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Richard Carapaz took the overall lead from defending champion Primoz Roglic on a wet stage six of the Vuelta a Espana. Ineos Grenadiers rider Carapaz dropped Roglic, who had led since the opening day, on the final ascent of the 146km mountain stage to Aramon Formigal. Ion Izagirre attacked with 3km remaining to take the

Tim Wellens beat Guillaume Martin in an uphill sprint to win stage five of the Vuelta a Espana as Primoz Roglic kept the overall lead. Wellens, Martin and Thymen Arensman broke away with 75km left in the 184km stage from Huesca to Sabinanigo, before the Belgian powered clear late on. Jumbo-Visma’s Roglic led the main

Britain’s Tao Geoghegan Hart sealed victory in stage 20 at the Giro d’Italia to move into a share of the overall lead with one day remaining. The 25-year-old Ineos Grenadiers rider, 15 seconds back in third going into the penultimate stage, edged out Australian Jai Hindley and the pair are now tied. Sunweb’s Wilco Kelderman,

By Dafydd JonesBBC Sport Wales Last updated on 23 October 202023 October 2020.From the section Cycling Ed Laverack loves cycling uphill and is very good at it, the best in Britain in fact. However, he will not be able to defend his British Hill Climb title this weekend as Laverack cannot leave locked-down Wales. This

Irishman Sam Bennett continued his superb season by sprinting to victory on stage four of the Vuelta a Espana. Bennett, who won the green points jersey in this year’s Tour de France, reeled in and passed Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen in the final 200 metres, with Italy’s Jakub Mareczko taking third. It is Bennett’s third Vuelta

Riders will take team buses part way through stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia after a protest over safety. Concerns were raised over the huge 258km stage from Morbegno taking part in heavy rain, risking riders’ health. Organisers are in discussion with the Professional Cyclists’ Association (CPA) over exactly where to start the stage to

Italian Matteo Spreafico, who was riding in the Giro d’Italia, has been suspended after a banned substance was found in two anti-doping tests. Spreafico, 27, of the Vini Zabu-KTM team, returned two adverse analytical findings (AAFs) for Enobosarm on 15 and 16 October. Spreafico has the right to request and attend the analysis of the

Ireland’s Daniel Martin won stage three of the Vuelta a Espana and cut Primoz Roglic’s overall lead to five seconds. The 34-year-old Israel Start-Up Nation rider attacked in the last 200 metres of the climb to Laguna Negra’s summit, holding off defending champion Roglic. Britain’s Hugh Carthy finished eighth for the second day in succession

Britain’s Tao Geoghegan Hart put himself right in contention to win the Giro d’Italia after finishing a superb second on a dramatic stage 18. The Ineos Grenadiers rider fought superbly up the Stelvio Pass, the hardest climb in the race which tops out at 2,757m, to claw back more than two minutes in the overall

Britain’s Chris Froome lost nearly 20 minutes at the Vuelta a Espana as Marc Soler won the second stage. Froome, 35, fell back from the peloton with 41km to go of the hilly 152km stage from Pamplona to Lukenberri. Ineos Grenadiers’ Froome is now nearly 30 minutes off the overall lead. Primoz Roglic of Jumbo-Visma

Ben O’Connor won stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia, as Joao Almeida held on to the leaders’ pink jersey. The NTT Pro Cycling rider broke away from a lead group of 14 riders which had led most of the way on the mountainous 203km stage from Bassano del Grappa to Madonna di Campiglio. Britian’s Tao

Cycling can hopefully become “the sport of the nation” in Scotland thanks to an £8m investment in facilities, says Paralympian Neil Fachie. The Scottish government and sportscotland are providing the cash over the next two years to tap into the increased interest in cycling. Fachie says Scotland is “slightly lacking” at grassroots level compared to

Two-time winner Chris Froome struggled as Slovenia’s defending champion Primoz Roglic took the opening stage of Vuelta a Espana. Briton Froome, 35, in his final Vuelta for Ineos Grenadiers, was dropped on the penultimate climb and is more than 11 minutes behind the leader. Roglic pipped a small pack including Ineos’ Richard Carapaz and Irish

UAE Team Emirates rider Fernando Gaviria has tested positive for coronavirus for a second time this year and is out of the Giro d’Italia. The Colombian tested positive in the Giro’s latest round of testing, as did a Team AG2R La Mondiale staff member. Gaviria also tested positive for Covid-19 at the UAE Tour in

The Vuelta a Espana starts in the Basque region on Tuesday, covering 2,897km (1,800 miles) in 18 stages before it finishes in Madrid on Sunday 8 November. The race was due to begin on 14 August in the Netherlands, while a trip to Portugal was also been removed because of the coronavirus pandemic. However, the

Last updated on 19 October 202019 October 2020.From the section Cycling Briton Stephen Williams is “extremely proud” to be set for his first Grand Tour after battling back from injury. The Welshman, 24, rides in the Vuelta a Espana, starting on Tuesday, after recovering from a knee problem that kept him out for 18 months.

It’s been a strange year for us all, for very obvious reasons. But if Ineos Grenadiers fail to win a Grand Tour in 2020, you know the world will be in a state of change. A maelstrom of a season, which began with Chris Froome not having his contract renewed by his near-lifelong paymasters, has

World champion Julian Alaphilippe crashed out after hitting a motorbike as Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel won at the Tour of Flanders. Alaphilippe, 28, was part of what would become the winning breakaway, when he hit a race motorbike 35km from the finish of the 243km one-day epic. That left Van der Poel, 25,