Cycling: Mathieu van der Poel has been crowned road world champion. Despite a crash, the Dutchman won gold in the rain in Glasgow, ahead of Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogacar. Van der Poel wins solo in Glasgow. A bumpy surface, pouring rain, and an hour-long interruption due to protests. The pros had a tough time in the World Championship road race... read more
Cycling: Lennard Kämna (Germany) narrowly missed the gold medal in the U23 road race. He lost the two-man sprint to the new world champion Benoit Cosnefroy (France). Pursuing rider Michael Svendgaard (Denmark) secured bronze in the sprint. Earlier, Italian Elena Pirrone once again prevailed in the junior women's race. The German girls… read more
Cycling / Olympics: After yesterday's thrilling men's competition, today's women venture onto the already infamous street circuit around the metropolis of Rio de Janeiro. With Lisa Brennauer, the BDR has a definite podium contender in its ranks – it would be Germany's first medal in Brazil. You can watch the race live until... read more
Cycling: Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium) has won the gold medal in Rio! After more than 240 km, he prevailed in a sprint from a group of three ahead of Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark) and Rafal Majka (Poland). Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) and Sergio Henao (Colombia), along with Majka, initially looked like the most promising medal contenders before a crash knocked the two from their bikes... read more
Olympics: The men's road race marks the start of the cycling events at the Rio Olympic Games today. While only fragments of the race can be watched on television, Das Erste is offering a livestream on its online portal, showing the race in full. The finish line is expected around 20:30 p.m. ... read more
