Cycling

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

UK Anti-Doping allowed British Cycling to drug test its own riders in a private laboratory, an investigation by the World Anti-Doping Agency has confirmed. In 2011, British Cycling staff broke rules by collecting samples and using a non-Wada accredited laboratory. It was for the purpose of screening for nandrolone, a prohibited substance. The investigation confirmed

Venue: Roubaix, France Dates: 20-24 October Coverage: Live on BBC Four, Red Button, iPlayer & BBC Sport app Britain’s Olympic gold medallist Katie Archibald doesn’t need to get pumped up for the Track Cycling World Championships – just don’t try to ask her something when her headphones are on. Archibald, 27, aims to continue thriving

Britain’s Ben Swift earned a second successive men’s national road race title and Pfeiffer Georgi won the women’s event in Lincoln. Georgi, 21, attacked late on a steep cobbled climb to win ahead of Josie Nelson and Joss Lowden. Swift, 33, also had to work hard on the uphill finish but held off Fred Wright

The Hayter brothers Ethan and Leo claimed double time trial gold at the British National Road Championships. Ineos Grenadiers rider Ethan won the elite men’s time trial just hours after brother Leo won the Under-23 race. While it was an unforgettable day for the Hayters, their family was not in Lincolnshire to watch after their