Cycling

Getty Images By Matt Warwick BBC Sport Ineos Grenadiers owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has called for “real action” to ensure safety in road cycling following a number of serious recent accidents. Ratcliffe, 71, has written a letter to cycling’s world governing body the UCI outlining his concerns. “Governing bodies have made very few changes and

Getty Images Wout van Aert will not take part in this year’s Giro d’Italia as he continues to recover from injuries sustained in a crash last month. Van Aert, 29, broke his collarbone and several ribs at the Dwars door Vlaanderen one-day race in Belgium. He had been set to make his Giro debut, but

Getty Images By Craig Nelson BBC Sport Mathieu van der Poel broke his own record time to defend the Paris-Roubaix title after a stunning solo attack. The Dutch world champion, 29, pounced 60km from the finish and went on to beat the mark he set last year by almost three minutes. It was his sixth

Getty Images World champion Lotte Kopecky won her first women’s Paris-Roubaix as Great Britain’s Pfeiffer Georgi claimed a podium place in a sprint finish. Georgi, 23, led out a six-strong group in the Roubaix Velodrome before being overtaken in the finishing straight. Italy’s Elisa Balsamo was second but Georgi just edged out the Netherlands’ three-time

Getty Images Reigning Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard suffered a collapsed lung in Thursday’s crash in the Itzulia Basque Country race. The 27-year-old Dane broke his collarbone and several ribs in a high-speed crash on a descent on stage four. His team, Visma-Lease a Bike, said on Friday that hospital tests also revealed bruising

Getty Images Reigning Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard suffered a broken collarbone and several broken ribs following a high-speed crash at the Itzulia Basque Country stage race. Vingegaard, 27, was among several riders caught up in the incident which occurred on a bend on a descent. Race leader Primoz Roglic and fellow Grand Tour

Getty Images British rider Tom Pidcock has withdrawn from the Itzulia Basque Country stage race after crashing on a practice run for the opening individual time trial. “Following consultation between our Team doctor and the race medical team, Tom has been taken to a local hospital for further evaluation,” Ineos Grenadiers posted on X. Stage

Getty Images World road race champion Mathieu van der Poel produced a stunning long-range attack to win the Tour of Flanders for a record-equalling third time. The Dutchman accelerated away from his rivals on the cobbles with 45km to go to became only the seventh rider to complete the hat-trick of victories. The 29-year-old also

Getty Images Belgian cyclist Wout van Aert suffered a broken collarbone and several broken ribs in a heavy crash at the Dwars door Vlaanderen one-day race. The 29-year-old will now miss upcoming classics the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and Amstel Gold Race. Team Visma-Lease a Bike added it is “unclear” how long he will be

Getty Images By Tyrone Smith BBC Scotland Sport Neah Evans leaves no room for doubt when asked what she hopes to achieve at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. “A gold medal would be my target,” the Team GB cyclist says matter of factly. Three years ago, in the Covid-afflicted Toyko Games, the Scot

Olly Hassell/SWpix.com The Great Britain cycling team delivered their best ever world championship medal haul with 31 at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Brazil. The team won 13 gold, 13 silver and five bronze medals over the five-day event to top the medal table. On Sunday’s final day of racing in Rio, British

Getty Images By Harry Poole BBC Sport Tadej Pogacar completed a dominant overall victory at the Volta a Catalunya by winning the final seventh stage, while Mads Pedersen outsprinted Mathieu van der Poel to triumph at the one-day classic Gent-Wevelgem. Slovenia’s Pogacar, 25, sealed a fourth stage win of the week in a sprint finish

Olly Hassell/SWpix.com Jody Cundy won his 15th consecutive world title in the men’s C4 1km time-trial at the Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro. The 45-year-old Briton edged out Australia’s Korey Boddington in the final to clinch the goal medal in a time of one minute and 4.120 seconds. Blaine Hunt defended his

Getty Images Neil Fachie won the 20th title of his career at the Para-cycling Track World Championships – two days after being mugged in Rio de Janeiro. Fachie, his wife Lora and pilot Corrine Hall had their silver medals stolen after the opening day on Wednesday. On Friday, 40-year-old Fachie won gold in the men’s

SWPix Great Britain’s Archie Atkinson claimed gold in the men’s C4 individual pursuit at the Para-cycling Track World Championships, the last major event before the Paris 2024 Paralympics. Atkinson produced an outstanding ride to defeat defending world champion Kevin le Cunff in Rio. “I’m pretty ecstatic to be a world champion,” he said. Lizzi Jordan

Getty Images Lora and Neil Fachie and pilot Corrine Hall were mugged and had their silver medals stolen after the opening day of the Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio. Husband and wife Neil and Lora, both double Paralympic champions, also had their passports and money stolen. The Fachies and pilots Hall and Matt Rotherham

SWPix Daphne Schrager won the C2 individual pursuit world title at the Para-cycling Track World Championships, the last major event before the Paris 2024 Paralympics. Schrager triumphed against Switzerland’s Flurina Rigling, the defending champion, for the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro. “To come back and be world champion again is everything,” said Schrager. Kadeena

Getty Images By Elizabeth Hudson BBC Sport Two-time Paralympic champion Lora Fachie says becoming a mother has challenged her as an athlete in new ways. Fachie, who is married to fellow Para-cyclist and Paralympic champion Neil, gave birth to son Fraser in November 2022, and told BBC Sport that motherhood is the hardest thing she