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Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas saw his medal hopes in the men’s road

Tokyo 2020: Top 10 days for Team GB at the Olympics – BBC Sport A-Z Sports More from Sport Last updated on 27 minutes ago27 minutes ago.From the section Olympics Dates: 23 July-8 August Venue: Tokyo, Japan Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5

Mark Cavendish rolled back the years at the Tour de France to win the green jersey for the first time in a decade in Paris on Sunday. “If we’d talked four weeks ago I wasn’t even going to be at this race,” said Cavendish, who was drafted in as a late replacement after his Deceuninck

Mark Cavendish failed in his bid to set a new record of 35 stage wins in the Tour de France as Wout van Aert won the final stage of the 2021 Tour. Cavendish struggled to find space and could not come past Van Aert in the final few metres of the bunch sprint on Paris’

Lizzie Deignan looks back on the 2016 Olympics knowing she is a stronger person because of it. But that doesn’t take away how “horrific” the experience was for her, one that stripped away her love for cycling and left her questioning where her future lay. It was just days before the women’s road race in

Tadej Pogacar is set to win the Tour de France after finishing seventh in the time trial on the penultimate stage. Jumbo-Visma’s Wout van Aert won stage 20 on Sunday to secure his second stage win of the 2021 Tour. Pogacar, 22, will officially claim the yellow jersey after Sunday’s final stage to Paris, when

Bahrain-Victorious’ Matej Mohoric won stage 19 of the Tour de France, denying Mark Cavendish an opportunity to break the record for stage wins he shares with Eddy Merckx. Cavendish had hoped to compete for a 35th stage win, but a breakaway of 20 riders left the peloton well behind. Cavendish will get another chance in

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar remains in the leaders’ yellow jersey of the Tour de France after victory on stage 18. The UAE Team Emirates rider is now in a commanding position with an overall five minute 45 second lead over Jonas Vingegaard with three stages remaining. Ineos Grenadiers’ Richard Carapaz remains third after finishing the stage

French Police searched the team hotel of Bahrain-Victorious after stage 17 of the Tour de France on Wednesday. Riders’ rooms and the team bus were searched but no arrests were made. The Bahrain-based team confirmed they had provided copies of their riders’ training files to police. The team’s technical director Vladimir Miholjevic said they have

Dame Sarah Storey is looking to become Britain’s most successful Paralympian after being named in the Para-cycling squad for her eighth games. The 43-year-old will defend her titles in the C5 individual pursuit, C5 time trial and C4-5 road race events. Storey has 14 golds to her name and victory in the three events would

Defending champion Tadej Pogacar took a sublime victory atop the Col du Portet on stage 17 of the Tour de France to extend his lead in the yellow jersey. The Slovenian, 22, kicked clear of Richard Carapaz and Jonas Vingegaard with 150 metres to go to win his fifth Tour stage overall and second of

Patrick Konrad from Austria held off the chasing group to claim victory on stage 16 of the Tour de France. He attacked out of a breakaway on the Col de Portet-d’Aspet, the penultimate climb of the 169km stage. It is the 29-year-old’s first Tour stage and first professional win. Tadej Pogacar retained the yellow jersey

Leader Tadej Pogacar understands he could be questioned about doping if he retains his Tour de France title this year because of the sport’s history – but says he does not take shortcuts. He won on his Tour debut last year. “I’m a good kid with a good education, I’m not one to take shortcuts,”

America’s Sepp Kuss attacked on the final climb to breakaway and win stage 15 of the Tour de France, as Tadej Pogacar increased his overall lead. Kuss went clear of the leading breakaway group on the ride up the Col de Beixalis with 19km remaining of the 191.3km stage to Andorre-La-Vieille. It was the third

Anna van der Breggen clinched her fourth Giro d’Italia Donne after finishing fourth on the final stage. The Dutch rider SD Worx rider was part of a breakaway that finished the 113km stage to Cormons 23 seconds ahead of the peloton. Her team-mates Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and Demi Vollering finished second and third overall. Britain’s Lizzie

Bauke Mollema claimed a fine solo victory on stage 14 of the Tour de France as Guillaume Martin moved up to second overall behind Tadej Pogacar. Dutchman Mollema broke clear of the rest of the breakaway with 42km of the 183.7km to Quillan left and won his second Tour stage by over a minute. French

Britain’s Mark Cavendish has made history in the Tour de France by equalling Eddy Merckx’s Tour stage win record of 34. The Deceuninck-Quick Step rider won the sprint into Carcassonne by a few inches ahead of team-mate Michael Morkov. Briton Simon Yates of Team Bike Exchange abandoned the race following a crash in which several

Nils Politt soloed to victory on stage 12 of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar retained the leader’s yellow jersey. The German broke clear with 12km left on the 159.4km run to Nimes after being involved in a long-range 13-man breakaway. Pogacar finished safely in the peloton behind Britain’s Mark Cavendish. “It’s a dream