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Cavendish won eight Grand Tour stages during his first spell at Quick Step Mark Cavendish says he feels like he is “coming home” after rejoining Deceuninck-Quick Step for 2021. Britain’s Cavendish, 35, rode for the famous Belgian team between 2013 and 2015, winning 44 races, including eight Grand Tour stage victories. The former Team Sky

Cherie Pridham (right) was a former rider herself before moving into management Israel Start-Up Nation have appointed Cherie Pridham as their sports director – the first woman to take up such a role at the top level of cycling. Pridham was one of the first female sports directors in Britain with Raleigh and later became

Jakobsen still has more surgeries to come next year Dutch cyclist Fabio Jakobsen is back on his bike after suffering serious injuries in a crash in August’s Tour of Poland. The 24-year-old was in an induced coma and spent a week in intensive care after he was pitched through a barrier and into spectators following

Callum Skinner won team sprint gold and individual sprint silver at Rio 2016 Warning: This article contains offensive language. Scandals and controversies have followed British Cycling around like bikes on a track for quite a while now, the latest coming this month when a senior coach was sacked for gross misconduct. In the wake of

Mary O’Rourke (left) is defending Dr Richard Freeman (second left) at the medical tribunal in Manchester Former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman claimed he was unaware of testosterone’s performance-enhancing benefits, as his fitness to practise medicine hearing continued. Dr Freeman, who has admitted 18 of 22 charges, said: “I’m not a cycling

Alex Dowsett set his previous best at Manchester Velodrome in May 2015 Alex Dowsett’s bid to regain cycling’s hour record has been postponed after he tested positive for coronavirus. The 32-year-old Briton first claimed the record in 2015 and planned a new attempt at the Manchester Velodrome on 12 December. But after his positive Covid-19

Paul Manning (right) has been within British Cycling’s coaching set-up for more than 10 years Paul Manning has resigned as women’s endurance coach at British Cycling. The 46-year-old, who won men’s team pursuit gold at the 2008 Olympics, has been part of the coaching set-up for more than 10 years. The women’s team have won

Mary O’Rourke (left) is defending Dr Richard Freeman (second left) at the medical tribunal in Manchester Dr Richard Freeman says he has “never, ever taken any undue risks with a rider” as the hearing into his fitness to practise medicine continued. He has admitted a number of charges but denies ordering testosterone “knowing or believing”

Laura Kenny and Elinor Barker on their way to bronze in the women’s Madison in Bulgaria Great Britain’s Ethan Vernon claimed silver in the men’s 1km time trial on the final day of the European Track Championships in Bulgaria. Laura Kenny and Elinor Barker claimed bronze in the women’s Madison as Britain finished top of

Archibald saw her lead cut to eight points by Zanardi late on but finished strongly Great Britain’s Katie Archibald won her second title at the European Track Cycling Championships with gold in the points race. Archibald won three of the first five sprints to put her in the lead at halfway. With 30 laps left,

Matt Walls will join Bora-Hansgrohe for the 2021 season on the road Britain’s Neah Evans and Matt Walls have won their second gold medals of the 2020 European Track Championships. Evans added to her team pursuit title by winning the women’s individual pursuit in Bulgaria on Friday. Walls, who won Britain’s first medal of the

Elinor Barker won gold in the elimination race and also as part of the women’s team pursuit squad Great Britain won two gold medals and one bronze on the second day of the European Track Championships. Katie Archibald, Neah Evans, Laura Kenny and Josie Knight beat Italy by just over three seconds to take women’s

Matt Walls will also compete in the madison and omnium at the European Track Championships Great Britain won two medals, including elimination race gold from Matt Walls, on the first day of the European Track Championships in Bulgaria. The 22-year-old secured Britain’s first medal of the event, with Portugal’s Iuri Leitao the runner-up and Russia’s

Stage four of the 2019 Tour de Yorkshire took riders from Halifax to Leeds Tour de Yorkshire organisers have decided to further postpone this year’s scheduled event until 2022. The sixth edition had been due to start at the end of April but was delayed in March because of coronavirus. Previous plans were to reschedule

Kevin Stewart pushing off a GB cyclist at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Belarus in November 2019 British Cycling has sacked a senior coach for gross misconduct and a “long-term pattern of inappropriate relationships” with riders. The governing body said it followed repeated warnings to Kevin Stewart that his behaviour “fell short of

Dutch sprinters Fabio Jakobsen (far left) and Dylan Groenewegen (second left, in yellow) collided just before the line Jumbo-Visma cyclist Dylan Groenewegen has been banned for nine months for causing the crash that left Fabio Jakobsen in a coma at the Tour of Poland. His ban will be backdated to the incident and will end

Elinor Barker says the British team have improved during their forced absence from racing Elinor Barker hopes spectators will be able to attend the Olympic Games in Tokyo following news of a “milestone'” coronavirus vaccine. The 2016 Olympic champion track cyclist says competing in front of crowds in 2021 would be the perfect scenario. The

Brian Facer will succeed Julie Harrington as British Cycling chief executive London Irish chief executive Brian Facer is to leave in the new year for the same role at British Cycling. Facer, 50, will succeed Julie Harrington in January, having been with London Irish since October 2017. Despite relegation from the Premiership in his first