Racing

Transcontinental Race: Defending champion Fiona Kolbinger has purse and tracker stolen while sleeping

German ultracyclist carries on, but her dot is missing from the live tracker for now

Sir Dave Brailsford shares tips with Newcastle United at pre-season training camp

Marginal gains for the Magpies? British Cycling and Ineos Grenadiers supremo visited Premier League team in Lisbon

Julian Alaphilippe’s comeback cut short by coronavirus positive

New blow for world champion who won on familiar terrain at the Mur de Huy on his return to racing on Saturday

18-year-old Rose Price completes National 24 Hour Championship time trial on a borrowed trike

The BorntoBike RT member covered 265 miles between Saturday and Sunday afternoon, one of 31 individuals to complete the exhausting RTTC National 24 Hour Championship

Tour de France review: Jumbo-Visma, at last

Following a series of chaotic near misses, a murky past, and a 15-year-long road to redemption, the Dutch super team has finally conquered the Tour de France

The Tour de G’s Gilet continues: Cycling’s most famous garment set to take on Tour de France Femmes

“Your gilet has been having such a great time, so why not try to get it to the real end of this race?”

Adult webcam service offers Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar unusual, ahem, recovery method

Now that’s certainly one way of preparing for a 40km Tour de France time trial…

“I know I’ll win again”: Mark Cavendish confident of 35th Tour de France stage win

The Manx Missile admitted it was disappointing to miss out on this year's race when in his "best form for easily a decade"

“We are still in a good place” says Geraint Thomas as Tour de France heads into Pyrenees

2018 champion says “it can all change” in final mountain stages

Jasper Philipsen wins in Carcassonne as another protest hits the Tour de France

Crash today brought down riders including Steven Kruijswijk who abandons in further blow for leader Jonas Vingegaard, who has also hit the deck

Tour de France: Primož Roglič leaves race, heatwave sees UCI Extreme Weather Protocol invoked

Thousands of litres of water to be spread on stage route amid concerns that record surface temperature of 63 degrees Celsius may be broken

“Keep your dog at home!” urges Tour de France star left injured after crash (+ video)

Yves Lampaert got some painful-looking road rash on his buttock after loose dog ended up in peloton yesterday

Tom Pidcock takes first Tour de France stage win on the Alpe d’Huez

Ineos Grenadiers rider takes maiden Grand Tour stage after getting in break with four-time winner Chris Froome

British rider gets Tour de France points jersey – for helping out Wout van Aert after puncture

Fan lent a helping hand – well, pump – after Belgian ace flatted on his way back from podium

“They’re protesting about a good thing”: Tour de France riders, organisers and journalists react to climate protest

“These are things that happen, but they shouldn’t happen, because in the end we’re working and they could do it differently,” said Alberto Bettiol

Tour de France continues after stage 10 protest briefly neutralises race

Climate protesters Dernière Rénovation have claimed responsibility for the protest which saw demonstrators light smoke devices and sit in the road

Mark Cavendish “not part of our project” — Patrick Lefevere confirms Cav will leave Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl

"It hurts my heart. I know he wants to race for another two years… but it is not part of our project"

“F**king move your arse and risk it”: Andy Schleck gives Tour de France peloton advice on how to beat Tadej Pogačar

As simple as that (apparently)...

Guillaume Martin and… the Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert team bus drop out of Tour de France ahead of stage 9

Covid is not going away as the Tour de France enters its second rest day, and that wasn't the only thing leading to a DNS ahead of today's mountainous stage

COVID-19 hits the Tour de France with two riders testing positive

Vegard Stake Laengen of UAE Team Emirates and AG2R- Citroën’s Geoffrey Bouchard returned positive results after yesterday’s stage

“He’s playing with our balls… he’s taking the piss!”: Tom Pidcock sums up how we all feel about Wout van Aert

The Belgian superstar may have lost his yellow jersey today in Longwy, but he once again underlined why he’s one of the best, and most exciting, bike racers on the planet

Glued to the Tour de France? Well, don’t miss a minute on GCN+

From incredible crowds in Denmark to chaos on the cobbles, it’s been a great start to this year’s Tour de France – make sure you catch all the action with a GCN+ subscription

Is the Tour de France already over?

Short answer: No. But Pogačar’s serene passage over the cobbles, while most of his rivals – particularly Jumbo-Visma – were in complete disarray, doesn’t bode well for a healthy GC challenge

National Highways warns of “significant dangers” in racing time trials on major roads following A11 death

Cheryl Tye was killed last Sunday after being hit by a van driver while competing in the East District 50-mile time trial championship

“On fire” Geraint Thomas “best I’ve ever seen him”, according to Rod Ellingworth

"He has worked really hard, his weight is bang on. He's really on fire"

Ruben Guerreiro shows off painful road rash after Tour de France pile-up

The EF Education-EasyPost rider fell in the Great Belt Bridge crash which brought down yellow jersey Yves Lampaert

Alejandro Valverde in hospital after hit-and-run incident during training

UPDATE: 69-year-old man arrested after driver hands himself in to police

Tour de France Gilet-gate: Geraint Thomas explains how he forgot to ditch body warmer for Copenhagen TT

"After a while I was like 'shit I've still got this thermal gilet on'. I was half tempted to take it off"

Yves Lampaert uploads Tour de France TT win to Strava… under ‘John Deere’ tractor alias

Check out Yves Lampaert, Wout van Aert, Tadej Pogačar, Filippo Ganna and Mathieu van der Poel's rides (the latter with full power data)

Tour de France: Yves Lampaert springs surprise to win opening time trial and take yellow

“I‘m just a farmer's son from Belgium,” says Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl rider, while defending champion Tadej Pogačar takes time from rivals