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Ineos Grenadiers’ Filippo Ganna won stage five of the Giro d’Italia as Britain’s Simon Yates just stayed in touch with the overall contenders. World road time trial champion Ganna spent the whole 225km stage in the breakaway, going clear up the category one climb of the ‘dark mountain’. Deceuninck-Quick-Step’s Joao Almeida remains in the leader’s

A former British Cycling and Team Sky chief medic has said for the first time that he destroyed a package of testosterone which he ordered to the national velodrome in 2011. Dr Richard Freeman told a tribunal of his “regret” at his actions in the hours after the banned substance was delivered to the sport’s

Organisers have cast doubt over the cause of Tuesday’s Giro d’Italia crash in which Luca Wackermann was injured. The Italian’s team, Vini Zabu-KTM, posted a picture of the rider in hospital, where he was kept overnight after suffering multiple injuries. Team boss Andrea Citracca claimed a helicopter “flying too low” caused the roadside barriers riders

A former British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor used “a screwdriver or blunt instrument” to destroy a laptop which may have contained medical data crucial to a doping investigation, a tribunal has heard. Giving evidence for the first time, Dr Richard Freeman admitted doing so “in the midst of a period when I wasn’t

Italy’s Luca Wackermann was taken to hospital after a helicopter “flying too low” caused a crash near the end of stage four of the Giro d’Italia. Vini Zabu-KTM’s Wackermann and Etienne van Empel both fell in the incident. Dutch rider Van Empel was able to get back up but his team-mate was less fortunate. “Wackermann

Britain’s Geraint Thomas was forced to pull out of the Giro d’Italia because of a fractured hip. The Ineos Grenadiers rider, 34, crashed just before the start of Monday’s third stage after a drinks bottle became lodged under his front wheel. A scan on Monday was inconclusive but a second on Tuesday showed a fracture.

Britain’s Geraint Thomas is out of contention for the Giro d’Italia after losing more than 12 minutes on stage three to Mount Etna. The Ineos Grenadiers rider, 34, crashed just before the start and began to lose contact with the peloton about 25km from the end of the stage. Fellow Briton and race favourite Simon

Britain’s Lizzie Deignan won Liege-Bastogne-Liege in Belgium on Sunday to claim her first ever ‘monument’ – the pre-eminent races in one-day cycling. Deignan made a solo break with 24km left to open up a minute’s lead. Australian Grace Brown produced a late counter-attack to get within 10 seconds, but Deignan held on for her third

Geraint Thomas retained his advantage over Simon Yates in the Giro d’Italia as Diego Ulissi won after a late attack on stage two. Thomas’ Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Filippo Ganna continues to lead overall after his win in Saturday’s time trial. Ulissi broke away from the peloton with about 1km to go of the final climb

Whether it’s television shows, clothes or music, we can all think of stuff out there that’s so bad, it’s good. So… welcome to the greatest kit you’ll probably never dare to wear: EF Pro Cycling’s special Giro d’Italia ‘duck’ outfit. The American team is no stranger to colour schemes and concepts that are a little,

Geraint Thomas claimed fourth place at the Giro d’Italia’s opening day time trial – 26 seconds ahead of British rival Simon Yates. The stage was won by Thomas’ Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Filippo Ganna – who was also victorious at the world time trial championship last Friday. Yates, 28, was 17th, nearly a minute down on

By Matt WarwickBBC Sport Last updated on 12 minutes ago12 minutes ago.From the section Cycling Britain doesn’t really do snow. Everything just seems to grind to a halt. We can’t drive anywhere, or use public transport… cycling seems like an even riskier option. But two of Britain’s most in-form athletes probably won’t have much choice

By Dafydd PritchardBBC Sport Wales Last updated on 1 hour ago1 hour ago.From the section Cycling The 2017 Giro d’Italia was meant to be a landmark moment for Geraint Thomas, leading his team in a Grand Tour for the first time and embarking on what he called “uncharted territory”. Recognised then as a ‘super domestique’

Dutch rider Fabio Jakobsen will have reconstructive surgery on his jaw next week, two months after a horrific crash at the Tour of Poland. The 24-year-old moved home for further treatment a week later. “The wounds/scars on my face are healing up well,” he said on Twitter. “I had to recover from my brain contusion

The Giro d’Italia starts in Sicily on Saturday and takes in 21 stages across 3,497km (2,173 miles) before it concludes in Milan on Sunday 25 October. With more than 40,000m of climbing and three individual time trials in the rearranged 103rd edition of the race, where will it be won and lost? BBC Sport looks

Trek-Segafredo have suspended junior road race world champion Quinn Simmons after he made “divisive, incendiary, and detrimental” statements on Twitter. The 19-year-old American, who won his title in 2019, responded to a tweet by a cycling journalist about United States president Donald Trump with ‘bye’ and a black hand-waving emoji. His response, deemed racist by

New time trial and road world champion Anna van der Breggen has won the Fleche Wallonne classic one-day race in Belgium for a record sixth time. The Boels-Dolmans rider now holds the record for most wins following a drag up the legendary Mur de Huy. Marc Hirschi of Sunweb took the men’s race with a

Geraint Thomas will be supported by two British riders as he bids to win a second Grand Tour at the Giro d’Italia. Tao Geoghegan Hart and Ben Swift will be part of the eight-man squad, which also includes new world time trial champion Filippo Ganna. Another favourite for the three-week race is Britain’s Simon Yates