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Stefano Oldani became the second Italian winner in two days at this year’s Giro d’Italia as he won stage 12 on Thursday. The Alpecin-Fenix rider, 24, formed a three-man breakaway with Lorenzo Rota and Gijs Leemreize, with each aiming for their first career stage win. And Oldani, 24, prevailed in Genoa to follow up compatriot

Biniam Girmay has been forced to abandon the Giro d’Italia one day after making history as the first black African winner of a Grand Tour stage. Eritrean Girmay won stage 10 on Tuesday but went to hospital after popping a prosecco cork into his left eye while celebrating on the podium. Despite later returning to

Five-time Olympic champion Laura Kenny says speaking out about having a miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy “gave lots of people a platform” to share their stories. Kenny revealed in April that, after becoming pregnant following last summer’s Tokyo Games, she miscarried at nine weeks in November. She added that she then had an ectopic pregnancy in

Eritrean rider Biniam Girmay made history on stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia as he became the first black African winner of a Grand Tour stage. The 22-year-old beat Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel in a sprint for the line after an attacking finale. Van der Poel gave a thumbs-up towards Girmay as he

Simon Yates’ hopes at the Giro d’Italia look to be over after the Briton endured a difficult day on a gruelling ninth stage won by Jai Hindley. Yates, who injured his knee in a crash in the fourth stage, was dropped by his main rivals on the steep final climb and crossed 11 minutes 15

Belgian veteran Thomas de Gendt claimed another fine breakaway victory at a Grand Tour by winning stage eight of the Giro d’Italia in Naples. The 35-year-old was part of an initial breakaway before attacking again in the latter stages and winning a four-man sprint at the end of a hilly circuit. It is the Lotto-Soudal

Dutchman Koen Bouwman secured the first Grand Tour stage win of his career with an impressive uphill sprint on stage seven of the the Giro d’Italia. The 28-year-old was part of a four-rider breakaway during the closing stages of the 196km mountainous test from from Diamante to Potenza. Dutch rider Bauke Mollema was second, with

France’s Arnaud Demare beat Australian Caleb Ewan in a photo finish to win stage six of the Giro d’Italia. Demare, victorious in Sicily on Wednesday, was pushed hard to the line in Scalea by Ewan and had to wait for confirmation he had snatched it. Britain’s Mark Cavendish, looking to claim his second stage of

World champion Julian Alaphilippe has returned to light training after being hospitalised following a crash during the Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day race. The 29-year-old Frenchman hit a tree and suffered two broken ribs, a broken scapula and a collapsed lung. Alaphilippe’s Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team said the collapsed lung he had suffered had “completely healed”. They added

France’s Arnaud Demare won stage five of the Giro d’Italia in Sicily after a thrilling sprint finish. Britain’s Mark Cavendish, looking to win his second stage of this year’s Giro, was heavily fancied but fell away with several kilometres to go. Demare got into position before a tight final corner to take his sixth career

Germany’s Lennard Kamna won stage four of the Giro d’Italia in Sicily, finishing one second ahead of Spain’s Juan Pedro Lopez after a gruelling climb up Mount Etna. Lopez moved into first place in the general classification. The pair broke away on the 172km stage, finishing 34 seconds ahead of Estonian Rein Taaramae at altitudes

Transgender women should compete in an “open category” in order to “protect women’s sport”, say two current elite female runners. The British athletes, one of whom is an Olympian, believe athletes should only be allowed to compete in the category of their biological sex. The debate centres around the balance of inclusion, sporting fairness and

Is there an unfair advantage? Should transgender women be banned from competing in female categories? Should there be a separate category established? Or should sport be more inclusive? The conversation around the inclusion of transgender women in women’s sport is one that has divided opinion both in and out of the sporting sphere, even drawing

Britain’s Fin Graham won his second gold medal at the Para-cycling Road World Cup in Ostend with victory in Sunday’s men’s C3 road race. The 22-year-old, Scot, a double silver medallist on the track and road at the Tokyo Paralympics, had won Friday’s time trial. There was also gold on the final day of competition

Mark Cavendish made it two British wins in two days at the Giro d’Italia as he out-sprinted the peloton to win the third stage on Sunday in Hungary. The 36-year-old, riding the race for the first time since 2013, hit the front with 300m to go and held off Arnaud Demare and Fernando Gaviria to

Britain’s Simon Yates took stage two in the Giro d’Italia after storming to a surprise victory in the time trial. The 29-year-old completed the 9.2km course in 11 minutes 50 seconds, three seconds ahead of Mathieu van der Poel. Team Jumbo-Visma rider Tom Dumoulin came third, finishing five seconds behind Yates, with 20-year-old Briton Ben

Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel marked his Giro d’Italia debut in style with victory after a chaotic finish to the race’s opening stage. As a classics specialist who excels in punchy climbs, Alpecin-Fenix’s Van der Poel came into the first stage as favourite and won by a bike length. Caleb Ewan crashed after hitting

The Giro d’Italia starts in Budapest on Friday and concludes with an individual time trial in Verona on 29 May. The 21-stage race travels a 3,446km (2,141 miles) route across flat sprinter-friendly days, time trials and gruelling mountain climbs. Here, BBC Sport looks at everything you need to know about the race. What’s the significance