Cycling

Getty Images Kieran Fox BBC Sport 55 minutes ago Team GB cyclists at the Paris Olympics will have their saliva analysed to test for possible concussions. By comparing molecule biomarkers found in the saliva, doctors hope to determine whether a cyclist has suffered a concussion from a crash and aid their return to riding. Trials

Getty Images 35 minutes ago Belgium’s Victor Campenaerts emerged from a breakaway trio to clinch victory on stage 18 of the Tour de France 2024. Campenaerts, Michal Kwiatkowski and Matteo Vercher remained clear heading into the closing stages of the 179.5km route from Gap to Barcelonnette. The Lotto–Dstny rider, 32, hit the front with 100

Getty Images Matthew Henry BBC Sport Journalist 17 July 2024, 16:09 BST Updated 4 minutes ago Richard Carapaz completed the set of victories in cycling’s Grand Tours by winning stage 17 of the Tour de France. Carapaz had won stages at the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a Espana, as well as Olympic road race

Getty Images 16 July 2024, 16:56 BST Comments Updated 2 minutes ago Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen sprinted to his third stage victory at the 2024 Tour de France after Biniam Girmay suffered a late crash on stage 16. Philipsen’s Alpecin-Deceuninck team dominated in the closing stages in Nimes before the 26-year-old broke clear to the line.

40 minutes ago Planes, trains and automobiles? A BBC Sport team has ditched all those and will instead cycle from Manchester to the Paris Olympics. Starting on Tuesday, riders for ‘Pedal for Paris’ will cover more than 500 miles in eight days to reach the French capital in time for the start of the Games.

Rex Features Sophie Hurcom BBC Sport England 8 hours ago British road race champion Pfeiffer Georgi believes the Olympics course suits her “quite well” as she prepares for her first tilt at the Games. The 23-year-old will compete in a four-rider Great Britain team in Paris on 3 August alongside Lizzie Deignan, British time-trial champion

Getty Images 7 hours ago Josh Tarling has signed a three-year contract extension to keep him at Ineos Grenadiers until at least 2027. Welsh rider Tarling, now 20, agreed his first deal with the team as an 18-year-old amateur in 2022, before turning professional the following year. In 2023 he won time trial gold at

Getty Images 1 hour ago New Zealand mountain biker Sammie Maxwell has won an appeal against her exclusion from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris after a tribunal found selectors used incorrect medical evidence about her eating disorder to exclude her. Maxwell, 22, was initially denied a place at the Games by Cycling New Zealand’s

EPA 23 minutes ago Comments Tadej Pogacar took a huge step towards reclaiming the Tour de France title as he produced another superb ride to claim a second straight stage win. As the race headed into the Pyrenees this weekend, the two big mountain stages were seen as a chance for Pogacar’s general classification rivals

Getty Images 38 minutes ago Elisa Longo Borghini has become the first home winner of the Women’s Giro d’Italia since 2008 after a tense eighth and final stage. The Lidl-Trek rider, 32, started the day with a one second lead over SD Worx-Protime’s Lotte Kopecky and Longo Borghini held off the Belgian to win the

Getty Images 1 hour ago Comments Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar extended his overall lead in the Tour de France with a dominant victory on stage 14 in the Pyrenees. UAE-Team Emirates’ Pogacar, resplendent in the yellow jersey he has worn every day since stage four, powered up the Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet summit finish, crossing the line

Getty Images 48 minutes ago Britain’s Tom Pidcock is out of the Tour de France because of Covid-19. The 24-year-old, who narrowly missed out on a second Tour stage win when he finished second on stage nine, will not start Saturday’s stage 14. Pidcock is set to defend his Olympic mountain bike title on 29

Getty Images 1 hour ago Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen won stage 13 of the Tour de France as a crash marred the sprint finish to the line in Pau. Last year’s green jersey winner took his second stage victory of the 2024 edition for the Alpecin-Deceuninck team, pipping his compatriot Wout van Aert and Germany’s Pascal

Getty Images 1 hour ago Tour de France contender Primoz Roglic has pulled out of this year’s race after suffering injuries in a late crash on stage 12. The 34-year-old Slovenian was one of the four main pre-race favourites but he ended Thursday’s 204km stage from Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot with a bloodied right shoulder following

Getty Images Harry Poole BBC Sport journalist 1 hour ago Comments History-maker Biniam Girmay sprinted to his third victory at this year’s Tour de France but overall contender Primoz Roglic lost significant time after a late crash on stage 12. Eritrean Girmay became the first black African to win a Tour de France stage with

Getty Images 1 hour ago Comments Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard won stage 11 of the Tour de France following a sprint to the line with rival and overall leader Tadej Pogacar. Defending champion Vingegaard, of Visma-Lease a Bike, edged out Pogacar of UAE-Team-Emirates as the pair raced for the line after several climbs on the 211km

SWPix 14 minutes ago The 2024 Tour of Britain Men’s race will start in Kelso, Scotland and finish in Felixstowe, Suffolk for the first time, over a reduced number of six stages. The race will be overseen by British Cycling this year after previous organiser Sweetspot was liquidated in January. The race, which takes place

Getty Images 2 hours ago Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen powered to victory in a sprint finish on stage 10 of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar retained the leader’s yellow jersey. Philipsen, who was led out superbly by his Alpecin-Deceuninck team-mate, world champion Mathieu van der Poel, comfortably held off Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay and Germany’s