Cycling: Tour de Pologne

Last August, Dutch sprinter Fabio Jakobsen was airlifted from the Tour of Poland with life-threatening injuries after he collided with competitor Dylan Groenewegen during a sprint to the finish line of the first stage and hit ill-constructed metal barriers at nearly 50 mph. Momentarily, the cycling world questioned whether it would lose a promising…

Ahead of the 2022 UCI Road World Championships, Cyclingnews is taking a deep dive into the key teams for the elite road races. Next up: Great Britain. The most recent British winner at the elite World Championships was Lizzie Deignan in 2015. She has been the squad's reliable performer over the last decade, also finishing fourth in 2016 and sixth…

The opening stage of the Tour de Pologne was a calm day with a tense finale. A crash close to the end saw many riders down, however did not prevent a bunch sprint from occuring. Jumbo-Visma did a strong leadout, and put Olav Kooij in a position to win the first stage, beating Phil Bauhaus and Jordi Meeus to the line. Positive: Kooij taking another…

Great Britain's Fred Wright is happy to be considered as an underdog for Sunday's elite men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships. The team leader stands convinced that the young British team that also includes Ethan Hayter, Jake Stewart and Connor Swift, can perhaps pull off a surprise. "I think that underdog is a good description for me…

Such has been the scale of his success, it's hard to believe that Pascal Ackermann's meteoric rise towards the top of the sprinting hierarchy only began this April. But in terms of wins, at least, that's when the Bora-Hansgrohe fast man's pro breakthrough actually started. In late April, barely 15 months after turning professional, Ackermann took…