Spain’s Jaime Roson has been banned for four years because of an “adverse analytical finding” in his biological passport. The 26-year-old was provisionally suspended in June 2018 after governing body the UCI opened an investigation into the January 2017 finding. On Friday, his team Movistar confirmed the ban and said they had terminated Roson’s contract.

Vicky Williamson has been included in the Great Britain squad for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, which start this month. Williamson, 25, recently returned to elite action after suffering serious injuries in a race crash in March 2016. Reigning world champions Ed Clancy, Kian Emadi, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield, Katie Archibald and Emily Nelson

Media playback is not supported on this device The medical tribunal of former chief Team Sky and British Cycling doctor Richard Freeman is at serious risk of being delayed for several months. Freeman is yet to attend his hearing in Manchester, which was due to begin on Wednesday before a delay until Friday. The tribunal

Britain’s Adam Yates held off Spain’s Alejandro Valverde to win stage four of the Tour of Valencia on Saturday. Yates, who rides for Mitchelton-Scott, attacked in the last kilometre of a hilly stage, which had included four categorised climbs, and Movistar’s Valverde was unable to close the gap in time. Astana’s Spanish rider Ion Izagirre,

Glasgow will host the new combined Cycling World Championships for its inaugural staging in 2023. The city has been chosen as it can stage 13 different cycling disciplines across road, track, BMX and mountain biking events. Currently, each discipline has its own world championships, taking place at different times in the year and in different

Olympic champion Laura Kenny will ride in the inaugural Six Day Series Manchester at the National Cycling Centre in March. Kenny, 26, will take part in the event – a mix of track racing and music for elite men and women and emerging junior talent – from 22-24 March. Racing will include the Madison, time

Media playback is not supported on this device Geraint Thomas will miss May’s Giro d’Italia to be “in the best shape possible” for July’s Tour de France. Last year Thomas became the third Briton to win the Tour, following four victories by Team Sky team-mate Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins’ 2012 win. “The Giro feels

Media playback is not supported on this device A medical tribunal for the former chief doctor at British Cycling and Team Sky will begin in Manchester on Wednesday. Dr Richard Freeman has been charged with ordering testosterone in May 2011 to give to an unnamed rider to boost performance. The General Medical Council has also

BBC Sport Wales catches up with 2018 Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas ahead of his first race of the 2019 season. Thomas, 32, rides in the five-stage Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in southern Spain from Wednesday – his first race since the Tour of Britain last September. The Welshman says he’s enjoyed his

Welsh Team Sky cyclist Owain Doull is celebrating his first professional road victory after taking the third stage of the Herald Sun Tour in Australia. He beat fellow Welshman and team-mate Luke Rowe into second at the finish in the Victoria town of Warragul. The two were part of a nine-man break that led the

Mark Cavendish has raced for the first time since being diagnosed with Epstein-Barr virus for a second time. The Manx man battled scorching heat to finish eighth in Sunday’s opening stage of the Vuelta a San Juan in Argentina. Speaking on Team Dimension Data’s social media page, he said it was “nice to be back

Media playback is not supported on this device Women across the UK are being urged to take to two wheels by British Cycling. The sport’s national governing body want to address the gender imbalance in cycling by getting a million more women on bikes by 2020. Research in 2018 showed two-thirds of cyclists in the

Shanaze Reade won her first National Track Championships title on Sunday, while six-time Olympic champion Jason Kenny also won despite a huge error. Two-time world champion Reade, 30, retired in April 2017, but returned last year and took the women’s team sprint alongside Blaine Ridge-Davis. Kenny, the 2016 Olympic keirin champion, sat up a lap

Laura Kenny won scratch-race gold as she made her first National Track Championships appearance since 2015. Kenny beat fellow Olympic champions Elinor Barker and Katie Archibald in Manchester. “Sometimes people think because you’ve won at World Championships and Olympics, Nationals can’t mean too much – but it does,” said Kenny. “[It] means you’ve not only

British cyclist Vicky Williamson said she was ‘thankful’ to be back in elite action after a race crash in March 2016 which left her with serious injuries. Williamson fractured her neck and back, dislocated her pelvis and slipped a disc in her neck in the accident. Friday’s sprint qualification with Katy Marchant at the Track

Olympic track cycling champion Victoria Pendleton has “turned a corner” after admitting she “was minutes away” from taking her own life last summer. The Briton has had mental health issues and was diagnosed with depression after a failed bid to climb Mount Everest. Pendleton, 38, said once, when she “did not want to see tomorrow,”

Britain’s Katy Marchant claimed a silver medal in the Women’s keirin at the World Cup in Cambridge, New Zealand. The 25-year-old finished 0.004 seconds behind Hong Kong’s Wai Sze Lee. It was the fifth of six events in the calendar and the next takes place in Hong Kong from 25-27 January. “Been up since 5.30am

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton and Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas are among the nominees for the Laureus World Sports Awards. The Britons have been nominated for Sportsman of the Year and Breakthrough of the Year respectively. Hamilton faces competition from world number one tennis star Novak Djokovic, World Cup winner Luka Modric