UCI Track Cycling World Championships Venue: Berlin Velodrome, Germany Dates: 26 February-1 March Coverage: Live on BBC Two, BBC Four, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app and through Connected TVs. This week’s World Championships “could be tricky” for Britain’s team pursuit squad says Ed Clancy, but the Olympic champion maintains the
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Chris Froome enjoyed a safe passage through stage one of the UAE Tour on his return to competitive cycling. The four-time Tour de France winner was back racing for the first time since breaking his leg at the Criterium du Dauphine in June last year. “It feels good to be a bike racer again,” said
Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome says he feels like he has been given a “second chance” following his serious crash last summer. The 34-year-old has been out for eight months after being badly injured in a Criterium du Dauphine practice ride. Speaking before his return to action at the UAE Tour on Sunday,
Media playback is not supported on this device UCI Track Cycling World Championships Venue: Berlin Velodrome, Germany Dates: 26 February-1 March Coverage: Live on BBC Two, BBC Four, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app and through Connected TVs. Great Britain’s Olympic medal hopefuls will test themselves against the world’s best at
Welsh rider Luke Rowe has extended his contract with Team Ineos until 2023. Rowe has played a key role as a support rider in the Tour de France in the past five years by helping winners Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal to victory. The 29-year-old recovered after breaking his leg in 25 places
Media playback is not supported on this device Geraint Thomas says he will need to be in better shape this season to repeat his Tour de France win of 2018. The Welshman is again targeting the biggest Grand Tour – after coming second to Ineos team-mate Egan Bernal last year. “I’ll have to be better
Four-time Olympic champion Laura Kenny reveals she was told Tokyo 2020 was “off the cards” after breaking her shoulder but turned down an operation in her bid to compete at the Games. Watch live coverage of the Track Cycling World Championships on BBC Red Button, iPlayer and online from Wednesday 26 February. WATCH MORE: ‘Bike
UCI Track Cycling World Championships Venue: Berlin Velodrome, Germany Dates: 26 February – 1 March Coverage: Live on BBC Two, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app and through Connected TVs. Four-time Olympic champion Laura Kenny chose not to have an operation on a broken shoulder so she can continue her Tokyo
Mark Cavendish is not certain of a place in the 2020 Tour de France with his new team Bahrain McLaren, says their general manager Rod Ellingworth. Cavendish, 34, was not picked for the 2019 race by previous team Dimension Data, but wants to add to his 30 stage wins to catch Eddy Merckx’s record 34.
Australian Olympic BMX hopeful Kai Sakakibara is in a medically-induced coma after sustaining a “severe head injury” at a World Cup event. The 23-year-old fell during his opening round heat in Bathurst, New South Wales, on Saturday. He was sedated at the scene before being airlifted to Canberra Hospital, where he has had surgery to
Organisers of the RideLondon cycling event are “urgently looking into” a data breach involving potential participants’ personal details. It is unclear how many applicants have been affected by the issue which saw entrants receive other people’s ballot results. The events, due to be held in August, is open to 80,000 applications and last year 28,032
Track Cycling World Championships 2020 Venue: Velodrom, Berlin Dates: Wednesday, 26 February – Sunday, 1 March Coverage: Live action on the Red Button and website from 26 February to 1 March; network highlights on BBC 2 on Sat 29 Feb and Sun 1 March Mark Cavendish has missed out on a track spot for this
Media playback is not supported on this device Rachel Atherton has targeted a return to fitness before downhill mountain biking’s first World Cup race of 2020 on Sunday, 22 March in Lousa, Portugal. The five-time world champion has been out since rupturing her Achilles while competing in Les Gets, France, in July. “It feels like
The Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation says it did investigate alleged links between Astana’s Jakob Fuglsang and Lance Armstrong’s former medic but opted against disciplinary proceedings. Fuglsang denied meeting banned doctor Michele Ferrari after a leaked CADF report appeared in Danish outlets Politiken and DR and Norway’s VG. The report alleged fellow Astana rider Alexey Lutsenko also
Astana rider Jakob Fuglsang has denied working with banned doctor Michele Ferrari following reports claiming he has been investigated for training with Lance Armstrong’s former medic. Danish outlets Politiken and DR and Norway’s VG claim to have a leaked 2019 Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF) report that alleges Fuglsang has been seen working with Ferrari. It
Mark Cavendish will make first appearance for Bahrain-McLaren at the Saudi Tour this week, the team has announced. Cavendish signed for the WorldTour squad over the winter after spending four years with Dimension Data. The 34-year-old Manxman is targeting his first victory on the road since the start of the 2018 season. The five-day Saudi
Jaco van Gass claimed victory in the men’s C3 scratch and omnium events as Great Britain won four golds on the final day of the Para-cycling Track World Championships in Canada. The 33-year-old rode a lap clear to triumph in the scratch, sealing the overall omnium title in the process. Sophie Thornhill and Helen Scott
Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock won a silver medal in the men’s elite race at the World Cyclo-cross Championships in Dubendorf, Switzerland. In his first ride at a senior World Championships, the 20-year-old finished one minute 20 seconds behind the Netherlands’ Mathieu van der Poel, who also won in 2015 and 2019. Pidcock won the under-23