Cycling

May 17, 2013: Mark Cavendish sprinted to his second consecutive Giro d'Italia stage victory after winning the 254km stretch from Busseto to Cherasco

May 17, 2013: Sir Bradley Wiggins has withdrawn from the Giro d'Italia with a chest infection, Team Sky have revealed

May 16, 2013: Mark Cavendish stormed to claim his 100th professional race victory after winning Stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia, his third of the event, as Sir Bradley Wiggins' title hopes took another frustrating blow

May 15, 2013: Ramanus Navardauskus claimed the second Giro d'Italia stage win of his career with a perfectly-timed final burst to Vajont as Vincenzo Nibali, Bradley Wiggins and the rest of the Pink Jersey contenders settled for a stalemate

May 14, 2013: Team Sky's Rigoberto Uran produced a brilliant solo breakaway to take Stage 10, but Sir Bradley Wiggins' Giro d'Italia hopes were blown away as he cracked on the final climb of the day

May 12, 2013: Sir Bradley Wiggins had to consolidate in the treacherous conditions of the Giro d'Italia stage nine 170-kilometre climb from Sansepolcroto to Florence, finishing over a minute behind winner Maxim Belkov of Katusha

May 11, 2013: Sir Bradley Wiggins went some way to reviving his Giro d'Italia hopes as he made time on some of his main rivals in Saturday's time trial, won by Britain's Alex Dowsett

May 10, 2013: Sir Bradley Wiggins' hopes of winning a maiden Giro d'Italia were dealt a major blow as the Briton fell more than a minute behind his main rivals after stage seven of the event - as Adam Hansen coasted to victory on a tough day for the riders

May 9, 2013: Mark Cavendish won his second stage of this year's Giro d'Italia on Thursday, edging Elia Viviani and Matt Goss to claim the 169-kilometre stage between Mola di Bari and Margherita di Savoia

May 8, 2013: Germany's John Degenkolb has won stage five of the Giro d'Italia in dramatic fashion after sprinting clear of a crash with little more than one kilometre to go

May 7, 2013: A late incident at the end of stage four caused Bradley Wiggins to lose time in the Giro d'Italia, as his rivals got their first chance to put some pressure on the Team Sky rider

May 6, 2013: Bradley Wiggins is 17 seconds behind new Giro d'Italia leader and stage three winner Luca Paolini in the standings on the day it was confirmed the Briton will not be Team Sky leader at this year's Tour de France

May 5, 2013: Team Sky exhibited their usual brilliance in time trials to move into the driving seat after stage two of the Giro d'Italia, boosting Bradley Wiggins' hopes of overall victory

May 4, 2013: Mark Cavendish demonstrated his great sprint powers as the 27-year-old was victorious on the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia

Apr 30, 2013: Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes has been given a suspended one-year jail sentence, fined €4,500 and had his sports medicine license withdrawn for four years after being found guilty of public health offences

Apr 30, 2013: The Team Sky leadership battle has taken a fresh twist ahead of the Tour de France after Chris Froome dismissed Bradley Wiggins' hopes of a Giro-Tour double in 2013 and insisted that he will have the team's backing in France

Apr 29, 2013: Bradley Wiggins remains intent on defending his Tour de France title as he prepares to lead Team Sky at the Giro d'Italia

Apr 28, 2013: Team Sky rider Chris Froome underlined his status as the favourite for this year's Tour de France after clinching the Tour of Romandie on Sunday

Apr 23, 2013: Sir Chris Hoy will take up a mentoring role with British Cycling but has ruled out returning to the sport as a coach