Cycling

On a freezing cold December night, thousands gathered at New York’s Madison Square Garden. With the smell of chicken and potatoes cooked over oil stoves hanging in the midnight air, the crowd chattered and beat their hands together, trying to stay warm. From a small canvas tent by the side of a wooden, banked oval

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Philip Hindes has announced his retirement, aged 29. As ‘man one’ in the team sprint event, Hindes helped Great Britain win gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016. Hindes also won silver at the 2016 Track Cycling World Championships and at two Commonwealth Games (Glasgow 2014 and Australia 2018). “Having been

Getty Images Cycling and marathon routes for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have been revealed. The marathon event, on the first Saturday of the Games, will take in the city centre and south Birmingham and the following week’s cycling race will be staged in Warwickshire. A cycling time trial route has also been revealed

Tour de France winner and double Olympic champion Geraint Thomas wants to make cycling “fun and accessible” for youngsters. Thomas has launched a new charitable trust which aims to get more young people cycling. Over 10 years, the Geraint Thomas Charitable Trust hopes to make cycling more accessible to 5,000 children and young people aged

The UK is to bid to host the 2026 Tour de France Grand Depart. The government has also confirmed funding for the English Rugby Football Union’s bid to host the 2025 World Cup, as the RFU plans to stage the “best-attended women’s Rugby World Cup ever”. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak will this week

Geraint Thomas is set to sign a new contract with Ineos Grenadiers after long and “tough” negotiations. The 2018 Tour de France champion’s existing deal is due to expire at the end of this year. Thomas, 35, has attracted interest from other teams but is close to agreeing a two-year contract with Ineos, the team

Tour de France winner and double Olympic champion Geraint Thomas has launched a charitable trust which aims to get more young people cycling. Over 10 years, the Geraint Thomas Charitable Trust hopes to make cycling more accessible to 5,000 children and young people aged seven to 18. “I’m thrilled to be launching this trust,” said

Great Britain’s Katie Archibald won silver in the women’s points race at the Track Cycling World Championships. Archibald finished with 72 points, 12 points clear of third-placed Kirsten Wild of the Netherlands. It is the 27-year-old’s fourth medal of the week, having won gold in the women’s omnium and bronze in the team pursuit and

Watch as Great Britain’s Katie Archibald secures silver in a dramatic fashion, during the final lap of the women’s points race at the Track Cycling World Championships in France. Watch the Track Cycling World Championships from 20-24 October on the BBC Sport website, Red Button and iPlayer, find full coverage details here. Available to UK

For Black History Month 2021, academic and author Dr Marlon Moncrieffe tells the story of Marshall ‘Major’ Taylor, an American professional cyclist who rose to the top of his sport winning the one mile sprint event at the 1899 World Track Championships. But his career was plagued by the racism he suffered. Animations produced by

Britain’s Ethan Hayter put in a devastating performance in the points race to win omnium gold at the World Track Cycling Championships in France. The 23-year-old had led by six points after wins in the scratch and tempo races and fourth in the elimination. And he gained a lap on the rest of the field

Watch the moment Great Britain’s Ethan Hayter crosses the line to win omnium gold at the World Track Cycling Championships in France. REPORT: Ethan Hayter dominates for omnium gold Watch the Track Cycling World Championships from 20-24 October on the BBC Sport website, Red Button and iPlayer. Available to UK users only.

Watch the closing stages from the women’s madison final as Great Britain’s Neah Evans and Katie Archibald narrowly beat Italy to bronze at the Track Cycling World Championships. Watch the Track Cycling World Championships from 20-24 October on the BBC Sport website, Red Button and iPlayer. Available to UK users only.

Katie Archibald won Great Britain’s first gold medal at this year’s World Championships after securing a dominant victory in the women’s omnium. Archibald finished on 137 points after backing up wins in the scratch, tempo and elimination races with a measured ride in the climactic points race. Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky finished second with Italy’s Elisa

Great Britain’s Katie Archibald is closing in on the gold medal in the women’s omnium at the Track Cycling World Championships after narrowly avoiding being taken out by a “nasty looking crash” in the elimination race. Archibald has won the first three events in the omnium heading into the fourth and final event, the points

British Para-cyclist Erin McBride has been banned from all sport for three years for using the banned substance ostarine. The 23-year-old visually-impaired sprinter returned a positive result in an out-of-competition test on 3 March. McBride was a track runner before joining the British Para-cycling team earlier this year. British Cycling said it suspended McBride after

Rhys Britton finished third in the men’s scratch race to claim one of three bronze medals for Great Britain on day two of the World Championships. The 22-year-old was edged out by Frenchman Donavan Grondin and Belgium’s Tuur Dens in Roubaix, France. GB also won both the men’s and women’s team pursuit bronze-medal races. Ethan

Great Britain’s youthful team sprint squad of Milly Tanner, Blaine Ridge-Davis, Sophie Capewell and Lauren Bate took bronze at the first day of the World Championships in Roubaix, France. The team saw off Japan in the bronze-medal final, coming home more than half a second clear in 48.059 seconds. Germany secured an emphatic gold, retaining