Cycling

British Cycling has announced it will furlough 90 roles in anticipation of a £4m drop in revenue because of coronavirus. Around a third of the workforce will be furloughed in April and May. Chief executive Julia Harrington and members of the leadership team will take a 10% pay cut in May and June. “Employees who

It was a 6am start on the shores of the Black Sea. Bikes loaded, all 258 riders were ready to set off and follow their carefully plotted GPS routes towards victory and the Atlantic Ocean. This was the scene at the Transcontinental Race (TCR) start line in late July 2019. An ultra-endurance, self-supported and self-navigated

Belgian Olympic road race champion Greg van Avermaet was crowned as winner of the Virtual Tour of Flanders as 13 riders raced in the one-day event on training bikes in their homes. The race was scheduled to be held in Belgium on Sunday, but was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Van Avermaet’s compatriot Oliver

Cyclist Luke Rowe has come to the rescue of an NHS intensive care medic whose bike was stolen while he was on shift at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. Anaesthetic registrar Tom Roberts tweeted about the theft, prompting Rowe and ex-Olympic champion Chris Boardman to offer him a replacement. Dr Roberts says he will

Almost every sportsperson who has reached the top of their field was inspired by an athlete that came before them. Often it’s one from their own sport, but sometimes that inspiration can come from an entirely different discipline. In this series, BBC Sport Scotland speaks to Scottish sporting stars about some of those heroes. This

The sporting calendar may have been obliterated for the foreseeable future by the coronavirus pandemic, but some sports people are keeping busy by joining the fight against Covid-19. Engineers and experts across different sectors of motorsport and cycling have halted their search for racing superiority and are now manufacturing masks and respiratory devices, and producing

The Olympic Games postponement is a great opportunity to boost GB’s medal chances in 2021, says British Cycling’s performance director Stephen Park. The Games will now start on 23 July next year after being delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. GB cyclists have topped the table at the past three Games, but at February’s Track Worlds

The Tour de France is considering the option of going ahead without fans, says France’s sports minister. The race is due to run from 27 June to 19 July but is in doubt, with most major sports events off because of the coronavirus pandemic. “We have [imposed spectator bans] for other competitions before,” said Roxana

The coronavirus pandemic is having a “devastating” impact on Wales’ cycling industry, with parks closing and others limiting their activity. Mountain biking is worth more than £54m a year to the Welsh economy, but the sector faces challenging times ahead. Three parks in north Wales have already closed temporarily. Uplift services at Cwmcarn Forest in

This year’s Tour de Yorkshire has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The sixth edition of the race had been scheduled to take place across the county from 30 April to 3 May. Dates are being looked at for the event to be staged later on in the year. Peter Box CBE, chair of

Prestigious one-day races Paris-Roubaix and Liege-Bastogne-Liege have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Paris-Roubaix was due to be held on 12 April, with Liege-Bastogne-Liege two weeks later. They are two of the five ‘Monument’ races of the cycling calendar, along with the Tour of Flanders, Milan-San Remo and the Tour of Lombardy. The Tour

Germany’s Maximilian Schachmann held on to win Paris-Nice as the race finished a day early because of coronavirus. On Friday, organisers announced the cancellation of Sunday’s finale, a day after the French government banned gatherings of more than 100 people. So Saturday’s 166.5km route from Nice to the summit finish at Valdeblore la Colmiane was

The Giro d’Italia has become the biggest cycling race postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak so far. The race was scheduled to start in Hungary in May but the country has declared a state of emergency. Race organisers say a decision on rescheduling the event will not be made before 3 April. “All parties have

The Paris-Nice race will finish on Saturday after race organisers cancelled Sunday’s finale because of the coronavirus pandemic. Friday’s sixth stage is a hilly 161.5km race from Sorgues to Apt with the final stage now being Saturday’s 166.5km route from Nice to the summit finish at Valdeblore La Colmiane. Bora Hansgrohe rider Max Schachmann currently

Italian Niccolo Bonifazio won stage five of Paris-Nice in a sprint finish. The Total Direct Energie rider, 26, took the race’s longest stage – 227km from Gannat to La Cote-Saint-Andrea – ahead of Ivan Garcia Cortina and Peter Sagan. Germany’s Max Schachmann retained the overall lead with three days to go. The race is being

Denmark’s Soren Kragh Andersen took victory in the time trial on stage four of Paris-Nice as Germany’s Max Schachmann extended his overall lead. Kragh Andersen covered the 15.1km course in 18 minutes 51 seconds, holding off Schachmann by six seconds. Fellow Dane Kasper Asgreen finished third in Saint-Amand-Montrond, six seconds further back. Bora-Hansgrohe rider Schachmann

Spain’s Ivan Garcia Cortina claimed a shock win in a bunch sprint finish on stage three of Paris-Nice. The Bahrain-McLaren rider, 24, kicked early and easily held off three-time world champion Peter Sagan in La Chaitre, with Andrea Pasqualon third. Germany’s Max Schachmann retained his overall lead in the race, which is being held “behind

The BBC has live coverage of all three days of the Six Day Manchester event at the National Cycling Centre from 13-15 March. British Olympic stars Katie Archibald, who won last year’s event, and newly crowned points race world champion Elinor Barker will compete together in the madison. Philip Hindes, who took gold in the