Cycling

5:39 AM ET The 10th stage of the Tour de France was halted for 10 minutes on Tuesday after half a dozen climate activists tried to stop riders on the road before being pulled out of the way by police and a senior organisers’ official. The activists, one of them wearing a t-shirt which said

12:20 PM ET Associated Press MEGEVE, France — Magnus Cort Nielsen won a two-man sprint in a photo-finish to claim the 10th stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday at the end of a hilly trek in the Alps that was interrupted by protestors. It was Cort Nielsen’s second stage win at cycling’s biggest

Jul 12, 2022 Associated Press MEGEVE, France — Two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar lost another teammate when George Bennett was forced out of the race before Stage 10 following a positive COVID-19 test on Tuesday. Bennett, a New Zealander who rode in support of Pogacar with the UAE-Emirates team and was set to

11:45 AM ET Associated Press LONGWY, France — Defending champion Tadej Pogačar won the sixth and longest stage of the Tour de France on Thursday to take the yellow jersey. The Slovenian rider, who won the 2020 and 2021 Tours, pulled away in the sprint finish to take his first stage victory this year —

1:26 PM ET Associated Press ARENBERG PORTE DU HAINAUT, France — Australian rider Simon Clarke won a crash-marred fifth stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday, while Wout van Aert clung onto the leader’s yellow jersey despite coming off his bike. The big winner, though, was Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar, who kick-started his bid

12:22 PM ET Associated Press CALAIS, France — Belgian rider Wout van Aert won the hilly fourth stage of the Tour de France and extended his overall lead after attacking strongly on the day’s final climb on Tuesday. The Belgian rider kept the leader’s yellow jersey for the Jumbo-Visma team after taking it for the

12:10 PM ET Associated Press NYBORG, Denmark — Dutch rider Fabio Jakobsen overtook Wout van Aert right on the line to win the second stage of the Tour de France while Van Aert took the yellow jersey on Saturday. It was a first Tour stage win for Jakobsen and a second in two days for

9:26 AM ET Niamh Lewis David Smith won a gold medal as part of the Team GB rowing squad at the London 2012 Paralympics, but he does not want to be remembered as an Olympic medallist. At 44, the Scotsman has learned more about how to thrive in life through experiencing aggressive recurring cancerous tumours

9:14 AM ET Transgender cyclist Emily Bridges will not compete at Saturday’s National Omnium Championships after governing body Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) ruled she is ineligible, British Cycling said. Bridges had been due to compete in her first women’s event in Derby, facing some of the sport’s biggest names including five-time Olympic champion Laura Kenny.

7:28 PM ET Associated Press MANCHESTER, England — British cyclist Jason Kenny, the country’s most decorated Olympian, has retired from racing and taken up a role as sprint coach for Britain’s team. Kenny won seven gold medals — and nine medals in total — across four Olympic Games. No cyclist has won more. “It’s almost