Racing

Alejandro Valverde finally wins the rainbow jersey

Twice runner-up, four times bronze medallist - Spaniard takes gold at age of 38

Late change of venue for National Hill Climb Championships

Many competitors unhappy with lack of explanation

Mike Hall’s mother says she forgives driver involved in fatal collision

Urges others to do so too

More assault allegations against Jan Ullrich

German said to have become involved in altercation at airport before flight to US for rehab

Full details announced of Yorkshire 2019 UCI Road World Championships

Starts of races to be shared by towns and cities across region, with all events finishing in Harrogate

Rohan Dennis powers his way to time trial world title

Australian went well over a minute quicker than the next fastest man, defending champion Tom Dumoulin

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The 25-hour 24-hour race was a hit last year and it’s back on 27–28 October

Video: 2019 Giro d’Italia to start with uphill time trial in Bologna

Stage will be first of five either wholly or partially in central Emilia-Romagna region

Quick Step Floors win team time trial world championship for record fourth – and final – time

Meanwhile Britain's Alice and Hannah Barnes help Canyon-SRAM take gold in women's event

Callum Skinner says Wada decision to lift Russia ban “just stinks basically”

“I feel like Wada’s worked incredibly hard for the people who’ve been sanctioned”

Helen Wyman: Revolution or Evolution

We speak to Helen about the cyclocross season, her bikes and the equality issues slowly being solved

Bradley Wiggins rules out returning to the Olympics as a rower

Also says that if he keeps his head, Simon Yates can become world champion

Peter Sagan: Cycling is “a boring sport” to watch on TV

Three-time world champion admits he only ever watches the last 5 kilometres of a race

World cyclo-cross champion Wout van Aert terminates contract with Verandas Willems-Crelans

LottoNL-Jumbo seems most likely destination for Belgian rider who had breakthrough Classics season this year

American woman smashes cycling land speed record, hitting nearly 184 miles per hour

Denise Mueller-Korenek went 10 per cent faster than previous record holder Fred Rompleberg did in 1995

JLT Condor team to fold at end of year as sponsorship ends

Team founded in 2007 is second British UCI Continental team this month to announce it is stopping racing

Sir Bradley Wiggins: Simon Yates may not have won the Vuelta if he’d gone to Team Sky

He also believes that Giro d'Italia disappointment in May paved way for Mitchelton-Scott rider's triumph in Spain

Simon Yates wins Vuelta and seals unique treble for British riders

Mitchelton-Scott rider is third British Grand Tour winner of 2018; final stage in Madrid goes to Elia Viviani

Taxi driver who fell asleep at wheel jailed for killing cyclist

Jack Berry lost his life when Craig Gough crashed into him and two friends last October

Ian To sets off on fresh Land’s End to John O’Groats record attempt

Swindon ultracyclist is currently heading through Somerset after leaving tip of Cornwall at 5.15am this morning

La Vuelta Stage 20: Simon Yates secures Vuelta and grand slam of Grand Tours for British riders

Alejandro Valverde cracks, Enric Mas takes final mountain stage

“I’ve created a plan that I will go as long as I can to the point I feel that I’m losing my limbs” – Paralympian David Smith delays cancer surgery to continue competing

Surgery has previously left him temporarily paralysed

La Vuelta Stage 18: Thibaut Pinot takes second stage win as Simon Yates extends lead over Alejandro Valverde

Race leader pushes hard on final climb to distance Spanish rival

Vittoria Bussi breaks Hour Record by 27 metres

Italian made two attempts in two days

La Vuelta Stage 18: Jelle Wallays secures breathtaking win as break holds off peloton by metres

No change in the general classification

Michael Woods wins Vuelta Stage 17, Alejandro Valverde takes time back from Simon Yates

Steven Kruiswijk and Nairo Quintana lose time - and two places on GC - on brutal final climb

Froome and Thomas sit out World Championships as Yates twins lead British challenge in elite men’s road race

British Cycling names final squads for all races at Innsbruck-Tirol later this month

Vuelta Stage 16: Rohan Dennis wins time trial, Simon Yates grabs 7 seconds over Alejandro Valverde

Steve Kruiswijk moves into podium position as Nairo Quintana falters against the clock

Sir Bradley Wiggins: Geraint Thomas staying at Sky puts Tour de France winner in “perfect scenario”

"He's had all his success there ... I don’t see any reason to have to leave"

Vuelta Stage 15: Thibaut Pinot wins on Lagos de Covadonga

Simon Yates remains in red jersey