Cycling

Dutch sprinter Dylan Groenewegen received death threats following a crash that left a fellow cyclist with serious head injuries. The 27-year-old Jumbo-Visma rider said police protected him and his family after the messages were mailed to him. “[The] police guarded our door. We could no longer spontaneously leave the house,” Groenewegen said. Fabio Jakobsen spent

Former Grand Tour winner Tom Dumoulin is taking an indefinite break from cycling. The Dutch rider’s shock decision comes just days after his Jumbo-Visma team announced their race programme for the season. Dumoulin was set to support team-mate Primoz Roglic at this year’s Tour de France after the team dramatically missed out in 2020 to

Former British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman “crossed the line and went way beyond it” when ordering a banned drug for an unnamed rider, a medical tribunal has been told. Almost two years after it began, the case resumed on Friday with the final submission of the General Medical Council (GMC). Dr

Chris Froome’s debut for Israel Start Up Nation will be as part of a strong field for next month’s UAE Tour, which also includes fellow Briton Adam Yates. Froome is aiming for a fifth Tour de France win this year after missing out on selection with Ineos Grenadiers in 2020. The 35-year-old was due to

Lawyers of ex-British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman have had a request for a further adjournment to his long-running medical tribunal – so that he can help deliver the Covid mass vaccination programme – turned down. The General Medical Council (GMC) “strongly opposed” the move by Dr Freeman’s lawyers, saying it risked

A report by architects Ellis Williams warned that if “catastrophic failings forced the complex to close, investment in Manchester would dry up and renowned cycling events would relocate to other UK cities”.

Chris Froome believes he can recover from injury to win a fifth Tour de France and become the race’s second oldest victor. He spent last season battling for form after a serious injury in 2019. “[To win] at my age and, coming back from injury, is driving me,” Froome said. Froome’s last victory was at

German cycling team Bora-Hansgrohe says some of its riders have been injured after being “involved in an accident with a car” during training in Italy. Three of the team – Wilco Kelderman, Rudiger Selig and Andreas Schillinger – were taken to hospital. “Wilco and Rudi have sustained concussion, while Andreas is awaiting final examinations,” said

At the time, the ski resort in Seefeld was hosting the Nordic World Ski Championships. Several suspects were detained just before the start of a men’s cross-country event and one Austrian athlete was caught undergoing a blood transfusion. The arrests sent shockwaves through the skiing world.

Mark Cavendish says he does not expect “fairytales” after returning to the Deceuninck Quick-Step team for the 2021 season. Sprinter Cavendish, 35, has won 30 Tour de France stages in his career, second only to Belgian legend Eddy Merckx. He enjoyed three successful seasons with Quick-Step from 2013 but does not expect to recapture those

Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar has taken part in the first “collective vaccination” against Covid-19 in sport, say his UAE Team Emirates outfit. The team took a newly approved vaccine trialled in the United Arab Emirates. Pogacar, 22, won the Tour in September following one of the most dramatic finishes in the race’s history

Britain’s Tom Pidcock finished third behind winner Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert again in the Cyclo-cross World Cup. Pidcock finished one minute 49 seconds behind Van der Poel and 18 secs off Van Aert, two of cycling’s biggest talents. Pidcock, 21, will race against Van der Poel and Van Aert on cycling’s

Britain’s Tom Pidcock finished third behind winner Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert in the GP Sven Nys cyclo-cross race. Trinity rider Pidcock finished 32 seconds behind Van der Poel and 26 seconds off Van Aert, two of cycling’s most talented riders. Pidcock, 21, will join Van der Poel and Van Aert on

A typically serene, sun-dappled day on the island of Tenerife – where the gentle breeze drifts up from the beautiful volcanic coastline – greets another Ineos training day.Until the tranquillity is shattered by the wails and screams of a man in his bedroom, shouting in fear.Famously shy and unassuming four-time Tour de France champion Chris

It may not have seemed so at the beginning, but 2020 has been a year which has seen the re-emergence of British success in cycling. And the man at the forefront of this new wave, Tao Geoghegan Hart, wants to young people get into cycling, and improve its diversity. The Ineos Grenadiers rider, 25, who

Israel Start-Up Nation sports director Cherie Pridham says the “overwhelming” reaction to her appointment shows she has a role to play in “leading the way” for women in men’s cycling. She said she is still doing several interviews a day and has received “well over 1,000” messages of support. “It is still a bit overwhelming,”

The 2021 Para-cycling Track World Championships will no longer take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The event was due to begin on 25 March but organisers are now looking for a new host nation. The sport’s governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), says the cancellation follows “restrictions by

Team Ineos rider Luke Rowe has revealed on social media that he has tested positive for Covid-19. The 30-year-old Welshman took to Twitter to announce the positive test for coronavirus. He stated: “Covid got me! See ya in 2021 ladies and gents.” Rowe has been a Tour de France stalwart for Ineos in recent years,