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Switzerland successfully defended their team time trial mixed relay title in dramatic fashion at the Cycling World Championships in Glasgow. Elise Chabbey and Marlen Reusser, sprinted over the line to clinch victory for the Swiss by seven seconds from France, with Germany in third. Swiss success came despite Reusser, their strongest female rider, crashing 13km

A protest has halted the Men’s Elite Road Race at the UCI Cycling World Championships in Scotland. The event was paused with just over 190km (118 miles) of the 271km (168 miles) remaining, with Edinburgh to Glasgow route blocked west of Falkirk. The protest took place on a narrow stretch of the B818 near the

Hosts: Glasgow and across Scotland Dates: 3-13 August Coverage: Watch live across BBC TV and iPlayer, with 200 hours of live streams on the BBC’s digital platforms Great Britain won two golds, a silver and two bronze medals on day one at the Cycling World Championships in Glasgow. William Tidball timed his sprint perfectly to

Hosts: Glasgow and across Scotland Dates: 3-13 August Coverage: Watch live across BBC TV and iPlayer, with 200 hours of live streams on the BBC’s digital platforms Eritrean history maker Biniam Girmay is out of the Cycling World Championships in Scotland because of injury. The 23-year-old was hoping to become Africa’s first world champion in

Venues: Glasgow & across Scotland Dates: 3-13 August Coverage: Follow live across the BBC on television, online, the BBC Sport app & BBC iPlayer Being in the midst of a race is Olympic champion Katie Archibald’s “happiest place in the world”. In those moments, nothing else matters. The nerves vanish. The emotional crash has yet

Denmark’s Emma Norsgaard held on to claim victory on stage six of the Tour de France Femmes by metres as Charlotte Kool chased her down. Norsgaard was part of a three-rider breakaway away with nearly 100km left of the stage from Albi to Blagnac. The chasing peloton, led by Dutchwoman Kool, caught the other two

Tokyo gold medallist Beth Shriever is hoping for a “whole new Olympic experience” when she defends her BMX title in Paris next year. Shriever beat Colombia’s Mariana Pajon by 0.090 seconds in the women’s final in 2021, but crowd sizes were strictly limited in Japan because of Covid. She also won gold at a BMX

Liane Lippert won the sprint for the line as the German claimed victory on the second stage of the Tour de France Femmes. Belgian Lotte Kopecky, who won stage one, launched her sprint at the end of a wet, 152km hilly route from Clermont-Ferrand to Mauriac first. But Lippert, 25, surged past her to take

Tadej Pogacar salvaged some pride by taking stage 20 of this year’s Tour de France as Jonas Vingegaard all but sealed the defence of his title. Pogacar has been unable to challenge Vinegaard’s supremacy in the past week, but sprinted past the Dane to win on the final day of competitive racing. Vingegaard holds a

Kasper Asgreen claimed his first Tour de France stage victory as he held on to win stage 18 from an epic breakaway. The Soudal Quick-Step rider, 28, was part of a four-man group which seemed destined to be caught during the closing stages in Bourg-en-Bresse. But the leaders managed to stay clear, with Dane Asgreen

Jonas Vingegaard tightened his grip on the yellow jersey in the Tour de France after he blew away Tadej Pogacar in the individual time trial. The Dane won the 22.4km stage 16 from Passy to Combloux in 32 minutes 36 seconds on a decisive day of the Tour. Vingegaard increased his overall lead over Slovenian

A spectator trying to take a selfie caused a crash on stage 15 of the Tour de France with about 20 riders coming off their bikes. With about 125km remaining Team Jumbo-Visma rider Sepp Kuss had his handlebars knocked by a supporter who was holding out a phone. Kuss swerved into team-mate Nathan van Hooydonck

Michal Kwiatkowski took a superb solo win on stage 13 of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar clawed back more time on race leader Jonas Vingegaard. Poland’s Kwiatkowski, 33, rode clear on the imposing 17.4km climb to the summit finish on Grand Colombier on the race’s first day in the Alps. An explosive attack

Jasper Philipsen secured his fourth stage win of the 2023 Tour de France as he produced another powerful sprint to claim victory on stage 11 in Moulins. The Belgian worked his way up through the bunch and then kicked off the wheel of Dylan Groenewegen, who came second. The last rider to win four bunch

Dates: 3-13 August Coverage: Watch the finals of 13 World Championships across seven disciplines over 11 days on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app Lizzie Deignan, Geraint Thomas and Sarah Storey have been included in the British squad for the Road World Championships in Glasgow next month. Mark Cavendish also

Race director Christian Prudhomme said “the Tour de France is sad” after Mark Cavendish crashed out of what is set to be his final appearance in the event. Manxman Cavendish, 38, broke a collarbone in an innocuous-looking crash about 60km from the finish of stage eight from Libourne to Limoges. That means he is set

Last updated on Less than a minute agoLess than a minute ago.From the section Cycling Tadej Pogacar produced a stunning attack on the final climb to Cauterets-Cambasque as he soloed clear of defending champion Jonas Vingegaard to win stage six of the Tour de France. It was a superb response from Pogacar, who lost over

Jasper Philipsen won for the second day in a row amid a chaotic finish to stage four of the Tour de France. The Belgian edged out Australia’s Caleb Ewan with Germany’s Phil Bauhaus third. The final three kilometres of a relatively flat stage were on the Nogaro motor racing circuit, with a wide, straight 800m