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Jumbo-Visma’s Wout van Aert has withdrawn from the Tour de France to return home to his wife who is due to give birth. The Belgian, 28, finished second in two stages of this year’s Tour. He was also an important helper for Jonas Vingegaard, who is on course for a second Tour win in a

Pfeiffer Georgi hopes wearing the British champion’s jersey will give her a “boost” at the Tour de France Femmes. The Gloucestershire rider is lining up as one of the leaders for Team DSM when the Tour begins on Sunday. Georgi says she is enjoying the “best” year of her career so far, with three victories

Jonas Vingegaard is on the brink of retaining his Tour de France title after opening up a lead of more than seven minutes on a gruelling stage 17. Two-time winner Pogacar struggled after an early crash on the queen stage and was dropped with 15km left. Felix Gall broke clear to win the stage, 34

Last updated on 2 hours ago2 hours ago.From the section Cycling “The only way I could explain it to people it was like I was drowning, my whole body was just underwater and I had just enough air to breathe, but not enough for it to be comfortable.” Downhill mountain biking is not for the

Jonas Vingegaard tightened his grip on the yellow jersey in the Tour de France after he blew away Tadej Pogacar in the individual time trial. The Dane won the 22.4km stage 16 from Passy to Combloux in 32 minutes 36 seconds on a decisive day of the Tour. Vingegaard increased his overall lead over Slovenian

A spectator trying to take a selfie caused a crash on stage 15 of the Tour de France with about 20 riders coming off their bikes. With about 125km remaining Team Jumbo-Visma rider Sepp Kuss had his handlebars knocked by a supporter who was holding out a phone. Kuss swerved into team-mate Nathan van Hooydonck

The Tour de France’s 14th stage to Morzine had to be stopped and then restarted after a huge early crash. Several riders in the peloton hit the ground on a damp right-hand corner, and race organisers temporarily stopped the race. Spain’s Antonio Pedrero of Movistar had to abandon after being treated on the side of

Michal Kwiatkowski took a superb solo win on stage 13 of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar clawed back more time on race leader Jonas Vingegaard. Poland’s Kwiatkowski, 33, rode clear on the imposing 17.4km climb to the summit finish on Grand Colombier on the race’s first day in the Alps. An explosive attack

World cycling’s governing body has ruled transgender women will be prevented from competing in female events. The UCI said anyone who has transitioned after male puberty could compete in a ‘men/open’ category. Female American transgender cyclist Austin Killips won a UCI women’s event two months ago. In the wake of that result, the world body

Last updated on 55 minutes ago55 minutes ago.From the section Cycling European BMX freestyle champion rider Kieran Reilly wants to add Olympic gold to his list of honours at next year’s Paris Games – at least once he has earned qualification for the event. Gateshead’s Reilly also made history when he performed the first-ever ‘Triple

Sign up for notifications to the latest Insight features via the BBC Sport app and find the most recent in the series here. Under a stifling hot Swiss sun, Biniam Girmay rests his forearms on his handlebars, his muscular right leg out at an angle to stabilise himself as he gives pre-race interviews. He’s no

Ion Izagirre cruised to victory on stage 12 to end a seven-year wait since his last stage win at the Tour de France. Victory for the 34-year-old Spaniard came 11 days after Victor Lafay claimed a first stage win in 15 years for the Cofidis team. Mathieu Burgaudeau edged out Matteo Jorgenson in a sprint

Olympic BMX champions Beth Shriever and Charlotte Worthington have been named in Great Britain’s squad for the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships. Olympic and world silver medallist Kye Whyte and Olympic bronze medallist Declan Brooks are also named in the squad of 23 for the event in Scotland. It means 200 athletes will represent Great

Mark Cavendish says it will take “a few weeks” to recover after having surgery on a broken collarbone. The British rider, who is set to retire at the end of this season, abandoned this year’s Tour de France after crashing on stage eight. Astana are set to offer the 38-year-old the chance to attempt a

Jasper Philipsen secured his fourth stage win of the 2023 Tour de France as he produced another powerful sprint to claim victory on stage 11 in Moulins. The Belgian worked his way up through the bunch and then kicked off the wheel of Dylan Groenewegen, who came second. The last rider to win four bunch

Venue: Various in Scotland Dates: 3-13 August Coverage: Watch the finals of 13 World Championships across seven disciplines over 11 days on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app Olympic gold medallist Tom Pidcock and five-time world champion Rachel Atherton are in Britain’s mountain bike team for the home World Championships.

Spanish rider Pello Bilbao dedicated his victory to his late Bahrain-Victorious team-mate Gino Mader after winning stage 10 of the Tour de France. Mader died aged 26 in a crash at last month’s Tour de Suisse. “It was the only reason [for the win],” an emotional Bilbao said at the finish. “It was a special

Venue: Various in Scotland Dates: 3-13 August Coverage: Watch the finals of 13 World Championships across seven disciplines over 11 days on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app Scotland’s Katie Archibald will lead the British team at the Track World Championships in her home city of Glasgow from 3-9 August.