Cycling chiefs move to ban controversial carbon monoxide use
PARIS: Cycling’s governing body on Thursday moved to ban the controversial but legal carbon monoxide breathing method used by some top riders.
PARIS: Cycling’s governing body on Thursday moved to ban the controversial but legal carbon monoxide breathing method used by some top riders.
VILLENEUVE-SUR-LOT, France: Biniam Girmay said he hoped to encourage more diversity in elite cycling after the Eritrean won a third stage in this year’s Tour de France on Thursday to extend his lead in the sprint points race.
VILLENEUVE-SUR-LOT, France: Biniam Girmay won stage 12 of the Tour de France in a mass dash for the line on Thursday to extend his lead in the sprint points race with his third triumph so far, while Primoz Roglic was left bloody after another fall.
LE LIORAN, France: Jonas Vingegaard edged overall leader Tadej Pogacar as a battle between the four Tour de France favourites played out over a series of hills in the central Cantal region on Wednesday.
ROME: Tadej Pogacar won stage eight of the Giro d’Italia on Saturday with a superb performance on the 152km ride from Spoleto to Prati di Tivo, extending his lead with his 10th victory of the season to retain the Maglia Rosa jersey.
RAPOLANO TERME: Spain’s Pelayo Sanchez of the Movistar team emerged from the dust, gravel and hills after a 180km ride through Tuscan vineyards to beat Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe by a bike length in the Giro d’Italia sixth stage on Thursday.
LIEGE: Tadej Pogacar stands in the way of Mathieu van der Poel’s bid to become the first man in almost half a century to win three of the big five one-day races in one season at Liege-Bastogne-Liege on Sunday.
LONDON: Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe has revealed he will not target marquee stars like Jude Bellingham as he bids to revive his club’s fortunes.
PARIS: Cycling fans can enjoy a tantalising peek at how the Tour de France may culminate in July when the Paris-Nice stage race sets off on Sunday towards a finale on the Promenade des Anglais on the Mediterranean seafront.