Cycling

Nov 15, 2024, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions British road cyclist Lizzie Deignan has announced she will retire in 2025. Deignan has agreed a one-year contract extension with Lidl-Trek, and will subsequently retire from professional cycling at the end of the 2025 season. The 35-year-old won an Olympic silver medal in 2012 and is

Nov 10, 2024, 05:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mark Cavendish won the last race of his professional career in Singapore on Sunday. Tim de Waele/Getty Images Mark Cavendish’s legendary cycling career ended on a high on Sunday when he triumphed in the Tour de France Criterium in Singapore. The 39-year-old, who confirmed on Saturday that

Associated Press Sep 8, 2024, 01:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Primoz Roglic won a record-equaling fourth Spanish Vuelta title after successfully protecting his lead in the final individual time trial Sunday. Roglic finished the 24.6-kilometer (15.3-mile) time trial without any scares, and his overall lead of more than two minutes was never

Aug 21, 2024, 04:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Australia’s cycling body expects the Under Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to enforce a two-year non-competition period on Matt Richardson at international events following his decision to switch allegiance to Britain. Richardson, who won three medals for Australia at the Paris Olympics, announced the switch on Monday

Connor O’Halloran Aug 8, 2024, 01:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Team GB’s Emma Finucane claimed her second medal of the Paris Olympics on Thursday as she won bronze in the women’s keirin event. In March, Dame Laura Kenny boldly predicted Finucane could become the first British woman to win three gold

Aug 6, 2024, 02:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Britain’s Ed Lowe, Hamish Turnbull and Jack Carlin won silver in the men’s team sprint on Tuesday, coming second to a rapid Netherlands outfit who broke the world record twice in two races. While Team GB eased past Germany in the heats, the Dutch went around

Connor O’Halloran Aug 5, 2024, 02:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAINT-DENIS, France — Team GB won a sensational track cycling gold in the women’s team sprint on Monday as the world record was broken five times in a single event. Britain’s team of Emma Finucane, Katy Marchant and Sophie Capewell first broke the mark

Associated Press Jul 21, 2024, 01:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tadej Pogacar had no need to attack on the final stage of the Tour de France. Defending a lead of more than five minutes in Sunday’s time trial, he was set to comfortably win the race for the third time, and first time in

Associated Press Jul 20, 2024, 12:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions COL DE LA COUILLOLE, France — Tadej Pogacar equaled one Tour de France mark Saturday and will likely match another Sunday. Yellow jersey-holder Pogacar edged defending champion Jonas Vingegaard at the top of Col De La Couillole to win the 20th and penultimate stage

Associated Press May 3, 2024, 07:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — British cyclist Luke Rowe, who played a role in five Tour de France victories for three different leaders, will retire at the end of the season, his Ineos Grenadiers team said Friday. The 34-year-old Rowe, a good classic rider, has been with