Cycling

Getty Images 3 hours ago Great Britain’s BMX world champion Kieran Reilly moved closer to his first Olympics after finishing third in the first leg of the Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai. Reilly, who won the men’s elite BMX freestyle park title in Glasgow last year, becoming Britain’s first world champion in the sport, scored

Getty Images 58 minutes ago Points leader Jonathan Milan made it a hat-trick of wins in the 2024 Giro d’Italia as he sprinted to victory on stage 13. As the flattest stage of the race, the 179km ride from Riccione to Cento looked perfectly suited to the 6ft 4in Italian powerhouse. However, it seemed as though Milan might miss out when he

Getty Images 9 hours ago Paralympic gold medallists Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall posted a timely victory in the B time trial event at the Para-cycling Road World Cup in Maniago, Italy. The British pair were mugged and had their silver medals stolen after the opening day of the Track World Championships in Rio in

Getty Images 53 minutes ago France’s Julian Alaphilippe held off the chasing pack after a huge breakaway to claim his first win of the Giro d’Italia with victory in stage 12. The 193km route from Martinsicuro to Fano featured enough climbs to deny the sprinters the chance to catch Alaphilippe, who broke away from a

Getty Images 44 minutes ago Home favourite Jonathan Milan saw off Tim Merlier in the final sprint to claim his second stage win of the Giro d’Italia on stage 11, while Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar retained his overall lead. The 207km ride from Foiano di Val Fortore to Francavilla al Mare included a category three climb before a flat second half, allowing the sprinters to come the

Getty Images Jess Anderson BBC Sport journalist 1 hour ago Three years ago, British BMX freestyle rider Charlotte Worthington sat on her bike, with her arm around her coach and a smile on her face, as she awaited the score from her final run at the Tokyo Olympics. She had just made history by becoming

Reuters 47 minutes ago France’s Valentin Paret-Peintre claimed his first professional win on stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia. The 23-year-old celebrated with his older brother Aurelien, who won stage four on the Giro last year and was fifth on Tuesday, at the finish line. Slovenia’s Jan Tratnik (Visma-Lease a Bike) looked set to win

Getty Images 12 minutes ago Dutch sprinter Olav Kooij produced a perfectly-timed finish to win stage nine of the Giro d’Italia in Naples. Stage one winner Jhonatan Narvaez looked to have stolen victory with a stunning solo counter-attack 6km from the finish. But the Ecuadorean was caught in the final 100m as the peloton piled

Getty Images 11 May 2024, 16:50 BST Updated Just now Tadej Pogacar completed back-to-back victories at the Giro d’Italia by winning stage eight in Prati di Tivo. The Slovenian, a two-time Tour de France winner, extended his lead in the race by four seconds after earning his third stage victory in eight days, and his

Getty Images 2 hours ago Tadej Pogacar stretched his Giro d’Italia lead as he powered to victory in the stage-seven time trial, while Geraint Thomas dropped to third overall. The Slovenian once again illustrated his status as the overwhelming Giro favourite, flying up the final climb to overhaul Filippo Ganna’s time. Pogacar trailed double world

Getty Images 3 hours ago Pelayo Sanchez secured his maiden Grand Tour stage win as he out-sprinted two-time world champion Julian Alaphilippe to win stage six of the Giro d’Italia. Spaniard Sanchez, 24, shook his head in disbelief after beating Frenchman Alaphilippe on the uphill finish in Rapolano Terme. The third member of their breakaway,

Getty Images 2 hours ago France’s Benjamin Thomas took a surprise victory in Lucca on stage five of the Giro d’Italia as Tadej Pogacar retained his overall lead. Thomas, along with Enzo Paleni, Andrea Pietrobon and Michael Valgren, separated midway through the 178km stage and managed to stay ahead of the chasing peloton until the

Getty Images 7 hours ago Olympic champion Bethany Shriever will lead an 11-strong British team at the BMX Racing World Championships as she aims to retain her world title. Two-time world gold medallist Shriever, 25, triumphed in Glasgow in 2023 to reclaim the rainbow bands she first won in 2021. The 2024 World Championships take

Getty Images 3 hours ago Italy’s Jonathan Milan sprinted to victory on stage four at the Giro d’Italia as Tadej Pogacar retained his overall lead. Lidl–Trek rider Milan, 23, edged out Australia’s Kaden Groves and German Phil Bauhaus in a bunch sprint. It comes one day after Milan was outsprinted by Belgium’s Tim Merlier on

Getty Images Matt Warwick BBC Sport 1 hour ago Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard says he hopes to regain enough fitness to attempt to win the title for a third successive year. The 27-year-old Dane was injured in a freak crash during a race in northern Spain, which left him with a broken collarbone

Getty Images 2 hours ago Belgium’s Tim Merlier powered to victory in stage three of the Giro d’Italia. The Soudal Quick-Step rider narrowly finished ahead of Jonathan Milan and Biniam Girmay in a hectic bunch sprint. Race leader Tadej Pogacar, who won stage two on Sunday, and Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas launched an attack with

Getty Images 13 minutes ago Paralympic silver medallists Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl led a British podium clean sweep on the final day of the Para-Cycling Road World Cup in Ostend. The pair, who won the women’s B time trial gold on Friday, added the road race to their list of honours. They finished in

Reuters Ben Collins BBC Sport journalist 5 May 2024 Tadej Pogacar recovered from a mechanical issue at the bottom of the final climb to earn his first stage win at the Giro d’Italia. The Giro favourite was third in Saturday’s opening stage and suffered a puncture in Sunday’s 161km mountain stage, about 11km from the