Cycling

Lizzie Deignan says she aims to win the biggest races on her return after her second child, but is “surprised” the Women’s Tour was cancelled. Deignan will contest Wednesday’s La Fleche Wallonne race in Belgium after a year out of the Women’s World Tour. “I have the same objectives, but I’m surprised they can’t sustain

British rider Tao Geoghegan Hart made it two wins from two at the Tour of the Alps with victory on the second stage. Racing for Ineos Grenadiers, the 28-year-old pulled clear with Jack Haig in the closing stages before pipping the Australian to the line in Italy. It increases his overall race lead to 18

Tadej Pogacar added to his glittering record by claiming his first Amstel Gold Race title with a superb solo win. The Slovenian powerfully kicked away from his rivals with 30km of the race remaining, staying clear to the finish in Valkenburg in the Netherlands. Ireland’s Ben Healy finished second, 38 seconds down, with Britain’s Tom

BBC/John Fairhall A former British cycling champion with a rare blood condition is set to take on the London Marathon. Six-time British time trial champion Alex Dowsett, 34, has the blood clotting disorder haemophilia. After retiring from cycling last year, he began training for the iconic 26.2 mile (42.2km) race on 23 April. Dowsett is

British Cycling has appointed Jon Dutton as its new chief executive. Dutton, who will start the role later in April, recently concluded his tenure as chief executive of the 2022 Rugby League World Cup in England. He replaces Danielle Every, who has been acting chief executive since Brian Facer left the governing body in October

Mathieu van der Poel powered his way to victory to claim his first win in the gruelling Paris-Roubaix race on Sunday. The Dutchman was part of a seven-rider leading group that seized control with 50km of the 257km race remaining before making a 15km solo attack. Known as ‘hell of the north’, Paris-Roubaix is one

Canadian cyclist Alison Jackson claimed victory in the third edition of the women’s Paris-Roubaix. EF rider Jackson, 34, edged a sprint finish after some of the race favourites fell in a crash. Defending champion Elisa Longo Borghini was leading the breakaway group but crashed with 39km to go, with race favourite Lotte Kopecky also falling.

There are few things as daunting as the cobbles between Paris and Roubaix for any cyclist. The race is invariably decided by a mix of grit, power and sheer luck. Ineos Grenadiers teenager Joshua Tarling is not worried, despite this being his first season as a professional. After all, what could frighten the 19-year-old when

Britain’s Ethan Hayter won the opening stage of the Tour of the Basque Country to take the early race lead. The Ineos Grenadiers rider, 24, clinched the victory on a short sprint after a leadout from team-mate Omar Fraile in Labastida, Spain. It is the Londoner’s first stage win of the season and 17th as

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar won the Tour of Flanders to become the first male cyclist since 1975 to win both the prestigious one-day race and the Tour de France. Pogacar is the third Tour winner to triumph in Flanders after France’s Louison Bobet (1955) and Belgian great Eddy Merckx (1975). “It was amazing. It’s a day

The Women’s Tour will not take place this year after organisers failed to find the funding required for the race. They said last month sponsorship was “urgently needed” for the British event and started a crowdfunding campaign. But now organisers say it has “proved impossible to deliver the event” because of “increased running costs and

Britain’s Pfeiffer Georgi took a fine solo victory at the Classic Brugge-De Panne two and a half years after breaking her back in the same race. Georgi, 22, kicked clear of a six-rider breakaway group with 7km to go and crossed the line one minutes 10 seconds before the chasing pack in Belgium. She had

Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel won the prestigious Milan-San Remo 62 years after his grandfather with a late solo attack. The 28-year-old broke away on the Poggio di San Remo summit with little more than five kilometres remaining. Italy’s Filippo Ganna was second, 15 seconds back, pipping third-place Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogacar

Britain’s Tom Pidcock will miss the Milan-San Remo race on Saturday with concussion. The Ineos Grenadiers rider, who won the Strade Bianche classic earlier this month, crashed out of Sunday’s final stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico. “This is obviously disappointing for both Tom and team,” said deputy team principal Rod Ellingworth. “We saw at Strade Bianche

Tadej Pogacar clinched victory in the Paris-Nice race on Sunday while fellow Slovenian Primoz Roglic won the Tirreno-Adriatico. Two-time Tour de France winner Pogacar was racing in the eight-day event for the first time and won his third stage of this year’s event. He finished alone to beat France’s David Gaudu by 53 seconds, with

Organisers of the Women’s Tour have said that funding is “urgently required” for this year’s event. A £500,000 shortfall must be filled by mid-April or the race could be cancelled, the Press Association reports. Organisers announced the route on Thursday but warned that fresh sponsorship is needed. The race went ahead without a title sponsor

Britain’s Tom Pidcock says winning Strade Bianche is the greatest achievement of his career. The Ineos Grenadiers rider took a commanding breakaway victory at the famous one-day race across Tuscany in Italy on Saturday. Pidcock, 23, also won a stage of the Tour de France on Alpe d’Huez, one of cycling’s legendary climbs, last year.

It’s a scorching hot June afternoon in the middle of an Italian heatwave. There hasn’t been any rain for a month. But grey clouds are slowly rolling in and the humidity is rising fast. A storm is brewing. The kind that only happens once a summer here. Two sisters are in the foothills of the