Italian cyclist Jacopo Venzo, 17, died after a crash during a race in Austria, his team Campana Imballaggi Geo&Tex Trentino said in a statement on Saturday. The crash occurred during the first stage of the Junioren Rundfahrt on Friday. Jacopo was flown to the Kepler clinic in Linz in a rescue helicopter, before succumbing to…

Transgender athletes will be barred from competing in international women’s events, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced on Friday. UCI updated its policy which will now bar any trans cyclist from competing in women’s events if they “transitioned after (male) puberty.” “The meeting of the UCI Management Committee was held following a seminar on the conditions for…

Transgender athletes will be barred from competing in international women’s events, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced on Friday. UCI updated its policy which will now bar any trans cyclist from competing in women’s events if they “transitioned after (male) puberty.” “The meeting of the UCI Management Committee was held following a seminar on the conditions for…

AIGLE, Switzerland—Female transgender athletes who transitioned after male puberty will no longer be able to compete in women’s races, world cycling governing body the UCI said Friday. The International Cycling Union joined the governing bodies in track and field and swimming as top-tier Olympic sports addressing in this way the issue of transgender athletes and…

LIBOURNE, France—Mark Cavendish’s hopes of breaking the record for stage wins at the Tour de France ended in cruel fashion on Saturday when the Briton crashed out of this year’s race, which he has long said will be his last, and broke his collarbone. The 38-year-old, who will retire at the end of the year,…

BERLIN—A former champion cyclist who won two gold medals at the 1976 Olympics has been convicted by a German court in a child sexual abuse case. Gregor Braun was found guilty on Wednesday by a regional court in the southwestern city of Tuebingen of sexually abusing a child, soliciting the serious sexual abuse of a…

GENEVA—Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder died Friday, one day after crashing and falling down a ravine during a descent at the Tour de Suisse, the Bahrain-Victorious team said. The 26-year-old Mäder crashed on a fast downhill road approaching the end of the mountainous fifth stage into La Punt. “Gino lost his battle to recover from the…

Transgender women will be permanently banned from taking part in all-female competitive events, British Cycling has announced. The decision followed a nine-month consultation and a review of the latest science, a statement from the governing body said on Friday. Under the new rules—which end transgender cyclist Emily Bridges’ chances of competing for Britain in the…

The victory for the first openly transgender woman to win an official cycling event should stand after she adhered to the updated policy the organization put in place last year, the global governing body for cycling said. Austin Killips rode to victory in the fifth stage of the Tour of the Gila on Sunday, one…

The victory for the first person who openly identifies as a transgender woman to win an official cycling event should stand after the athlete adhered to the updated policy the organization put in place last year, the global governing body for cycling said. Austin Killips rode to victory in the fifth stage of the Tour…