trial in the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships, which will be the biggest event in the sport’s history. It is the seventh location to be announced for the event, which is taking place principally in Glasgow but also across Scotland from 3-13 August. The 11-day inaugural event will combine 13

Dan Bigham won a sixth national title as he beat Charlie Tanfield in the men’s individual pursuit at the British National Track Championships. British hour record holder Bigham finished clear of Tanfield, with Kyle Gordon third over the 4km in Newport. Bigham had earlier set a new national record in four minutes 05.25 seconds –

Getty Images Two more men have been charged with robbery following a break-in at the home of Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish. Essex Police said the incident at a house in the Ongar area happened at 02:35 GMT on 27 November. Oludewa Okorosobo, 27, of Flaxman Road, Camberwell, south London, and Ali Badara Sesay, 27, of

Tadej Pogacar retained the UAE Tour title as he once again beat Adam Yates after an exciting head-to-head duel up the final climb of the race. In a finish similar to last year, Yates had tried to break his opponent before Pogacar launched the decisive move near the top of Jebel Hafeet. The Slovenian took

Last updated on 1 hour ago1 hour ago.From the section Cycling Jason Kenny, Great Britain’s most successful Olympian of all time, has retired to take up a coaching job with British Cycling. The 33-year-old won seven gold medals and two silvers between 2008 and 2021. “A massive part of me would love to continue and

Mark Cavendish took victory on stage two of the UAE Tour as he moved to third in the overall standings. The Briton produced a trademark sprint finish to win the 176km stage, with Belgium’s race leader Jasper Philipsen finishing second in the same time. “I knew we could win here,” said the 36-year-old Cavendish. “[The

Former Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas says he is ready to show he can still be competitive as he starts 2022 with a new contract, a new coach and new motivation. The Welshman begins his 16th season as a professional rider at the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal on Wednesday. Thomas, 35, admits there

Mark Cavendish missed out on the green jersey at the Tour of Oman after being impeded in the final sprint finish by Maximiliano Richeze, who was later disqualified. Britain’s Cavendish banged his handlebars in frustration and remonstrated with Argentine Richeze as they crossed the line. Fernando Gaviria won the 132.5km stage from Al Mouj Muscat

Sprinter Mark Cavendish won stage two of the Tour of Oman to take the overall lead from Fernando Gaviria and claim his first victory of 2022. Cavendish edged Australia’s Kaden Groves at the end of the 167.5km stage from Naseem Park to Suhar Corniche. It is the 36-year-old’s first victory of 2022 and 157th of

Ineos Grenadiers’ Egan Bernal has left hospital as he continues to recover from multiple operations after a high-speed crash in his native Colombia. The 25-year-old said he nearly died after he hit a stationary bus while riding his time trial bike in January. He had neurosurgery, spinal surgery and other procedures after he sustained back,

Africa’s former top cycling outfit Team Qhubeka has named the riders who will compete in its colours in UCI Continental races in 2022. The team, which was registered in South Africa until December last year as Team Qhubeka NextHash, is now registered in Italy. The change came after Team Qhubeka NextHash failed to secure a

Egan Bernal is to have further surgery on his spine following his high-speed crash in his native Colombia. The 25-year-old said he nearly died after he hit a stationary bus while riding his time trial bike in January. The Ineos Grenadiers rider had spinal surgery and other procedures after he sustained back, leg, knee and

Tom Pidcock has become the first Briton to win the Cyclo-cross World Championship. The Ineos Grenadiers rider beat Lars van der Haar by 30 seconds to claim the coveted rainbow jersey and gold medal for the first time. The cyclo-cross is one of three world titles Pidcock could win in 2022, including the mountain bike

Ineos Grenadiers rider Brandon Rivera has fractured his elbow and dislocated a shoulder in Colombia, three days after team-mate Egan Bernal’s serious crash in the same area. Local media report the 25-year-old is being treated at the same clinic as Bernal on the outskirts of Bogota. Former Tour de France champion Bernal, 25, suffered back,

Colombian rider Egan Bernal is “stable” after he was taken to hospital following a crash in training, his Ineos Grenadiers team have confirmed. Bernal, who won the 2019 Tour de France and last year’s Giro d’Italia, was training near his hometown in Colombia. “He was accompanied to hospital by team medical staff and was conscious