Cycling

Venue: Flanders, Belgium Dates: 19-26 September Coverage: Live on BBC Two, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app, and through Connected TVs The Netherlands’ Ellen van Dijk won her second Road Cycling World Championship time trial title as Britain’s Joss Lowden finished eighth. Van Djik, 34, completed the 30.3km course in 36

Watch the closing stages as Dutch rider Ellen van Dijk wins the world time trial title ahead of Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser and Olympic champion Annemiek van Vleuten at the Road Cycling World Championships in Flanders. 2021 Road World Championships: How to watch live coverage on the BBC Available to UK users only.

Venue: Flanders, Belgium Dates: 19-26 September Coverage: Live on BBC Two, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app, and through Connected TVs The 2021 UCI Road World Championships begin on Sunday in the Flanders region of Belgium. After Covid-19 restricted last year’s edition to the elite men’s and women’s road races and

Mark Cavendish, Ethan Hayter and Lizzie Deignan have all been included in the Great Britain team for the UCI Road World Championships taking place in Flanders, Belgium. British Cycling has named a squad of 30 riders in elite, under-23 and junior categories. Olympic mountain-biking champion Tom Pidcock is included as GB aim to bounce back

Belgium’s Wout van Aert moved to within four seconds of Tour of Britain leader Ethan Hayter after pipping the Briton in a sprint finish to win stage six. The 198km stage from Carlisle to Gateshead culminated in a three-way sprint between the overall favourites – Van Aert edging Hayter with world champion Julian Alaphilippe in

British team Ineos Grenadiers produced an excellent ride to win the team time trial stage of the Tour of Britain. Ineos produced a time of 20 mins 20 secs on the 8.2km course from Llandeilo to the National Botanic Garden of Wales. They finished 17.5 secs faster than second-place team Deceuninck-Quick-Step. Victory for Ineos moves

France’s Clement Champoussin claimed a stunning win in a dramatic penultimate stage at the Vuelta a Espana. Jumbo Visma’s Primoz Roglic all but confirmed a third straight Vuelta victory, finishing the stage in second and extending his lead over Enric Mas in the general classification. Mas’ Movistar teammate Miguel Angel Lopez began the day in

Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website Sarah Storey may now be Britain’s most successful Paralympian but the mundane tasks still require ticking off. Celebrations are needed but so too are name labels in school uniforms. Keep the

France’s Benoit Cosnefroy edged out compatriot Julian Alaphilippe to win the Bretagne Classic as British duo Ethan Hayter and Connor Swift earned top-five finishes. While world champion Alaphilippe attacked on a number of occasions, Cosnefroy held his nerve to claim his first World Tour win. Hayter and Swift finished fourth and fifth, 13 seconds behind

Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website Britain’s Kadeena Cox retained her C4-5 500m time trial Paralympic title with a stunning world-record ride in Tokyo. The 30-year-old, who won cycling and athletics gold at the Rio Games, knew

Bethany Shriever added a world title to her Olympic crown as the Tokyo 2020 gold medallist won the women’s BMX World Championships. Shriever, 22, cruised to victory in the final after a three-rider crash took out reigning world champion Alise Willoughby of the United States. The former teaching assistant is the first woman to hold

Former champion Alejandro Valverde crashed out of the 2021 Vuelta a Espana as he slid out on a corner during a high-speed descent on stage seven. Australian climber Michael Storer won the stage from Spaniard Carlos Verona. Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic retained the overall lead, crossing among a group of general classification favourites led home by

Fabio Jakobsen won his first Grand Tour stage since suffering serious injuries in a crash last year with a bunch sprint victory at the Vuelta a Espana. The Dutchman, 24, held off Arnaud Demare and Magnus Cort to claim an emotional win on stage four in Molina de Aragon. Jakobsen sustained severe head injuries at

New Zealand Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore has died at the age of 24, Cycling New Zealand has said. Podmore competed at the 2016 Rio Games, the 2018 Commonwealth Games and was her country’s keirin champion in 2017. “We at Cycling New Zealand are deeply saddened with the sudden loss of our young cyclist Olivia Podmore,”

Olympic mountain bike gold medallist Tom Pidcock will race in the Vuelta a Espana for Ineos Grenadiers alongside fellow Briton Adam Yates. Yates, 29, will be racing the 10th Grand Tour of his career. The race begins in Burgos and covers 21 stages before finishing on 5 September. Pidcock’s long-term coach at Ineos, Kurt Bogaerts,

Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. Laura Kenny became the first British woman to win gold at three

Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. Jason Kenny won a record-equalling eighth Olympic medal with team sprint silver

“I think some people have quoted it as the death of sport – it’s nowhere near that level.” Broadcaster Piers Morgan has been perhaps the most high-profile, tweeting “RIP Sport” in relation to an article that said Biles’ withdrawal was “more impressive than winning”. Within days of Biles pulling out of the final, it was