Cycling

Egan Bernal finished third overall at the Tour de la Provence as Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Ivan Sosa won. Bernal, 24, who won the 2019 Tour de France, finished the four-day race strongly as he recovers from a poor defence at last year’s Tour because of a back injury. Germany’s Phil Bauhaus won Sunday’s stage from

Ex-British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman has been charged by UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) with two violations of anti-doping rules, the BBC has learned. The medic is already fighting a General Medical Council allegation that he ordered banned testosterone in 2011 to help dope a rider. The accusation is central to Freeman’s two-year

Britain’s Jake Stewart finished a surprise fourth overall at the Etoile de Besseges race, as Geraint Thomas was 49th for Ineos Grenadiers. Groupama-FDJ’s Stewart, 21, was 10th in the final-stage time trial in the five-day race in southern France. Tim Wellens won overall, a minute ahead of Stewart, in a field packed with high-class riders

The General Medical Council case against former British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman was “all over the place”, a medical tribunal has been told. Freeman denies having testosterone delivered to the national velodrome in 2011 in order to help an athlete to dope. Summing up Freeman’s case, Mary O’Rourke QC said: “You’ve

Three-time road race world champion Peter Sagan is one of three Bora-Hansgrohe riders to have tested positive for coronavirus. The Slovakian 31-year-old, his brother Juraj and Erik Baska have all returned “several” positive tests while on a training camp in Gran Canaria. Team doctor Christopher Edler said the trio have “mild, general symptoms” of the

Ineos Grenadiers will race “like Brazil” in 2021 as Briton Geraint Thomas goes for Tour de France victory, says team boss Sir Dave Brailsford. Brailsford wants the team to adapt to the more spontaneous style of racing that propelled Tao Geoghegan Hart to Giro d’Italia success in 2020. “It chimed with a lot of people

Geraint Thomas will be among three Tour de France winners competing in the Etoile de Besseges, a five-day race that begins on Wednesday, 3 February. The 34-year-old Welshman will be joined by Team Ineos colleague Egan Bernal and Vincenzo Nibali of Trek-Segafredo. Team Ineos’ line-up also includes Thomas’ Welsh compatriot Owain Doull. Thomas pulled out

The Mayor’s walking and cycling commissioner, Will Norman, said: “We know many Londoners have taken up cycling over the past nine months and we are doing all we can to support this and help avoid the risk of a damaging car-led recovery, including rolling out new cycle lanes across our city.”

Tom Pidcock says he wants to become one of the “biggest guys in cycling” as he prepares to take on the world’s best at the World Cyclo-cross Championships. The 21-year-old has spent the winter competing with two of cycling’s most exciting young talents in Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert, and has a

By Katie FalkinghamBBC Sport Last updated on 48 minutes ago48 minutes ago.From the section Cycling BBC Sport’s ‘Generation Next’ follows a group of inspirational young athletes, from a range of backgrounds and sports, as they bid to become our next sporting superstars. Elynor Backstedt was just two when, perched on her grandfather’s shoulders, she watched

Elynor Backstedt, 19, is one of Great Britain’s rising stars in road cycling, but she has had to overcome a catalogue of horrific injuries in her bid to be the next big thing. The world junior bronze medallist tells BBC Sport about putting her body on the line and her dream of winning Paris-Roubaix, just

Dutch sprinter Dylan Groenewegen received death threats following a crash that left a fellow cyclist with serious head injuries. The 27-year-old Jumbo-Visma rider said police protected him and his family after the messages were mailed to him. “[The] police guarded our door. We could no longer spontaneously leave the house,” Groenewegen said. Fabio Jakobsen spent

Former Grand Tour winner Tom Dumoulin is taking an indefinite break from cycling. The Dutch rider’s shock decision comes just days after his Jumbo-Visma team announced their race programme for the season. Dumoulin was set to support team-mate Primoz Roglic at this year’s Tour de France after the team dramatically missed out in 2020 to

Former British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman “crossed the line and went way beyond it” when ordering a banned drug for an unnamed rider, a medical tribunal has been told. Almost two years after it began, the case resumed on Friday with the final submission of the General Medical Council (GMC). Dr

Chris Froome’s debut for Israel Start Up Nation will be as part of a strong field for next month’s UAE Tour, which also includes fellow Briton Adam Yates. Froome is aiming for a fifth Tour de France win this year after missing out on selection with Ineos Grenadiers in 2020. The 35-year-old was due to

Lawyers of ex-British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman have had a request for a further adjournment to his long-running medical tribunal – so that he can help deliver the Covid mass vaccination programme – turned down. The General Medical Council (GMC) “strongly opposed” the move by Dr Freeman’s lawyers, saying it risked

A report by architects Ellis Williams warned that if “catastrophic failings forced the complex to close, investment in Manchester would dry up and renowned cycling events would relocate to other UK cities”.

Chris Froome believes he can recover from injury to win a fifth Tour de France and become the race’s second oldest victor. He spent last season battling for form after a serious injury in 2019. “[To win] at my age and, coming back from injury, is driving me,” Froome said. Froome’s last victory was at