American defending champion Jennifer Valente overpowered the field to defend her women's omnium title in the final velodrome race of the Paris Olympics on Sunday.

Portugal won its first-ever Olympic track cycling gold on Saturday after Iuri Leitao and Rui Oliveira surged from nowhere to win a chaotic men's madison littered with crashes.

The Netherlands smashed their own world record twice in defending their Olympic men's team sprint gold on Tuesday, while Australia fired a warning shot by obliterating the team pursuit mark.

Emma Finucane spearheaded Britain to the first track cycling gold of the Paris Olympics in the women's team sprint on Monday, with the world record shattered five times in the session.

British riders head to the Olympic velodrome on Monday seeking to reinforce their status as the world's pre-eminent track cycling nation, but the face a tough assignment after some high-profile retirements.

Paris 2024 turns to the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome on Monday as cycling's speed demons get set to battle for 12 gold medals on the track.

Six-time Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy revealed Friday he has been diagnosed with cancer but insisted he was "optimistic and positive" over the future.

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Belgium's Lotte Kopecky won the women's road race Sunday for a third gold medal at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships. She first claimed two track titles.

Remco Evenepoel on Friday at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships became the youngest world time trial champion, adding success in Scotland to his Vuelta a Espana and 2022 world road race crowns.

Josh Tarling was tipped for the top by fellow Welshman and former Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas on Friday after the 19-year-old claimed a surprise bronze medal in time trial at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships.

Three years after a horror fall almost ended her career, Chloe Dygert of the United States won the women's time trial at the cycling world championships on Thursday.

Switzerland overcame a crash to defend their team time-trial mixed relay gold at the cycling world championships in Glasgow on Tuesday.

Austria's Mona Mitterwallner and Brazil's Henrique Avancini won mud-splattered mountain bike cross-country marathon world titles in Scotland on Sunday.

Five people were arrested after a protest halted the men's UCI Cycling World Championships road race in Scotland on Sunday, blocking a remote country road between Edinburgh and Glasgow, police said.