The 2026 Tour de France is set take over cycling as the grand tour starts on July 4th. Cycling's biggest race, the grand tour kicks of in Barcelona for an epic Grand Depart as the peloton prepare for the three-week showdown. The 2026 Tour de France route including 21 stages and over 3,300 kilometers...

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Romain Grgoire and Antnio Morgado have become national championships over the past few minutes in France and Portugal respectively. As the afternoon advances, more and more top countries have their events finished, with new winners crowned and a meaningful win in France. The three-stripe jersey w...

Five more countries have had their national championships' road race held this Sunday afternoon with some brand new winners and a few surprises. These are always races in which tactics are unusual and sometimes, a few riders have breakthrough victories. In this case, a few names will be very happy t...

A man in his 30s, who was cycling and suffered serious injuries in a collision involving a car driver outside Kilkenny during the week, has died in hospital.The collision happened on the L100 Tullaroan / Bonnetstown Road at Loughmacask just outside Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny, yesterday, Wednesday, June 24th, 2026.A Garda Press Office spokesperson said: Garda are appealing for witnesses following a serious road traffic collision on the L100 Tullaroan Road, Loughmacask, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny on Wednesday 24th June 2026. The collision involved a car and a cyclist and occurred at approximately 5:30pm.A male cyclist (aged in his 30s) was conveyed to St. Lukes General Hospital Carlow Kilkenny and subsequently Beaumont Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. He was pronounced deceased yesterday evening, Saturday 27th June 2026, they said.Gardai said that a post-mortem examination will take place in due course and that a technical examination of the scene was conducted.The spokperson added: Garda are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the collision to come forward. Road users who were travelling on the L100 Tullaroan Road, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny between 5:00pm and 6:00pm on Wednesday 24th June 2026 and who may have camera footage (including dash-cam), are asked to make this footage available to Garda.Anyone with information or footage is asked to contact Kilkenny Garda Station on (056) 777 5000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.

Fred Wright sprinted to his second road race victory at the British National Championships in Aberystwyth on Sunday after a brutal afternoon.Three years after his first title and only career victory until now the Pinarello Q36.5 rider was part of a three-man group which made it to the finish. Wright beat Lewis Askey (NSN Cyling) on the line with a bike throw, with Connor Swift (Netcompany-Ineos) following in in third.The trio had been away with Mattie Dodd (Ineos Grenadiers Racing Academy) and Elliot Rowe (Visma-Lease a Bike Development), but they were dropped with just under 10km to go on the final lap. Rowe won the sprint for fourth, meaning he is the new under-23 British national champion.More to follow...

The British national championships have come to an end, and in Aberystwyth Fred Wright has for the second time in his career won the national title after a three-men sprint between some of the best classics specialists in the nation. It was a hilly circuit that in the women's race crowned Zoe Bcks...