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Sarah Storey won one of four golds for British riders on day one of the Para-cycling Road World Championships. The 14-time Paralympic champion defended her C5 time trial title in Estoril, Portugal, with fellow Briton Crystal Lane-Wright second. Steve Bate and his pilot Adam Duggleby took the men’s tandem B trial while Lora Fachie and

Watch as Great Britain’s Charlotte Worthington wins bronze in the women’s BMX park event at the Urban Cycling World Championships in Montpellier. She became the first woman to ever land a front flip in competition as she secured third place behind Hannah Roberts (USA) and Nikita Ducarroz (SUI). Ben Wallace and Declan Brooks represented Great

Great Britain’s Lizzie Deignan beat Elise Chabbey by one second to win the women’s Tour de Suisse. Trek-Segafredo rider Deignan trailed Chabbey by four seconds after finishing second to the Swiss on stage one. But on stage two, won by Italy’s Marta Bastianelli, she picked up bonus seconds at two intermediate sprints, with Chabbey hampered

Richie Porte won the Criterium du Dauphine with Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Geraint Thomas third after a dramatic final day in the mountains. Thomas fell on the final descent 7.7km from home, sliding out on a bend, although he was able to remount. But the Welshman dug deep to catch the leading pack for the final

Britain’s Geraint Thomas moved into third place, 29 seconds off the lead, going into Sunday’s final stage of the Criterium du Dauphine. Ukraine’s Mark Padun won stage seven as Thomas’ Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Richie Porte took the overall lead. Padun attacked early on the final climb on Saturday and won by 34 seconds from Australia’s

Giro d’Italia champion Egan Bernal has tested positive for Covid-19. Bernal, 24, had planned on travelling to Colombia this weekend to celebrate his Giro win but will do so after his isolation period ends instead. Ineos said 2019 Tour de France winner Bernal has “displayed mild symptoms but is in good health”. Bernal won the

Spain’s Alejandro Valverde rolled back the years to edge Britain’s Tao Geoghegan Hart to victory on stage six at the Criterium du Dauphine. The 41-year-old, who won the race in 2008 and 2009, came through in the final 200m to win a sprint to the line. It came after a tough uphill finish to the

The 2021 Track Cycling World Championships, due to be held in Turkmenistan in October, are to be moved to a new venue. Governing body the UCI says it is in touch with “several” potential alternative hosts of the event. It added the decision was taken “at the request of the organisers” because of restrictions linked

A women’s Tour de France is set to take place for the first time in 33 years in 2022. Cycling’s governing body, the UCI, have announced next year’s Women’s WorldTour calendar, with an eight-day Tour de France Femmes scheduled for 24-31 July. The race is due to start on the final day of the 2022

Britain’s Geraint Thomas produced a superb late attack to win stage five at the Criterium du Dauphine. Thomas, 35, used a 180-degree turn to surge clear and hold off Sonny Colbrelli, with Alex Aranburu in third. The result sees the Ineos Grenadiers rider move up to sixth in the general classification 14 seconds behind leader

Young British star Tom Pidcock has broken his collarbone in a training ride crash. The Olympic mountain bike hopeful, 21, is out of the upcoming Tour de Suisse. “Tom is doing well,” said coach Kurt Bogaerts. “He is already looking ahead and focused on his rehabilitation.” As well as competing on the road this season,

Egan Bernal has won the Giro d’Italia, with Britain’s Simon Yates finishing on the podium in third. Ineos Grenadiers’ Bernal, 24, adds victory in the three-week Grand Tour to his 2019 Tour de France win. Team Bike Exchange rider Yates claimed his second best result in a Grand Tour after winning the Vuelta a Espana

Egan Bernal retained his advantage in the Giro d’Italia after finishing second in Saturday’s penultimate stage to move within reach of the title. Damiano Caruso, who is second in the overall standings, won the 163km mountain stage from Valle Spluga to Alpe Motta. But the Ineos Grenadiers rider finished 24 seconds back to give him

Britain’s Simon Yates won stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia to close the gap on overall leader Egan Bernal to under three minutes with two stages to go. Yates, 28, finished 11 seconds ahead of Deceuninck-QuickStep’s Joao Almeida on the 176km ride from Abbiategrasso to Alpe di Mera. Bernal was 28 seconds behind in third.

Italy’s Alberto Bettiol took victory from the breakaway on stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia as overall leader Egan Bernal finished safely in the peloton. Bettiol timed his effort to perfection on the longest stage of this year’s race – at 231km – to finish 17 seconds clear of Simone Consonni in Stradella. After a

Next month’s European Track Championships have been cancelled as a result of the ongoing political situation in Belarus. The five-day championships were scheduled to start on 23 June in Minsk. On Sunday, Belarus scrambled a warplane to force a passenger plane to land in Minsk in order to arrest a journalist. Enrico Della Casa, president

Ireland’s Dan Martin won his first ever stage of the Giro d’Italia as Britain’s Simon Yates reduced the gap to overall leader Egan Bernal on stage 17. Bernal cracked for the first time and lost nearly a minute to Yates, who is up to third in the overall standings. Colombian Bernal also lost three seconds

Has Egan Bernal established an unassailable lead in the Giro d’Italia? Or are we set for dramatic final week, with the 2019 Tour de France champion facing challenges from riders such as British pair Hugh Carthy and Simon Yates? With Tuesday the last rest day of the race, BBC Sport takes a look at the