Laura Kenny leading medal bid after spectacular opening to Commonwealth Games
Laura Kenny, Alex Yee and James Wilby are among the Tokyo medallists targeting the podium as the Commonwealth Games gets under way in Birmingham on Friday.
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Beth Shriever hoping to secure another title at BMX World Championships
Olympic champion Beth Shriever knows all eyes will be on her when she seeks to defend her crown at the UCI BMX Racing World Championships this weekend.
Tour de France Femmes: Lorena Wiebes secures a second stage in sprint finish after major crash
Lorena Wiebes earned her second win of the Tour de France Femmes with victory on stage five to Saint-Die-des-Vosges.
Tour de France Femmes: Emma Norsgaard quits race after shocking 30-woman crash
Danish rider Emma Norsgaard was forced to abandon the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift after a major crash during the fifth stage.
Erik ten Hag: How Manchester United boss inspired masterplan to topple Tadej Pogacar at Tour de France
Jumbo-Visma’s masterplan to unravel Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) at the 2022 Tour de France was partly inspired by an unlikely source: Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag. Jonas Vingegaard ended Jumbo-Visma’s wait for the yellow jersey in Paris on Sunday, with his triumph teed up by a spectacular double assault on Pogacar on Stage 11. Ad/> Vingegaard and team-mate Primoz Roglic, then still in GC contention, took it in turns to accelerate clear on the kinder slopes of the Col du Galibier, forcing Pogacar to close each move and expend energy.
Kathryn Bertine: ‘I’ll celebrate the Women’s Tour but also keep fighting’
Kathryn Bertine is experiencing “all the happy feels”. She is watching the opening stage of the Tour de France Femmes on the Champs-Élysées. She notes how the route pays homage to La Course, the one-day race that ran from 2014 to 2021 and was the precursor to the revived eight-stage event. Bertine rode the inaugural edition in 2014. “I’m joyful and emotional,” she says, the soft babble of the British commentary team Ant McCrossan and Hannah Walker in the background. “I know what it’s like to race with those exact cobbles under your tyres.”
10 stars to watch out for at the Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is set to get underway with a spectacular opening ceremony in Birmingham this evening.
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