Cycling

Getty Images Joe Rindl BBC Sport journalist 3 hours ago Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar says the Slovenian Olympic Committee (OKS) not selecting his girlfriend Urska Zigart helped sway his decision to withdraw from Paris 2024. Pogacar, who won his third Tour title on Sunday, pulled out of the Games with “extreme fatigue”, the

Getty Images 2 hours ago Neah Evans does not to intend to end her absence from opening ceremonies at this year’s Paris Olympics. The 33-year-old track cyclist helped Team GB win silver in the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games in 2021. But the Scot prefers to miss the hours-long spectacle that heralds the start of the

Getty Images David Ferguson BBC Scotland Selkrik 9 hours ago Oscar Onley has lifted his career to a new high after a successful Tour de France debut – and now he is looking forward to a Scottish homecoming. In his first year as a professional, the 21-year-old from Kelso finished Le Tour in 39th place

Getty Images 10 minutes ago Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar has pulled out of the Olympic Games because of “extreme fatigue”, the Slovenian Olympic Committee has said. Pogacar completed victory in this year’s Tour by taking Sunday’s final stage, which was a time trial, to win the illustrious 3,498km race for a third time.

Getty Images 12 minutes ago Great Britain’s most successful Paralympian Sarah Storey says being selected for a ninth Games was a “pinch-me moment” after she was named on Monday in a 23-strong cycling squad for Paris 2024. The 46-year-old made her debut as a swimmer in Barcelona in 1992 aged 14 before switching to cycling

Getty Images Joe Rindl BBC Sport journalist 3 minutes ago Tadej Pogacar sealed a sensational Tour de France-Giro d’Italia double by winning the stage 21 time trial into Nice. The Slovenian finished the Tour with a sixth stage victory and became the first man to win cycling’s two biggest races in the same year since

Getty Images 21 July 2024 Comments Legendary British cyclist Mark Cavendish says this year’s Tour de France is likely to have been his last race. The sprinter won a record 35th Tour de France stage in the first week of this year’s edition, going one clear of Belgian Eddy Merckx’s long-standing record – which Cavendish

Getty Images Joe Rindl BBC Sport journalist 20 July 2024, 17:25 BST Updated 21 minutes ago Tadej Pogacar continued his fairytale Tour de France with a fifth stage win to further extend his dominant lead with just one day remaining. The Slovenian, riding for UAE Team Emirates, sprinted away from defending champion Jonas Vingegaard inside

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tom Brown BBC Sport Wales 20 July 2024 Josh Tarling is a name to remember. By next weekend, you might not be able to forget it. For those who don’t know much about this 20-year-old Welshman, he

Getty Images Katie Falkingham BBC Sport Senior Journalist 2 hours ago As far as Dan Bigham was concerned, the door was shut. Three years ago he was at the Tokyo Olympics. He could have been there alongside his former Great Britain team-mates, skin suit on, ready to race. Instead, he was there not as a

1 day ago By Wedaeli Chibelushi & Habtom Weldeyowhannes, BBC News & BBC Tigrinya AFP To his fans, he’s the “African king” – an international star and the first black African to win a Tour de France stage. Biniam Girmay did that not only once but three times this year at road cycling’s premier event. Barring an

Getty Images Joe Rindl BBC Sport journalist 19 July 2024, 15:56 BST Comments Updated 1 hour ago Tadej Pogacar continued his dominance at the Tour de France as he won his fourth stage and substantially extended his overall lead. The Slovenian attacked in the Alps with nine kilometres to go, making up almost three minutes

Getty Images Kieran Fox BBC Sport 55 minutes ago Team GB cyclists at the Paris Olympics will have their saliva analysed to test for possible concussions. By comparing molecule biomarkers found in the saliva, doctors hope to determine whether a cyclist has suffered a concussion from a crash and aid their return to riding. Trials

Getty Images 35 minutes ago Belgium’s Victor Campenaerts emerged from a breakaway trio to clinch victory on stage 18 of the Tour de France 2024. Campenaerts, Michal Kwiatkowski and Matteo Vercher remained clear heading into the closing stages of the 179.5km route from Gap to Barcelonnette. The Lotto–Dstny rider, 32, hit the front with 100

Getty Images Matthew Henry BBC Sport Journalist 17 July 2024, 16:09 BST Updated 4 minutes ago Richard Carapaz completed the set of victories in cycling’s Grand Tours by winning stage 17 of the Tour de France. Carapaz had won stages at the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a Espana, as well as Olympic road race

Getty Images 16 July 2024, 16:56 BST Comments Updated 2 minutes ago Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen sprinted to his third stage victory at the 2024 Tour de France after Biniam Girmay suffered a late crash on stage 16. Philipsen’s Alpecin-Deceuninck team dominated in the closing stages in Nimes before the 26-year-old broke clear to the line.

40 minutes ago Planes, trains and automobiles? A BBC Sport team has ditched all those and will instead cycle from Manchester to the Paris Olympics. Starting on Tuesday, riders for ‘Pedal for Paris’ will cover more than 500 miles in eight days to reach the French capital in time for the start of the Games.

Rex Features Sophie Hurcom BBC Sport England 8 hours ago British road race champion Pfeiffer Georgi believes the Olympics course suits her “quite well” as she prepares for her first tilt at the Games. The 23-year-old will compete in a four-rider Great Britain team in Paris on 3 August alongside Lizzie Deignan, British time-trial champion