Cycling

At a business dinner in downtown Zurich in the early eighties, Rolf Hess was humiliated by his boss in front of his colleagues because he didn’t know the price of the dollar. “I wanted to punch him,” says Hess, chuckling. “But he was right – you have to know these things [in business].” Now financial

Geraint Thomas has signed a new two-year contract with Ineos Grenadiers. The former Tour de France champion and double Olympic gold medallist had been approaching the end of a two-year extension he signed in 2021. Welshman Thomas turned 37 during this year’s Giro d’Italia, where he finished second behind Primoz Roglic. “Although you ‘never say

Britain’s world champion Tom Pidcock won the final stage of the Mountain Bike Cross Country World Cup series at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec. The Leeds-born rider, 24, finished 26 seconds ahead of Switzerland’s Mathias Fluckiger, whose challenge was curtailed by two punctures. Pidcock also won the opening race of the season in the Czech Republic, and had

Britain’s Mark Cavendish has delayed plans to retire and will race in next year’s Tour de France. The 38-year-old sprinter, who announced his retirement in May, has signed a one-year contract with his Astana-Qazaqstan team. He will have the chance to break the record for Tour stage wins which he shares with legend Eddy Merckx

Britain’s Mark Cavendish has delayed plans to retire and will race in next year’s Tour de France. The 38-year-old sprinter, who announced his retirement in May, has signed a new one-year contract with his Astana-Qazaqstan team. He will have the chance to break the record of 34 Tour stage wins which he shares with legend

Great Britain’s Evie Richards won the women’s cross-country short track race at the Mountain Bike World Cup in West Virginia. Richards finished in 19 minutes 54 seconds in Snowshoe to beat Dutchwoman Puck Pieterse by five seconds, with Australia’s Rebecca Henderson a further four seconds back. “I can’t believe it. I’m well happy,” Commonwealth champion

Great Britain’s Evie Richards won the women’s cross-country short track race at the Mountain Bike World Cup in West Virginia. Richards finished in 19 minutes 54 seconds in Snowshoe to beat Dutchwoman Puck Pieterse by five seconds, with Australia’s Rebecca Henderson a further four seconds back. “I can’t believe it. I’m well happy,” Commonwealth champion

Britain’s Pfeiffer Georgi just missed out on a medal, finishing fourth in the women’s road race at the European Road Cycling Championships in Col du Vam. The Netherlands’ Mischa Bredewold held on to win by four seconds after attacking with 10km remaining. Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes beat Belgian world champion Lotte Kopecky in a sprint

Britain’s Pfeiffer Georgi just missed out on a medal, finishing fourth in the women’s road race at the European Road Cycling Championships in Col du Vam. The Netherlands’ Mischa Bredewold held on to win by four seconds after attacking with 10km remaining. Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes beat Belgian world champion Lotte Kopecky in a sprint

Great Britain’s Josh Tarling produced one of the best rides of his career to win gold in the individual time trial at the European Road Cycling Championships in Drenthe. Tarling, 19, was 42.92 seconds quicker than Switzerland’s Stefan Bissegger, with Belgium’s Wout van Aert third. Anna Henderson, 24, won silver in the women’s race, finishing

Great Britain’s Josh Tarling produced one of the best rides of his career to win gold in the individual time trial at the European Road Cycling Championships in Drenthe. Tarling, 19, was 42.92 seconds quicker than Switzerland’s Stefan Bissegger, with Belgium’s Wout van Aert third. Anna Henderson, 24, won silver in the women’s race, finishing

Belgian rider Nathan van Hooydonck has retired from cycling after having an internal defibrillator fitted because of a heart muscle anomaly. The 27-year-old Jumbo-Visma rider was involved in a car accident last week when he fell ill at the wheel. Subsequent tests led to the issue being found and Van Hooydonck was fitted with the

A woman dubbed the “godmother of BMX” by commentators has returned to the podium and been inducted into the sport’s hall of fame. In 1986, Sarah-Jane Nicholls, from Bramley in Hampshire, became BMX World Champion and now after a 35 year hiatus from the saddle she finished third in the 30 plus female category at

A woman dubbed the “godmother of BMX” by commentators has returned to the podium and been inducted into the sport’s hall of fame. In 1986, Sarah-Jane Nicholls, from Bramley in Hampshire, became BMX World Champion and now after a 35 year hiatus from the saddle she finished third in the 30 plus female category at

Sepp Kuss won the Vuelta a Espana as Kaden Groves claimed a dramatic final stage in Madrid. Kuss becomes the first American to win a Grand Tour since Chris Horner triumphed in the same race 10 years ago. His Jumba-Visma team dominated the podium as Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard finished second with Giro

American rider Sepp Kuss is set to win this year’s Vuelta a Espana after Dutchman Wout Poels outsprinted Remco Evenepoel to win the penultimate stage. Poels and Evenepoel were part of an early breakaway group, which was reduced to five for a flat finish. And Poels, 35, denied 2022 champion Evenepoel a fourth stage win

Alberto Dainese narrowly avoided a crash in the final kilometre to sprint to victory on stage 19 of the Vuelta a Espana. Green jersey holder Kaden Groves, who has won two stages this year, was among several riders to go down on a straight 2.2km run to the finish in Iscar. But DSM-Firmenich rider Dainese,

Remco Evenepoel claimed his third win of this year’s Vuelta a Espana on stage 18 as Jumbo-Visma’s Sepp Kuss moved closer to winning his first Grand Tour. Belgian Evenepoel, the 2022 winner, launched a solo attack from a breakaway group to win by almost five minutes. But the Soudal Quick-Step rider, 23, has been out