Cycling

Mark Cavendish, one of Britain’s most successful cyclists, will retire at the end of the season. In 2021 he equalled the legendary Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 Tour de France stage victories. During a news conference at the Giro d’Italia, Cavendish, 38, said: “Cycling has been my life for over 25 years. “It’s taught me

America’s Brandon McNulty won stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia by edging a sprint finish with Ireland’s Ben Healy. EF Education-Easypost sensation Healy, 22, was pipped to the line in Bergamo to deny him a second stage victory of the three-week race. France’s Bruno Amirail of Groupama-FDJ remains in the leader’s overall pink jersey despite

Britain’s Geraint Thomas has lost the leader’s overall pink jersey at the Giro d’Italia after stage 14. Thomas finished in the peloton 21 minutes behind the breakaway, meaning France’s Bruno Armirail has the lead. Armirail, 29, is not expected to be a threat for victory, as Thomas and the peloton chose to conserve energy. The

Einer Rubio sprinted to his first Grand Tour stage victory as he claimed a weather-shortened stage 13 at the Giro d’Italia. The Colombian Movistar rider perfectly timed his sprint to pass Thibaut Pinot and Jefferson Cepeda on the final climb at Crans Montana. Britain’s Geraint Thomas maintained his two-second lead at the top of the

Nico Denz secured his first Grand Tour stage victory as he won stage 12 at the Giro d’Italia. Just three seconds separated the front three as the German finished in front of Latvia’s Toms Skujins with Australian Sebastian Berwick third. Britain’s Geraint Thomas retains a two-second lead in the overall standings. It was an incident-free

Britain’s Tao Geoghegan Hart is out of the Giro d’Italia after a crash midway through stage 11. The Ineos Grenadiers rider looked in distress after falling before being taken away in an ambulance. Team-mate Geraint Thomas and Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic were also involved in the crash, but both got back up and continued. Geoghegan Hart,

Magnus Cort claimed his maiden Giro d’Italia stage win as Geraint Thomas maintained a two-second overall lead. Cort, 30, claimed victory on stage 10 after outpacing Canada’s Derek Gee and Alessandro de Marchi of Italy in a sprint finish. EF Education-EasyPost rider Cort now has stage wins in all three Grand Tours. Britain’s Thomas finished

Geraint Thomas feared his chance to win the Giro d’Italia was long gone, but the new race leader says he aims to prove the doubters wrong again. Thomas has inherited the maglia rosa following Belgian Remco Evenepoel’s withdrawal on Sunday due to Covid-19. The world champion was the latest rider to test positive, prompting organisers

Marlen Reusser claimed a superb solo win in the final stage of the Itzulia Women to overhaul team-mate Demi Vollering and take the overall tile. Defending champion Vollering had won every previous stage of the race – all three in last year’s inaugural event and the first two of this edition. But her streak was

Remco Evenepoel beat Geraint Thomas by just one second to win the stage nine individual time trial and retake the overall lead of the Giro d’Italia. The Belgian covered the 35km course in 41 minutes 24 seconds to edge out Britain’s Thomas on the line in Cesena. Thomas’ Ineos Grenadiers team-mate and former winner Tao

British rider Tom Pidcock was made to work hard for a thrilling victory in the World Cup Men’s Elite XCO in a wet Nove Mesto. Pidcock, 23, led for much of the race and appeared to be coasting to a routine triumph. But a fall in the fifth lap allowed Frenchman Joshua Dubau to take

Irishman Ben Healy won the eighth stage of the Giro d’Italia in emphatic fashion to seal the first grand tour stage win of his career. Healy was part of a 12-man breakaway on the 207km stage from Terni to Fossombrone. But he attacked with almost 50km to go and completed a stunning solo finish. The

Defending champion Demi Vollering won the second stage of the Itzulia Women to extend her overall lead to 56 seconds. Vollering is unbeaten in the event after winning all three stages in last year’s race, and won the first stage of this year’s race on Friday. The SD-Worx rider had to sprint for victory past

Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock raced from the back to claim a sensational win in the cross-country short track at the Mountain Bike World Series. The 23-year-old started the race in the Czech Republic in 40th place out of 41 after deciding to take part in the event just hours before it started. But a late

Italy’s Davide Bais secured a surprise victory on stage seven of the Giro d’Italia, the first of his professional career. The Eolo-Kometa rider, 25, won the race’s first summit finish in six hours eight minutes 40 seconds. The Czech Republic’s Karel Vacek came second and Italy’s Simone Petilli finished third, with all three chasing a

Defending champion Demi Vollering won stage one of the Itzulia Women with a dominant attack on the final climb. The 26-year-old Dutchwoman, who rides for SD Worx, broke clear 12km from the finish of the 122km stage from Etxebarria to Markina-Xemein in Spain. Swiss team-mate Marlen Reusser was second, 47 seconds behind, with Poland’s Kasia

Denmark’s Mads Pedersen won the sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia after the peloton caught a two-man breakaway with the finishing line in sight. Pedersen claimed victory following a sprint after Australia’s Simon Clarke and Italian Alessandro de Marchi were passed with about 250m to go. Italy’s Jonathan Milan was second, with Pascal Ackermann of

Cynisca Cycling has parted ways with its director Inga Thompson, saying her views on transgender inclusion have “affected its brand and reputation”. The professional women’s team launched in 2022, with the ex-cyclist invited to serve on its board earlier this year. The American has opposed transgender women competing in elite female sport and on Sunday