Cycling

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has launched an investigation after it emerged that the sample of a British Cycling rider contained traces of the steroid nandrolone after a test in late 2010. Wada has told BBC Sport that it has now asked its Intelligence and Investigations Department to look into the matter, and to seek

Ineos Grenadiers’ Adam Yates retained the lead of the Volta a Catalunya after Saturday’s penultimate stage. Yates, 28, is now favourite to win overall in Spain with just one stage remaining, and team-mate Geraint Thomas in third, 49 seconds behind. Yates’ twin brother Simon is one minute 20 seconds down for Team BikeExchange, and Hugh

Bora-Hansgrohe have pulled out of Friday’s E3 Saxo Bank Classic race after Britain’s Matthew Walls tested positive for coronavirus. Walls, 22, was due to take part in the one-day race in Belgium alongside Ineos Grenadiers’ Tom Pidcock. The race also has a line-up including two of cycling’s best riders in Wout van Aert of Jumbo-Visma

Ineos Grenadiers’ Adam Yates retained the green and white leaders’ jersey on the Volta a Catalunya’s fourth stage. Yates came fourth, just behind team-mate Geraint Thomas, the pair crossing the line seven seconds behind Esteban Chaves of Bike Exchange, who ended nearly two years without a victory. Ineos now make up the top three overall

Ineos Grenadiers’ Adam Yates has taken the lead of the Volta a Catalunya after an impressive victory on stage three. Britain’s Yates, 28, powered up the final 5km in the Pyrenees alone after a number of riders tried to break away from the peloton. He finished 31 seconds ahead of team-mate Geraint Thomas, who finished

Ineos Grenadiers co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says general manager Sir Dave Brailsford has his backing in the wake of Richard Freeman’s tribunal. Freeman was recently found guilty of ordering banned testosterone in 2011 while he was chief doctor for British Cycling and Team Sky. Brailsford, who worked for both at the time, has come under

Britain’s Mark Cavendish has continued his improved form, leading the general classification in the Coppi e Bartali race in Italy. The Deceuninck-Quick Step rider was second in the first of two stages, but took the lead after a team time trial. In Tuesday’s second stage of the Volta a Catalunya, Ineos Grenadiers’ Adam Yates was

Chris Froome finished more than eight minutes behind the peloton on the first stage of the Volta a Catalunya. The four-time Tour de France winner, 35, is searching for form with Israel Start Up Nation before the 2021 Tour. Ineos Grenadiers’ Geraint Thomas and Adam Yates finished in the peloton, along with Yates’ twin brother

Belgium’s Jasper Stuyven took a surprise victory at Milan-San Remo after breaking away from many of the world’s best riders in a late attack. Trek-Segafredo’s Stuyven, 28, narrowly held off Lotto-Soudal’s Caleb Ewan and defending champion Wout van Aert to win the 299km ‘monument’. Britain’s Tom Pidcock was 15th for Ineos Grenadiers, but led the

Former Great Britain cyclist Lauren Dolan has been forced to retire aged 21 after suffering serious injuries in a crash with a car, saying the incident has “taken away” her “Olympic dream”. The driver has been found guilty of driving without due care and attention and fined £1,079. “You can’t put a price on a

Last updated on 28 minutes ago28 minutes ago.From the section Cycling Ex-British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman has been struck off the medical register permanently. The sanction came a day after a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) ruled Freeman’s fitness to practise was “impaired by reason of his misconduct”. The General Medical

Last updated on 25 minutes ago25 minutes ago.From the section Cycling Ex-British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman’s “fitness to practise is impaired by reason of his misconduct”, a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) has ruled. The MPTS will now consider what sanction, if any, to impose. The General Medical Council (GMC) recently

The penultimate leg of this year’s Tour of Britain will run from Hawick to Edinburgh, as three new stages are confirmed. South Cheshire, Warrington, Cumbria and Gateshead will also feature on the tour as well as two stages in Wales. Cornwall, Devon and Aberdeenshire had previously been confirmed as venues, with the event taking place

Tour de France victor Tadej Pogacar won the Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy after a final-day time trial. Britain’s Geraint Thomas was 11th fastest in the time trial, but finished more than 17 minutes down overall. Ineos Grenadiers’ Thomas and compatriot Simon Yates of Bike Exchange both struggled to reproduce the form which saw them dominate last

Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar retained the overall lead before Tuesday’s final time trial at Tirreno-Adriatico as Denmark’s Mads Wurtz Schmidt won stage six. Israel Start-Up Nation rider Schmidt won the sprint from a five-man breakaway in Lido di Fermo, Italy. Slovenia’s Pogacar finished safely in the peloton and leads Belgium’s Wout van Aert

Sir Bradley Wiggins wants a new inquiry into why banned testosterone was ordered in 2011 by ex-British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman. A medical tribunal ruled Freeman ordered Testogel “knowing or believing” it was to help dope an unnamed rider to “improve their athletic performance”. Ex-Team Sky rider Wiggins questioned the findings, adding

Geraint Thomas lost nearly 14 minutes as Mathieu van der Poel won stage five of Tirreno-Adriatico after a spectacular solo breakaway. Van der Poel slumped to the ground after crossing the line following a 65km break as race leader Tadej Pogacar nearly caught him metres from the line. Bike Exchange’s Simon Yates lost five minutes

Last updated on 6 minutes ago6 minutes ago.From the section Cycling Ex-British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman says he was “shocked” to have been found guilty of ordering banned testosterone in 2011. A medical tribunal ruled Freeman ordered Testogel with the knowledge “it was to be administered to an athlete to improve