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Defending champion Primoz Roglic extended his lead at the Vuelta a Espana to 45 seconds after finishing second in stage 16. The 31-year-old Slovenian, who has won four stages in this year’s race, was edged out by Denmark’s Magnus Cort Nielsen. Britain’s Hugh Carthy finished 28th and remains in third place, with his deficit extending

Belgian Jasper Philipsen held off Pascal Ackermann in an uphill sprint finish to win stage 15 of the Vuelta a Espana in tough conditions, as Primoz Roglic held on to his overall lead. The UAE Team Emirates rider, 22, took his first Grand Tour stage win on the longest leg of this year’s race. Britain’s

Former British champion Ian Stannard has been forced to retire because of rheumatoid arthritis. The Ineos Grenadiers rider was one of the first riders to join the team as Team Sky in 2010 and his biggest wins came in the one-day Omloop Het Nieuwsblad races in 2014 and 2015. Stannard also helped Chris Froome and

Lotto-Soudal’s Tim Wellens secured his second win of this year’s Vuelta a Espana following a sprint finish at the end of stage 14. The Belgian, 29, pipped EF Pro Cycling’s Michael Woods at the climax of the 204.7km route from Galician city Lugo to Ourense. Jumbo-Visma’s champion Primoz Roglic held on to his 39-second lead

Primoz Roglic placed himself in pole position to retain his Vuelta a Espana title with a sensational time trial display as Briton Hugh Carthy impressed to stay in contention. Jumbo-Visma’s Roglic took stage 13 and now holds a 39-second advantage over Ineos Grenadiers’ Richard Carapaz, having overturned his 10-second lead. Carthy ate away at the

Organisers of the Tour de France have announced the route for 2021, which includes a double ascent of the iconic Mont Ventoux. Cycling’s biggest race will start on 26 June after this year’s event was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. The race’s Grand Depart is in the north-west city of Brest and ends in Paris

Britain’s Hugh Carthy claimed his first Grand Tour stage win on stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana, as Richard Carapaz retook the overall lead after a gruelling final ascent on the Angliru. EF Pro Cycling rider Carthy, 26, distanced a trio of Aleksandr Vlasov, Enric Mas and Ineos Grenadiers’ Carapaz in the final two

The 2021 Tour Down Under in Australia has been cancelled because of concerns around the spread of coronavirus. The race was scheduled to take place in Adelaide between 14 and 24 January. It will be replaced by a smaller domestic cycling festival in 2021. “Of course I am disappointed but, given the challenges, our priority

The start of Saturday’s 11th stage of the Vuelta a Espana was delayed after a protest led by Ineos Grenadiers. It followed a decision by stewards on Friday that put Primoz Roglic back into the overall lead. After Roglic burst clear to win the stage, they decided that the first eight finishers had created a

Former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman cited patient confidentiality when asked about Sir Bradley Wiggins’ medication at his fitness to practise medical tribunal. The General Medical Council’s QC Simon Jackson asked Freeman how accurate that was at the hearing on Friday. “We are getting into realms of patient confidentiality,” replied Freeman. He

Primoz Roglic retook the overall lead in the Vuelta a Espana from Richard Carapaz with victory on stage 10. The Slovenian defending champion kicked clear of his rivals in the final 150m of an uphill sprint finish to claim his third stage win of the race. He finished three seconds ahead of Carapaz and took

Ireland’s Sam Bennett was demoted for shoving another rider on stage nine of the Vuelta a Espana. The Deceuninck-Quick-Step sprinter, who won the green jersey at the Tour de France, muscled his way across the line first on the stage into Aguilar de Campoo, near Bilbao. But he was demoted after race commissaires said he

Welsh cyclist Geraint Thomas says he is looking forward to mentally “switching off” after a difficult time following his Giro d’Italia crash. The Ineos Grenadiers rider, 34, crashed just before the start after a bottle became lodged under his front wheel. As a result, the 2018 Tour de France champion was forced to pull out

Defending champion Primoz Roglic reduced the gap to race leader Richard Carapaz as he won the mountainous stage eight of the Vuelta a Espana. Jumbo-Visma’s Roglic moved from fourth to second in the overall standings as he cut the lead of runner-up, Ineos Grenadiers’ Carapaz, to 13 seconds. Britain’s Hugh Carthy finished fifth, dropping two

Michael Woods claimed victory from the breakaway on stage seven of the Vuelta a Espana as Richard Carapaz retained the overall lead. EF Pro Cycling’s Woods distanced a lead group of four other riders with 1km remaining to finish four seconds ahead of Omar Fraile and Alejandro Valverde. Ineos Grenadiers’ Carapaz finished in the peloton,

Giro d’Italia winner Tao Geoghegan Hart is “leading the way” for a new generation of young cyclists, says his Ineos Grenadiers team principal Sir Dave Brailsford. Chris Froome was the first, in 2018 at the age of 33. “I think one of Tao’s great attributes is that he’s a great racer,” Brailsford told BBC Radio

Where there is despair, always hope. For an often dominant team who have conquered all before them in the past, Ineos Grenadiers’ 2020 saw its most iconic figures – Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal – fall far from their pedestals. But it began with a tragedy that changed everything. In March, Nico Portal

Tao Geoghegan Hart has become only the second British man to win the Giro d’Italia. The 25-year-old, who won stage 20 on Saturday, was tied with Australian Jai Hindley before the final-day time trial, the first such instance in the race’s history. But Ineos Grenadiers’ Geoghegan Hart finished 39 seconds ahead of Hindley in the