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All four races of the 2020 Road World Championships will start and finish at the Imola motor racing track Venue: Imola, Italy Dates: 24-27 September Coverage: Live on BBC Two, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app and through Connected TVs. A pared-down version of the 2020 Road World Championships will be

Elisa Longo Borghini beat Anna van der Breggen in a sprint after they left the rest behind on stage eight Anna van der Breggen moved into the Giro Rosa lead with one day to go as Elisa Longo Borghini won stage eight. Van der Breggen and Longo Borghini went clear on the steep final climb

Sunweb have won three stages in the 2020 Tour de France Soren Kragh Andersen claimed his second win of the Tour de France with another shrewd late solo attack on stage 19. Team Sunweb’s Andersen, 26, attacked from a break 16km out and powered to the line in Champagnole, 53 seconds ahead of Luka Mezgec

Race leader Annemiek van Vleuten has been ruled out of the rest of the Giro Rosa and will not defend her world title after breaking her wrist. The 37-year-old fell in the last 500 metres of stage seven on Thursday alongside Mitchelton-Scott team-mate Amanda Spratt of Australia and Dutch compatriot Marianne Vos. All three riders

Michal Kwiatkowski (right) had never won an individual Grand Tour stage before Michal Kwiatkowski led a superb Ineos Grenadiers one-two on stage 18 to help salvage their Tour de France as Primoz Roglic took a step closer to the title. Poland’s Kwiatkowski and team-mate Richard Carapaz crossed the line arm-in-arm after riding away from the

Miguel Angel Lopez’s first Tour de France stage win lifts him into a podium position Miguel Angel Lopez won stage 17 of the Tour de France as Primoz Roglic extended his lead in the race. Astana’s Lopez pulled clear of the other general classification contenders on the final climb of the day, beating Roglic into

Thomas was not included in Team Ineos’ Tour de France squad Geraint Thomas will compete for Great Britain in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Imola. The 2018 Tour de France champion has chosen to sit out of the road race, however, as he continues preparations for the Giro d’Italia in

Bernal became the Ineos team’s seventh Tour winner in eight years in 2019 Ineos Grenadiers rider Egan Bernal has ended his Tour de France defence with a withdrawal before stage 17. The Colombian, 23, lost more than seven minutes to leader Primoz Roglic on Sunday’s Grand Colombier climb. After Tuesday’s stage 16, Bernal was 16th

Lennard Kamna finished one minute 27 seconds clear of his closest challenger German Lennard Kamna produced a superb solo break to power to victory on stage 16 of the Tour de France as Primoz Roglic maintained the overall lead. Bora-Hansgrohe rider Kamna, 24, pulled away on the penultimate climb of the 164km stage from La

Britain’s Lizzy Banks claimed stage four of the Giro Rosa in Tivoli. The 29-year-old, who won stage eight of last year’s race, prevailed in the 170km stage, the longest of the nine in the event, which concludes on Saturday. Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten, who has held the leader’s jersey since stage two, retained the

Bernal, with all other riders and staff members, had his second in-race coronavirus test on Monday Defending Tour de France champion Egan Bernal said he “felt empty” as he lost more than seven minutes to leader Primoz Roglic on Sunday’s Grand Colombier climb. The Ineos Grenadiers rider is all but out of contention for the

Simon Yates was only 18th quickest in the time trial but held off Geraint Thomas for victory Simon Yates held on for victory in the Tirreno-Adriatico after withstanding a challenge in Monday’s final stage from Geraint Thomas, who finished second. Mitchelton-Scott’s Yates started the individual time trial in Italy with a 39-second lead over his

Primoz Roglic and Tadej Pogacar again showed they are the two strongest riders in the race Tadej Pogacar won stage 15 of the Tour de France to slightly cut Primoz Roglic’s lead as defending champion Egan Bernal dropped out of contention. Pogacar beat yellow jersey Roglic in a sprint to the line and now trails

Vos is a three-time winner of the Giro Rosa (2011, 2012 and 2014) Marianne Vos won stage three of the Giro Rosa as defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten retained the leader’s jersey. The Dutch CCC Liv rider edged victory on the brutal final climb to the finish in Assisi, with FDJ’s Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig second

Geraint Thomas is absent from this year’s Tour de France and is targeting the Giro d’Italia in October Mitchelton-Scott’s British rider Simon Yates retains the lead going into Monday’s final stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico. Ineos Grenadiers’ Geraint Thomas stays in third place after stage seven, which was won by Mathieu van der Poel with a

Soren Kragh Andersen secured Sunweb’s second win in three days after Marc Hirschi claimed stage 12 Soren Kragh Andersen took a surprise win on stage 14 of the Tour de France to cap a sublime tactical ride by Team Sunweb. The Dane attacked with three kilometres to go in a frantic finale and stayed away

Van Vleuten has won the past two editions of the Giro Rosa, the only women’s Grand Tour Defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten won stage two of the Giro Rosa to take the leader’s jersey. The Dutch road race world champion, 37, won by more than a minute ahead of Boels-Dolmans’ Anna van der Breggen and

Geraint Thomas is absent from this year’s Tour de France and is targting the Giro D’Italia in October Mitchelton-Scott’s British rider Simon Yates remained in the Tirreno-Adriatico lead after stage six, which was won in a sprint finish by Belgian Tim Merlier of Alpecin-Fenix. Ineos Grenadiers’ Geraint Thomas stayed third overall as he and Yates