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“I wanted to do something special. I wanted to show I am back in the game,” said Egan Bernal after riding to a sensational solo victory atop the Passo Giau on stage 16 to all but seal Giro d’Italia victory. The Colombian’s 22-month struggle with his back – an issue which has plagued him ever […]
Colombian Egan Bernal won the Giro d’Italia on Sunday, keeping his composure throughout a tough final week to claim his second grand tour victory with a ruthlessly efficient performance. The Ineos-Grenadiers rider, who succeeds his teammate Tao Geoghegan Hart as Giro winner, completed his victory with a safe ride in the final 30.3-kilometre time trial […]
Caleb Ewan claimed his second stage win at this year’s Giro d’Italia as he again showed his sprinting prowess at the end of the 181-kilometre seventh stage on Friday. The Australian Lotto Soudal rider followed his victory on a crash-hit stage five with a well-timed surge at the finish in Termoli after an uneventful day. […]
Van der Poel’s relentless attacks ultimately cost him on Sunday Mathieu van der Poel lit up the 105th edition of the Tour of Flanders on Sunday with the kind of attacking riding he has built his reputation on in recent years. The Dutch cyclo-cross sensation was looking to become just the eighth man to win […]
WADA are investigating UKAD over a 10-year-old test in British Cycling The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is investigating UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) for allowing British Cycling to conduct its own probe after a sample provided by one of its riders contained traces of a banned anabolic steroid, British media reported. A British rider’s sample from an […]
Former British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman’s fitness to practise medicine should be deemed to be impaired because of the “seriousness of misconduct, repetition of misconduct and lack of insight into his misconduct”, a tribunal heard on Wednesday. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal gave its verdict last week on the contested charges in […]
Levens, France: Maximilian Schachmann retained his Paris-Nice title after overnight race leader Primoz Roglic suffered an ordeal in the final stage, a 92-kilometre ride from Le-plan-du-Var to Levens on Sunday. Roglic, who had a 52-second lead going into the last stage, crashed twice before being forced to change bike and, without a teammate to pace […]
Australian cyclist Lauren Kitchen noticed changes in her behaviour for months following a crash in which she suffered a broken collarbone and "bad" concussion in her first race back from a COVID-19 competition shutdown last year. The 30-year-old sustained road rash and swelling to her head and face in the July crash but at the […]
Chris Froome will make his debut for Israel Start-Up Nation in Argentina “I look forward to racing with my new team-mates and getting the ball rolling on the adventure that lies ahead.” Froome, who struggled during the interrupted 2020 season to get back up to speed following the career-threatening injuries suffered at the 2019 Criterium […]
Mark Cavendish will race on in 2021 after agreeing a deal to return to Deceuninck-QuickStep. The Manxman, 35, faced an uncertain future in a difficult contract market this winter and had openly contemplated that his career could be coming to an end this year. But that was never his desire and he has now secured […]