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Latest news on cycling, covering Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, Vuelta a España, Grand Tours, UCI World Championships, Paris-Roubaix, road cycling, track cycling, road racing, time trials and pro cycling.

Professional cycling spans road racing, track, cyclo-cross, mountain biking and gravel. The sport is governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), founded in Paris in 1900. It sets the rules for the WorldTour, the sport's top tier of teams and races, and for national and world championship events.

The three Grand Tours, the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España, are the sport's biggest stage races. Each lasts about three weeks and tests climbers, sprinters and time triallists across mountains and flat stages. Riders such as Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard have defined the modern peloton. Rider safety, race design, equipment rules, doping controls and team finances are regular talking points.

Cycling is deeply rooted in European culture, from roadside crowds on Alpine climbs to the cobbled lanes of northern France and Belgium. Women's racing has grown steadily, with events such as the Tour de France Femmes drawing wider audiences. Track cycling, mountain biking and gravel racing bring their own communities and heroes. The sport now draws riders from every continent.

The Tour de France began in 1903, the Giro in 1909 and the Vuelta in 1935. The five Monuments are Milan-San Remo, the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Il Lombardia. Legends such as Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Fausto Coppi set benchmarks that riders still chase.

Our NewsNow cycling feed gathers news, race reports, team announcements and analysis from leading cycling sources. Follow the Grand Tours, the Monuments, the UCI World Championships, track cycling, time trials and emerging talent, all updated through the day.