Lorena Wiebes won the women's scratch race in Shanghai on 14 October, while the defending champions in the women's team sprint failed to reach the final. The men's team sprint, known as The Bullet Train, faces Australia in the afternoon.
Portugal's track cycling campaign at the world championships opened with a bronze medal for Maria Martins in Shanghai on Wednesday, 14 October. The 27-year-old finished third in the women's scratch race as the first Portuguese rider to compete at the event.
Two-time time trial world champion Filippo Ganna leaves Netcompany INEOS after eight years and joins Lidl-Trek from the 2027 season, a contract the German team announced on Tuesday, 13 October 2026.
The 20-year-old Frenchman attacked on the Civiglio, dropped Remco Evenepoel and Isaac del Toro, and finished alone between Bergamo and Como on Saturday.
British Cycling withdrew the 27-year-old from its Shanghai World Championships squad on Monday, 12 October, two days before racing starts. He says he will co-operate with the governing body's processes and is deeply disappointed to miss the event.
The 31-year-old Italian climber ends eight seasons with Lidl-Trek and will ride alongside Tom Pidcock at the Swiss team. Lidl-Trek announced his departure on the eve of the Giro di Lombardia, despite three years left on his contract.
Italian cyclist Giulio Ciccone has requested access to the official photo-finish alignment after losing the European road race title to Remco Evenepoel by 0.0028 seconds in Slovenia.
Riders halted the start of the Tour of Lombardy in Bergamo for five minutes on Saturday, protesting vehicle incidents on race courses and the death of Finlay Tarling in August.
The 36-year-old Slovenian completed the 22-kilometre course around Šenčur in 28 minutes and 16 seconds, beating France's Bruno Armirail by seven seconds to claim his 93rd career victory.
A police escort motorcycle driving against race traffic collided with Pinarello-Q36.5 riders Marcel Camprubí and Thomas Gloag during the Tre Valli Varesine, forcing Gloag out with knee injuries.
The Dutch cyclist attacked 14 kilometres from the finish on the Mozjanca climb to win the 130-kilometre road race in Ljubljana ahead of teammate Puck Pieterse.
Spanish cycling pioneer Ángel Arroyo, who finished second in the 1983 Tour de France and won on the Puy de Dôme, has died at 70 following a six-month illness in Ávila.
The French cycling team completed the 44-kilometer course in Šenčur in 1:00:19 to defeat Italy and Luxembourg at the European Road Championships.
French cyclist Ronan Augé was placed into a medically induced coma following a heavy crash during stage six of the Tour of Langkawi in Malaysia, with his team confirming he is in stable condition.
The Polish junior squad finished 23.02 seconds behind Italy over the 44-kilometer mixed team time trial course in Sencur, Slovenia, with Switzerland taking bronze.
Visma-Lease a Bike rider Davide Piganzoli held off Tom Pidcock on the Madonna di San Luca climb to secure Italy's first Giro dell'Emilia victory in eight years.
The 19-year-old Spanish rider attacked twice on the Mozjanca circuit to win the 141.8-kilometer under-23 race in Slovenia, finishing 20 seconds ahead of Poland's Jan Michal Jackowiak.
Spain's Hector Alvarez broke clear to win the under-23 road race at the European Cycling Championships in Slovenia, finishing 20 seconds ahead of Poland's Jan Jackowiak.
Polish cyclist Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney has withdrawn from the European Cycling Championships in Ljubljana after crashing on the final corner of Saturday's road race, with Nadia Hartman taking her spot in the mixed relay.
Slovenia released its roster for the European Road Championships in Ljubljana without world number one Tadej Pogačar, confirming his competitive return is delayed until 2027 following his Vuelta crash.
Switzerland's Sina Frei finished third in Lake Placid to win the overall short-track World Cup classification, while Jenny Rissveds secured the cross-country general title.