Cycling

Britain’s Mark Cavendish is unlikely to return to the Tour de France after Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl selected him for the Giro d’Italia. Cavendish, 36, equalled Eddy Merckx’s Tour de France stage win record of 34 during last year’s race, after victory in four stages. Dutch sprinter Fabio Jakobsen is expected to compete for the team

British cyclist Ethan Hayter won stage two of the Tour de Romandie – but Rohan Dennis still holds the overall lead in the event which concludes on Sunday. Hayter, 23, won the prologue but lost the leader’s jersey after crashing in stage one. He bounced back with victory, but has only climbed to 107th in

Britain’s Tom Pidcock will not feature in the Giro d’Italia after Ineos Grenadiers announced their line-up. Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz, who won the race in 2019, leads the team, with young Briton Ben Tulett also involved. Pidcock, 22, who signed a five-year contract last month, could instead take part in the Tour de France. “The team

Dutch cyclist Amy Pieters has regained consciousness and can “communicate slightly non-verbally” four months after a crash in training. Pieters, 30, suffered severe brain damage after falling during a training camp in Alicante in December. After undergoing surgery, she was put into an induced coma and transferred to a Netherlands hospital in January. In a

British cyclist Ethan Hayter claimed his first World Tour victory after winning the prologue of the Tour de Romandie. The 23-year-old takes the leaders jersey after beating two-time former world time trial champion Rohan Dennis by four seconds. He finished the 5.12km route around Lausanne in five minutes 52 seconds. Hayter’s Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Geraint

World champion Julian Alaphilippe remains in hospital after hitting a tree during Sunday’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day race. The 29-year-old Frenchman suffered two broken ribs, a broken scapula and a collapsed lung. A huge crash brought down many riders 62km from the finish, with Alaphilippe landing in a ditch. His Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team said “a period

World champion Julian Alaphilippe suffered two broken ribs, a broken scapula and a collapsed lung after hitting a tree during Sunday’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day race. The 29-year-old Frenchman’s condition is stable, but he has been kept in hospital for observation, said his Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team. A huge crash brought down many riders 62km out, with

Britain ended the UCI Track Nations Cup with omnium gold for Ollie Wood on the final day in Glasgow. Wood, 26, claimed victory in the scratch race before finishing third in the tempo and sixth in the elimination. A dominant performance in the points race saw Wood gain a lap on the field and he

Venue: Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Glasgow Dates: 21-24 April Coverage: Watch on BBC Sport website & app Josie Knight won bronze on her injury return but Great Britain’s Katie Archibald was involved in a bad crash at the Track Nations Cup in Glasgow. GB’s Knight was third in the individual pursuit just five weeks after

Venue: Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Glasgow Dates: 21-24 April Coverage: Watch on BBC Sport website & app Charlie Tanfield won Great Britain’s third medal – and his second – at the UCI Track Nations Cup 2022 in Glasgow with bronze in the individual pursuit. Qualifying third fastest, Tanfield set up a bronze medal ride off

Five-time Olympic cycling champion Laura Kenny says she has had a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy in the past five months. But in November the 29-year-old miscarried at nine weeks. Still feeling unwell after catching Covid in January, she was then rushed into surgery with an ectopic pregnancy. “Scared doesn’t even come close. I lost

Venue: Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Glasgow Dates: 21-24 April Coverage: Watch on BBC Sport website & app Great Britain claimed double silver in the team pursuit as the UCI Track Nations Cup 2022 began in Glasgow. Katie Archibald, Neah Evans, Laura Kenny and Josie Knight finished second to Germany – like they did at the

The oversized snowflakes fell softly and silently, settling among the pines like a picturesque Christmas scene. By the roadside, spectators in heavy winter coats watched team cars and motorbikes struggle up one of Liege-Bastogne-Liege’s countless climbs, tyres spinning in the slush as they pursued one man on a bike. It was April 1980 and Bernard

British Olympic gold medallist Katie Archibald says female and transgender athletes have been “let down” by inclusion policies in sport. Archibald, who won the madison at Tokyo 2020, is the first British cyclist to speak publicly about transgender athletes taking part in women’s races. Transgender athletes must be welcomed into sport but without “sacrificing fairness”,

Venue: Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Glasgow Dates: 21-24 April Coverage: Watch on BBC Sport website & app Katie Archibald believes her “B plus game” is still enough to be competitive at this week’s Track Nations Cup event. The three-time Olympic medallist injured her back six weeks ago and will compete in front of a home

Riders and staff at the Russian Gazprom-Rusvelo pro cycling team say they feel “alone” and “cancelled” after being banned in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Cycling’s governing body the UCI revoked the licences of Russian and Belarusian teams in March. More than 55 personnel have been left without pay and many feel mistreated. “We

Five-time Olympic champion and Tour de France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins says he was groomed by a coach when he was a child, and that he “buried it”. Briton Wiggins, 41, claimed Olympic gold medals at the Athens, Beijing, London and Rio Games, and also won the 2012 Tour, before retiring in 2016. In an

Dylan van Baarle won the fastest edition of the men’s Paris-Roubaix to secure a first title in the race for Ineos Grenadiers. The Dutchman’s sole attack with 19km to go saw him seal an emphatic victory in five hours 37 minutes. Wout van Aert finished 01:47secs behind in second, with Stefan Kung third. Yves Lampaert