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• Dutch double at Milan-Sanremo as Van der Poel and Wiebes sprint to victories

  22-03-2025 18:06
  
  Van der Poel holds of Pogacar and Ganna in classic battleWiebes wins first women’s race since 2005Mathieu van der Poel outsprinted Filippo Ganna and Tadej Pogacar to win his second Milan-Sanremo Classic on Saturday, claiming the first Monument race of the season, while the European champion Lorena Wiebes won the first staging of a women’s event since 2005.Dutchman Van der Poel, winner in 2023, came out on top in a sprint finish after the leading trio were involved in a game of cat-an
  
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• I hid my silver medal, I was ashamed of it - Atkinson

  21-03-2025 09:43 via bbc.com
  
  Para-cyclist Archie Atkinson on why a Paralympic silver medal left him ashamed.
  
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• Thomas to 'make do' with watching 2027 Tour de France

  19-03-2025 21:12 via bbc.com
  
  Former champion Geraint Thomas admits he considered delaying his planned retirement so he could compete in the 2027 Tour de France - which begins in Britain and runs through his native Wales.
  
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• GB to host Grand Departs for 2027 Tour de France

  19-03-2025 19:01 via bbc.com
  
  The men's and women's Tour de France will both begin in Britain in 2027, with Edinburgh to stage the men's Grand Depart.
  
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• Edinburgh to stage start of Tour de France in 2027

  19-03-2025 19:01 via bbc.com
  
  The men's and women's Tour de France will both begin in Britain in 2027, with Edinburgh to stage the men's Grand Depart.
  
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• Edinburgh and Yorkshire to host Tour de France Grand Départs in 2027

  19-03-2025 19:00
  Men’s and women’s races will both visit UK for three days‘The biggest free spectator event ever hosted in the UK’The men’s Tour de France will return to Britain in July 2027 with a spectacular city-centre Grand Départ in Edinburgh and three stages that trace a route from Scotland through England and into Wales.It will be the third Tour race start in Britain in the past 20 years, after London in 2007 and Yorkshire in 2014, and the most logistically demanding G
  
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• Edinburgh and Yorkshire set to host Tour de France Grand Départs in 2027

  19-03-2025 19:00
  
  Men’s and women’s races will both visit UK for three days‘The biggest free spectator event ever hosted in the UK’The men’s Tour de France will return to Britain in July 2027 with a spectacular city-centre Grand Départ in Edinburgh and three stages that trace a route from Scotland through England and into Wales.It will be the third Tour race start in Britain in the last 20 years, after London in 2007 and Yorkshire in 2014, and the most logistically demanding G
  
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• Evans seeks Glasgow glory after 2014 Games inspiration

  19-03-2025 09:18 via bbc.com
  
  Neah Evans says it would be "incredible" to go for gold at next year's Glasgow Commonwealth Games as she is "part of the legacy" of the 2014 event in the city.
  
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• Matteo Jorgenson joins cycling greats after defending Paris-Nice title

  16-03-2025 19:51
  Jumbo-Visma star seals glory on Promenade des AnglaisUS countryman Magnus Sheffield claims final-stage winThe American cyclist Matteo Jorgenson won the week-long Paris-Nice race for the second straight year on Sunday.
  On a good day for US cycling Jorgenson, who rides for the Jumbo-Visma team, finished runner-up in the eighth and final stage claimed by his countryman Magnus Sheffield of the Ineos-Grenadiers team.Jorgenson became the 10th rider with consecutive titles in the Race to the Sun, joini
  
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• GB's Richardson adds individual sprint gold to team title

  16-03-2025 18:34 via bbc.com
  
  Matthew Richardson wins men's sprint gold at the UCI Track Nations Cup in Turkey, two days after helping Great Britain to team gold.
  
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• Ayuso wins Tirreno-Adriatico with Pidcock sixth

  16-03-2025 17:54 via bbc.com
  
  Juan Ayuso wins the Tirreno-Adriatico, while Matteo Jorgenson claims back-to-back Paris-Nice victories.
  
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• GB men win team sprint gold at Track Nations Cup

  14-03-2025 22:57 via bbc.com
  
  Matthew Richardson, Harry Ledingham-Horn and Harry Radford set a new British record on their way to gold in the men's team sprint at the UCI Track Nations Cup in Turkey.
  
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• Vingegaard withdraws as British duo denied in Paris-Nice

  14-03-2025 18:00 via bbc.com
  
  Two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard withdraws from Paris-Nice as British duo Josh Tarling and Sam Watson lose out in a sprint finish on stage six.
  
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• Oh My Goodness! review – bike-racing nuns go for the prize in freewheeling clerical comedy

  11-03-2025 14:00
  Silly French comedy pits one convent against another in a contest that could fund a trip to Rome but won’t raise many laughsThe nuns in this silly good-natured French comedy say far worse things than the film’s title. And that’s the trouble with the movie – it derives most of its laughs from a belief in the inherent amusingness of nuns – the idea that putting a woman in a habit and a veil is instantly funny. It’s the story of convent of nuns entering a road cy
  
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• Kenny named youngest Commonwealth Games England president

  09-03-2025 16:01 via bbc.com
  
  Track cycling great Dame Laura Kenny is appointed Commonwealth Games England (CGE) president.
  
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• Awe-inspiring Pogacar beats Pidcock in Strade Bianche despite crash

  08-03-2025 19:39 via bbc.com
  
  World champion Tadej Pogacar recovers from a crash to hold off Tom Pidcock and retain his Strade Bianche title with another famous victory.
  
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• Tadej Pogacar picks himself up after crash to rule Strade Bianche again

  08-03-2025 17:41
  Demi Vollering powers to victory in women’s racePogacar denies Tom Pidcock after earlier tumbleSlovenia’s Tadej Pogacar won the men’s Strade Bianche on Saturday for the third time in his career, after recovering from a fall 50km from the finish.Pogacar topped the podium in Siena by 1min 24sec ahead of Britain’s Tom Pidcock, with Belgium’s Tim Wellens a further 48sec adrift. After victory in the Tuscan one-day race in 2022 and 2024, the 26-year-old Pogacar now equals
  
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• Cyclists 'felt safe' in Rwanda despite security concerns

  05-03-2025 19:00 via bbc.com
  
  Cyclists, organisers and fans tell the BBC there were no security issues on the Tour du Rwanda, despite fighting across the border in DR Congo.
  
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• Pidcock among Laureus award nominees

  03-03-2025 15:59 via bbc.com
  
  Simone Biles, Max Verstappen and Tom Pidcock are among the nominees for next month's Laureus World Sports Awards.
  
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• Britain set to host men's Tour de France Grand Depart in 2027

  28-02-2025 17:49 via bbc.com
  
  The UK is set to host the men's Tour de France Grand Depart in 2027, BBC Sport has learned.
  
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• Cavendish and Ingham take top Manx sports awards

  28-02-2025 15:25 via bbc.com
  
  Cycling legend Sir Mark Cavendish and equestrian Yasmin Ingham take the top honours at the Isle of Man Sports Awards.
  
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• ‘I feel like I’ve been let off the lead’: Tom Pidcock on his Ineos exit, Netflix editing and not riding Le Tour

  28-02-2025 13:53
  Olympic gold medallist on his strained departure from Ineos Grenadiers, moving to Q36.5 and feeling revitalisedIt’s July 2022 and Tom Pidcock is flying down the towering Col du Galibier at 100km an hour, pushing the boundaries of what is achievable on a road bike, his rear wheel sliding through each snaking vertiginous bend, leaving his peers far behind and French TV commentators aghast.A couple of hours later, he raises his arms at the top of Alpe d’Huez, one of the Tour’s mos
  
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• Can Pidcock win big & why did it end at Ineos?

  28-02-2025 08:48 via bbc.com
  
  Tom Pidcock says he is refreshed following his departure from Ineos Grenadiers - but he has a lot to prove in 2025.
  
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• Froome breaks collarbone in crash at UAE Tour

  23-02-2025 22:58 via bbc.com
  
  Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome suffers a broken collarbone in a crash at the UAE Tour.
  
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• Bell and Richardson seal hat-trick of sprint titles

  23-02-2025 22:22 via bbc.com
  
  Lauren Bell and Matthew Richardson complete a hat-trick of sprint medals on the final day of the British Track Cycling Championships in Manchester.
  
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• Morris breaks own world record again to win pursuit title

  23-02-2025 00:31 via bbc.com
  
  Anna Morris breaks her own world record for the third time in a week to win the women's 4km individual pursuit title at the British Track Championships in Manchester.
  
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• ‘A huge day out’: Lachlan Morton makes history with Wellington to Auckland ride

  22-02-2025 01:31
  Australian cyclist breaks record by covering 648km from New Zealand’s capital to its biggest city in less than a dayThroughout his career, Lachlan Morton – among the world’s pre-eminent ultra-endurance cyclists – has spent some long days on the bike. The Australian has raced the Vuelta a España and Giro d’Italia, ridden from Land’s End to John o’Groats in the United Kingdom, and last year spent a month riding 14,200km around Australia.But no singl
  
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• ‘A huge day out’: Lachlan Morton makes history with 648km Auckland to Wellington ride in less than a day

  22-02-2025 01:31
  
  Australian cyclist’s day began at 4.09am in Auckland, New Zealand, and ended 18-and-a-half hours later in WellingtonThroughout his career, Lachlan Morton – among the world’s pre-eminent ultra-endurance cyclists – has spent some long days on the bike. The Australian has raced the Vuelta a España and Giro d’Italia, ridden from Land’s End to John o’Groats in the United Kingdom, and last year spent a month riding 14,200km around Australia.But no singl
  
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• Richardson wins debut gold at British Championships

  21-02-2025 22:57 via bbc.com
  
  Matthew Richardson wins the men's sprint final on his debut at the British Track Cycling Championships in Manchester.
  
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• Sports quiz of the week: fights, shocks, records, mistakes and a comeback

  21-02-2025 12:00
  
  Were you watching the football, rugby, cricket, hockey, boxing, cycling, F1, sailing, athletics, darts and tennis? Continue reading...
  
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• Pidcock sprints to Vuelta a Andalucia stage-two win

  20-02-2025 17:21 via bbc.com
  
  Britain's Tom Pidcock sprints clear on stage two of the Vuelta a Andalucia to claim his fourth victory of the season.
  
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• Trump singled me out for ruining women’s sport. This is my response to him | Austin Killips

  20-02-2025 13:00
  
  The president talks about trans athletes ‘invading’ women’s sports, while doing nothing at all to elevate, fund or support women athletesEarlier this month, Donald Trump singled me out. In fact, I was the first example he gave of someone ruining women’s sport.“Last year”, he said while announcing his Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports executive order, “a male cyclist posing as a woman competed in the 800-mile Arizona Trail Race – a very big de
  
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• Tour of Algarve’s opening stage is scrapped after peloton goes wrong way

  19-02-2025 21:40
  
  Filippo Ganna’s win for Ineos Grenadiers cancelledLead car went awry at roundabout to cause chaosThe opening stage of the Tour of Algarve ended in chaos on Wednesday when most of the peloton took the wrong road just before the finish, and race organisers later cancelled the results.When the riders came through a roundabout just before the home straight, the lead car went the wrong side of the barriers and the majority of the bunch followed suit, leaving the crowd bewildered as they watched
  
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• 'Ridiculous' - stage scrapped after peloton goes wrong way

  19-02-2025 20:20 via bbc.com
  
  The first stage of the Volta ao Algarve ends in chaotic scenes after a large part of the peloton heads the wrong way, with the result later cancelled.
  
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• Wales' Tarling wins time trial to take UAE Tour lead

  18-02-2025 14:08 via bbc.com
  
  Welsh rider Josh Tarling triumphs on stage two of the UAE Tour and takes the overall lead in the week-long race.
  
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• 'I love the adrenaline of going fast'

  18-02-2025 07:13 via bbc.com
  
  Jared Hill, 16, is selected for the Great Britain Cycling Team Olympic Development Squad.
  
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• Bernal breaks collarbone in Clasica Jaen crash

  17-02-2025 22:35 via bbc.com
  
  Former Tour de France winner Egan Bernal breaks his collarbone during the closing stages of the Clasica Jaen-Paraiso Interior in Spain.
  
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• Geraint Thomas to retire from cycling at end of season: ‘It’s not been a bad run, eh?’

  17-02-2025 10:59
  
  2018 Tour de France winner also won two Olympic goldsTour of Britain in September will be Welshman’s last raceThe double Olympic champion and Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas will retire from cycling this year. The 38-year-old announced on Monday morning he will be bringing the ­curtain down on a successful 19-year professional career, with British Cycling saying September’s Tour of Britain will be his final race.Thomas claimed Olympic team pursuit gold on the track at both B
  
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• The timing is right - Thomas on plans to retire from cycling

  17-02-2025 09:34 via bbc.com
  The 2018 Tour de France winner and double Olympic track cycling champion Geraint Thomas speaks to BBC Breakfast's Mike Bushell about his plans to retire at the end of this season.
  
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• Geraint Thomas: A career in pictures

  17-02-2025 08:12 via bbc.com
  
  Fewer elite sport champions are more laidback and easy going than 2018 Tour de France and double Olympic gold track cycling champions Geraint Thomas.
  
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• Le Tour to Strictly? Retiring Thomas ponders future

  17-02-2025 07:48 via bbc.com
  
  British cycling great Geraint Thomas reflects on his glittering career as he prepares for his final season before retiring.
  
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• Edmunds wins keirin silver for GB at Europeans

  16-02-2025 18:32 via bbc.com
  
  Rhian Edmunds wins keirin silver on the final day of the European Track Cycling Championships to help Great Britain finish third in the medal table.
  
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• Britain’s Anna Morris wins European track cycling gold in world record time

  16-02-2025 00:16
  
  Individual pursuit champion sets mark twice in one dayMorris is first woman to claim title in new 4km formatBritain’s Anna Morris won gold in the individual pursuit at the European track championships in Belgium after breaking the world record twice in one day.The Welsh cyclist set a new world’s best of 4min 28.306sec in the qualifiers and bettered that in the final in Heusden-Zolder as she beat Italy’s Vittoria Guazzini in 4:25.874. Continue reading...
  
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• GB's Morris breaks world record twice to claim European gold

  15-02-2025 22:36 via bbc.com
  
  Britain's Anna Morris breaks the individual pursuit world record twice in one day as she claims gold at the European Track Cycling Championships in Belgium.
  
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• Charlton wins GB's first European gold in Belgium

  14-02-2025 23:02 via bbc.com
  
  Josh Charlton powers to victory in the men's individual pursuit to win Great Britain's first gold medal of the 2025 European Championships in Belgium on Friday.
  
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• GB win silver and bronze at European Championships

  13-02-2025 23:59 via bbc.com
  
  Great Britain win silver and bronze medals in the team pursuit events on day two of the European Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.
  
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• Archibald seeks reset after 'comedown' of world title

  13-02-2025 14:28 via bbc.com
  
  Katie Archibald is hoping for fresh inspiration in the British Track National Championships after global success in 2024 left her feeling flat.
  
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• GB win team sprint medals at European Championships

  12-02-2025 22:35 via bbc.com
  
  Great Britain's women win silver in the team sprint on day one of the European Track Cycling Championships, while the men's team take bronze in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.
  
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• Britton 'grew as a person' in year-long concussion battle

  11-02-2025 06:10 via bbc.com
  
  Great Britain cyclist Rhys Britton says he is embracing every opportunity after losing a year of his career to concussion.
  
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• Team to miss Tour du Rwanda over safety concerns

  08-02-2025 10:43 via bbc.com
  
  Soudal-QuickStep pull their development team out of the Tour du Rwanda later this month amid the ongoing conflict in neighbouring DR Congo.
  
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