Cycling
The United States has a Grand Tour winner again. Sepp Kuss has won the Spanish Vuelta to become the first American to win one of cycling’s top races since Chris Horner earned the Vuelta victory in 2013.
Sepp Kuss is set to become the first American man to win one of cycling’s Grand Tours in a decade after he protected his lead of the Spanish Vuelta on the last competitive day of racing.
Sepp Kuss is one day’s competitive racing away from becoming the first American man to win a Grand Tour title in a decade after he had no problem keeping the overall lead of the Spanish Vuelta on Friday.
Remco Evenepoel has put on a dominant performance to win the 18th stage of the Spanish Vuelta as overall leader Sepp Kuss comfortably held on to the red jersey by crossing the line ahead of his closest rivals to take a big step toward his first major victory.
Sepp Kuss has held on to the leader’s red jersey at the Spanish Vuelta despite finishing behind Jumbo-Visma teammates Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic after a difficult climb.
Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard has won the 16th stage of the Spanish Vuelta to move into second place overall behind teammate Sepp Kuss.
Veteran Portuguese rider Rui Costa wins Vuelta 15th stage as American Sepp Kuss retains overall lead
Portuguese veteran Rui Costa has sprinted to victory in the 15th stage of the Spanish Vuelta, while American Sepp Kuss retained the overall lead of the three-week race.
Jonas Vingegaard and his teammates have crushed their rivals in the Spanish Vuelta’s 13th stage. The two-time Tour de France champion led a 1-2-3 finish for Jumbo-Visma atop the legendary Col du Tourmalet.
Colombian cyclist Juan Sebastián Molano sprinted to win the 12th stage of the Spanish Vuelta and American rival Sepp Kuss kept hold of the overall lead for the fifth straight day.
Spain’s Jesús Herrada has pulled away on an uphill climb to win the 11th stage of the Spanish Vuelta.
American rider Sepp Kuss has held on to the overall lead of the Spanish Vuelta despite finishing 13th in an individual time trial won by Filippo Ganna.
German rider Lennard Kämna has won the hilly ninth stage of the Spanish Vuelta after he pulled away from a breakaway group on the final ascent.
Primoz Roglic has beaten Remco Evenepoel to win the mountainous eighth stage of the Spanish Vuelta. In a duel of the last two Vuelta winners, Roglic bettered Evenepoel in a sprint to the finish line after a climb up the category-one Xorret del Catí.
Geoffrey Soupe has won the seventh stage of the Spanish Vuelta. Fellow Frenchman Lenny Martinez has held the race lead for a second straight day.
Kaden Groves of Australia has earned his second straight stage win at the Spanish Vuelta in a sprint finish as Remco Evenepoel maintained his overall lead.
Kaden Groves of Australia won a sprint finish at the Spanish Vuelta, taking the fourth stage as Remco Evenepoel maintained the red jersey.
Remco Evenepoel could hardly face a tougher lineup of challengers to his Spanish Vuelta title defense when the three-week race begins in Barcelona on Saturday.
The former doctor for British Cycling and Team Sky has been given a four-year ban from all sports for violating anti-doping rules.
Lotte Kopecky won her third world championship this week when the Belgian cyclist broke free in the closing kilometers of the women’s road race Sunday.
Tom Pidcock of Britain won the men’s mountain bike world title while Pauline Ferrand-Prevot of France won the women’s championship on a course through Scotland’s Glentress Forest Saturday.
Remco Evenepoel gave Belgium its first men’s time trial world champion on Friday, holding off two-time champion Filippo Ganna and young upstart Josh Tarling on a brutal ride to Stirling Castle.
American cyclist Chloe Dygert’s comeback from a career-threatening injury culminated with a world title in the women’s time trial on Thursday.
Jennifer Valente of the U.S. defended her omnium world title at the cycling world championships in Glasgow, Scotland, on Wednesday.
Lotte Kopecky regained her title in the women’s points race at the cycling world championships on Tuesday, taking a lap from the field and holding off Australia’s Georgia Baker for the gold medal.
The first Spaniard to win the Tour de France has died. Federico Martín Bahamontes was 95. He was known as one of the pioneers of Spanish cycling and won the Tour de France in 1959.
Hannah Roberts of the U.S. won the freestyle BMX world title for the fourth consecutive time and fifth overall Monday in Glasgow, Scotland.
A group of environmental protesters caused the men’s road race at the cycling world championships to be delayed for more than 45 minutes Sunday, and officials near the town of Falkirk said five of the demonstrators had been arrested.
Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel crashed while leading the road race world championship, but managed to remount his bike and pull away to win the gold medal.
The Danish men’s pursuit team avenged its loss to Italy at the Tokyo Olympics by winning the world championship on Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland.
Jennifer Valente gave the U.S. its second gold medal in as many days at the cycling world championships Friday with her victory in the scratch race.
American cyclist Chloe Dygert romped to the individual pursuit world title on Thursday in Glasgow, Scotland.