Cycling

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

Olympic champion Katie Archibald won the women’s elimination race on the opening night of the first UCI Track Champions League in Mallorca. The British rider, who won madison gold in Tokyo with Laura Kenny, beat her old rival Kirsten Wild of the Netherlands in Spain to earn 20 points. The Scot, 27, also finished fourth

What sport is Britain best at? Football? Motor racing? Dressage? Perhaps, but you can’t get much more dominant across the past decade or more than GB’s cyclists in the velodrome. Countless Olympic golds and World Championship rainbow jerseys have been won by now-household names, such as Victoria Pendleton, Chris Hoy, and Laura and Jason Kenny.

Great Britain’s Alex Dowsett fell short in his attempt to break cycling’s hour record for men a second time. The 33-year-old posted a distance of 54.555km in one hour, shy of Belgian Victor Campenaerts’ record of 55.089km set in April 2019. Dowsett held the record for a month in 2015 before fellow Briton Sir Bradley

Britain’s Ben Turner has joined Ineos Grenadiers on a two-year deal. The 22-year-old is one of four new riders announced by Ineos on Monday, including Italy’s nine-time Grand Tour stage winner Elia Viviani, who returns to the team after four years. Spain’s Omar Fraile and German youngster Kim Heiduk have also joined. “What I’m most

Romanian police have recovered 21 bicycles stolen from the Italian track cycling team at the recent World Championships in Roubaix, France. The bikes had been stolen from a team van in a locked compound in Lille. One of the bikes was the gold Pinarello Bolide track bike Filippo Ganna rode to victory in the men’s

On a freezing cold December night, thousands gathered at New York’s Madison Square Garden. With the smell of chicken and potatoes cooked over oil stoves hanging in the midnight air, the crowd chattered and beat their hands together, trying to stay warm. From a small canvas tent by the side of a wooden, banked oval

The UK is to bid to host the 2026 Tour de France Grand Depart. The government has also confirmed funding for the English Rugby Football Union’s bid to host the 2025 World Cup, as the RFU plans to stage the “best-attended women’s Rugby World Cup ever”. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak will this week

Britain’s Ethan Hayter put in a devastating performance in the points race to win omnium gold at the World Track Cycling Championships in France. The 23-year-old had led by six points after wins in the scratch and tempo races and fourth in the elimination. And he gained a lap on the rest of the field

Great Britain’s youthful team sprint squad of Milly Tanner, Blaine Ridge-Davis, Sophie Capewell and Lauren Bate took bronze at the first day of the World Championships in Roubaix, France. The team saw off Japan in the bronze-medal final, coming home more than half a second clear in 48.059 seconds. Germany secured an emphatic gold, retaining

Britain’s Ben Swift earned a second successive men’s national road race title and Pfeiffer Georgi won the women’s event in Lincoln. Georgi, 21, attacked late on a steep cobbled climb to win ahead of Josie Nelson and Joss Lowden. Swift, 33, also had to work hard on the uphill finish but held off Fred Wright

The Hayter brothers Ethan and Leo claimed double time trial gold at the British National Road Championships. Ineos Grenadiers rider Ethan won the elite men’s time trial just hours after brother Leo won the Under-23 race. While it was an unforgettable day for the Hayters, their family was not in Lincolnshire to watch after their

The UCI has said it assisted in the evacuation of 165 people from Afghanistan, including a number of female cyclists. Cycling’s world governing body partnered with Israel Start-Up Nation team owner Sylvan Adams, the Asian Cycling Federation and Fifa. The refugees are being resettled in Switzerland, Canada, France, Israel and the United States. The UCI

Last updated on 1 hour ago1 hour ago.From the section Cycling Elinor Barker looks to the ceiling with the biggest smile when asked how she felt watching Lizzie Deignan win Paris-Roubaix. “That was incredible,” she says. Incredible, yes, for Deignan, and for women’s cycling and women’s sport in general. For Barker, that victory took on

Women’s Tour of Britain debutant Clara Copponi moved into the overall lead as Amy Pieters won a “hectic” stage two. British rider Pfeiffer Georgi, 21, led at the final turn but was overtaken in a sprint finish and came fifth in Walsall. FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope’s Copponi, 22, was second, having come third in the

Last updated on 15 minutes ago15 minutes ago.From the section Cycling Britain’s Lizzie Deignan took a sensational breakaway win in the first edition of the women’s Paris-Roubaix. The Trek-Segafredo rider pulled away from the peloton with more than 80km to go, before rain affected the course. The legendary race on the brutal ‘pave’ cobblestones returned

Julian Alaphilippe has retained the men’s road race title at the Road World Championships in Belgium. The 29-year-old Frenchman finished the 268.3km race in five hours 56 minutes 34 seconds. There was a sprint finish for silver which was taken by Dutchman Dylan van Baarle, while Denmark’s Michael Valgren finished third. Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock

Italy’s Elisa Balsamo won gold in the elite women’s race at the Road Cycling World Championships in Belgium. The 23-year-old claimed the rainbow jersey, hitting the front with 1,000 metres to go and beating Marianne Vos of the Netherlands in a sprint finish. Three-time world champion Vos claimed her sixth silver while Katarzyna Niewiadoma of