Mountain biking

A'Herns chase famous Olympian father's footsteps in mountain bike quest

Trent Pollard   Commonwealth Games gold medallist Nick A'Hern says his kids aren't your ordinary teenagers.

Merckx facing corruption charges

Eddy Merckx, considered by many the greatest cyclist of all time, is set to be charged in connection with a Belgian corruption case linked to irregular purchases of equipment by Brussels police and municipalities.

Esteban Chaves claims first grand tour podium for Orica-GreenEDGE

Colombian rider Esteban Chaves claimed the first grand tour podium for Australian team Orica-GreenEDGE on Sunday, with second place at the Giro d'Italia.

Cycling

Elvin works 'ass off' for back-to-back wins in Belgium race

David Polkinghorne   Canberra's Gracie Elvin salutes in the Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik for the second year running.

Buchanan gets silver at BMX world championships in Colombia

David Polkinghorne   Canberra BMX queen adds silver medal to her time trial gold.

Buchanan's world title in BMX time trial

Australian BMX cycling ace Caroline Buchanan has claimed the women's world time trial title for a second time while countryman Sam Willoughby took silver in the men's event.

Belgian rider Broeckx in coma after crash

Belgian rider Stig Broeckx is in a coma after the 26-year-old was involved in a crash involving motorbikes on the third stage of the Tour of Belgium.

Vincenzo Nibali poised for Giro d'Italia glory after overtaking Chaves

Italian Vincenzo Nibali was poised to win his second Giro d'Italia title after taking the overall lead in impressive fashion in the final mountain stage on Saturday.

Esteban Chaves leads Giro d'Italia for Orica-GreenEDGE after Steven Kruijswijk crashes

Colombian rider Esteban Chaves of Australian team Orica-GreenEDGE has taken the overall lead in the Giro d'Italia after Steven Kruijswijk crashed into a snowbank.

Chaves to second as Orica-GreenEDGE chase grand tour overall victory

Optimism is soaring around Australian team Orica-GreenEDGE after their man Esteban Chaves rose to second in the Giro d'Italia overall standings.

Canberra BMX star Buchanan prepares for final Olympic warm-up

Canberra BMX star Caroline Buchanan will race at the world championships in Columbia this week to lock in her spot for the Australian team to compete at the Rio Olympic Games.

Dennis stays second on California Tour

Australia's Rohan Dennis appears on track to finish runner-up in the Tour of California.

Kruijswijk leads Giro after strong mountain showing

Ed Dove   Steven Kruijswijk replaced Andrey Amador as leader of the Giro d'Italia after a strong showing on stage 14 to finish second behind Colombian rider Esteban Chaves.

Mikel Nieve claims tough Giro stage 13 in the mountains

Team Sky's Mikel Nieve negotiated the tough mountain climbs between Palmanova and Cividale del Friuli to win the 13th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Friday, as Andrey Amador claimed the leader's pink jersey.

Australia's Ewan second in Giro stage

German veteran Andre Greipel claimed the third stage of this year's Giro d'Italia, beating out Australian Caleb Ewan as his Lotto-Soudal team powered him home on a pancake flat 12th stage on Thursday.

Brambilla snatches Giro pink jersey

Martyn Herman   Home favourite Gianluca Brambilla seized the Giro d'Italia leader's jersey from Tom Dumoulin after a brilliant ride on stage eight in Umbria.

Hosking scores World Tour opener win

Canberra cyclist Chloe Hosking has continued her strong form this year, winning the Tour of Chongming Island in China.

Kittel wins Giro third stage

Another superb performance from Marcel Kittel saw the German cyclist claim a second successive sprint victory at the Giro d'Italia and replace Tom Dumoulin as the overall leader after the third stage on Sunday.

Canberra BMX star Buchanan wins World Cup time trial

Caroline Buchanan is on track to dominate the World Cup series after first two rounds.

BMX

BMX: Caroline Buchanan keen to end run of outs in Netherlands

Current BMX World Cup leader Caroline Buchanan is ready to defy her London Olympic misfortune this weekend in the third round of the world cup in the Netherlands