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Serry, right, managed to get back on his bike and continue in the race Britain’s Simon Yates and Hugh Carthy both gained time on a soggy stage six at the Giro d’Italia which saw another rider hit by a car. Carthy of EF Education-Nippo is sixth, 38 seconds down, and Yates 49 seconds back in

Landa (in the red jersey) received treatment on the road before being taken to hospital wearing a neck brace Australia’s Caleb Ewan won stage five of the Giro d’Italia, but one of the general classification favourites, Mikel Landa, crashed out in Cattolica. Ewan, 26, outsprinted Italy’s Giacomo Nizzolo and Elia Viviani and win his fourth

Sarah Storey is Britain’s most successful female Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey and the British Paralympic Association “followed the appropriate process” over a retrospective therapeutic use exemption, British Cycling says. The Times reportedexternal-link the TUE was applied for Storey after an adverse analytical finding for asthma drug salbutamol in a urine sample at London 2012. British

Remco Evenepoel placed seventh on his return to competition Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel said he had “tears in my eyes” as he made an emotional comeback at the Giro d’Italia, as Italy’s Filippo Ganna won the opening time trial in Turin. Evenepoel, 21, was competing for the first time since fracturing his pelvis in a fall

Simon Yates beat several of his Giro rivals to win the Tour of the Alps last month Britain’s Simon Yates begins his bid for Giro d’Italia victory on Saturday looking to end three years of heartbreak and misfortune at the race. Having won three stages and led for 13 days in 2018, he cracked in

Froome suffered a coughing fit during an interview after the final stage at the Tour de Romandie Chris Froome says critics calling for him to retire “make me laugh”, as he battles to regain form for next month’s Tour de France. The four-time Tour winner responded to comments on social media about recent performances as

Chris Froome was cleared of any wrongdoing Tensions between the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) and cycling’s governing body over the controversial closure of the investigation into four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome’s use of salbutamol in 2018 have been revealed. The rider was cleared of any wrongdoing over the legal asthma drug almost three

Geraint Thomas tackles a tricky uphill cobbled section in the final time trial stage Geraint Thomas came third in Sunday’s closing time trial to win the Tour de Romandie and claim his first victory since his 2018 Tour de France triumph. Ineos Grenadiers’ Thomas came into the final day 11 seconds behind leader Michael Woods

Mike Woods went on to win the stage after Geraint Thomas’ dramatic late crash Geraint Thomas remained second overall at the Tour de Romandie despite a dramatic crash within the last 50m of Saturday’s penultimate day. In an uphill sprint against Michael Woods, Thomas fell before getting back on his bike to finish the stage.

Tokyo Olympics: Restrictions will be ‘difficult for everybody’ – Elinor Barker Olympic champion Elinor Barker said she is “relieved” to have resumed training after she was hit by a car. The 26-year-old revealed a driver failed to stop at a roundabout and “went straight into me” last week. “I’m aware that I’m so lucky it

Geraint Thomas (R) and Owain Doull last raced together at the Etoile de Besseges in February Gareth Bale jokingly refers to himself and his Wales team-mates at Tottenham Hotspur, Ben Davies and Joe Rodon, as the ‘Welsh Mafia’. Former Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas, who attended the same secondary school in Cardiff as Bale,

Tadej Pogacar (second from left) claimed his first Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day classic win Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar beat Julian Alaphilippe in a sprint finish to win the Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day classic in Belgium. Alejandro Valverde, chasing a record-equalling fifth win, was fourth. Dutch rider Demi Vollering claimed victory in the women’s race. She finished the

Yates had increased his lead going into Friday’s final stage Britain’s Simon Yates won his first event of the season with victory at the Tour of the Alps. The 28-year-old Team Bike Exchange rider had led the race since winning Tuesday’s second stage. He finished 58 seconds ahead of Spaniard Pello Bilbao with Russian Aleksandr

Yates won the 2018 Vuelta a Espana Britain’s Simon Yates extended his lead in the Tour of the Alps after finishing third on stage four. The Team Bike Exchange rider and Aleksandr Vlasov of Astana Premier-Tech, who came second, led over the final climb of the 169km stage to Pieve di Bono in Italy. A

Watch BBC sports editor Dan Roan’s report on ex-British Cycling doctor found guilty of ordering banned testosterone Ex-British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman will appeal the decision to strike him off the medical register permanently. The General Medical Council found him guilty of ordering banned testosterone in 2011. He has now appointed

Pidcock won the Brabantse Pijl race last week Ineos Grenadiers’ Tom Pidcock finished sixth in La Fleche Wallonne as world champion Julian Alaphilippe won. The Deceuninck-Quick Step rider powered past Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic on the Belgian one-day race’s famous climb up Mur de Huy to the finish. Pidcock was a race favourite after just missing

Simon Yates has won seven Grand Tour stages Britain’s Simon Yates has taken the overall lead of the Tour of the Alps following an impressive victory on stage two. Yates, 28, of Team Bike Exchange, left behind his rivals after launching a devastating attack with 24km remaining. He now leads Ineos Grenadiers’ Pavel Sivakov in

Pidcock and Van Aert lunge for the line Brit Tom Pidcock was beaten to Amstel Gold victory by Wout van Aert following a barely-discernable photo finish. The Ineos Grenadiers youngster, 21, was involved in a sprint for the line with Jumbo-Visma’s Belgian star and appeared to round him in the last second. Only a digitally