Tour de France

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Mont Ventoux returns for 2025 Tour de France with Pogacar aiming for fourth win

Tour de France begins in Lille on July 5th and will return to usual Paris finale, having missed out in 2024

The trials of Stephen Roche: ‘There are things I’ve done the last few years I’m not proud of’

The Irish former world champion cyclist has lost his holiday business, his villa in the south of France, pension, investments and many of his closest associates. Does he have any regrets?

Perseverance pays rich dividends for plucky Pole Naia Niewiadoma

Kasia Niewiadoma’s thrilling Tour de France Femmes victory came at the expense of a crestfallen Demi Vollering, the defending champion, who lost her title by just four seconds

Tadej Pogacar wraps up Tour de France victory to seal historic double

Slovenian is the first rider since 1998 to win the Giro d’Italia/Tour de France double

Tadej Pogacar closes in on third Tour de France crown after fifth stage victory

Slovenian becomes only the second man to win five mountain stages of a single Tour

Ben Healy aims to take strong form to Paris after Olympics selection

Ryan Mullen and Megan Armitage among Irish riders confirmed for the road events at the upcoming Paris games

Tour de France: Victor Campenaerts prevails in three-man sprint to win stage 18

Belgian cyclist times his late sprint perfectly to win his first stage on the Tour

Sam Bennett forced to withdraw from Tour de France with illness

Richard Carapaz wins stage 17 while Tadej Pogacar builds on lead in yellow jersey

Jasper Philipsen claims third stage win of Tour de France in Nimes

Ireland’s Sam Bennett comes home fourth; Tadej Pogacar retains race leader’s yellow jersey

Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar pounces again to deflate Vingegaard in Pyrenees

Slovenian leads by more than three minutes after subtle change of pace sees him take control on stage 15

Tadej Pogačar fortifies Tour de France lead while Ben Healy takes daily prize

Irish junior Lucy Bénézet Minns wins gold medal in Germany at European track championships

Tour de France: Hat-trick for Girmay as Roglic crashes again on stage 12

Tadej Pogacar retains yellow jersey while Roglic drops down to sixth

Dave Hannigan: Why does Lance Armstrong’s cheating not seem to matter to so many in cycling?

The greatest con artist in the history of cycling is back in the mainstream media fold, and many current cyclists seem happy to cosy up to him

Jonas Vingegaard reels in Tadej Pogacar to win stage 11 of Tour de France

Pogacar’s bid to distance himself from his main rival for the yellow jersey falls short during the Tour’s second longest stage

Sam Bennett finishes sixth as Jasper Philipsen sprints clear to claim first stage win of this year’s Tour

Ben Healy moved up to 19th in overall standings at Tour de France after finishing 54th

Ben Healy feeling strong as he pursues a stage win

The 23-year-old Irishman has been competitive in the hardest race in cycling

Tour de France: Ireland’s Ben Healy goes close to winning stage nine

Race leader Tadej Pogacar’s mettle tested by his GC rivals on the 14 gravel sections

Biniam Girmay celebrates second victory on stage eight of Tour de France

Tadej Pogacar retains yellow jersey after stage eight

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