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One rider struck by a car, a painful early exit for a key contender, a signal of intent from Egan Bernal – and could we see the comeback of all comebacks from one of cycling’s most exciting talents? The first Grand Tour of the year is under way and there’s been plenty to unpack in

Britain’s Simon Yates and Hugh Carthy both gained time on a soggy stage six at the Giro d’Italia which saw another rider hit by a car. Carthy of EF Education-Nippo is sixth, 38 seconds down, and Yates 49 seconds back in 10th for Team Bike Exchange. But Yates’ team car hit Deceuninck-Quick Step’s Pieter Serry

Australia’s Caleb Ewan won stage five of the Giro d’Italia, but one of the general classification favourites, Mikel Landa, crashed out in Cattolica. Ewan came from behind to outsprint Italy’s Giacomo Nizzolo and Elia Viviani and win his fourth career Giro stage. Spain’s Landa was unable to finish and left in an ambulance after crashing

Dame Sarah Storey and the British Paralympic Association “followed the appropriate process” over a retrospective therapeutic use exemption, British Cycling says. The Times reportedexternal-link the TUE was applied for Storey after an adverse analytical finding for asthma drug salbutamol in a urine sample at London 2012. British Cycling said the report raised concerns of a

Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel said he had “tears in my eyes” as he made an emotional comeback at the Giro d’Italia, as Italy’s Filippo Ganna won the opening time trial in Turin. Evenepoel, 21, was competing for the first time since fracturing his pelvis in a fall from a bridge at the Il Lombardia race in

Britain’s Simon Yates begins his bid for Giro d’Italia victory on Saturday looking to end three years of heartbreak and misfortune at the race. Having won three stages and led for 13 days in 2018, he cracked in the final week, before an underwhelming eighth-place finish in 2019 was followed by an early exit last

Jonas Vingegaard has been chosen to take the place vacated by Tom Dumoulin in Jumbo-Visma’s 2021 Tour de France squad. The young Dane has impressed this early season, winning a stage of the UAE Tour, the overall and two stages at Settimana Coppi e Bartali, as well as riding to second on GC at the

Mark Cavendish won his fourth stage of the 2021 Tour of Turkey as he sprinted to victory in Sunday’s finale. The British Deceuninck-Quick Step rider had not won a race for nearly three years before the eight-stage event, the wins heralding a major return to form. The 35-year-old is one of cycling’s most successful sprinters,

Primož Roglič won’t race either the Critérium du Dauphiné or the Tour de Suisse in preparation for another yellow jersey bid at the 2021 Tour de France. The Slovenian, who came second at last year’s French Grand Tour, will race the Amstel Gold Race, Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège over the coming seven days but after

The Dutch cities of Rotterdam and The Hague have put themselves in the running to co-host the Grand Départ of the 2024 or 2025 Tour de France. If they were picked it would be the third time in 15 years that the Netherlands had hosted the Tour. Rotterdam wishes to be the host for the

Primož Roglič ‘happy with the legs’ at Tour of the Basque Country just weeks after two hard crashes Wout van Aert’s trainer says Tirreno-Adriatico ‘was so tough, it was not a build up week’ for the Classics Primož Roglič powers to victory on opening time trial of Tour of the Basque Country 2021

Sir Bradley Wiggins still believes Chris Froome can win another Tour de France  Don’t expect a normal Tour de France this year, UCI warns Jumbo-Visma leaving the door open for Tom Dumoulin to ride 2021 Tour de France 

Tadej Pogačar: ‘With his power Mathieu van der Poel can do well overall in Tirreno-Adriatico’ Vincenzo Nibali says riders should switch off bike computers following Mathieu van der Poel’s Strade Bianche win  Stefan Bissegger smashes Paris-Nice 2021 time trial on stage three to take overall lead

Tom Dumoulin on return to the cobbled Classics: ‘Wout van Aert is our leader, but anything can happen in the final’  Primož Roglič powers to victory on opening time trial of Tour of the Basque Country 2021 Wout van Aert says he ‘just wasn’t good enough’ in Tour of Flanders 2021 

‘Wout van Aert is not Pogačar or Bernal, they will always have an advantage in Tirreno GC,’ says sports director Wout van Aert powers his way to victory on stage one of Tirreno-Adriatico 2021 Primož Roglič launches blistering attack to take overall lead on stage four of Paris-Nice 2021

Sir Bradley Wiggins still believes Chris Froome can win another Tour de France  Don’t expect a normal Tour de France this year, UCI warns Jumbo-Visma leaving the door open for Tom Dumoulin to ride 2021 Tour de France 

Image 1 of 4 Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (CCC-Liv) (Image credit: Getty Images) Image 2 of 4 Pauliena Rooijakkers (CCC-Liv) third at the new Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa (Image credit: Getty Images) Image 3 of 4 Pauliena Rooijakkers (CCC-Liv) third at the new Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa (Image credit: Getty Images) Image 4 of 4 Pauliena Rooijakkers

Image 1 of 3 Chad Haga empties the tank on the run to the finish (Image credit: Getty Images) Image 2 of 3 Giro TT winner Chad Haga was a strong early pacesetter (Image credit: Bettini Photo) Image 3 of 3 Team Sunweb’s Chad Haga warms up in the shade ahead of his effort (Image