Cycling

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,

Associated Press Jul 11, 2023, 11:59 AM ET ISSOIRE, France — It was an emotional first win at the Tour de France for Pello Bilbao on Tuesday. The Spanish cyclist sprinted to victory at the end of the tricky 10th stage and also gained significant time in the overall standings, which are still led by

Jul 9, 2023, 06:22 AM ET Astana-Qazaqstan has offered Mark Cavendish a contract extension to ride in the Tour de France next year despite the British cyclist’s planned retirement at the end of this season, the team’s general manager, Alexander Vinokourov, said. The 38-year-old Cavendish’s hopes of breaking the record for stage wins on the

Associated Press Jul 8, 2023, 12:36 PM ET LIMOGES, France — With Mark Cavendish out of the picture, former world champion Mads Pedersen claimed a second career stage win at the Tour de France on Saturday with a big burst of power to win a mass sprint. Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard kept the yellow jersey

ESPN News Services Jun 16, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder died Friday after being found unconscious following a crash down a ravine at his home Tour de Suisse race. He was 26. Mäder’s team, Bahrain-Victorious, said he died at the hospital, where he had been airlifted after Thursday’s crash. “We are devastated

Associated Press Jun 15, 2023, 03:53 PM ET GENEVA — Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder was airlifted to the hospital after being found unconscious after he crashed down a ravine at his home Tour de Suisse race on Thursday. Mäder and another rider, Magnus Sheffield of the United States, went off the road near the same

Associated Press May 28, 2023, 12:51 PM ET ROME — Primoz Roglic expanded his Grand Tour portfolio by winning the Giro d’Italia on Sunday to add to his three Spanish Vuelta titles. Mark Cavendish, who recently announced that he will retire at the end of this season, won the 21st and final stage in a

3:12 AM ET Cycling’s governing body the UCI has defended its policy on transgender athletes competing in female events after American Austin Killips fuelled the debate by winning the Tour of the Gila in New Mexico on Sunday. Killips, 27, won the fifth and final stage of the race to become the first transgender cyclist