Cycling

Dutch cyclist Amy Pieters is to be transferred to a hospital in the Netherlands to continue treatment following a fall in training. The incident happened in Alicante on Thursday, 23 December during a Dutch training camp. Pieters was taken to a Spanish hospital by air ambulance and had surgery to relieve pressure on her brain.

Britain’s four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome has suffered a “setback” in his preparations for the 2022 season because of a knee injury. Froome, 36, revealed he has damaged a tendon in his knee, which he believes is a result of “pushing too much” in pre-season training. The Israel Start-Up Nation rider is to

New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame – BBC Sport A-Z Sports More from Sport Last updated on 28 minutes ago28 minutes ago.From the section Sport Seven-time Olympic gold medallist Jason Kenny has been made a knight and his wife Laura – a five-time Olympic champion –

Dutch cyclist Amy Pieters will remain in an induced coma for at least three more days following a fall during training, her SD Worx team has said. The incident happened in Alicante during a Dutch training camp. The 30-year-old was taken to hospital by air ambulance and had surgery to relieve pressure on her brain.

Dutch cyclist Amy Pieters is in an induced coma following a fall during a training ride with the national team in Alicante this week. Pieters, 30, lost consciousness after the collision and was taken to hospital by air ambulance. The Dutch national road race champion had surgery to relieve pressure on her brain caused by

Team Qhubeka NextHash, Africa’s top cycling team, have confirmed that their hopes of racing on the World Tour in 2022 are over. Despite this setback, the team had continued looking for sponsors in a bid to overturn the decision by the licence commission of cycling’s world governing body. “We are deeply saddened to confirm that

Geraint Thomas has signed a new two-year contract to remain with Ineos Grenadiers. The 35-year-old’s previous deal was due to expire at the end of 2021. In October, the 2018 Tour de France champion said there had been “long and tough” negotiations, but he expected to stay with the team he first joined in 2010

In January 2019, on a sunny day in the coastal mountains surrounding San Francisco, an Olympic medal-winning cyclist was racing down a twisting ribbon of tarmac, descending at the kind of blistering speed reserved for cars and motorbikes. On a surface that had dried quickly after the first rainfall for weeks, Kelly Catlin suddenly lost

Zoe Backstedt’s achievements in the last five months would barely fit in a tweet. The 17-year-old is the junior road race world champion, silver medallist in the time trial at the junior world championships, three-time European junior champion on the track, European junior cyclo-cross champion and a junior cyclo-cross World Cup winner. Then last weekend

British cyclist Mark Cavendish was assaulted by four armed men during a burglary at his home on 27 November. Cavendish, 36, said he, his wife Peta and their children were threatened “at knifepoint” by the men and he was “violently attacked”. The Manx rider was suffering from two broken ribs and a collapsed lung sustained

Mark Cavendish has signed a one-year contract extension with Deceuninck Quick-Step until the end of 2022. The British sprinter, 36, won four stages and the Green Jersey at this year’s Tour de France after rejoining the Belgian team for 2021. A stunning return to form saw him equal Belgian legend Eddy Merckx’s record of 34

Juan Jose Florian’s childhood home was in a clearing hacked from the Colombian rainforest. His family earned a living by growing papayas, oranges and avocados. But at night the region belonged to illegal armed groups. Those who defied the curfew they enforced were taken, tightly bound, and either left for the night or, if they

Great Britain’s Katie Archibald claimed the women’s endurance title in the inaugural UCI Track Champions League. The 27-year-old Scot won the elimination race on Friday and secured her victory with second place in Saturday’s scratch race. Archibald’s win was already assured before she powered to an impressive first place in the elimination race. “It feels

Olympic champion Katie Archibald won the women’s scratch and elimination races in the second round of the UCI Track Champions League in Lithuania. The 27-year-old Scot now tops the standings in the women’s endurance league following the double victory. Archibald also won the women’s elimination race on the opening night in Mallorca. Meanwhile, Dutchman Harrie

Mark Cavendish suffered two broken ribs and a collapsed lung in a crash at the Six Days of Ghent on Sunday. The British cyclist was competing in the Madison when Olympic and world champion Lasse Norman Hansen crashed in front of him. The 36-year-old then rode into the Dane’s bike, sending him crashing to the

Britain’s most decorated Olympian Jason Kenny is “not very optimistic” of being at Paris 2024 because of injuries. Track cyclist Kenny, 33, who has nine Olympic medals, won his seventh gold and his second silver at Tokyo 2020. Kenny cannot remember the last time he trained without it “really hurting” and is now focusing only

When Pfeiffer Georgi won the road race at the British National Championships in October it capped an extraordinary year for the cyclist. Less than 12 months earlier, the 21-year-old was having to learn how to walk again. Georgi had broken two vertebrae in a crash in Belgium and spent months in recovery at home in

Geraint Thomas says his bike was stolen during a training ride rest on the French Riviera. The 2018 Tour de France winner posted the news on social media, saying he had to take a taxi home. “Lovely ride. Lovely coffee stop in Menton. Except someone nicked my bike. Now in an Uber home,” tweeted the