Cycling

Associated Press Aug 29, 2023, 03:40 PM ET LLEIDA, Spain — Four people have been arrested in a plot to sabotage a stage of the Spanish Vuelta by dumping a liquid from an overpass onto the road, Spanish national police said Tuesday. The alleged plan was to empty two drums of liquid, possibly motor oil,

Associated Press Aug 15, 2023, 10:58 AM ET LONDON — The former doctor for British Cycling and Team Sky was given a four-year ban from all sports Tuesday for violating anti-doping rules. The sanction for Richard Freeman was handed down by an independent tribunal of the national anti-doping panel for possession of a prohibited substance

Associated Press Aug 10, 2023, 12:45 PM ET The plan was for Chloe Dygert to win the world championship in the time trial, then carry that momentum toward the Summer Olympics, where the American road cycling star would be the favorite to win the gold medal. That was three years, a career-threatening crash and immeasurable

Associated Press Aug 2, 2023, 07:58 AM ET GLASGOW, Scotland — Eritrean star rider Biniam Girmay has withdrawn from the cycling world championships in Scotland citing injury, hours after it was reported he and three teammates had been denied visas to enter the U.K. The 23-year-old Girmay, who last year became the first Black African

ESPN News Services Jul 23, 2023, 01:43 PM ET Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France for the second straight year as cycling’s most storied race finished Sunday on the famed Champs-Élysées in Paris. With a huge lead built up over main rival Tadej Pogačar, the 2020 and 2021 winner, Vingegaard knew the

Associated Press Jul 22, 2023, 02:39 PM ET LONDON — Five-time Olympic cycling champion Laura Kenny has given birth to her second child. Kenny and her husband Jason, the winner of a British record seven Olympic titles, welcomed son Montgomery on Thursday. In an Instagram post on Saturday showing Montgomery asleep alongside his brother, Albie,

Associated Press Jul 19, 2023, 12:46 PM ET COURCHEVEL, France — Jonas Vingegaard is on course to bring the yellow jersey to Paris for a second straight year after the Danish rider took a huge lead over his main rival in cycling’s biggest race. The defending champion dropped Tadej Pogacar on Wednesday in the last

Jul 19, 2023, 09:18 AM ET COURCHEVEL, France — Tour de France overall leader Jonas Vingegaard has undergone four anti-doping tests in the last two days, including one an hour before the start of Wednesday’s 17th stage, his Jumbo-Visma team said. Vingegaard extended his overall lead to one minute and 48 seconds over second-placed Tadej

ESPN News Services Jul 18, 2023, 12:25 PM ET COMBLOUX, France — Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard might have time-trialed his way to a second straight Tour de France victory. A sensational time trial from Vingegaard on Tuesday saw the overall leader extend his advantage over two-time winner Tadej Pogačar to nearly two minutes with just

Associated Press Jul 14, 2023, 11:54 AM ET LE GRAND COLOMBIER, France — Former world champion Michal Kwiatkowski soloed to the top of the Grand Colombier mountain in the Tour de France on Friday, while Tadej Pogacar cut a little more time off Jonas Vingegaard’s overall lead in the fight for the yellow jersey. Kwiatkowski,