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Retirement class of 2025 – the riders calling time on their career

From Nino Schurter to Ellen van Dijk, Lizzie Deignan and Geraint Thomas, there's a long list of top names leaving the professional side of the sport

I got into cycling because of these two retiring riders – It will be strange to cover the sport without them

With Geraint Thomas and Lizzie Deignan both retiring in 2025, Matilda Price reflects on the impact they had on the sport, and on her

Tour of Britain Men and Women dates confirmed for 2026, both to be five-stage races

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Two races to take place almost back-to-back in late August and early September

Classic Lorient Agglomération - Ceratizit past winners

Champions of the French one-day race from 2002-2024

Tour de France: Onley lays down a marker as Pogacar keeps grip on yellow

Oscar Onley edged closer to a surprise podium finish in the 2025 Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar moved further ahead of Jonas Vingegaard

Lizzie Deignan announces third pregnancy and immediate retirement from professional cycling

Deignan won the World Championships road race in 2015 and enjoyed a long and glittering career

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'The Deignan family is growing' - Lizzie Deignan announces third pregnancy and immediate retirement

'I’m really happy to go full circle and to have ended my career as somebody that helps other people win bike races again' says Lidl-Trek rider

Lizzie Deignan retires from cycling with surprise announcement

Former world champion reveals she is pregnant with third child

'There's no way we're not going to be there' – Ned Boulting, David Millar and Lizzie Deignan launch plans for free audio and video Tour de France coverage

NSF Live in France to cover Tour in 2026 and beyond, replacing free-to-air coverage

'From a high I'll never forget to a low I never saw coming' - Tour of Britain Women stage winner Mara Roldan has surgery on fractured femur

$'From a high I'll never forget to a low I never saw coming' - Tour of Britain Women stage winner Mara Roldan has surgery on fractured femur$

Young Canadian thanks Lizzie Deignan for waiting with her after crash

'It's come full circle' - Lizzie Deignan signs off at final Tour of Britain Women

Former world champion passes on baton to next generation of Brits in retirement year

Ally Wollaston pips British teenager Cat Ferguson to Tour of Britain title

Cat Ferguson came within a hair’s breadth of a memorable overall win in her debut Tour of Britain, but was outsprinted by Ally Wollaston at the climax of the final stage

Tour of Britain stage winner Mara Roldan fractures femur in crash on stage 3

$Tour of Britain stage winner Mara Roldan fractures femur in crash on stage 3$

More than 30 riders hit the ground, nine DNFs in rainy stage around Kelso

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Lizzie Deignan’s farewell tour off to tricky start on Yorkshire home roads

Kim Le Court took the first stage win and the overall lead at the Tour of Britain, with Cat Ferguson the first British finisher back in fifth

Who's going to win the Tour of Britain Women? Riders to watch

From Lorena Wiebes to Cat Ferguson, here is everyone to keep an eye on over the four stages

Lizzie Deignan ‘incredibly emotional’ as she hits the road for final race in Britain

The 36-year-old Lizzie Deignan will compete in the Tour of Britain for the last time while Cat Ferguson, 19, is making her debut in the four-day race

Tour of Britain Women 2025 complete guide: everything you need to know

The UK’s only WorldTour race heads to Scotland, with Lorena Wiebes, Kristen Faulkner and Cat Ferguson

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Lizzie Deignan ‘incredibly emotional’ ahead of Tour of Britain farewell

The Yorkshirewoman announced in November that this would be her final season as a professional.

Cat Ferguson to make Tour of Britain Women debut next month

Double junior world champion expected to lead Movistar on home roads at four-day race

'It's so, so hard. I just want to cry' - Lidl-Trek left fruitless at Paris-Roubaix Femmes despite multiple attacks

Emma Norsgaard and Ellen van Dijk light up Hell of the North, but come away empty-handed

As it happened: French megastar solos to Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2025 victory

Don't miss all the action from the elite women's 148.5km race that includes 17 cobblestone sectors between Denain and Roubaix

What are the Monuments? The biggest one-day races in professional cycling

Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Il Lombardia are rich in history and prestige and the toughest one-day races in cycling

'You see the impact it has wherever it goes' - British WorldTour pros say the Tour de France in Britain will ‘inspire’ the next generation to take up cycling

Josh Tarling, Pfeiffer Georgi and Sean Flynn are all predicting huge crowds on the roadside for the two Grands Départ