Great Britain’s Hugh Carthy produced an epic solo ride to take his first victory on the World Tour as he won the final stage of the Tour of Switzerland. Carthy, 24, spent almost all of the mountainous 101.5km stage on his own, finishing over a minute clear. Team Ineos’ Egan Bernal took the overall race

Team Ineos’ Egan Bernal had his lead cut on the penultimate stage of the Tour of Switzerland as Yves Lampaert won the stage eight time trial. Lampaert, 28, took the stage for his Deceuninck-Quick-Step team, clocking 21 minutes and 58 seconds over 19.2km. Bernal was 38 seconds behind and saw his 41-second overall lead reduced

Team Ineos’ Egan Bernal secured a second successive stage win to extend his overall Tour of Switzerland lead. The Colombian completed the 216.6km seventh stage on the Gotthard Pass in five hours 37 minutes and 40 seconds. It was enough to earn the 22-year-old victory from Domenico Pozzovivo by 23 seconds, with the Italian’s Bahrain-Merida

Going downhill is their bread and butter. But Menna Fitzpatrick and Captain Jen Kehoe face an uphill battle, quite literally, when they swap their skis for a tandem bike in September. Some 15 months have passed since visually impaired alpine skier Fitzpatrick and her guide Kehoe won four medals, including a gold, at the Winter

Britain’s four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome says he has taken the “first step” in his recovery after leaving hospital in Saint-Etienne. He has been moved to a rehabilitation unit in Monaco, eight days after a crash which left him seriously injured. However, the Team Ineos rider, 34, says he is not yet well

Team Ineos’ Egan Bernal went into the overall lead of the Tour of Switzerland as Dutchman Antwan Tolhoek claimed the first stage win of his career. The Jumbo-Visma rider, 25, broke clear with less than 5km to go on stage six to win the uphill finish on the 120km route from Einsiedeln to Flumserberg. Colombian

Geraint Thomas takes you inside the mind of a cyclist during a high-speed crash. The reigning Tour de France champion avoided serious injury after a collision during the Tour of Switzerland on Tuesday. Thomas’ incident was the second big crash from a Team Ineos rider this month after Chris Froome, travelling at 54km/h, hit a

Geraint Thomas says he thought the chance to defend his Tour de France title was over after a bad crash at the Tour of Switzerland, but admits he was “lucky” to avoid serious injury. The 33-year-old Welshman was taken to hospital after crashing out during the fourth stage in Switzerland on Tuesday but still expects

Italy’s Elia Viviani secured his second successive stage victory on day five of the Tour of Switzerland, but Peter Sagan extended his overall lead. Deceuninck-Quick-Step rider Viviani timed his sprint perfectly at the end of the 177km stage from Munchenstein to Einsiedeln, with Sagan coming second. But the Slovak now has a 14-second overall lead

Defending champion Geraint Thomas says he will be fit to take part in the Tour de France despite crashing out of the Tour of Switzerland and being taken to hospital on Tuesday. Team Ineos said the Welshman suffered “abrasions to his shoulder and a cut above his right eye”, but the 33-year-old escaped serious injury.

Geraint Thomas was taken to hospital after a crash during the fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland. Team Ineos tweeted that the Welshman, who won the 2018 Tour de France, would be undergoing medical checks. Thomas was able to sit up and talk to team-mates before being taken away in an ambulance. The 33-year-old

Media playback is not supported on this device Defending champion Geraint Thomas says the one positive to come from his team-mate Chris Froome’s absence from this year’s Tour de France is an end to the debate about Team Ineos’ leadership. Four-time winner Froome faces six months out after a serious crash. He had been expected

Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas says he is ready for a “huge” defence of his title when the world’s biggest road race starts in July. Team Ineos’ preparations were dealt a severe blow when four-time Tour winner Chris Froome suffered multiple injuries in a serious crash. Thomas says Ineos will be weaker without “one

BMX Supercross World Championships Venue: Zolder, Belgium Date: 27 July Coverage: Live on the BBC Sport website, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport’s digital platforms Reigning European champion Kyle Evans has been selected to represent Great Britain at the BMX Supercross World Championships in Belgium. Former junior world champion Beth Shriever has also been included in

Denmark’s Jakob Fuglsang won the Criterium du Dauphine after Britain’s Adam Yates pulled out midway through the final stage with a fever. Yates, 26, trailed Astana’s Fuglsang by eight seconds before stage eight, but was keeping pace with his rivals when he withdrew with less than 50km to go. Team Ineos’ Dylan van Baarle won

Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome will return to racing “stronger and even better”, says Team Ineos team-mate Owain Doull. Froome, 34, suffered multiple fractures, including his neck, in a crash in France on Wednesday. He is expected to be out of action for at least six months. “Chris’ accident has hit home a

Geraint Thomas says the crash in which Ineos team-mate Chris Froome suffered multiple fractures “sounds horrific”. The Welshman says his fellow Tour de France winner could have suffered far worse damage and has “the best care around him”. Froome has undergone surgery and is “fully focused” on “getting back to his best”.

Britain’s Adam Yates lost the overall Criterium du Dauphine lead to Jakob Fuglsang as Wout Poels won the seventh stage of the race. Dutchman Poels won following a day that included a number of breakaways, with Denmark’s Fuglsang finishing second. Fuglsang began the day seven seconds behind Yates in the overall standings but ended it