Cycling

12:53 PM ET Race favourite Remco Evenepoel was taken away in an ambulance after a frightening crash into a ravine during the Giro di Lombardia on Saturday. The Deceuninck-Quick Step rider crashed on the descent from the Colma di Sormano that leads to the race finish at Lake Como. He went over a bridge barrier
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6:30 AM ET Dutch cyclist Fabio Jakobsen’s condition is “evolving favourably” after his crash at the Tour of Poland and he will be moved back to the Netherlands for further treatment, his team Deceuninck-Quick Step have said. The 23-year-old was put in a medically-induced coma and underwent facial surgery after crashing at the finish line
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9:52 AM ET The 2021 Tour de France will start in Brittany after Copenhagen’s staging of the Grand Depart was pushed back by a year due to a potential clash with football’s postponed European Championship, race organisers said on Monday. Brittany will also host the first four full stages of the race. 1 Related “Delighted
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9:02 AM ET Dutch cyclist Fabio Jakobsen, who was put in a medically-induced coma after crashing at the finish line in the Tour of Poland’s first stage on Wednesday, is awake and in good condition, tour organizers said on Friday. Jakobsen, who rides for the Deceuninck-Quick Step team, was trying to jostle into position with
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9:19 AM ET Associated Press Danish organizers say the Tour de France start due to take place in Copenhagen next year has been moved to 2022 to avoid being held in the same month as the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics and the European Championship soccer tournament. Copenhagen Mayor Frank Jensen said the move means the three-stage
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6:40 AM ET Britain’s most decorated road cyclist Chris Froome will leave Team Ineos at the end of the season, ending a long association with the British outfit with whom he won the Tour de France four times. In a statement team boss Dave Brailsford, the mastermind of Froome’s Tour wins in 2013, 2015, 2016
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2:38 AM ET This year’s Tour of Britain scheduled for September has been cancelled and the same route will be used for the 2021 edition, organisers said on Thursday. A statement read: “The decision has been taken in light of the ongoing situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, which makes continuing with the planning and organisation
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