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Britain’s Simon Yates begins his bid for Giro d’Italia victory on Saturday looking to end three years of heartbreak and misfortune at the race. Having won three stages and led for 13 days in 2018, he cracked in the final week, before an underwhelming eighth-place finish in 2019 was followed by an early exit last

Chris Froome says critics calling for him to retire “make me laugh”, as he battles to regain form for next month’s Tour de France. The four-time Tour winner responded to comments on social media about recent performances as he recovers from injuries suffered in a 2019 crash. “Over the last couple of races people said:

Italian Matteo Spreafico has been banned for three years by cycling’s world governing body after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance at last year’s Giro d’Italia. Spreafico, 28, who was riding for the Vini Zabu-KTM team, returned two adverse analytical findings for enobosarm on 15 and 16 October. Enobosarm, also known as ostarine, is a

Tensions between the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) and cycling’s governing body over the controversial closure of the investigation into four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome’s use of salbutamol in 2018 have been revealed. The rider was cleared of any wrongdoing over the legal asthma drug almost three years ago. In correspondence days later, now

Geraint Thomas came third in Sunday’s closing time trial to win the Tour de Romandie and claim his first victory since his 2018 Tour de France triumph. Ineos Grenadiers’ Thomas came into the final day 11 seconds behind leader Michael Woods (Israel Start-up Nation). A superb ride over the 16km saw him take nearly a

Geraint Thomas remained second overall at the Tour de Romandie despite a dramatic crash within the last 50m of Saturday’s penultimate day. In an uphill sprint against Michael Woods, Thomas fell before getting back on his bike to finish the stage. The Welshman was bidding for a first stage victory since winning on Alpe d’Huez

Last updated on 29 minutes ago29 minutes ago.From the section Cycling Olympic champion Elinor Barker said she is “relieved” to have resumed training after she was hit by a car. The 26-year-old revealed a driver failed to stop at a roundabout and “went straight into me” last week. “I’m aware that I’m so lucky it

Gareth Bale jokingly refers to himself and his Wales team-mates at Tottenham Hotspur, Ben Davies and Joe Rodon, as the ‘Welsh Mafia’. Former Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas, who attended the same secondary school in Cardiff as Bale, may not take too kindly to Spurs comparisons as an Arsenal fan – but he can

Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar beat Julian Alaphilippe in a sprint finish to win the Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day classic in Belgium. Alejandro Valverde, chasing a record-equalling fifth win, was fourth. Dutch rider Demi Vollering claimed victory in the women’s race. She finished the 140km-race – which took in seven hills along the same narrow and

Britain’s Simon Yates won his first event of the season with victory at the Tour of the Alps. The 28-year-old Team Bike Exchange rider had led the race since winning Tuesday’s second stage. He finished 58 seconds ahead of Spaniard Pello Bilbao with Russian Aleksandr Vlasov in third. German Felix Grossschartner won Friday’s fifth and

Last updated on 1 hour ago1 hour ago.From the section Cycling Ex-British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman will appeal the decision to strike him off the medical register permanently. The General Medical Council found him guilty of ordering banned testosterone in 2011. He has now appointed a new legal team to advise

Britain’s Simon Yates has extended his lead in the Tour of the Alps after finishing third on stage four. The Team Bike Exchange rider outlasted his rivals on the final mountain climb toward the end of the 169km stage to Pieve di Bono in Italy. But he was joined on the final descent by Pelle

UAE-Team Emirates have been prevented from racing in Wednesday’s La Fleche Wallonne after two team members tested positive for coronavirus, despite the team’s vaccination programme. Italian Diego Ulissi and a staff member tested positive on Tuesday but have since provided three negative tests. The staff member had been vaccinated in January after a UAE-based “collective”

Britain’s Simon Yates has taken the overall lead of the Tour of the Alps following an impressive victory on stage two. Yates, 28, of Team Bike Exchange, left behind his rivals after launching a devastating attack with 24km remaining. He now leads Ineos Grenadiers’ Pavel Sivakov in the general classification by 41 seconds. “They weren’t

Mark Cavendish won his fourth stage of the 2021 Tour of Turkey as he sprinted to victory in Sunday’s finale. The British Deceuninck-Quick Step rider had not won a race for nearly three years before the eight-stage event, the wins heralding a major return to form. The 35-year-old is one of cycling’s most successful sprinters,

Mark Cavendish sprinted to his third stage victory in a row at the Tour of Turkey after three years without a win. For the third consecutive day the Deceuninck-Quick Step rider consigned Jasper Philipsen to second place. There was a huge crash with 200m to go which brought down several riders and delayed the rest,

Mark Cavendish has won his second stage at the Tour of Turkey in as many days following a three-year victory drought. Britain’s Cavendish powered his way around the outside of rivals in the race’s third stage into Konya. The Deceuninck-Quick Step rider, 35, was tearful during his post-race interview when he paid tribute to his

Mark Cavendish won his first race in three years with victory on stage two of the Tour of Turkey. The Briton, back with Deceuninck-Quick Step six years after leaving the Belgian team, found a superb final 100m to edge Belgian Jasper Philipsen at the end of the 114.9km stage. Cavendish, 35, celebrated as he crossed