Cycling

It’s a scorching hot June afternoon in the middle of an Italian heatwave. There hasn’t been any rain for a month. But grey clouds are slowly rolling in and the humidity is rising fast. A storm is brewing. The kind that only happens once a summer here. Two sisters are in the foothills of the

Britain’s Tom Pidcock claimed a superb solo win in the prestigious Strade Bianche one-day classic in Italy. Ineos Grenadiers rider Pidcock, 23, attacked from the peloton with about 50km remaining to join a breakaway group up the road. He kicked clear with 20km to go and held off the chasers to cross the line alone

Getty Images Professional cyclist Antonio Tiberi has been given a fine of €4,000 ($4,250; £3,500) for shooting dead a minister’s cat in San Marino, Italian media say. The 21-year-old rider reportedly said he was trying out an air rifle and pointed it at the cat’s head and fired. The ill-fated feline belonged to San Marino’s

Britain’s Adam Yates won the seventh and final stage of the UAE Tour on Sunday as Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel claimed overall victory by 59 seconds. UAE-Team Emirates rider Yates, 30, made it to the mountain finish at Jebel Hafeet 10 seconds ahead of Evenepoel. The success pushed Yates up to third overall, one second behind

Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome has said that competing in the ongoing Tour du Rwanda has rekindled memories of his childhood growing up in Nairobi, the city where he discovered cycling. The hugely successful road cyclist, who has also claimed two Olympic bronze medals competing for Great Britain, was raised in Kenya and

Britain’s Tom Pidcock slipped from first to seventh on the final day of the Tour of Algarve as Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Dani Martinez won the title. Pidcock won the penultimate stage four to hold the overall lead but his time-trial inexperience showed as he placed 19th in the race against the clock. Colombia’s Martinez finished

Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock took the overall lead of the Tour of Algarve by winning stage four. The Ineos Grenadiers rider led a three-man breakaway up the Alto do Malhao in Portugal, before sprinting away to take the leader’s jersey. Pidcock, 23, leads by five seconds from Soudal-Quick-Step’s Ilan van Wilder with UAE Team Emirates’

George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images Tributes have been paid to cyclist Eileen Sheridan – who “blazed a trail for countless female riders” – following her death at the age of 99. The Coventry resident broke all 21 of the Women’s Road Records Association records, with five of them yet to be beaten, British Cycling said.

Katie Archibald won her 20th European title as she and Great Britain team-mate Elinor Barker clinched madison gold in Grenchen. The pair dominated the 120-lap race, finishing with 38 points – 13 more than silver medallists France, while Italy won bronze with 19. Archibald and Barker now have 30 European titles between them. Elsewhere on

Josie Knight and Will Perrett won silver and bronze medals for Great Britain on day four of the UEC European Track Championships in Grenchen. Knight, 25, won silver in the women’s individual pursuit after being beaten by Germany’s Franziska Brausse by more than three seconds in the final. In the men’s omnium, Perrett won bronze

Great Britain’s Katie Archibald and Oliver Wood won gold in the women’s omnium and men’s scratch race at the UEC European Track Championships. Olympic champion Archibald dominated from start to finish in her four-race event to win a 19th European title. Wood powered clear on the final lap of the 15km race to add to

Great Britain won women’s gold and men’s silver in the team pursuit at the UEC European Track Championships. Anna Morris, Josie Knight, Neah Evans and Katie Archibald beat world champions Italy by more than two seconds over the four-kilometre mark. Oliver Wood, Ethan Vernon, Charlie Tanfield and Dan Bigham lost to Italy, the Olympic champions,

Great Britain made a winning start to the UEC European Track Championships by securing two medals on the opening day. The women’s team of Katy Marchant, Emma Finucane and Lauren Bell pushed Germany all the way in sprint final but had to settle for silver. Ali Fielding, Hamish Turnbull and Jack Carlin lost to the

Getty Images Two men have been jailed for a knifepoint robbery at the family home of elite cyclist Mark Cavendish. Romario Henry, 31, of south-east London, and Ali Sesay, 28, of Kent, broke into Mr Cavendish’s home in Ongar, Essex, on 27 November 2021. Henry, who denied the crime, was found guilty of two counts

British rider Zoe Backstedt won silver in the women’s under-23 race at the Cyclo-cross World Championships. The Netherlands’ Shirin van Anrooij, 21, sealed a dominant victory to take the rainbow jersey in Hoogerheide. She beat 18-year-old Welsh rider Backstedt by 33 seconds at the end of the 45-minute race, with Czech Kristyna Zemanova in third

The 2023 cyclo-cross World Championships start on Friday in Hoogerheide, Netherlands, with live coverage of the elite men’s and women’s races on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app. Defending men’s champion Tom Pidcock will not be competing, however, as he is focusing on road racing but there is plenty

More than 20 years on, Daphny van den Brand can remember the feeling as she looked out over the mud and slopes from the start line. She was bidding for a World Championship crown, but knew more than a title was at stake. She and the rest of the field also had to put on

Katy Marchant and Elinor Barker have been included in Great Britain’s squad for the European Track Championships in what will be their first international competition since giving birth. Olympic bronze medallist Marchant, 30, who gave birth to son Arthur in June 2022, is in the women’s sprint team. Olympic gold and silver medallist Barker, 28,