Racing

Vuelta Stage 6: Magnus Cort wins the stage, Primoz Roglic back in race lead

Fourth career win at Spanish Grand Tour for EF Education-Nippo's Danish rider

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“The Roger Bannister of cycling” – Ashton Lambie breaks four-minute barrier on the track (+ video)

American rider sets new world record for 4km from standing start at Aguascalientes Velodrome in Mexico

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Vuelta Stage 5: Jasper Philipsen wins sprint after massive crash splits field

Race leader Rein Taaramae of Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert among riders caught up in crash 12km out

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Vuelta Stage 4: Fabio Jakobsen wins stage a year on from horror crash

Third career victory at Spanish Grand Tour for the Deceuninck-Quick Step sprinter; Rein Taaramae retains lead despite late crash

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Vuelta Stage 3: Rein Taaramae wins from the break and moves into race lead

Estonian rider prevails on first summit finish of this year's race

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Vuelta Stage 2: Jasper Philipsen sprints to victory in Burgos, Adam Yates loses time

Photo finish needed to split the Belgian and Deceuninck-Quick-Step's Fabio Jakobsen

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Student Illi Gardner smashes women’s Everesting record on Bwlch y Groes’ brutal 18 per cent slopes

The 21-year-old took nearly 20 minutes off Emma Pooley's record, climbing 8,848m in 8 hours, 33 minutes and 47 seconds

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Rapha athlete Lael Wilcox encounters mountain lion and wildfires during testing start to Tour Divide record attempt

The ultra-endurance racer hopes to set a new outright record by completing the 2,745-mile route in less than 13 days, 22 hours and 51 minutes

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Vuelta Stage 1: Primoz Roglic back in red after winning opening time trial

Olympic champion hunting third successive Vuelta win snatches victory from Astana-Premier Tech's Alex Aranburu

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Why you should watch the Vuelta 2021: plus route preview and main contenders for cycling’s most unpredictable Grand Tour

The final Grand Tour of the year on the pro road racing calendar starts tomorrow, and with nine summit finishes it promises to be a cracker

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Motor doping accusations reignite as footage of rapidly spinning wheel at Tour of Denmark surfaces

Riderless bike brought down Martin Toft Madsen – but there is another explanation behind why it was still moving

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Six Day Series organisers enter administration as COVID-19 forces cancellation of live events

Buyers sought for Madison Sports Group which staged track racing event in London, Manchester and other cities around the world

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Bianchi reveals new Impulso Pro gravel bike with light 1,100g frame

New full carbon disc-brake bike with clearance for 38mm tyres is available in a two-tone version with one shade being traditional celeste, or contrasting greens

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Jason Kenny wins historic seventh Olympic gold medal in Tokyo

"When you look back on the medals you’ve already got it seems really easy and then when you try and get more you remember how hard it was"

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Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald storm to Madison gold for Team GB

British pair ride near-perfect race as they win 10 sprints out of 12

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Matt Walls wins omnium gold for Team GB

23-year-old from Oldham seals country’s first victory in the velodrome in Tokyo with commanding performance across the four events

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Olympics: ‘Medical tape’ row as record-breaking Danish pursuit team accused of bending UCI rules

"Every rider with the same injury on both legs requiring ‘medical tape’ down the front of their legs, coincidently exactly where it would be aerodynamically advantageous"...

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Patrick Lefevere says Sam Bennett returning to Bora is like ‘women who return home after domestic abuse’

"For me, he is the pinnacle of mental weakness"...

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BMX racer Connor Fields out of ICU after suffering brain bleed in horror crash at Tokyo Olympics

The 28-year-old's mother thanked the public for their 'support and concern'

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Adidas’ radical-looking 3D CMPT glasses are super-light… and super-pricey

Just 150 of these 3D printed glasses are going on sale, promising maximum ventilation and a weight of just 20g

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BMX gold for Team GB’s Bethany Shriever, silver for Kye Whyte

Pair secure the country's first ever Olympic medals in the discipline

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German Olympic coach behind “camel drivers” racist remark sent home from Tokyo

Patrick Moster, whose comment was picked up on TV during yesterday’s time trial, has also been condemned by rider Nikias Arndt

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German Olympic cycling coach caught on TV making racist comment during men’s time trial

Patrick Moster urged Nikias Arndt to “catch the camel riders,” referring to riders from Eritrea and Algeria ahead of him on the road

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The bike that won Olympic gold – Tom Pidcock’s BMC Fourstroke

An in-depth look at the Olympic Gold winner's rig

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Tom Pidcock wins Olympic mountain biking gold for Team GB in Tokyo

Expected showdown with Mathieu van der Poel failed to materialise as Dutch rider crashed early on

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Annemiek van Vleuten celebrates after mistakenly thinking she won Olympic gold

She crossed the line 1 minute and 15 seconds behind the actual winner...

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Anna Kiesenhofer wins surprise gold in ‘stunning’ Tokyo Olympic road race

"We've got the biggest upset we've ever seen in cycling at the Olympic Games in the road race"

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Geraint Thomas crashes and abandons Tokyo Olympic road race as Carapaz wins gold

"I think I must have done something bad in a previous life"

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Survey finds strong support for calls for cyclists to be registered

YouGov poll finds six in 10 in favour - including 4 in 10 of those who have ridden a bike in the past year

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Dan Craven out of Olympic Games after testing positive for COVID-19

Namibian rider whose ‘live tweeting’ of Rio 2016 race went viral frustrated at delay in getting vaccinated in Spain

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