Cycling

Stephen Williams won the sprint from a small group to claim a shock victory on stage one of the Tour de Suisse. The 26-year-old Welshman edged out German Maximilian Schachmann after a hilly stage to earn the leader’s jersey for day two. Ineos Grenadiers’ Adam Yates finished 11th with team-mate and Williams’ compatriot Geraint Thomas

Primoz Roglic won the Criterium du Dauphine on Sunday at the Plateau de Solaison. The Jumbo-Visma rider, 32, cruised to victory, with two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar absent. The Slovenian took second place in the eighth and final stage won by his Danish team-mate Jonas Vingegaard. The three-time Vuelta a Espana winner is

Elisa Longo Borghini won the Women’s Tour by a second after finishing stage six in third place. The Italian went into the concluding stage of the tour sharing the overall lead with Australian Grace Brown after winning stage five. And Longo Borghini claimed the overall victory by sealing third with Brown only managing 12th in

Briton’s Chris Froome has pulled out of the Criterium du Dauphine, revealing he has been “feeling unwell over the last two days”. Froome finished stage six low down the rankings and was five minutes and seven seconds behind winner Valentin Ferron. It left him 76th in the overall standings prior to his withdrawal before the

Colombia’s Juan Sebastian Molano has been disqualified from the Criterium de Dauphine after hitting an opponent twice during stage six. The UAE-Team Emirates rider was seen arguing with France’s Hugo Page in the closing stages before shaking his bike and striking him on the helmet. Molano, 27, then raced to Page’s team bus to remonstrate

Elisa Longo Borghini set up a thrilling finale to the Women’s Tour as she sprinted clear to win stage five atop the Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire. The Italian attacked with 150 metres to go to hold off Poland’s Katarzyna Niewiadoma with Grace Brown in third. Longo Borghini, a two-time Olympic road-race bronze medallist, drew level

Grace Brown’s sprint finish secured victory on stage four of the Women’s Tour and the overall lead. The Australian’s first stage win, a 144.7km route through mid-Wales, began in one market town, Wrexham, and ended in another, Welshpool. The FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope rider and two others broke away from the pack late on. Holding off

In an unassuming car park in the centre of Tewkesbury, across the road from a Tesco Metro, almost 100 of the world’s best cyclists got ready for stage 3 of the Women’s Tour. Just around the corner, the town’s high street was temporarily closed. Blue, white and red bunting zig-zagged across the street while a

Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes made it back-to-back wins with victory on stage three of the Women’s Tour. Wiebes followed up her dominant display on Tuesday by beating Australia’s Alex Manly and America’s Coryn Labecki across the line in Gloucester. The 23-year-old missed out on the opening day after a multi-rider crash on the final corner.

Elinor Barker has been included in Team Wales’ cycling roster for the Commonwealth Games – just three months after giving birth. Barker, 27, had her son Nico in March and only returned to training on the bike in April. “To be honest it feels a little bit surreal at the moment,” Barker said. “It was

Mark Cavendish will return to the British National Road Championships in Dumfries and Galloway later this month. The line-up includes all five defending champions from last year’s event in Lincoln. Cavendish, winner of 34 Tour de France stages, is on the start list of the men’s race alongside two-time defending champion Ben Swift. Defending champion

Lorena Wiebes recovered from an opening-day crash in style as she sprinted to a dominant victory on stage two of the Women’s Tour. But Wiebes, who rides for Team DSM, justified her status as favourite for Tuesday’s 92km stage, which started and finished in Harlow, Essex. Italy’s Barbara Guarischi beat Shari Bossuyt of Belgium to

Alexis Vuillermoz, who feared for his life after a crash last season, continued his remarkable recovery with a sprint victory to take the overall lead in the Criterium du Dauphine. The Frenchman, 34, broke a kneecap in 2020 before crashing badly at the Tour of Switzerland last June and doctors said he would not race

French cyclist Clara Copponi won the opening stage of the Women’s Tour 2022 in Bury St Edmunds. The FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope rider beat Italy’s Sofia Bertizzolo and Elena Cecchini in a bunch sprint, while Britain’s Alice Barnes finished fourth. Multiple riders, including pre-stage favourite Lorena Wiebes of Team DSM, crashed in the final corner

Justin Setterfield/getty The Women’s Tour 2022 cycle race has got under way as it navigated its way through Essex and Suffolk for its opening stage. Dozens of the world’s top female riders set off from Colchester’s Northern Gateway Sports Park. They finished on Angel Hill in Bury St Edmunds via Brantham, Hadleigh, Needham Market and

Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond is being treated for leukaemia. The two-time world champion – who won the Tour de France in 1986, 1989 and 1990 – said “a few weeks of fatigue” prompted him to go for a check-up. He is the only American to claim the Tour de France after Lance

Former Giro d’Italia champion Tom Dumoulin has announced he will retire from professional cycling after the 2022 season. The Dutch rider, 31, won the Giro in 2017 and the world time trial title in the same year. Dumoulin said in January 2021 he was taking an indefinite break from cycling before returning five months later.

Defending champion Lorena Wiebes wrapped up a comprehensive victory in the RideLondon Classique by completing a clean sweep of three stage wins. The Dutch rider proved too strong for her rivals once more as she sprinted away from the pack on Embankment. Wiebes, 23, had taken victory on the opening stage in Maldon on Friday,