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Simon Yates took the pink jersey on the penultaimte stage

Yates powers to victory to take overall lead at Giro

Simon Yates rode a stage for the ages when he stormed into the overall lead of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday when the Visma-Lease a Bike rider erased overall leader Isaac Del Toro's lead to take the pink jersey on the penultimate stage of the race

Cycling • 31 May

Sam Bennett of Team Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale during stage 2 of the 2025 Giro d'Italia

Grand designs: Rebuilt Bennett eyeing Giro stage wins

Thanks to extensive testing and a revised approach with his coach Stephen Barrett, Sam Bennett is in an optimistic frame of mind ahead of the first sprint stages of the Giro d'Italia.

Cycling • 13 May

Mads Pedersen was triumphant on stage three

Pedersen claims second stage win of Giro d'Italia

Mads Pedersen outsprinted Corbin Strong to win stage three of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday, the Dane's second stage victory of this year's race.

Cycling • 11 May

Mads Pedersen, next to Wout Van Aert (R), celebrates as he crosses the finish line

Pedersen edges out van Aert to win opening Giro stage

Denmark's former world champion Mads Pedersen edged out Wout van Aert in a bunch sprint to win the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia in Tirana on Friday.

Cycling • 09 May

It was Healy's first podium place in a Monument

Healy cracks podium as Pogacar dominates in Belgium

Ben Healy grabbed a place on a Monument podium for the first time in the final Ardennes Classic of the season, Liege-Bastogne-Liege as Tadej Pogacar claimed his third victory in the Belgian classic.

Cycling • 28 Apr

Richard Carapaz celebrates his stage win in the alpine resort of SuperDevoluy

Carapaz takes stage as Pogacar maintains Tour lead

Olympic champion Richard Carapaz of EF Education-EasyPost climbed solo to victory on stage 17 of the Tour de France, a 178km ride from Saint-Paul-Trois-chateaux to SuperDevoluy.

Cycling • 17 Jul 24

(L-R) Wout Van Aert, Sam Bennett, Alexander Kristoff and a Jasper Philipsen poised to celebrate his stage win cross the line at Nimes

Bennett fourth as Philipsen sprints to stage 16 win

Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin-Deceuninck sprinted to victory on Tuesday's 16th stage of the Tour de France, a 189 km flat ride from Gruissan to Nimes, with Ireland's Sam Bennett crossing the finishing line fourth.

Cycling • 16 Jul 24

Jasper Philipsen celebrates at finish line as stage winner ahead of Wout van Aert

Philipsen pips Van Aert to Tour de France stage 13 win

Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin-Deceuninck won Friday's stage 13 of the Tour de France, pipping Wout van Aert to the line in a crash-marred sprint finale to win his second stage in four days.

Cycling • 12 Jul 24

L-R) Stage winner Jasper Philipsen, Biniam Girmay, Wout Van Aert and Sam Bennett sprint towards the finish line on stage 10

Bennett sixth as Philipsen wins Tour de France stage 10

Sam Bennett finished sixth on the 10th stage of the Tour de France as Belgian Jasper Philipsen finally claimed victory in this year's edition by winning a textbook sprint on Tuesday.

Cycling • 09 Jul 24

Remco Evenepoel celebrates on the podium after winning the seventh stage

Evenepoel wins stage seven to cut Pogacar's Tour lead

Remco Evenepoel overcame a late scare to win the stage seven time trial on the Tour de France and eat into Tadej Pogacar's lead in yellow as the front two put time into their other rivals.

Cycling • 05 Jul 24

Kevin Vauquelin makes it two stage wins from two for French riders

Vauquelin victorious on stage two, Pogacar takes yellow

Frenchman Kevin Vauquelin of the Arkea–B&B Hotels team won the second stage of the Tour de France as two-time champion Tadej Pogacar claimed the overall leader's yellow jersey.

Cycling • 30 Jun 24

Sam Bennett celebrates on the podium as overall winner

Bennett wins final stage to seal overall victory

Sam Bennett had a superb career breakthrough on Sunday, winning the final stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk and sealing the first general classification win of his professional career.

Cycling • 19 May 24

Bennett has won three stages of the Four Days of Dunkirk

Teamwork makes the Dunkirk dream work for Bennett

Sam Bennett is poised to follow in the wheeltracks of Stephen Roche in 1990, appearing set to win the Four Days of Dunkirk overall after a superb performance on Saturday's penultimate stage.

Cycling • 18 May 24

Sam Bennett extended his lead in the Four Days of Dunkirk

Bennett follows up with another victory in France

After taking his first victory since last July on Wednesday, Sam Bennett notched up another superb win on stage three of the Four Days of Dunkirk on Thursday.

Cycling • 16 May 24

Bennett celebrates after crossing the line to win Stage Two in Dunkirk

Bennett claims first victory of season in Dunkirk

Sam Bennett took his first victory of the season on Wednesday, blasting home ahead of the bunch on stage two of the Four Days of Dunkirk in France.

Cycling • 15 May 24

Sam Bennett in his Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale colours

Bennett: The form is good, results not so good

Former green jersey winner Sam Bennett is in his best early-season form in years, yet has a spate of near misses in race

Cycling • 21 Mar 24

Bennett has signed a two-year contract (file pic)

Bennett joins French team Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale

Sam Bennett is targeting more Grand Tour success after signing a two-year deal with French team Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale.

Cycling • 27 Nov 23

Wout van Aert enjoyed the spotlight on stage five

Jumbo-Visma run continues as Van Aert bursts clear

Wout van Aert produced a blistering finish over the final kilometre to win stage five of the Tour of Britain in Felixstowe.

Cycling • 07 Sep 23

Kooij wins another stage, Bennett in top three overall

Olav Kooij equalled the record of four straight Tour of Britain stage wins after victory in Newark-on-Trent.

Cycling • 06 Sep 23

Sam Bennett will miss out on the Tour de France again

Tour absence a major blow for Bennett says Kimmage

Paul Kimmage believes that Sam Bennett's absence from the Tour de France for the third successive year will have a serious negative impact on his career.

Cycling • 23 Jun 23

Sam Bennett misses out on the 2023 Tour de France

Bennett misses out on Tour de France selection

Ireland's Sam Bennett has been left out of the Bora-Hansgrohe's team for the 2023 Tour de France.

Cycling • 22 Jun 23

Daire Feeley celebrates with the Rás Tailteann trophy in 2022

Feeley desperate to defend his Rás crown

Defending Rás Tailteann champion Daire Feeley is ready to "leave everything on the road" in his bid to retain the crown he won in 2022.

Cycling • 17 May 23

Bennett falls back after Paris-Nice time trial

Sam Bennett has endured a disappointing day during the third stage of Paris-Nice, a 32km team time trial, as he dropped well down the standings.

Cycling • 07 Mar 23

Richard Carapaz celebrates as he crosses the line

Carapaz attacks to claim Stage 12

Ineos Grenadiers rider Richard Carapaz attacked to win stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana, a 192.7km mountain ride from Salobrena to Penas Blancas on Thursday, while race leader Remco Evenepoel recovered from a crash to retain his red jersey.

Cycling • 01 Sep 22

Sam Bennett sat just five points off classification leader Mads Pedersen of Trek-Segafredo having held the jersey until stage eight

Covid-19 dashes Bennett's Vuelta green dream

Sam Bennett's hopes of winning the green jersey at the Vuelta Espana have been dashed after he was forced to withdraw from the race due to Covid-19.

Cycling • 30 Aug 22