Nine Paralympic gold medallists will represent Great Britain in the C1 Para-cycling event at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in London. For the first time in a world cup squad both nine-time Paralympic champion Dame Sarah Storey and quadruple gold medallist Jody Cundy are included. The competition takes place at Lee Valley Velopark from

Issues concerning athlete welfare were a “disturbing and uncomfortable” period of her reign, outgoing UK Sport chief executive Liz Nicholl has told the BBC. Former Olympic cyclist Jess Varnish is suing UK Sport and British Cycling over allegations of discrimination. Since her allegations, several British sports bodies have experienced controversy around duty of care issues.

Norfolk will host the 2019 National Road Championships, British Cycling has announced. The men’s and women’s time-trial champions will be crowned on 27 June, with the road races held on 30 June. The event will also include a sportive for amateur riders and the fifth round of the cross-country series in Norwich, as part of

Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome has announced he will begin his 2019 season at the Tour Colombia in February. The Team Sky rider won his third consecutive Grand Tour title at the Giro d’Italia in May before finishing third at the Tour de France. Froome, 33, follows his team-mate Egan Bernal to Antioquia

Media playback is not supported on this device UCI Urban Cycling World Championships Venues: Chengdu, China Dates: 9-11 November Coverage: Men’s final is live 0500-0700 GMT on Sunday 11 November on Red Button, connected TV, website and app (Repeated at 1900-2100 GMT) The Olympics are changing and British freestyle BMX rider Alex Coleborn could be

Media playback is not supported on this device Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas believes he and Chris Froome can both compete for Grand Tours while riding for Team Sky. Thomas, 32, won his first Tour de France title this year, while Froome is a four-time champion. Froome, 33, was initially the lead rider, but

UCI president David Lappartient says it is “unbelievable” that Sir Bradley Wiggins has described Lance Armstrong as the “perfect” Tour de France rider. Briton Wiggins says he knows his decision to include disgraced drugs cheat Armstrong in a new book celebrating his cycling influences was never going to prove popular. Lappartient said it was “strange”.

Sir Bradley Wiggins says he knows his decision to include disgraced drugs cheat Lance Armstrong in a new book celebrating his cycling influences was never going to prove popular. The five-time Olympic gold medallist – and first Briton to win the Tour de France in 2012 – said: “I do have a relationship with him

The World Anti-Doping Agency needs urgent reform following its reinstatement of Russia, says a group of leading national anti-doping bodies. In September Wada lifted a three-year ban on Russia’s anti-doping agency (Rusada) that had been imposed for state-sponsored doping. Many athletes opposed lifting the ban. The leaders of 18 anti-doping agencies, including UK Anti-Doping chief

Britain’s Laura Kenny won her second gold medal of the UCI Track World Cup in Milton, Canada, with victory in the women’s omnium. The 26-year-old, a two-time omnium Olympic champion, also won team pursuit gold on Friday in what was her first World Cup event since January 2016. Mexico’s Lizbeth Salazar finished second with Jennifer

Britain’s Katie Archibald and Elinor Barker claimed further gold medals on day two of the UCI Track World Cup in Milton, Canada. After team pursuit gold alongside Laura Kenny and Ellie Dickinson, Archibald and Barker joined up for the Madison, set for an Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020. The British pair recorded 36 points, 17

World Anti-Doping Association president Sir Craig Reedie has rejected criticism of how Chris Froome’s asthma drug case was handled and will not resign. The Movement for Credible Cycling said Reedie should quit, calling Froome’s case – dropped in July – “devastating” for the sport’s credibility. It also questioned Wada’s independence, and its approach to Russia’s

Great Britain’s women won gold in the team pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Canada. Laura Kenny, Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker and Ellie Dickinson beat Italy in the final on day one in Milton in a time of four minutes 18.138 seconds. There was silver for Britain’s Oliver Wood in the men’s

Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas, speaking after the 2019 route was announced, says he expects to be Team Sky’s joint leader with Chris Froome next year if he takes part in the race. Froome is Sky’s regular team leader but Welshman Thomas was a protected rider this year and won his maiden Tour. The

Katie Archibald hopes to cement her place in Great Britain’s Madison team with strong performances at forthcoming Track World Cup meetings. The Scot will also use the event to help assess whether she can contend for Olympic gold on three fronts. Archibald, 24, also aims to compete for medals in Tokyo in the team pursuit

Britain’s Mark Cavendish has signed a contract extension with Dimension Data which includes a new leadership role. The 33-year-old Manxman has not raced since taking a break from cycling in August due to illness. He is second on the all-time list for Tour de France stage wins (30) and aims to beat Eddy Merckx’s record

Megan Barker won silver and Neah Evans bronze as Britain took their medals tally to six at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup at Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines in France. Barker came second behind Australia’s Ashlee Ankudinoff in the scratch race while Evans collected her second medal of the weekend with omnium bronze. Evans had won silver with

Neah Evans, Emily Kay and Ollie Wood picked up silver medals for Great Britain on the second day of the UCI Track World Cup at Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines in France. Evans and Kay finished second in the women’s madison behind Denmark’s European champion pairing of Amalie Dideriksen and Julie Leth. Wood’s medal came in the men’s omnium