Cycling

Team DSM rider Charlotte Kool won stage two of La Vuelta Femenina with an impressive sprint to the line. Dutchwoman Kool pipped compatriot and Jumbo-Visma rider Marianne Vos to the line, with Canyon-Sram’s Chloe Dygert finishing in third place. The second stage was a 105.8km ride from Orihuela to Pilar de la Horadada. Vos’ second

Austin Killips has become the first transgender athlete to win a UCI women’s stage race at the Tour of the Gila in New Mexico. The 27-year-old American won stage five on Sunday to clinch the overall title, plus the ‘Queen of the Mountains’ jersey for best climber. She thanked fellow riders for their support after

British rider Anna Henderson will take the La Vuelta Femenina’s red jersey into day two after Team Jumbo-Visma won the first stage in Torrevieja. The Dutch side completed the 14.5km team time trial in 18 minutes and three seconds. Henderson crossed the line first for Jumbo-Visma, taking the lead in the general classification standings. “We

Former Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas is “super excited” to be returning to the Giro d’Italia, which starts on Saturday, 6 May. Thomas, 36, has been named in the Ineos Grenadiers team for the three-week race alongside Ben Swift and Tao Geoghegan Hart. Former Giro winner Geoghegan Hart won April’s Tour of the Alps,

Britain’s Adam Yates finished safely in the bunch on the final stage to clinch victory in the Tour de Romandie. It is the first overall title for the 30-year-old since his move to UAE Team Emirates this season. Yates took the yellow jersey after a win in Saturday’s fourth stage in the Swiss Alps and

Adam Yates became the third British rider in four days to claim a stage victory at the Tour de Romandie as he also assumed the overall lead. The 30-year-old won Saturday’s stage four in the Swiss Alps by seven seconds from France’s Thibaut Pinot to take the yellow jersey from Spain’s Juan Ayuso. Yates has

Spain’s Juan Ayuso won the third stage of the Tour de Romandie in Chatel-Saint-Denis to take the yellow jersey. The UAE Team Emirates rider took the 18.8km time trial by five seconds from America’s Matteo Jorgenson. Great Britain’s Adam Yates finished third, 17 seconds behind team-mate Ayuso to move fifth in the general classification. Ethan

Antonio Tiberi and Trek-Segafredo have parted ways after he shot dead a minister’s cat in San Marino. The 21-year-old Italian reportedly said he was trying out an air rifle and pointed it at a cat that belonged to San Marino’s tourism and posts minister Federico Pedini Amati. He was fined €4,000 (£3,500) by a court

Britain’s Ethan Hayter sprinted to victory to claim the second stage of the Tour de Romandie in La-Chaux-de-Fonds. The Ineos Grenadiers rider inherits the yellow jersey from compatriot Ethan Vernon, who was dropped on the final climb of Thursday’s 162.7km route. Hayter crossed the line ahead of title contenders Juan Ayuso and Romain Barde, while

Scotland’s track cycling world champion Neah Evans says there will be extra pressure on her to defend her title on home soil in Glasgow this summer. The Olympic, European, and Commonwealth medallist won the world title in the points race in October 2022. It was her first major individual title, which she will aim to

Britain’s Ethan Vernon won stage one of the Tour de Romandie after Mark Cavendish and Simon Yates both abandoned the race because of illness. Soudal Quick-Step rider Vernon, 22, sprinted to victory from a reduced peloton in Vallee de Joux, Switzerland, to also claim the race lead. Jayco-Alula rider Yates, who was a contender for

Two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar has said he was “lucky” to only break a wrist when he crashed out of Sunday’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day classic. Pogacar, 24, had surgery on Sunday night and is now recovering. “I’m lucky it’s just a broken wrist, considering the crazy crash that happened,” the Slovenian posted on social

Two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar was taken to hospital after crashing out of the Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day classic. The Slovenian, 24, crashed with Dane Mikkel Honore – who also had to pull out of the race – after 85km. “He has a wrist injury and has gone to hospital for tests,” Pogacar’s UAE Team

Great Britain claimed three goal medals at the Para-cycling Road World Cup in Maniago, Italy. Daphne Schrager won in the time trial in the women’s C2 class to secure Britain’s first gold medal of the weekend before Frances Brown rode to victory in the women’s C1 time trial. Two-time Olympic silver medallist Finlay Graham picked

Simon Carr won the final stage of the Tour of the Alps as fellow Britons Tao Geoghegan Hart and Hugh Carthy claimed first and second overall. Ineos Grenadiers’ Geoghegan Hart, 28, won the first two stages of the race and took overall victory by 22 seconds from EF Education-EasyPost’s Carthy. Carthy’s team-mate Carr, 24, went

Wrexham will host cycling’s Tour of Britain for the first time in eight years when it provides the finish for stage two on Monday, 4 September. The city last featured in the Tour when it co-hosted the Grand Depart in 2015. The 2023 edition of the eight-day event will start and finish in south Wales

Tao Geoghegan Hart maintained his 22-second lead over fellow Briton Hugh Carthy at the Tour of the Alps on the penultimate stage. Thursday’s 152.9km stage was won by Austrian Gregor Muhlberger, who pipped Torstein Traeen and Giulio Pellizzari in a breakaway in northern Italy. Ineos Grenadiers rider Geoghegan Hart finished in the main group. He

British rider Tao Geoghegan Hart increased his overall lead at the Tour of the Alps by finishing fourth in Wednesday’s third stage in Italy. The Team Ineos Grenadiers rider, 28, stretched his advantage at the top of the standings to 22 seconds as fellow Briton Hugh Carthy moved up to second. German racer Lennard Kamna