Cycling

As he enjoys the benefits of his extended break from cycling, it is impossible to say for certain whether Callum Skinner will still be racing competitively aged 30 come 2023. In fact, given his coy teasing about a personal announcement at some point in the next few weeks, you begin to wonder just what might be next for the Olympic gold and silver 
medallist.

Glasgow will become the first city to host the inaugural combined World Championships in 2023, cycling’s world governing body the UCI has announced.

A Scottish veteran whose passion for cycling was halted for 20 years by sight loss is back in the saddle thanks to the work of two charities.

Former Great Britain track sprinter Jess Varnish has lost her employment tribunal against British Cycling and UK Sport. In a short statement, her management team said: “Judgment was received at 1700 today and it has been found that Jess Varnish was neither an employee or a worker of either British Cycling or UK Sport.”

A 90-year-old American cyclist has been handed a public warning from the United States Anti-Doping Agency after breaching anti-doping protocols.

Our writers profile 10 rising young stars from our sporting landscape who have the potential and talent to make a big splash in the year ahead.

Rangers defender Gareth McAuley has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours. The experienced centre-back is recognised for services to football in Northern Ireland.

I n Switzerland this week there was an early Christmas miracle. During a low-key track meeting on Wednesday at the velodrome in Grenchen, near Bern, John Archibald set a sea level world record, 4 minutes, 10.177 seconds, for the 4,000-metre pursuit.

Katie Archibald and Laura Kenny won gold in the women’s Madison at the Track Cycling World Cup yesterday.

In her own words, Katie Archibald has enjoyed the best year of her glittering career to date and says crowning it off with a Tissot UCI Track World Cup triumph in London this weekend would be the icing on the cake.

The future of Team Sky is in doubt after their principal backer announced it would end its ownership and sponsorship at the end of 2019.

The Meadowbank velodrome track was where it all started for Olympic cycling champion Callum Skinner – now he is eating his dinner off it.

Katie Archibald wants to “solidify”

Tour de France organisers once again appear to have taken aim at Team Sky’s recent dominance by unveiling a 2019 route designed to provoke attacking racing before calling for power meters to be banned in competition.

Geraint Thomas’ Tour de France trophy has been stolen after being displayed at the Cycle Show in Birmingham.

Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen claimed a comfortable victory in the women’s race at the World Road Championships in Innsbruck.

David Millar is both angry and animated, which is unusual. The former cyclist, who won ten grand tour stages in all, projects a public persona of zen-like calm but someone has pressed all his buttons and the Scot is spoiling for a fight.

Simon Yates is set to complete a British grand slam of Grand Tours after extending his lead on the penultimate stage of La Vuelta in Andorra yesterday.

Nearly 7,000 people took part in this year’s Glasgow to Edinburgh charity cycle challenge.