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Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) is hoping a reduced schedule will see him win again at the Tour de France later this year. The Dutchman wore the yellow jersey for six stages at the 2021 Tour after claiming the second stage, but he failed to add to his haul in 2022 after arriving overcooked following an explosive Giro d’Italia debut.
Exeter’s Scottish full-back Stuart Hogg has announced that he will retire from rugby after the 2023 World Cup, which will be held in France this autumn. Hogg, who has 100 caps for his country and has scored 171 points, will be 31 years old when the tournament begins. Ad Hogg turned professional in 2011 with Glasgow Warriors, and was Scotland captain for a year in 2020.
The narrative of a ‘Big Three’ forming in women’s tennis has gathered pace this season – and not without reason. Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina have been the standout players of 2023 on the WTA Tour. World No.
Somerset have confirmed that they have signed Australian opener Cameron Bancroft for the first games of the County Championship season. Bancroft, 30, is coming off a fantastic spell in red ball cricket where he was the leading scoring of the 2022/23 Sheffield Shield, scoring 945 runs at an average of 59, hitting four centuries along the way.
All eyes will fall on the tried-and-tested Oude Kwaremont-Paterberg cobbled combo this weekend as both the men’s and women’s pelotons take to the Belgian bergs for the Tour of Flanders. Also known as the Ronde van Vlaanderen, the race runs for its 107th edition for the men, with the women tackling the famous ‘helligen’ for a 20th time.
Jonnie Peacock insisted 'the fire is back' as he prepares to regain his Paralympic crown. The 29-year-old from Cambridge won back-to-back gold medals at London 2012 and Rio 2016, before sharing a dead-heat bronze in Tokyo with Johannes Floors. Ad So there is double motivation for the T64 sprinter, who is relishing the return of packed crowds in Paris for successive summers.
Eight-time world champion Marc Marquez will miss the second round of the 2023 MotoGP season in Argentina after undergoing surgery for a fractured thumb. Marquez came into the season with Honda pessimistic about the team’s chances, saying he didn’t think they would close the gap to Pecco Bagnaia and Ducati. Ad However, the Spaniard did cause a bit of a surprise when he took a shock pole, although he was powerless to stop Bagnaia’s dominance continue as the Italian triumphed in the race proper as well as the sprint race.
Belgian legend Eddy Merckx has admitted he would not have gifted a team-mate victory like Wout van Aert did for Christophe Laporte at Gent-Wevelgem, while Tom Boonen has suggested the Jumbo-Visma star will “regret” his kindness. Van Aert escaped with Laporte after an attack on the penultimate ascent of the Kemmelberg. Once the pair had built an unassailable lead, the 2021 champion decided to let the Frenchman take victory.