Cycling

Chris Froome sat next to Ineos team-mate and defending champion Egan Bernal as the 2020 Tour de France route was unveiled Britain’s Chris Froome has called the route for the 107th edition of the Tour de France “brutal” as he aims for a record-equalling fifth title. Riders will face 29 mountains on the 3,470km (2,156-mile)

Katie Archibald (left) won gold in the team pursuit at the Rio Olympics in 2016 alongside Laura Kenny, Elinor Barker and Joanna Roswell-Shand Six Day Series Venue: Lee Valley Velo Park, London Dates: 22-27 October Coverage: Live on the BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer Ask Katie Archibald whether she is thinking about the Olympic

Mollema completes a comfortable victory at the finish line in Como Bauke Mollema secured the biggest victory of his career when he won the Tour of Lombardy one-day race, the last of the year’s five ‘Monument’ classics. The 32-year-old Trek-Segafredo rider attacked 20km from the finish and finished 16 seconds clear of former world champion

Laura Kenny (second from left) along with Neah Evans, Elinor Barker and Katie Archibald, won gold in the women’s team pursuit at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow Laura Kenny will go for triple gold at the European Championships next week as a potential Olympic rehearsal. Kenny will race in the team pursuit and the

Kristijan Koren turned professional in 2010 Bahrain-Merida rider Kristijan Koren and sports director Borut Bozic have been given two-year bans for doping by the International Cycling Union. The Slovenian pair were provisionally suspended in May as part of the Operation Aderlass doping inquiry. Koren’s violations relate to 2011 and 2012 when he was with the

Laura Kenny won gold at the European Championships in Glasgow in August 2018, a year after giving birth to son Albie Cycling – Six Day Series Venue: Lee Valley Velo Park, London Dates: 22-27 October Coverage: Live on the BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer A support group for mothers competing at Tokyo 2020 has

Image caption Geraint Thomas with his wife Sara Elen Thomas after winning the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2018 Former Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas and his wife Sara have announced the birth of their baby boy. The Cardiff cyclist, 33, who won the world’s premier race in 2018, made the announcement on

Katie Archibald, left, won Olympic team pursuit gold at the Rio Olympics in 2016 Olympic team pursuit champion Katie Archibald says it would be “an error” to use her Rio experience as a guide to her preparations for the Tokyo Games. The Scot, 25, has remained a mainstay of the British team and has won

Image copyright FRANK MURPHY Image caption Lauren Dolan was part of the six-rider team time trial relay squad which claimed bronze at the UCI Road World Championships A British cyclist is recovering at home after coming off her bike days after winning a bronze medal at the Road World Championships. Lauren Dolan, 20, suffered a

Road World Championships: Rohan Dennis defends emotional world time trial title World time trial champion Rohan Dennis has left Bahrain-Merida after the team terminated his contract. His two-year deal was terminated on 13 September but the team only announced it after the end of the elite men’s world road race in Yorkshire on Sunday, which

Road World Championships: Denmark’s Mads Pedersen wins men’s road race Mads Pedersen claimed a shock victory in brutal wet conditions to become the first Dane to ever win the elite men’s world road race title in Yorkshire. Pedersen, 23, clawed his way back into the leading trio after initially being dropped on the final lap

Road World Championships: Annemiek van Vleuten wins women’s road race Annemiek van Vleuten won her first world road race title after a stunning 105km solo breakaway in Yorkshire. The Dutch rider, 36, attacked on the biggest climb of the day to Lofthouse and quickly built up a decisive lead. An elite group of chasers, including

Eekhoff disqualified in U23 road race despite crossing the line first Britain’s Tom Pidcock won bronze in the men’s under-23 World Road Race in Yorkshire after initial winner Nils Eekhoff was disqualified. The race jury took 45 minutes after the finish to disqualify Eekhoff for drafting behind his Netherlands team car to catch up after

Lizzie Deignan won the 2019 Women’s Tour in June, nine months after giving birth UCI Road World Championships Location: Yorkshire Dates: 22-29 September Coverage: Live coverage of each race across BBC Two, the Red Button and iPlayer, as well as live text coverage of the elite men’s and women’s road races on the BBC Sport

Chris Froome had been aiming to win a record-equalling fifth Tour de France title in 2019 Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome is set for a return to cycling four months after suffering serious injuries in a crash while riding. Ineos rider Froome will take part in Japan’s end-of-season Saitama Criterium on 27 October

Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes was convicted for supplying blood transfusions to professional cyclists in 2013 The “slow-paced Spanish legal system” has stopped anti-doping chiefs taking action against 11 drug cheats connected to a major blood-doping ring. The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) was testing samples from athletes linked to Operation Puerto, which began in 2006. But

Road World Championships: Rohan Dennis defends emotional world time trial title Rohan Dennis defended his world time trial title by winning gold at the Road World Championships in Yorkshire. The Australian, 29, completed the 54km course from Northallerton to Harrogate in one hour five minutes five seconds. That was 1min 9secs quicker than Belgium’s 19-year-old

The crowds came out in force in Harrogate to watch the first event of the 2019 World Championships, the mixed relay UCI Road World Championships Location: Yorkshire Dates: 22-29 September Coverage: Live coverage of each race across BBC Two, the Red Button and iPlayer, as well as the BBC Sport website and app Exciting racing,