Cycling

Getty Images 1 hour ago Paralympic champion Jenny Holl and road cyclist Oscar Onley picked up the top prizes at the Scottish Cycling Awards. Onley won male rider of the year after becoming the first Scottish-developed rider to start the Tour de France, while female rider of the year Holl piloted Sophie Unwin to gold

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Matt Warwick BBC Sport senior journalist 2 hours ago 35 Comments One of Britain’s most successful road cyclists, Lizzie Deignan, will retire at the end of next season. Deignan won several of the sport’s biggest races, an

One of Britain’s most successful road cyclists Lizzie Deignan says she will retire at the end of next season and is “really proud of the career” she has had. Deignan won several of the sport’s biggest races, an Olympic silver medal at the London 2012 Games and was part of a group of top riders

Getty Images 1 hour ago Mark Cavendish says he would be unlikely to be a professional cyclist if he was attempting to start now “because it is completely based on how strong you are”. The 39-year-old rode in his final race last weekend, winning the Tour de France Criterium in Singapore. In July, Cavendish won

Getty Images 10 November 2024, 09:52 GMT 271 Comments Updated 1 hour ago Britain’s Mark Cavendish, the most successful sprinter in cycling history, ended his career with victory in the Tour de France Criterium in Singapore. The 39-year-old from the Isle of Man, who said on Saturday that this would be his final race before

Getty Images 9 November 2024, 12:12 GMT 316 Comments Updated 3 hours ago Britain’s Mark Cavendish, the most successful sprinter in cycling history, will retire after racing in the Tour de France Criterium in Singapore on Sunday. The 39-year-old from the Isle of Man, who said in May that this season would be his last,

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 1 hour ago It is a little over two weeks since six-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy announced that his cancer was terminal. It is a measure of the high regard in which the 48-year-old is

GOLAZO Teklemariam Bekit BBC Tigrinya Habtom Weldeyowhannes BBC Tigrinya 3 hours ago Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay is a hero in his cycling-mad homeland. The first black African to win a stage on the Tour de France, the 24-year-old “African King” also took the race’s green jersey earlier this year – inspiring a host of Girmay wannabes

Getty Images 1 hour ago The 2025 Tour de France will be staged exclusively in France for the first time in five years. The 112th edition of the Grand Tour will feature 21 stages, starting in Lille on 5 July and ending in Paris on 27 July. The Tour had raced through Andorra in 2021

Getty Images 4 minutes ago Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy says he has been “blown away” by the number of men seeking cancer advice since he revealed his terminal diagnosis. The six-time Olympic champion, 48, said at the weekend that doctors have told him he has between two and four years to live. In a video

Getty Images Tom Brown BBC Sport Wales 2 hours ago Anna Morris did not own a road bike until she was almost 20 and had not so much as set foot in a velodrome. Only three years ago, she watched the Tokyo Olympics from the hospital where she was working. Now the qualified doctor is

Getty Images 8 hours ago Katy Marchant claimed Great Britain’s only medal on the final day of the Track Cycling World Championships with bronze in the women’s keirin in Denmark. The 31-year-old timed her finish perfectly after seemingly being ridden out of the medals. She pipped team-mate Emma Finucane on the line after the 21-year-old

BBC Sir Chris Hoy has been hailed as “inspiring” for sending a “wonderful message of hope” after revealing his terminal cancer diagnosis. The six-time Olympic cycling champion gave an interview to the Sunday Times, in which he said doctors have told him he has between two and four years to live. Well-wishes to Sir Chris

Six-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy has announced that his cancer is terminal. In an interview with the Sunday Times, he says doctors have told him he has between two and four years to live. The 48-year-old Scot revealed earlier this year that he had been diagnosed with cancer. Hoy told the newspaper he

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 26 minutes ago Comments Great Britain’s Anna Morris claimed gold in the women’s individual pursuit on the penultimate day of the Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark. The 29-year-old trailed Chloe Dygert with three laps to go,

Great Britain’s Sophie Capewell takes the silver medal in the women’s 500m time trial with her teammate Katy Marchant claiming bronze as Russian rider Iana Burlakova wins the event at the Track Cycling World Championship in Ballerup, Denmark. WATCH LIVE: World Track Cycling Championships – day four Available to UK users only.

British pair Katie Archibald and Neah Evans win the final sprint of the women’s madison to claim bronze, with hosts Denmark taking gold and France the silver medal at the World Track Cycling Championship in Ballerup, Denmark. WATCH LIVE: World Track Cycling Championship – day four Available to UK users only.

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 2 hours ago Comments Defending champion Emma Finucane produced a superb display in the women’s individual sprint to claim her second gold at the Track World Championships. It caps a remarkable year for the 21-year-old sprinter, who