Cycling

Sims picked up supplies from Mercedes F1 among other teams The sporting calendar may have been obliterated for the foreseeable future by the coronavirus pandemic, but some sports people are keeping busy by joining the fight against Covid-19. Engineers and experts across different sectors of motorsport and cycling have halted their search for racing superiority

Great Britain won just one gold medal at this year’s Track Cycling World Championships The Olympic Games postponement is a great opportunity to boost GB’s medal chances in 2021, says British Cycling’s performance director Stephen Park. The Games will now start on 23 July next year after being delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. GB have

Egan Bernal became the youngest rider in 110 years to win the Tour de France in 2019 It is too early to decide whether this summer’s Tour de France will go ahead, says France’s sports minister. Most major sporting events have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, including the Olympic Games and football’s European

Wales is regarded as one of the world’s top biking destinations The coronavirus pandemic is having a “devastating” impact on Wales’ cycling industry, with parks closing and others limiting their activity. Mountain biking is worth more than £54m a year to the Welsh economy, but the sector faces challenging times ahead. Three parks in north

The race passed through the historic West Yorkshire village of Haworth in 2019 This year’s Tour de Yorkshire has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The sixth edition of the race had been scheduled to take place across the county from 30 April to 3 May. Dates are being looked at for the event

Maximilian Schachmann said it was “the greatest victory of his life” Germany’s Maximilian Schachmann held on to win Paris-Nice as the race finished a day early because of coronavirus. On Friday, organisers announced the cancellation of Sunday’s finale, a day after the French government banned gatherings of more than 100 people. So Saturday’s 166.5km route

The race had been due to start on 3 April in Hungary The Giro d’Italia has become the biggest cycling race postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak so far. The race was scheduled to start in Hungary in May but the country has declared a state of emergency. Race organisers say a decision on rescheduling

Stage five was an undulating 227km route from Gannat to La Cote-Saint-Andre Italian Niccolo Bonifazio won stage five of Paris-Nice in a sprint finish. The Total Direct Energie rider, 26, took the race’s longest stage – 227km from Gannat to La Cote-Saint-Andrea – ahead of Ivan Garcia Cortina and Peter Sagan. Germany’s Max Schachmann retained

Soren Kragh Andersen finished third in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in February Denmark’s Soren Kragh Andersen took victory in the time trial on stage four of Paris-Nice as Germany’s Max Schachmann extended his overall lead. Kragh Andersen covered the 15.1km course in 18 minutes 51 seconds, holding off Schachmann by six seconds. Fellow Dane Kasper Asgreen

Ivan Garcia Cortina (far left) held off the challenge of Peter Sagan (left) on the uphill drag to the line Spain’s Ivan Garcia Cortina claimed a shock win in a bunch sprint finish on stage three of Paris-Nice. The Bahrain-McLaren rider, 24, kicked early and easily held off three-time world champion Peter Sagan in La

Katie Archibald ranked first in the general classification last year in Manchester The BBC has live coverage of all three days of the Six Day Manchester event at the National Cycling Centre from 13-15 March. British Olympic stars Katie Archibald, who won last year’s event, and newly crowned points race world champion Elinor Barker will

Giacomo Nizzolo has twice won the points classification at the Giro d’Italia Italy’s Giacomo Nizzolo won the second stage of a Paris-Nice race now being held “behind closed doors” because of coronavirus. Nizzolo, of Team NTT, won a sprint finish at the end of a 166.5km route from Chevreuse to Chalette-sur-Loing. Earlier on Monday, race

Schachmann won by two seconds after catching the breakaway pair of Tiesj Benoot and Julian Alaphilippe German Max Schachmann won the first stage of Paris-Nice in a four-man sprint finish in Plaisir. The Bora-Hansgrohe rider, 26, finished the 154km stage in three hours 32 minutes nine seconds, two seconds ahead of Team Sunweb’s Tiesj Benoot.

Groupama-FDJ riders and staff tested negative for coronavirus three times Riders and staff of French teams Cofidis and Groupama-FDJ have been released from quarantine in the United Arab Emirates. The final two stages of the UAE Tour were cancelled after two coronavirus cases, with riders at the event then tested for the virus. While most

The Milan-San Remo race was first held in 1907 The Milan-San Remo race, one of cycling’s most prestigious one-day events, has been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy. The race is one of the sport’s five ‘monument’ classics and was scheduled for 21 March. Italy’s Tirreno-Adriatico and Il Giro di Sicilia have also

Ramon Sinkeldam (left) and Arnaud Demare (right) are two of the Groupama-FDJ riders still in quarantine Cofidis, Groupama-FDJ and Gazprom riders and staff will be held in quarantine in the United Arab Emirates until 14 March. The final two stages of the UAE Tour were cancelled because of two cases of coronavirus among team staff

Track Cycling World Championships: Elinor Barker wins GB’s first gold in Berlin Newly-crowned world champion Elinor Barker believes she is heading towards the Olympics in peak condition. Barker won Great Britain’s only track World Championships gold in Berlin with points race success and also collected a silver in the women’s team pursuit. Now the Welsh

Portal was a ‘much-loved team-mate, colleague and friend,’ said Team Ineos Team Ineos sporting director Nicolas Portal has died at the age of 40. Former professional cyclist Portal helped oversee Briton Chris Froome’s four triumphs in the Tour de France from 2013 to 2017. A statement from Team Ineos said the Frenchman died at home