5 d. ago Giro d’Italia start list: every rider in the season’s first Grand Tour

Even without defending champion Tadej Pogacar a strong field has assembled for the first Grand Tour of the year

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6 d. ago Pogacar’s absence from Giro d’Italia may offer breath of fresh air for competition

Dominance of last year’s champion can become predictable and this event could be volatile with more opportunities for the pelotonThe 2025 Giro d’Italia may lack the star power of the Tour de France, but it is likely to make up for it with dynamic and unpredictable racing when it gets under way in Tirana on Friday.Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel, the top three riders in last year’s Tour de France, are not racing, but the Giro will, as ever, throw up plentiful drama. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Tadej Pogacar’s absence leaves Giro d’Italia field wide open – and gives his countryman another shot at glory

The defending champion may be skipping the corsa rosa but his absence leaves the door open to compatriot Primoz Roglic

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8 d. ago Geraint Thomas: ‘It’s been up and down. You remember the good times’

Tour de France winner in 2018 is building for a final assault on the great race before a farewell in Cardiff“Bike racing is all I have ever known,” says Geraint Thomas of the 19-year professional career that will end this summer with one final Tour de France and a farewell appearance in the Tour of Britain.While many of his peers are relishing a Tadej Pogacar-free Giro d’Italia that starts on Friday, the 2018 Tour winner has opted against three weeks in Italy, favouring one last ride in July’s French hothouse. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago John Gosden says ‘everything to play for’ as he seeks first 2,000 Guineas win

The leading trainer is set to saddle the favourite for the big race, Field Of Gold, in the first Classic of the 2025 Flat season at Newmarket on Saturday

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2 w. ago The Remco Evenepoel renaissance is exactly what cycling needs

The Belgian’s return to action has set up a thrilling finale to the Spring Classics

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3 w. ago Race Across the World fans predict 'TV gold' as they brand duo 'box of delights' after first episode

The popular BBC series returned with a bang for its fifth season

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3 w. ago Tadej Pogacar dances up Mur de Huy to claim victory in Flèche Wallonne

World champion surges clear on race's brutal final climbKévin Vauquelin second, with Tom Pidcock coming thirdTadej Pogacar bounced back in style after his Paris-Roubaix and Amstel Gold Race heartbreaks as he claimed a second Flèche Wallonne title with an early attack in the finale on Wednesday.The world champion attacked when 400 metres from the finish on the brutally steep Mur de Huy and never looked back, prevailing over France’s Kévin Vauquelin and third-placed Tom Pidcock of Britain.More details soon Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tadej Pogacar pipped to victory by Mattias Skjelmose in thrilling Amstel Gold Race

Pogacar’s aura of invincibility took another hit as his solo attack was foiled in Limburg

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3 w. ago Olympic gold medal sprinter destroys the field in parents race at son’s school

Two-time Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made short work of other parents at her son’s school when she participated in their sports day.

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