It is too early to decide whether this summer’s Tour de France will go ahead, says France’s sports minister. Most major sporting events have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, including the Olympic Games and football’s European Championships. Roxana Maracineanu has said France could host the Tour, which she called “a monument of sport”

The coronavirus pandemic is having a “devastating” impact on Wales’ cycling industry, with parks closing and others limiting their activity. Mountain biking is worth more than £54m a year to the Welsh economy, but the sector faces challenging times ahead. Three parks in north Wales have already closed temporarily. Uplift services at Cwmcarn Forest in

This year’s Tour de Yorkshire has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The sixth edition of the race had been scheduled to take place across the county from 30 April to 3 May. Dates are being looked at for the event to be staged later on in the year. Peter Box CBE, chair of

Prestigious one-day races Paris-Roubaix and Liege-Bastogne-Liege have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Paris-Roubaix was due to be held on 12 April, with Liege-Bastogne-Liege two weeks later. They are two of the five ‘Monument’ races of the cycling calendar, along with the Tour of Flanders, Milan-San Remo and the Tour of Lombardy. The Tour

Germany’s Maximilian Schachmann held on to win Paris-Nice as the race finished a day early because of coronavirus. On Friday, organisers announced the cancellation of Sunday’s finale, a day after the French government banned gatherings of more than 100 people. So Saturday’s 166.5km route from Nice to the summit finish at Valdeblore la Colmiane was

The Paris-Nice race will finish on Saturday after race organisers cancelled Sunday’s finale because of the coronavirus pandemic. Friday’s sixth stage is a hilly 161.5km race from Sorgues to Apt with the final stage now being Saturday’s 166.5km route from Nice to the summit finish at Valdeblore La Colmiane. Bora Hansgrohe rider Max Schachmann currently

The Giro d’Italia has become the biggest cycling race postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak so far. The race was scheduled to start in Hungary in May but the country has declared a state of emergency. Race organisers say a decision on rescheduling the event will not be made before 3 April. “All parties have

Italian Niccolo Bonifazio won stage five of Paris-Nice in a sprint finish. The Total Direct Energie rider, 26, took the race’s longest stage – 227km from Gannat to La Cote-Saint-Andrea – ahead of Ivan Garcia Cortina and Peter Sagan. Germany’s Max Schachmann retained the overall lead with three days to go. The race is being

Denmark’s Soren Kragh Andersen took victory in the time trial on stage four of Paris-Nice as Germany’s Max Schachmann extended his overall lead. Kragh Andersen covered the 15.1km course in 18 minutes 51 seconds, holding off Schachmann by six seconds. Fellow Dane Kasper Asgreen finished third in Saint-Amand-Montrond, six seconds further back. Bora-Hansgrohe rider Schachmann

Spain’s Ivan Garcia Cortina claimed a shock win in a bunch sprint finish on stage three of Paris-Nice. The Bahrain-McLaren rider, 24, kicked early and easily held off three-time world champion Peter Sagan in La Chaitre, with Andrea Pasqualon third. Germany’s Max Schachmann retained his overall lead in the race, which is being held “behind

The BBC has live coverage of all three days of the Six Day Manchester event at the National Cycling Centre from 13-15 March. British Olympic stars Katie Archibald, who won last year’s event, and newly crowned points race world champion Elinor Barker will compete together in the madison. Philip Hindes, who took gold in the

Italy’s Giacomo Nizzolo won the second stage of a Paris-Nice race now being held “behind closed doors” because of coronavirus. Nizzolo, of Team NTT, won a sprint finish at the end of a 166.5km route from Chevreuse to Chalette-sur-Loing. Earlier on Monday, race organisers detailed measures to comply with the French ministry of health’s ban

German Max Schachmann won the first stage of Paris-Nice in a four-man sprint finish in Plaisir. The Bora-Hansgrohe rider, 26, finished the 154km stage in three hours 32 minutes nine seconds, two seconds ahead of Team Sunweb’s Tiesj Benoot. Seven teams, including Team Ineos, withdrew before the race started because of the coronavirus outbreak. The

Riders and staff of French teams Cofidis and Groupama-FDJ have been released from quarantine in the United Arab Emirates. The final two stages of the UAE Tour were cancelled after two coronavirus cases, with riders at the event then tested for the virus. While most teams left the UAE last week, Cofidis and Groupama-FDJ were

The Milan-San Remo race, one of cycling’s most prestigious one-day events, has been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy. The race is one of the sport’s five ‘monument’ classics and was scheduled for 21 March. Italy’s Tirreno-Adriatico and Il Giro di Sicilia have also been cancelled. Several teams had already withdrawn from the

Cofidis and Groupama-FDJ riders and staff will be held in quarantine in the United Arab Emirates until 14 March. The final two stages of the UAE Tour were cancelled because of two cases of coronavirus among team staff members. On Tuesday, UAE authorities announced six more cases connected to the race. The majority of riders,

Media playback is not supported on this device Newly-crowned world champion Elinor Barker believes she is heading towards the Olympics in peak condition. Barker won Great Britain’s only track World Championships gold in Berlin with points race success and also collected a silver in the women’s team pursuit. Now the Welsh cyclist is aiming to

Team Ineos sporting director Nicolas Portal has died at the age of 40. Former professional cyclist Portal helped oversee Briton Chris Froome’s four triumphs in the Tour de France from 2013 to 2017. A statement from Team Ineos said the Frenchman died at home in Andorra on Tuesday afternoon. He rode for Team Sky and