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“It’s just overwhelming” – Geraint Thomas on winning the Tour de France (+ video highlights)

Winner-in-waiting in emotional reaction after assuring himself of cycling's biggest prize

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Geraint Thomas poised to win Tour de France after storming time trial

Team Sky set to win race for sixth time in seven years - and Chris Froome gets back on the podium too

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Tom Dumoulin says motorbike helped Primoz Roglic win Tour de France stage

Team Sunweb rider claims Roglic benefited from drafting on way down from the Col d'Aubisque yesterdau

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Tour de France Stage 19: Primoz Roglic takes final mountain stage and pushes Chris Froome off the podium

Geraint Thomas finishes second and extends overall lead

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CS11 improvements to Swiss Cottage gyratory delayed after Westminster Council wins permission for judicial review

Work had been due to start on Monday

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Tour de France Stage 18: Arnaud Demare wins, Geraint Thomas retains overall lead

Frenchman had point to prove after being accused of accepting a tow in yesterday's mountain stage

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Tour de France Stage 17: Geraint Thomas extends lead as Nairo Quintana wins

Short but scintillating stage in Pyrenees sees Team Sky's Welsh star move 2 minutes ahead in overall standings

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“I’ve had a lucky escape” – Philippe Gilbert on Tour de France horror crash (+ video)

Quick Step Floors rider completed stage despite a broken kneecap

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UCI chief David Lappartient tells Sir Dave Brailsford: Stop blaming the French

Governing body's president accuses Team Sky boss of "pouring oil on the flames" with comments on spectators

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Tour de France Stage 16: Julian Alaphilippe wins as Adam Yates has late crash

Day of drama in the Pyrenees as race suspended due to pepper spray incident and Philippe Gilbert crashes while leading

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Breaking news: Tour de France halted as riders sprayed with substance

Incident happened 30 kilometres into today's stage as riders passed farmers' protest

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Sir Dave Brailsford says abuse by spectators is “a French cultural thing”

Team Sky boss calls on people at roadside to "show respect"

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Sir Bradley Wiggins: Tour de France is Geraint Thomas’s to lose

2012 yellow jersey winner says he sees "no sign" of Welsh rider “cracking at this stage” as race heads into final days

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Chris Froome says he’ll support Geraint Thomas’s bid for Tour de France glory

Defending champion willing to give up chance of record-equalling fifth victory in favour of current race leader and Sky team mate

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Team Dimension Data switch to BMC bikes for 2019

Today's announcement follows last weeks news that current BMC Racing Team will be sponsored by CCC next year

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Team Sky’s Gianni Moscon thrown out of Tour de France for hitting another rider (+ video)

Italian was warned about future behaviour by team last year after racially abusing FDJ's Kevin Reza

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Tour de France Stage 15: Magnus Cort Nielsen wins, Geraint Thomas maintains lead (+ video and reaction)

Second consecutive stage win for Astana ahead of tomorrow's rest day in Carcassonne

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Video: Tom Pidcock celebrates win in style with one-handed wheelie

Team Wiggins rider took victory at Barnsley in the National Circuit Race Series on Friday

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Cyclist shot dead by cyclist while riding to work in Houston

Heart specialist, Dr Mark Hausknecht, who treated ex-President Bush was shot by suspect on a bike while riding through medical complex say police

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Tour de France Stage 14: Omar Fraile takes stage as Geraint Thomas retains advantage

Top three in general classification finish together

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“There’s a few people bricking it” – Sir Bradley Wiggins talks TUEs, medical confidentiality and the “sinister” side of Jiffygate

“Obviously, the pitchfork brigade will be waving their forks at me again”

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Tour de France Stage 13: Peter Sagan extends his lead in the points classification

Slovak now has 11 career stage victories in the Tour de France

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Tour de France Stage 12: Geraint Thomas triumphs on Alpe d’Huez

“Not a chance in hell I thought I was going to win today”

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Merida launch the Mission CX, an ‘all-in-one’ racing, training and commuting bike

The all new cyclocross bike from Merida has the latest disc brake standards and the frame has plenty of tyre clearance for CX racing and fast commuting alike

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Peter Sagan and his wife are separating

Actually, on reflection, you’re not the one that I want

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Tour de France Stage 11: Geraint Thomas wins stage and rides into yellow

General classification blown apart on first mountain finish of this year's race as Team Sky seize control

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74% of road.cc readers say the UCI’s 6.8kg weight limit should be lowered or scrapped entirely

The road.cc audience has spoken, the 6.8kg weight limit should be lowered or scrapped entirely

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Video: BMX rider jumps over Tour de France peloton

Incident happened during today's first stage in the Alps

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Tour de France Stage 10: Julian Alaphilippe takes storming win, Greg Van Avermaet keeps yellow

First day in the Alps sees big names get into the break and yellow jersey extend his lead

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