A surprise break a kilometre from the line saw Geraint Thomas open a gap and just hold on to win stage five of the Criterium du Dauphine on Thursday. The Welshman won this stage race in 2018 before going on to clinch the Tour de France that year. His daring tactic this time around saw […]
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European track cycling championships in Belarus cancelled – official
The European track cycling championships, scheduled to be held in Minsk next month, were cancelled Thursday amid political fall-out from Belarus’ forced landing of an airliner to arrest regime opponents. “In light of the current international situation, the Management Board has decided to cancel the 2021 Elite Track European Championships scheduled in Minsk (Belarus) from […]
Stage winner Campenaerts pulls out of Giro d’Italia
Belgian rider Victor Campenaerts has pulled out of the Giro d’Italia with a knee problem before Wednesday’s 17th stage, two days after claiming his first win. The Team Qhubeka Assos rider won Sunday’s 15th stage, but a right knee tendon problem was exacerbated by the cold and wet conditions on the following stage to the […]
Germany, Netherlands pull out of cycling championships in Belarus
The German and Dutch cycling federations said Wednesday they had pulled out of the European track championships scheduled for Minsk in June over Belarus’s diversion of a passenger plane and arrest of a dissident on board. “After the events of last weekend, we have made contact with the European Cycling Union (UEC) and made clear […]
Pedal power: India election crusader cycling for ‘real’ democracy
Lal Mani Das raises his voice above the morning din outside a railway station in the eastern Indian city of Patna city to make an appeal: Vote for a strong democracy. The 45-year-old from impoverished Bihar state is not a vote-seeking politician or a government election agent in the world’s biggest election that began on […]