Sport

Giro d'Italia: Brambilla solos into pink in stage eight victory

Home favourite Gianluca Brambilla has seized the Giro d’Italia leader’s jersey from a struggling Tom Dumoulin, after a stunning ride on stage eight

14/05/2016

Sport

Giro d'Italia: Kittel sprints to second stage win

Marcel Kittel timed his sprint perfectly to clinch the second stage of the Giro d’Italia, a 190-kilometre trek from Arnhem to the Dutch town of

07/05/2016

Sport

Dumoulin wins, Nibali struggles as Giro begins

Tom Dumoulin has won the first stage of the Giro d’Italia, the first of the season’s blue ribbon cycling events. The first stage was a time trial

06/05/2016

My Europe Series

A place to call home? The challenge of integrating Europe's migrants

The migrant crisis has brought scores of refugees and asylum seekers to Europe. But what happens after they arrive in the EU? Adjusting to local life

05/05/2016

Sport

UCI use iPad to detect mechanical doping

World Cycling’s governing governing body the UCI this week showed off it’s new method of detecting mechanical doping – the sports newest threat. At

04/05/2016

Sport

Quintana wins Tour de Romandie as Albasini sprints to final stage honours

Nairo Quintana continued to warm up nicely ahead of July’s Tour de France after the Colombian won the overall title at the Tour de Romandie. The

01/05/2016

Sport

Colombia's Nairo Quintana bumped up on podium in Tour de Romandie

Colombia’s Nairo Quintana has emerged victorious on stage two of the Tour de Romandie. He took the leader’s jersey after Ilnur Zakarin was demoted to

28/04/2016

Sport

Izagirre wins Tour de Romandie prologue

Spain’s Ion Izagirre won the Tour de Romandie prologue on Tuesday to claim the first leader’s jersey of the 70th edition of the race. The 27-year-old

26/04/2016

Sport

Cycling: Belgian teenager gets six-year ban for mechanical doping

The International cycling announced on Tuesday its Disciplinary Commission has banned Belgian youngster Femke Van den Driessche for six years for

26/04/2016

Sport

Sky's Mikel Landa holds on for agonising Trentino win

Sky's Mikel Landa withstood a determined Astana effort to wrest the leaders jersey off his back in the final stage of Giro del Trentino.

22/04/2016

Brazil

At least 2 people killed after Rio cycle lane collapses

At least two people have been killed in Brazil’s Olympic city of Rio de Janeiro when a new cycle lane collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean. The beach

21/04/2016

Sport

Team Sky withdraw Sergio Henao from racing in biological passport probe

Cycling's anti-doping foundation has opened a biological passport case against Team Sky rider Sergio Henao.

20/04/2016

Sport

Paolini gets 18 month cycling ban

Italian cyclist Luca Paolini has been banned for 18 months by the ICU for a “non-intentional” anti-doping rule violation. The 39-year-old rider

13/04/2016

Sport

Australian Hayman secures shock Paris-Roubaix victory

An emotional Mathew Hayman lifted the cobbled trophy after springin a surprise victory at the Paris-Roubaix on Sunday. The third of five classics on

10/04/2016

Sport

Belgian cyclist Antoine Demoitié dies after motorbike collision

The death of Belgian cyclist Antoine Demoitié has led to calls by the Professional Cyclists Association to improve security during races.

28/03/2016

Sport

Quintana wins Volta a Catalunya title

Nairo Quintana of the Movistar team won the overall title at the Volta a Catalunya on Sunday following the hilly 136 kilometre seventh and final

27/03/2016

Sport

Rio Olympic velodrome delays force cancellation of test event amid widening corruption scandal

25/03/2016

Sport

Volta a Catalunya: De Gendt wins stage four as Quintana takes overall race lead

Thomas de Gendt celebrate a solo victory on stage 4 of the Volta a Catalunya on Thursday. The Belgian was part of an early break in the day’s action

24/03/2016

Sport

Dan Martin the mountain man wins stage 3 at the Tour of Catalonia

The peloton hit the sun- kissed snow-covered mountains in stage three of the Tour of Catalonia on the trek from Girona to the mountain top finish at La Molina.

23/03/2016

Sport

Bouhani wins again as peloton pays respects to Brussels

Stage 2 of the Tour of Catalonia began with a minutes silence for the victims of the Brussels bombings. Belgium is at the very heart of the cycling

22/03/2016