Two-time runner-up Nairo Quintana is set to race at the 2020 Tour de France after his Akea-Samsic team were handed a wildcard slot as one of 22 teams. Colombian Quintana, 29, is a previous winner of the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a Espana but was second to Chris Froome in the 2013 and 2015
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South African road cyclist Nicholas Dlamini has broken his arm after he was stopped by rangers in Table Mountain National Park while on a training ride. Video of the altercation in Cape Town has been shared on social media. South African National Parks says Dlamini, 24, was suspected of entering the park without paying an
“It was a commitment that I made to myself and I was the ultimate failure – or that’s what it felt like.” You see the success of professional sport every day. You read about it, you watch it and some of you may even be part of it. But what if it doesn’t work out?
Six-time Formula 1 constructors’ championship winners Mercedes have agreed a partnership with Team Ineos’ cycling and sailing divisions. The partnership will help develop “engineering, human science, simulation and data analysis”. Ineos – owned by Britain’s richest man Sir Jim Ratcliffe – began sponsoring Team Sky cycling in March 2019. “The technical demands of F1 mean
Dr Richard Freeman’s tribunal will resume on 28 April but will not be completed until October 2020. The hearing, which is assessing the former British Cycling and Team Sky medic’s fitness to practise, was adjourned on Monday on medical grounds. His lawyer said last week that Freeman, who has bipolar disorder, was unwell. Freeman has
Former Great Britain cyclist Jess Varnish has won the right to an appeal hearing in her employment case against British Cycling. The 29-year-old failed in her initial attempt to appeal against her tribunal defeat in January but an appeal can now be heard, probably within six months. Varnish argued that she should be considered an
Dr Richard Freeman’s tribunal has been adjourned until next year on medical grounds. The former British Cycling and Team Sky medic has been accused of ordering testosterone to British Cycling’s headquarters in 2011 to boost an athlete’s performance, which he denies. The tribunal was set to last until 20 December. He is yet to give
Dr Richard Freeman has failed in his bid to have four remaining charges thrown out at his medical tribunal. The former British Cycling and Team Sky medic has already admitted 18 of 22 charges against him to determine whether he is fit to practise. But he denies ordering testosterone to British Cycling headquarters in 2011,
Dr Richard Freeman’s lawyer has told his medical tribunal that former British Cycling performance director Shane Sutton was handed a coke can full of urine by a current coach to try to avoid a positive drugs test while he was a rider. The claim was one several allegations made by defence lawyer Mary O’Rourke as
Dr Richard Freeman did not attend his medical tribunal on Monday after feeling “upset” by media reports of the hearing over the weekend. The former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor denies ordering 30 sachets of testosterone gel to British Cycling headquarters in 2011 knowing or believing it was intended for an athlete to enhance
Media playback is not supported on this device Katie Archibald hopes she can partner fellow Scot Neah Evans in the madison at the 2020 Olympics as they “have an almost unspoken dynamic”. Archibald, 25, is targeting success in both that event and the team pursuit in Tokyo next year. She and Evans, 29, won three
World individual time trial champion Rohan Dennis says joining Team Ineos is a “dream”, after signing a two-year deal with the British team. Bahrain-Merida terminated Dennis’ contract a year early in September, just before he retained his title at the World Championships in Yorkshire. The 29-year-old is set to make his Team Ineos debut on
Australia’s Matthew Glaetzer has won bronze at the UCI Track World Cup – a month after having treatment for thyroid cancer. Glaetzer, 27, came third in the keirin behind champion Azizulhasni Awang of Malaysia and Russia’s Shane Perkins in Cambridge, New Zealand. The reigning sprint world champion was diagnosed with the rare form of cancer
Evidence from former British Cycling performance director Shane Sutton will be considered by a medical tribunal in the case against former British Cycling doctor Richard Freeman. Australian Sutton stormed out of the hearing in Manchester last month after repeatedly denying claims by Dr Freeman’s lawyer Mary O’Rourke that he is “a liar, a doper and
Media playback is not supported on this device Great Britain’s Vicky Williamson has announced she is switching sports from track cycling to bobsleigh. The 26-year-old returned to racing in January after three years out because of serious injuries sustained in a crash in Rotterdam in 2016. In February, she and Katy Marchant came 14th in
Mark Cavendish has been warned he faces an “extremely challenging” path to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Cavendish, 34, won silver in the omnium at Rio 2016 but wants to ride in the madison next year. British Cycling’s head coach Iain Dyer has questioned if the 34-year-old will be able to earn enough qualification
Britain’s Mark Stewart and Fred Wright secured a bronze medal for Britain in the men’s madison at the UCI Track World Cup in Hong Kong. The British pair finished with 33 points, five behind New Zealand, with Germany’s Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt taking gold on 56 points. On Saturday, Jason Kenny claimed silver for
Britain’s Jason Kenny claimed silver in the keirin on day two of the UCI Track World Cup in Hong Kong. The 31-year-old was fourth in Glasgow earlier this month, but took second in Hong Kong behind New Zealand’s Callum Saunders, who won in 10.119 seconds. The fourth of the six World Cup events, which offer