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Pidcock, middle, beat Mathieu van der Poel to the line Britain’s Tom Pidcock finished third in the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne Classic in his third race for Ineos Grenadiers. The 21-year-old was involved in the bunch sprint at the end of the 197km one-day race, won by Denmark’s Mads Pedersen of Trek-Segafredo. Total-Direct Energie’s Anthony Turgis, who finished

Adam Yates wore the yellow jersey in last year’s Tour de France for four days Britain’s Adam Yates came second on his debut for Ineos Grenadiers at the UAE Tour, despite crashing heavily. Yates finished 35 seconds overall behind winner Tadej Pogacar after rivals slowed up to allow the 28-year-old to be treated for cuts

Pogacar won last year’s Tour de France after one of the most dramatic finishes in the race’s history Tadej Pogacar retained his lead in the UAE Tour despite being handed a penalty for pushing another rider. Ireland’s Sam Bennett won his second stage of the week-long race in a sprint finish into Dubai for his

Pogacar and Yates finished the stage in second and third respectively Britain’s Adam Yates remains second in the UAE Tour after failing to gain time on leader Tadej Pogacar on stage five. Red jersey wearer Pogacar, 22, is now expected to retain his 45-second lead through the final two sprint stages. Jumbo-Visma’s Jonas Vingegaard won

Bennett won his first race eight years ago Ireland’s Sam Bennett won the 50th race of his professional career in a bunch sprint on stage four of the UAE Tour. The Deceuninck-Quick Step sprinter emerged ahead of his main rivals on a fast left hand bend on Al Marjan Island after 204km of racing. Slovenia’s

Yates wore the 2020 Tour de France’s yellow jersey for more days than eventual winner Pogacar Britain’s Adam Yates was second to Tadej Pogacar in the third stage of the UAE Tour following an intense battle up the final mountain. Red jersey wearer Pogacar took victory after he launched himself past Yates about 300 metres

Van der Poel is the Dutch road and world cyclo-cross champion Mathieu van der Poel is out of the UAE Tour, following a positive coronavirus test for an Alpecin-Fenix team member. The Dutchman, who led after winning stage one, did not start Monday’s second stage, because his team withdrew to “safeguard the race bubble”. “Those

Britain’s Sarah Storey (left) has won 14 Paralympic golds – nine cycling and five swimming Britain’s 14-time Paralympic champion Dame Sarah Storey is on a mission to find female cycling talent in the UK. Storey is heading the Skoda DSI Cycling Academy in a search to find two of the best amateur female riders to

Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel (left) prevailed in a sprint finish Britain’s Chris Froome made a quiet start in his first race for Israel Start-Up Nation as Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel won stage one of the UAE Tour. Froome, 35, making his debut after January’s Vuelta San Juan was called off, is eight minutes

Ineos Grenadiers tweeted to say there were “no major issues” for Tao Geoghegan Hart after his crash Ineos Grenadiers’ Tao Geoghegan Hart was involved in a crash but recovered to finish the opening stage of the Tour du Haut Var, won by Bauke Mollema. The British 2020 Giro d’Italia champion finished in 38th place, 14

‘Sport is fickle’ – Geraint Thomas on why age does not matter Geraint Thomas says he is ready to show he can still win cycling’s biggest events as he targets both the Tour de France and Olympic Games this summer. The Welshman had a disappointing season last year which ended with him crashing out of

Tao Geoghegan Hart is the fifth British man – alongside Chris Froome, Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Thomas and Simon Yates – to win a Grand Tour Britain’s Giro d’Italia winner Tao Geoghegan Hart is to sponsor a young rider in an effort to increase racial diversity in cycling. The 25-year-old Ineos Grenadiers rider has teamed up

Lizzie Deignan won stage five in 2019 on her way to becoming the Women’s Tour champion for a second time The 2021 edition of the Women’s Tour has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The UK stage race was scheduled to take place from 7-12 June. Organiser SweetSpot has requested alternative dates of 4-9

Sosa, left, and Bernal both signed for Ineos from the Androni team Egan Bernal finished third overall at the Tour de la Provence as Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Ivan Sosa won. Bernal, 24, who won the 2019 Tour de France, finished the four-day race strongly as he recovers from the back injury which affected him last

Dr Richard Freeman (second left) pictured at his medical tribunal in Manchester Ex-British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman has been charged by UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) with two violations of anti-doping rules, the BBC has learned. The medic is already fighting a General Medical Council allegation that he ordered banned testosterone in 2011

Jake Stewart rides for French team Groupama-FDJ Britain’s Jake Stewart finished a surprise fourth overall at the Etoile de Besseges race, as Geraint Thomas was 49th for Ineos Grenadiers. Groupama-FDJ’s Stewart, 21, was 10th in the final-stage time trial in the five-day race in southern France. Tim Wellens won overall, a minute ahead of Stewart,

Mary O’Rourke (left) is defending Dr Richard Freeman (second left) at the medical tribunal in Manchester The General Medical Council case against former British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman was “all over the place”, a medical tribunal has been told. Freeman denies having testosterone delivered to the national velodrome in 2011 in

Peter Sagan won the World Championship road race in 2015, 2016 and 2017 Three-time road race world champion Peter Sagan is one of three Bora-Hansgrohe riders to have tested positive for coronavirus. The Slovakian 31-year-old, his brother Juraj and Erik Baska have all returned “several” positive tests while on a training camp in Gran Canaria.