Cycling

Mark Cavendish, Ethan Hayter and Lizzie Deignan have all been included in the Great Britain team for the UCI Road World Championships taking place in Flanders, Belgium. British Cycling has named a squad of 30 riders in elite, under-23 and junior categories. Olympic mountain-biking champion Tom Pidcock is included as GB aim to bounce back

Belgium’s Wout van Aert won the final stage of the Tour of Britain to pip Great Britain’s Ethan Hayter to overall victory in the race. Van Aert produced a late surge in a bunched sprint to narrowly and dramatically win stage eight, which was 173km from Stonehaven to Aberdeen. Germany’s Andre Greipel was second, with

Belgium’s Yves Lampaert won a sprint finish to claim victory on stage seven of the Tour of Britain. Lampaert beat American Matteo Jorgenson into second with Britain’s Matt Gibson third. The trio were part of a breakaway from the main peloton on the penultimate stage of the race, which covered 194.8km from Hawick in the

Belgium’s Wout van Aert moved to within four seconds of Tour of Britain leader Ethan Hayter after pipping the Briton in a sprint finish to win stage six. The 198km stage from Carlisle to Gateshead culminated in a three-way sprint between the overall favourites – Van Aert edging Hayter with world champion Julian Alaphilippe in

Britain’s Ethan Hayter sprinted to victory on stage five of the Tour of Britain to reclaim the leaders’ blue jersey just 24 hours after he lost it. Hayter beat Giacomo Nizzolo and Dan McLay to the line in Warrington after his Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Owain Doull crashed and split the peloton. Overnight leader Wout van

Swift Carbon Racing rider William Bjergfelt hopes to inspire other athletes “to believe anything is possible” after becoming the first para-cyclist to compete in the Tour of Britain. Bjergfelt, from Somerset, was involved in a head-on collision with a car in 2015 which left him with a bleed on the brain and his right leg

Belgium’s Wout van Aert outsprinted Julian Alaphilippe to win stage four of the Tour of Britain and reclaim top spot overall from Briton Ethan Hayter. Jumbo-Visma rider Van Aert, 22, pipped the world champion to the line on the final ascent of Great Orme. Van Aert finished eight seconds ahead of Hayter, who was fifth,

Owain Doull is set to leave Ineos Grenadiers at the end of the season and join a rival Grand Tour team. The 28-year-old first signed for the British outfit – then Team Sky – in 2017 and renewed his contract in 2019. “I’m signed, sealed and done but I can’t say what my plans are

British team Ineos Grenadiers produced an excellent ride to win the team time trial stage of the Tour of Britain. Ineos produced a time of 20 mins 20 secs on the 8.2km course from Llandeilo to the National Botanic Garden of Wales. They finished 17.5 secs faster than second-place team Deceuninck-Quick-Step. Victory for Ineos moves

American Robin Carpenter held off a late surge from the peloton to win stage two of the Tour of Britain with Ethan Hayter home in second. Rally Cycling rider Carpenter crossed the line in four hours 45 minutes and 56 seconds as he became the first American to win a stage of the race. The

Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic wrapped up a third straight Vuelta a Espana after claiming victory in the final stage, a 33.8km time trial. Roglic, the Olympic time trial champion, beat second-placed Magnus Cort Nielsen by 14 seconds and became the third rider to win a third Vuelta. Roglic won by four minutes 42 seconds overall –

Belgium’s Wout van Aert sprinted to victory in the opening stage of the Tour of Britain with Ethan Hayter the first Briton home in fourth. Van Aert, 26, won the uphill sprint in Bodmin from Dutchman Nils Eekhoff, with Spain’s Gonzalo Serrano third. With the bonus seconds awarded to the first three riders, Ineos’ Hayter

France’s Clement Champoussin claimed a stunning win in a dramatic penultimate stage at the Vuelta a Espana. Jumbo Visma’s Primoz Roglic all but confirmed a third straight Vuelta victory, finishing the stage in second and extending his lead over Enric Mas in the general classification. Mas’ Movistar teammate Miguel Angel Lopez began the day in

Britain’s Mark Cavendish is part of a group of top riders who will contest the AJ Bell Tour of Britain from Sunday – but there’s one rider in particular he will be keen to beat. The Deceuninck-Quick Step rider, 36, equalled the great Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 Tour de France stage wins in July,

Irish cyclist Dan Martin has announced that he will retire at the end of the season, calling time on a 14-year career. The 35-year-old has won stages of all three Grand Tours. Martin will compete for Israel Start-Up Nation at the Tour of Britain, which begins on Sunday, but confirmed his retirement at the end

Denmark’s Magnus Cort claimed his third win in this year’s Vuelta a Espana as he produced a superb sprint finish to take stage 19. EF Education-Nippo rider Cort, who also won stages six and 12, edged out breakaway companions Rui Oliveira of Portugal and American Quinn Simmons. Primoz Roglic retained the leader’s red jersey before

Colombia’s Miguel Angel Lopez produced a resilient ride to win the 18th stage of the Vuelta a Espana as Primoz Roglic closed in on the race title. Lopez overcame the narrow climb in the mist and drizzle on the Alto d’El Gamoniteiro to hand Movistar a first Grand Tour stage victory of the season. Overall

Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website Javelin thrower Dan Pembroke set a new Paralympic and European record on a victorious Games debut as Great Britain claimed four more golds on day nine in Tokyo. Pembroke, who has