Colombia’s Egan Bernal, Spain’s Mikel Landa and Britain’s Simon Yates are among the favourites to be crowned winner of the 2021 Giro d’Italia, with the three-week Grand Tour set to begin in Turin tomorrow.
Verona is set to host the opening round of the 2021 International Cycling Union (UCI) BMX Supercross World Cup season this weekend in Italy, with 2018 world champion Laura Smulders one of the favourites in the women's event.
Danish Cycling Federation (DCU) President Henrik Jess Jensen will be permitted to stand for a place on the International Cycling Union (UCI) Management Committee despite the official being reprimanded by the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF) Ethics Commission.
Michael Woods won the fourth stage of the Tour de Romandie to assume the race lead as Geraint Thomas crashed in the final metres racing.
Marc Soler broke clear on the final climb to win the third stage of the Tour de Romandie to assume the overall race lead.
Italy’s Sonny Colbrelli earned his first victory of 2021 after surviving the climbs on the second stage of the Tour de Romandie to triumph in a reduced sprint finish.
The Tour de Romandie will return from its COVID-19 enforced absence tomorrow with the stage race offering key preparation for riders ahead of the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France.
Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar and Demi Vollering of The Netherlands triumphed at Liège–Bastogne–Liège after triumphing in sprint finishes from breakaway groups at the one-day race in Belgium.
Mountain biking and BMX freestyle have been confirmed as the cycling disciplines on the programme for the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games.
Defending champion Lizzie Deignan has been forced to pull out of tomorrow’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège because of illness.
France’s Julian Alaphilippe returned to winning ways when he claimed the men’s La Flèche Wallonne title for the third time in his career, while Anna van der Breggen of The Netherlands won the women’s race for the seventh successive year to extend her all-time record.
Swiss rider Marc Hirschi is set to defend his La Flèche Wallonne title tomorrow, with one of his main threats being UAE Team Emirates colleague and 2020 Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar.
Italian cycling team Vini Zabù has been handed a 30-day suspension after two of its riders tested positive for banned substances in a 12-month period, the International Cycling Union (UCI) has said.
The French cycling market shot through the €3 billion (£2.6 billion/$3.6 billion) barrier in 2020, as consumers seemingly turned to bicycles to help them to navigate some of the trials and tribulations of life in a pandemic.
Slovenia’s Primož Roglič earned victory at the Tour of the Basque Country by forming part of a long-range breakaway to overturn his deficit to the race leader Brandon McNulty on the final stage.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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