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Women’s Tour of Britain debutant Clara Copponi moved into the overall lead as Amy Pieters won a “hectic” stage two. British rider Pfeiffer Georgi, 21, led at the final turn but was overtaken in a sprint finish and came fifth in Walsall. FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope’s Copponi, 22, was second, having come third in the

The 2022 Tour of Britain will depart from Aberdeen, 12 months on from the city hosting the final stage of this year’s event. Running from 4-11 September, the race will culminate on the Isle of Wight. The full route has not yet been disclosed but another of the eight stages will be in Nottinghamshire. Belgium’s

Britain’s Hannah Barnes finished sixth as Italy’s Marta Bastianelli won a dramatic sprint finish to take the opening stage of the Women’s Tour of Britain in Banbury. A large group of riders approached the finish line in a pack and 2007 road race world champion Bastianelli of Ale BTC Ljubljana edged ahead for victory. Britain’s

Italian rider Sonny Colbrelli edged a three-way sprint finish to win a rain-hit Paris-Roubaix. Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel and Belgian Florian Vermeersch came second and third respectively. Colbrelli, 31, caked in mud after the 258km race, held his bike aloft after crossing the line then collapsed in tears and rolled around on the grass.

Lizzie Deignan will finally get the chance to defend her 2019 AJ Bell Women’s Tour of Britain title as the race returns after two years. After being postponed because of Covid-19 in 2020, the 2021 edition begins in Oxfordshire on Monday. Fellow Briton Joss Lowden will also be in action after breaking the prestigious hour

Last updated on 15 minutes ago15 minutes ago.From the section Cycling Britain’s Lizzie Deignan took a sensational breakaway win in the first edition of the women’s Paris-Roubaix. The Trek-Segafredo rider pulled away from the peloton with more than 80km to go, before rain affected the course. The legendary race on the brutal ‘pave’ cobblestones returned

Across 125 years, the toughest men in one of the toughest sports have been left broken on the narrow cobbles of Paris-Roubaix. The legendary race returns this weekend and, for the first time in its history, women will be competing on the brutal ‘pave’. In the lead-up to the race, Britain’s Lizzie Deignan echoed the

Britain’s Joss Lowden has broken cycling’s hour record for women. The 33-year-old rider posted a distance of 48.405km in one hour, beating the record by 398m in the Grenchen Velodrome, Switzerland. The Drops-Le Col-Tempur rider beat Italian Vittoria Bussi’s distance of 48.007km set in 2018. “I was bit dramatic with nerves to the extreme, and

Australia’s Tour Down Under has been cancelled for the second year in a row because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Restrictions in Australia made it difficult for teams to travel to the event, which was due to be part of the men’s UCI World Tour and women’s UCI Pro Tour. The Tour Down Under is traditionally

Heiko Salzwedel, who held coaching roles with British Cycling from 2002 to 2017 across three separate spells, has died at the age of 64. Salzwedel had most recently worked for OSP Brandenburg, in his native Germany’s Olympic training centre. With British Cycling, he was involved in three Olympics, including helping a men’s team pursuit squad

Paralympic cycling champion Jon-Allan Butterworth has joined GB’s Para-snowboarding team. The former RAF weapons technician, 35, from Sutton Coldfield, retired from professional cycling last year after winning gold at Rio 2016 and three silver medals at London 2012. Butterworth lost his left arm in a rocket attack in Iraq in 2007. After that, he started

Owain Doull has joined EF Education-NIPPO after leaving Ineos Grenadiers. The Welsh rider, 28, said earlier this month he would be exiting Ineos having joined the team – then known as Team Sky – in 2017. Doull’s Grand Tour chances have been limited to the 2019 Vuelta a Espana since moving from Team Wiggins. “I

Julian Alaphilippe has retained the men’s road race title at the Road World Championships in Belgium. The 29-year-old Frenchman finished the 268.3km race in five hours 56 minutes 34 seconds. There was a sprint finish for silver which was taken by Dutchman Dylan van Baarle, while Denmark’s Michael Valgren finished third. Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock

Italy’s Elisa Balsamo won gold in the elite women’s race at the Road Cycling World Championships in Belgium. The 23-year-old claimed the rainbow jersey, hitting the front with 1,000 metres to go and beating Marianne Vos of the Netherlands in a sprint finish. Three-time world champion Vos claimed her sixth silver while Katarzyna Niewiadoma of

Rwanda has been selected to host the 2025 UCI Road World Championships, cycling’s world governing body the UCI has confirmed. It will be the first time an African nation will have hosted the event. “I am delighted that we are heading to Kigali,” said UCI president David Lappartient. The decision was announced following the UCI’s

Great Britain’s Zoe Backstedt won the women’s junior road race at the Road Cycling World Championships in Belgium. The Welsh 16-year-old outsprinted the United States’ Kaia Schmid at the end of the 75km course in Leuven, with Germany’s Linda Riedmann clinching bronze. Backstedt had already won silver in the junior time trial event. She also

South Yorkshire Police Britain’s most successful Paralympian was subjected to a rude gesture from a passing car as she took part in a police cycling safety operation. Dame Sarah Storey was participating in South Yorkshire Police’s safe passing operation on the A57 in Sheffield. The force said the person who made the “pointless and unnecessary”

Great Britain’s Zoe Backstedt has won silver in the women’s junior time trial at the Road Cycling World Championships in Belgium. The Welsh rider, 16, covered the 19.4 km course in 25 minutes 16.13 seconds, 10.64 seconds slower than winner Alena Ivanchenko of Russia. Great Britain team-mate Maddy Leach finished fifth. Backstedt, who will ride