Cycling

July 2012, and Bradley Wiggins emerges over the crest of a hill with one of his domestiques in Peyragudes in the French Pyrenees – a first Tour de France victory for a Briton all but assured. It was the beginning of his planets aligning so spectacularly he would end the summer dripping in Olympic gold

Britain’s most successful cyclist Chris Froome is to leave Team Ineos and join Israel Start-Up Nation. After 10 years and four Tour de France titles won with Sir Dave Brailsford’s Ineos (formerly Team Sky), Froome, 35, said: “We have achieved so much together and I will always treasure the memories.” He will join Israel Start-Up

Former Giro d’Italia winner Nairo Quintana is to rest for two weeks with a swollen knee after being hit by a car on Friday. The 30-year-old Colombian was training in his home country when he was knocked down by a car attempting to overtake him and his support team. Quintana’s Arkea-Samsic team initially feared a

The UK’s biggest cycle race, the Tour of Britain, will finish on the Isle of Wight in September 2022. An agreement between the race’s organisers and Isle of Wight Council that its final stage will be held there was signed in Ryde on Saturday. The council’s leader Dave Stewart said the stage was “just what

Ireland’s Nicolas Roche has been confirmed as part of Team Sunweb’s line-up for the 2020 Tour de France and Giro d’Italia races. The Tour de France starts on 29 August having been pushed back because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Giro d’Italia, postponed from May, will take place from 3-25 October. The Sunweb team, including

By Dafydd PritchardBBC Sport Wales Last updated on 3 hours ago3 hours ago.From the section Cycling Geraint Thomas was meant to be preparing for Saturday’s opening stage of the Tour de France, the start of a gruelling three-week crusade to reclaim the title he won in 2018. But now cycling’s most prestigious race has been

Former Team Sky rider Kanstantsin Sivtsov has been banned for four years for using erythropoietin. The Belarusian, 37, was suspended after EPO was found in an out-of-competition sample in September 2018. He subsequently retired. Sivtsov, who rode for Sky from 2012 to 2015, was part of the team that helped Briton Chris Froome win his

British cyclist Helen Scott is hoping her dreams of getting the chance to retain her Paralympic title in 2021 will be realised after launching a search to find a new partner. It comes after Sophie Thornhill announced her retirement, ending a six-year partnership which yielded eight world titles and the Paralympic gold. Scott and British

Leah Dixon thought her dream of competing with the world’s best would become a reality this year – instead she has come out on top in the new cycling world of virtual reality. The 28-year-old Welsh cyclist, riding for Team Tibco Silicon Valley Bank, won the first ever V-Women’s Tour by nearly 22 seconds on

Back in 2006, at the beginning of Chris Froome’s career, he came to a fork in the road on the Road World Championships time-trial course, seconds after he rolled off the ramp. Uncertain of which way to go, he hesitated and went straight on, piling into a race delegate. Both ended up in a heap

British cyclist Illi Gardner says the three-day V-Women’s Tour, the replacement for the six-day Tour of Britain, is a good move for riders. Cams-Tifosi’s Gardner will ride from her shed in the virtual race, which will be streamed live by BBC Sport. Gardner is relishing this new challenge. “Lots of races have been cancelled,” she

Cyclist Niki Terpstra is in intensive care in hospital following a training crash in the Netherlands. The Team Total Direct Energie rider sustained multiple injuries, but they are not thought to be life-threatening. “Niki crashed hard today. He is not in mortal danger but will need time to recover,” confirmed his wife Ramona Terpstra on

Three-time former world champion Peter Sagan says he will skip most of the one-day classics this year to ride the Giro d’Italia after the Tour de France. Sagan, 30, will target a record eighth green points jersey at the rescheduled Tour from 29 August to 20 September. He will then make his Giro debut from

By David McDaidBBC Olympic sports reporter Last updated on 1 hour ago1 hour ago.From the section Cycling Jason Kenny expects wife Laura to become Great Britain’s most successful Olympian – even if he achieves that feat in Tokyo next year. Jason and retired fellow track cyclist Sir Chris Hoy share the British record with six

Last updated on 41 minutes ago41 minutes ago.From the section Motorsport One of the more positive elements of this lockdown could be the resurgence of the humble bicycle in this country, as the public are urged to get pedalling. Former Spice Girl Melanie C took that to the extreme by nearly beating four-time Tour de

By Chloe DellBBC Sport Wales Last updated on 1 hour ago1 hour ago.From the section Cycling Elynor Backstedt knew straight away the damage she had caused herself. Cyclists often do after a significant crash. “I heard the crack and I was like ‘that’s not a stick, I knew in my gut that, this is bad,”

Last updated on 18 minutes ago18 minutes ago.From the section Cycling Like most sport around the world, the cycling calendar has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Teams and riders from across the sport have had to keep themselves fit and entertained during the lockdown restrictions. Cycling’s three Grand Tour races, The Tour de France,

BBC Sport will broadcast the V-Series Women’s Tour from 17-19 June. The cycling event will bring riders from around the world together for three stages of a virtual race on the RGT Cycling platform. Classic routes from previous tours taking in Suffolk and Warwickshire will make up the first two stages, using ‘magic road’ software.