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The 31-year-old spectator behind one of the biggest pile-ups in Tour de France history appeared in court Friday, charged with injuring dozens of riders on the cycling race's first day last summer. Police in Kenya have arrested the husband of record-breaking long-distance runner Agnes Tirop, who was stabbed to death at her home. Ian Lee reports from London on these and other world news stories.

Next year's Tour de France will see the return of the Paris-Roubaix cobblestones and take the peloton to the summit of the famed Alpe d'Huez mountain.

Britain’s Lizzie Deignan hailed it as an “important day for cycling” after the route for the first women’s Tour de France in 33 years was unveiled in Paris.

The spectator behind one of the biggest pile-ups in Tour de France history appeared in court Thursday charged with injuring dozens of riders on the cycling race's first day last summer.

When Lizzie Deignan broke away from the bunch ahead of the first of 17 cobbled sectors at the inaugural women’s Paris-Roubaix, and then soloed 82km to the finish, making light of the rain, the mud and her own blood-spattered hands, her performance was hailed as one for the ages. An inspiration to girls and women the world over.

Tuesday October 5, stage two – Walsall to Walsall, 102.2km

Demi Vollering completed a comfortable overall victory at the AJ Bell Women’s Tour on Saturday, finishing safely in the bunch on the sixth and final stage of the race into Felixstowe.

Italian rider Sonny Colbrelli won a rainy and mud-soaked Paris-Roubaix cycling race in his debut.

No British man has ever won Paris-Roubaix in the 125 years the race has been in existence. Yorkshire’s Lizzie Deignan managed it at the first attempt on Saturday, writing her name into cycling’s history books with a truly astonishing performance to triumph in the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes.

Sonny Colbrelli wins three-up sprint to claim Paris-Roubaix Florian Vermeersch second ahead of Mathieu van der Poel In pictures: Paris-Roubaix: Hell of the North through the lens Deignan wins inaugural edition of women's Paris-Roubaix

It was the picture of Marianne Vos, arguably the greatest female cyclist in the history of the sport, wandering through some concrete shower stalls in her Jumbo-Visma helmet and kit, which really tipped cycling Twitter over the edge this week.

The season-opening cycling event on the 2022 men's WorldTour and the women's UCI ProTour has been canceled in Australia for the second year in a row.

Next week’s Women’s Tour, the premier road race for women in the UK, will not be broadcast live on television as originally planned. The absence of live television coverage threatens the race’s elite status, with the UCI, cycling’s governing body, demanding it of all WorldTour tier races.

Julian Alaphilippe confirmed his reputation as one of cycling's greatest showmen with a second straight gold medal at the road world championship.

Elisa Balsamo upset favorite Marianne Vos in a sprint finish to frustrate the mighty Dutch squad and claim the world championship title in the road race.

Martin's German team finished nearly 13 seconds ahead of the Dutch.

Stationed in a gated compound with limited access to the outside world, Fatima feels grateful. Her situation, she says, is not comparable to the thousands of other Afghan women who are feeling the full force of the Taliban’s repressive regime.

Eight years after her first world championship title, Ellen van Dijk got over the disappointment of missing out on the Olympics by winning a second gold medal in the women's time trial.

Men's elite road race: Sunday September 26

Defending champion Filippo Ganna of Italy shattered home fans' hopes of a 1-2 for their riders and retained the men's time trial title to secure back-to-back gold medals at the road world championships.

Tony Martin, a four-time time trial world champion from Germany who also won five Tour de France stages, will end his 14-year pro career after the world championships.

These athletes competed in a ‘flying’ boat raceLocation: Lake Annecy, FranceCourtesy: Wagon Blanc / EP MediasThe race promotes a new discipline of foil cyclingwhich allows cyclists to 'fly on water' aboard pedal-powered boatsThe boats were created by Annecy-based startup JetCycle(SOUNDBITE) (French) JETCYCLE CEO, NICOLAS PICARD, SAYING:"The Jetcycle is a pedal-powered vehicle, with a pedalling system that resembles the concept of boat cycling while lying down, and we added - and this is what our innovation is - foils in front and at the back. We have a propulsion system that is trademarked and that allows us, by pedalling at a certain speed of around 9 kilometers per hour, to activate a small flight controller, just like in a plane, to fly on water by using the foils."

Cyclists in Belgium can now enjoy the unique feeling of cycling below water level via an unusual bike path.

Primoz Roglic sealed his third straight Spanish Vuelta title after adding to his already comfortable lead by winning the final stage's time trial.

Sunday September 12 – Stonehaven to Aberdeen, 173km

Primoz Roglic is a time trial away from his third consecutive Spanish Vuelta title after finishing the 20th stage runner-up to Clement Champoussin.

Mark Cavendish knows what many in cycling were expecting him to say when he reached the Champs-Élysées at the end of a fairy-tale three weeks in July.

Primoz Roglic moved closer to clinching his third consecutive Spanish Vuelta title after increasing his lead on the final test in the mountains.

An emotional Sarah Storey said she felt "overwhelmed" after becoming Britain's most successful Paralympian Thursday with her 17th gold medal, 29 years after her first.

Cyclist Sarah Storey made history Thursday when she became Britain's most successful Paralympics athlete with her 17th gold and 28th medal of a career that started 29 years ago in the swimming pool at Barcelona in 1992.

Odd Christian Eiking, who held the overall lead for a week, was right when he said the Lagos de Covadonga stage would be "very decisive."

At the Tokyo Paralympics, Oksana Masters claimed gold in women's H4-5 cycling time trial. She now owns Paralympic medals in four sports.

Fabio Jakobsen celebrated his 25th birthday with his third stage win at this year's Spanish Vuelta. Christian Eiking still holds the overall lead.

Cycling queen Sarah Storey said she had to conquer a "race of truth" Tuesday as she claimed a British record-equalling 16th Paralympics gold medal.

Majka finished almost a minute-and-a-half ahead of the stage's second-place finisher Steven Kruijswijk.

The former Tour de France runner-up came out of his slump to win his first major stage since 2017.

Senechal defeated Matteo Trentin in the final sprint to secure his first Grand Tour success.

Magnus Cort Nielsen earned another sprint victory at the Spanish Vuelta to win a hot and hilly 12th stage, while Odd Christian Eiking kept the race lead.

Primoz Roglic prevailed on the steep final climb to earn his second stage victory in this year's Spanish Vuelta, cutting into Odd Christian Eiking's overall lead.

Shawn Morelli, the track cyclist who won the first U.S. gold in 2016, earned the first U.S. medal five years later.

Michael Storer won his second stage in this year's Spanish Vuelta, with Primoz Roglic losing the overall lead to Odd Christian Eiking.

Whether or not Paris-Roubaix is the toughest one-day race in cycling remains a moot point, particularly if you are Belgian, but is is certainly one of the most evocative in the men's – and now women's – calendar.

Damiano Caruso won the ninth stage of the Spanish Vuelta, with Primoz Roglic finishing second to keep the overall lead.

Damiano Caruso won the ninth stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday, with Primoz Roglic finishing second to keep the overall lead. Caruso was in front for the last 70 kilometers (43 miles) of the 188-kilometer (116-mile) ride from Puerto Lumbreras to a summit finish atop the beyond-category Alto de Velefique. Caruso was coming off a second-place finish overall at the Giro d'Italia, his best finish yet at a Grand Tour race.

Alejandro Valverde has undergone surgery on his collarbone that he broke during a crash that knocked him out of the Spanish Vuelta, his Movistar team said.

Fabio Jakobsen sprinted to win the Spanish Vuelta's eighth stage, while Primoz Roglic kept the lead before the race returns to the mountains.

Storer said he set himself a goal of winning a stage and that now it's time for a new mark to strive for.

Magnus Cort Nielsen won the sixth stage of the Spanish Vuelta after holding off a hard-charging Primoz Roglic.

Jasper Philipsen secured his second stage win at this year's Spanish Vuelta, with Rein Taaramae losing the leader's red jersey to Kenny Elissonde.

Fabio Jakobsen is a stage winner again at a Grand Tour race, taking the lead in the final stretch of the closing sprint to win Stage 4 of the Spanish Vuelta.