Racing

Giro d’Italia Stage 17: Stefano Pirazzi wins from the break

Escapees allowed to go as overall contenders take it easy ahead of three big days in the mountains

Giro d’Italia Stage 16: Movistar’s Nairo Quintana takes stunning win to go into race lead

Overnight leader Rigoberto Uran loses more than 4 minutes and the maglia rosa to his compatriot

Lost in Yorkshire: Schoolboys put Mark Cavendish back on track for Tour de France recce

Former world champion lost his bearings after GPS unit lost signal

Chris Froome says he almost left Sky in 2011, tells of tension with Bradley Wiggins

Tour de France champion's autobiography outlines his feelings on 2012 race when he was 2nd to team mate

Giro d’Italia Stage 15: Fabio Aru attacks and wins, Cadel Evans loses time

Another shake-up on GC as race explodes on climb to Plan di Montecampione

Giro d’Italia Stage 14: Battaglin seals back-to-back wins for Bardiani, Uran in trouble

Italian team gets second stage win in as many days

Laura Trott clarifies comments on Glasgow 2014 and women’s Tour de France

Double Olympic champ expands on quotes in Daily Mail interview; British Cycling says it's committed to Commonwealth Games

Videos: The Road, anthem of 2014 Tour de France Grand Départ + bonus Giro Donne song

Kimberley Walsh out of Girls Aloud teams up with Alistair Griffin for official song

Giro d’Italia Stage 13: Bardiani’s Marco Canola wins from the break

Rigoberto Uran retains race lead on day the sprinters were thwarted in Piedmont

Jonathan Tiernan-Locke says delay in bio passport hearing isn’t his fault

UK Anti-Doping said yesterday that next week’s scheduled hearing had been postponed “at athlete’s request”

Giro d’Italia Stage 12: Rigoberto Uran storms into the race lead

Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider puts in time trial of his life to become first Colombian to lead Giro

Lance Armstrong stripped of Legion d’Honneur, plus date set for sworn testimony

Disgraced ex-pro loses French award, arbitration panel says he must testify under oath on 12 June

Videos: On board with Giant-Shimano at the final Tour of California stage – more great footage

Watch the last 3km as Degenkolb goes for the sprint, and descend at 88kph with Lawson Craddock

Giro d’Italia Stage 11: Michael Rogers solos to win in Savona

Tinkoff-Saxo rider takes his first ever Grand Tour stage just a month after returning from suspension

Bradley Wiggins says California victory can help restore US cycling credibility

Team Sky rider enjoying status as one of peloton’s “elder statesmen”

British Cycling calls for regulation of sportives after Yorkshire route clash (+ video)

Governing body responds after video shows two events hitting same stretch of road on Sunday

Dozens of Cambridge schools to close on day of Tour de France visit

Widespread travel disruption expected - but some query whether closures necessary

Giro d’Italia Stage 10: Nacer Bouhanni seals hat-trick of stage wins, Cadel Evans keeps race lead

Race resumes post-rest day with frantic finale including big crash as sprinters battle it out in the finish

Fabian Cancellara shelves Hour Record attempt after UCI clarifies rules

Mystique of racing Merckx is gone, says Cancellara

Video: On board Jens Voigt’s bike at the Tour of California

Shimano puts cameras on popular German rider’s bike as TV trial continues

Double world cyclo-cross champion Niels Albert to retire?

Belgian press reports that 28-year-old will call halt to career due to heart problem

Giro d’Italia Stage 9: Pieter Weening wins stage, Domenico Pozzovivo jumps up GC

Second career Giro stage win for Orica-GreenEdge's Dutch rider

Giro d’Italia 8: Diego Ulissi doubles up, Cadel Evans in pink

Change at top of GC after first medium mountain stage

Giro d’Italia Stage 7: Bouhanni back in points jersey with win in Foligno

FDJ.fr rider clinches second stage victory, Orica-GreenEdge's Michael Matthews keeps race lead

Hour Record regulations “modernised and simplified” by UCI

Out goes 2000 'Merckx position' rule change, previous records restored, current (shorter) record stands - eh? There is method though…

Giro d’Italia Stage 6: Matthews wins, Evans takes big time on rivals, Rodriguez out of race

Big crash splits field ahead of final climb as many overall contenders lose time on Australian pair

Marcel Kittel backs Giro selfie snapper, tells him ‘Don’t worry’

Giant-Shimano sprinter sent direct message on Twitter to 18-year-old David McCarthy

Giro d’Italia Stage 5: Diego Ulissi strongest in tough finale, Michael Matthews retains lead

Lampre-Merida rider prevails from select bunch in first uphill finish of this year's race

Giro d’Italia Stage 4: Nacer Bouhanni strikes to win in Bari after peloton go-slow

Riders neutralise race as rain causes slick roads on circuit in Bari

Irish cyclist apologises to Marcel Kittel for selfish selfie

David McCarthy snapped Giant-Shimano sprinter as he lay exhausted on ground after Sunday's win in Dublin