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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 Lizzie Deignan, Geraint Thomas and Sarah Storey have been included in the British squad for the Road World Championships in Glasgow next month. Mark Cavendish also

Canadian climber Michael Woods timed his ride to perfection to claim his first stage win on the Tour de France. Matteo Jorgenson was more than a minute clear as he began climbing the dormant volcano of Puy de Dome on stage nine. But the American was caught by Israel Start-Up Nation rider Woods less than

Movistar’s Annemiek van Vleuten clinched her fourth overall title at the Giro d’Italia Donne as Chiara Consonni won the final stage. The 40-year-old secured the title as compatriot Marianne Vos was held off by home favourite Consonni, 24, in a sprint finish in Olbia. Van Vleuten maintained her overall lead over Frenchwoman Juliette Labous, 24.

Mark Cavendish’s team are to offer him the chance to attempt to win a record 35th Tour de France stage in 2024. The British rider, who is set to retire at the end of this season, abandoned this year’s race after breaking his collarbone on Saturday’s eighth stage. Cavendish is equal with five-time Tour winner

Race director Christian Prudhomme said “the Tour de France is sad” after Mark Cavendish crashed out of what is set to be his final appearance in the event. Manxman Cavendish, 38, broke a collarbone in an innocuous-looking crash about 60km from the finish of stage eight from Libourne to Limoges. That means he is set

Mark Cavendish has crashed out of what is set to be his final Tour de France before retirement. The 38-year-old Manxman was involved in an innocuous crash 60km from the finish of the race’s eighth stage – a 200.7km run from Libourne and Limoges. Widely regarded as cycling’s greatest sprinter of all time, Cavendish came

Blanka Vas won a sprint finish to claim victory on stage eight of the Giro d’Italia Donne. The Hungarian rider timed her surge just right as she beat second-placed Chloe Dygert and Liane Lippert, in third, to the finishing line. Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten retained a comfortable advantage of nearly four minutes in overall

Jasper Philipsen denied Mark Cavendish a record 35th stage win at the Tour de France with victory in Bordeaux. Britain’s Cavendish surged into the lead in the final sprint on Friday before Philipsen powered past him in sight of the line on stage seven. Cavendish jointly holds the record for most Tour stage wins on

Annemiek van Vleuten continued her dominance of the Giro d’Italia Donne with an impressive victory in stage seven. The defending champion powered away from France’s Juliette Labous and Italy’s Gaia Realini with 1.8km to go, landing a third stage win of the race. She finished 13 seconds ahead of Labous, with Realini taking third. Van

Last updated on Less than a minute agoLess than a minute ago.From the section Cycling Tadej Pogacar produced a stunning attack on the final climb to Cauterets-Cambasque as he soloed clear of defending champion Jonas Vingegaard to win stage six of the Tour de France. It was a superb response from Pogacar, who lost over

Annemiek van Vleuten won stage six of the Giro d’Italia Donne as she extended her overall lead. The defending champion, from the Netherlands, powered away from the peloton to take victory on the 104.4km run in Canelli. Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes was second after she beat Germany’s Liane Lippert, who was third, to the finishing

Australian Jai Hindley won stage five of his debut Tour de France to take the overall leader’s yellow jersey from Britain’s Adam Yates. Hindley, winner of last year’s Giro d’Italia, claimed a breakaway victory by 32 seconds over the chasing pack. Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard opened up a lead over two-time winner Tadej Pogacar on

Jasper Philipsen won for the second day in a row amid a chaotic finish to stage four of the Tour de France. The Belgian edged out Australia’s Caleb Ewan with Germany’s Phil Bauhaus third. The final three kilometres of a relatively flat stage were on the Nogaro motor racing circuit, with a wide, straight 800m

Antonia Niedermaier fended off a late charge from overall race leader Annemiek van Vleuten to win stage five of the Giro d’Italia Donne. The German sprinted to victory ahead of defending champion Van Vleuten and New Zealand’s Niamh Fisher-Black. The 20-year-old timed her race to perfection as Van Vleuten and stage four winner Elisa Longo

Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen sprinted to victory on stage three of the Tour de France as Britain’s Adam Yates retained the leader’s yellow jersey. Philipsen, 25, edged out Germany’s Phil Bauhaus with Australia’s Caleb Ewan in third in the first bunch-sprint finish of this year’s Tour. Britain’s Mark Cavendish was in sixth as the race crossed

Elisa Longo Borghini edged a three-way sprint to the line to claim victory on stage four of the Giro d’Italia Donne. The Italian, 31, took an emotional win on home soil ahead of Veronica Ewers, with overall race leader and defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten third. Longo Borghini became both Italy’s road race and time-trial

Lorena Wiebes perfectly timed her sprint to beat three-time champion Marianne Vos in the third stage of the Giro d’Italia Donne. The 24-year-old Dutch Team SD Worx rider made her move 150 metres from the finish line in Modena. Her compatriot Vos was second and American Chloe Dygert third in the bunch sprint. Defending champion

Frenchman Victor Lafay produced a brilliantly timed attack to win the second stage of the Tour de France. Belgium’s Wout van Aert had appeared perfectly placed to take the 208.9km stage, which ended in San Sebastian. But Lafay burst clear with 900m to go and Van Aert was left banging his handlebars in frustration after