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German Lennard Kamna produced a superb solo break to power to victory on stage 16 of the Tour de France. The Bora-Hangrohe rider, 24, pulled away on the penultimate climb of the 164km stage from La Tour-du-Pin to Villard-de-Lans to claim his first career Grand Tour win. Kamna’s victory also marked his team’s first success

Britain’s Lizzy Banks claimed stage four of the Giro Rosa in Tivoli. The 29-year-old, who won stage eight of last year’s race, prevailed in the 170km stage, the longest of the nine in the event, which concludes on Saturday. Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten, who has held the leader’s jersey since stage two, retained the

Simon Yates held on for victory in the Tirreno-Adriatico after withstanding a challenge in Monday’s final stage from Geraint Thomas, who finished second. Mitchelton-Scott’s Yates started the individual time trial in Italy with a 39-second lead over his fellow Briton. Thomas clocked the fourth best time but his 22-second gain on Yates was only enough

Defending Tour de France champion Egan Bernal said he “felt empty” as he lost more than seven minutes to leader Primoz Roglic on Sunday’s Grand Colombier climb. The Ineos Grenadiers rider is all but out of contention for the win with a week of the race still to go. Roglic leads Tadej Pogacar by 40

Tadej Pogacar won stage 15 of the Tour de France to slightly cut Primoz Roglic’s lead as defending champion Egan Bernal dropped out of contention. Pogacar beat yellow jersey Roglic in a sprint to the line and now trails his fellow Slovenian by 40 seconds. Bernal cracked badly on the final climb to Grand Colombier

Mitchelton-Scott’s British rider Simon Yates retains the lead going into Monday’s final stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico. Ineos Grenadiers’ Geraint Thomas stays in third place after stage seven, which was won by Mathieu van der Poel with a stunning surge up the final climb. Yates finished sixth and Thomas eighth, with the latter staying 39 seconds

Marianne Vos won stage three of the Giro Rosa as defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten retained the leader’s jersey. The Dutch CCC Liv rider edged victory on the brutal final climb to the finish in Assisi, with FDJ’s Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig second and Trek-Segafredo’s Elisa Longo Borghini third. Borghini had lost the Maglia Rosa on

Team Sunweb’s Soren Kragh Andersen took a surprise win on stage 14 of the Tour de France with a late solo attack as Primoz Roglic maintained his lead in the yellow jersey. Andersen sprung his attack with three kilometres to go, opening up a 15-second gap to take his first stage win. Luka Mezgec was

Defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten won stage two of the Giro Rosa to take the leader’s jersey. The Dutch road race world champion, 37, won by more than a minute ahead of Boels-Dolmans’ Anna van der Breggen and Canyon-SRAM’s Katarzyna Niewiadoma. Mitchelton-Scott rider Van Vleuten was leading when she suffered a mechanical. But she worked

Mitchelton-Scott’s British rider Simon Yates remained in the Tirreno-Adriatico lead after stage six, which was won in a sprint finish by Belgian Tim Merlier of Alpecin-Fenix. Ineos Grenadiers’ Geraint Thomas stayed third overall as he and Yates finished in the leading pack. Rafal Majka of Bora-Hansgrohe, remained second, 23 seconds ahead of Welshman Thomas. Michael

Colombian Daniel Martinez claimed a superb maiden Tour de France stage win as Primoz Roglic extended his lead in the overall standings. EF Pro Cycling’s Martinez went clear of Lennard Kamna in the final metres of a gruelling finishing climb on stage 13. But Roglic now leads by 44 seconds overall, from fellow Slovenian Tadej

Mitchelton-Scott’s British rider Simon Yates broke away to win stage five of Tirreno-Adriatico and take overall lead of the race. Ineos Grenadiers’ Geraint Thomas was second in Friday’s stage and climbs up from sixth place overall to third. Rafal Majka of Bora-Hansgrohe, who was third in the stage on the same time as Thomas, is

Lizzie Deignan’s Trek-Segafredo team won the opening team time trial of the Giro Rosa as Elisa Longo Borghini took the leader’s jersey on the first stage. Italian Borghini led the team over the line in 20 minutes 05.99 seconds after the 16.8km Grosseto route. Boels Dolmans finished second, more than three seconds back, with Mitchelton-Scott

Britain’s Geraint Thomas slipped to sixth overall at the Tirreno-Adriatico after an attacking finish to the first mountain stage of the race. Australian Lucas Hamilton won stage four in Cascia, while Canada’s Michael Woods kept the overall lead. Thomas and compatriot Simon Yates attacked on the final climb. But Yates’ Mitchelton-Scott team-mate Hamilton escaped on

Switzerland’s Marc Hirschi took stage 12 of the Tour de France for his first-ever stage win. Hirschi, 22, for Team Sunweb, moved to the front with 28km remaining of the 218km ride from Chauvigny to Sarran. The Swiss rider, in his first Grand Tour, had led for more than 80km on Sunday’s ninth stage before

HSBC has extended its sponsorship with British Cycling to cover the rescheduled Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The bank had announced that it would be ending the deal early, but coronavirus has since disrupted those plans. The deal is understood to be worth £10m per Olympic cycle. “I’m incredibly proud of what our two

Lotto Soudal’s Australian rider Caleb Ewan snatched victory on stage 11 of the Tour de France as the sprinters went toe to toe in a thrilling finish. Seven-time green jersey winner Peter Sagan edged out Sam Bennett for second after muscling aside Wout van Aert in the run-in. Irishman Bennett remains in green. Jumbo-Visma safely

Former Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas moved up to fourth place in the Tirreno-Adriatico after coming 10th on stage three in Italy. The Ineos Grenadiers rider finished alongside fellow Grand Tour champion Simon Yates in a nine-strong group, 20 seconds behind winner Michael Woods. The Canadian EF Pro Cycling rider has a five-second lead