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Nils Politt gets tactics spot on to land stage 12 of Tour de France

German rider wins maiden Grand Tour stage as Mark Cavendish lets breakaway go ahead

Thu Jul 08 2021 - 17:31

Dan Martin targets Tour de France stage victory

‘New experience’ - this is the first time the Irishman is taking on a Giro-Tour double

Fri Jun 25 2021 - 13:08

Sam Bennett confirmed as team’s designated sprint leader for Tour de France

Deceuninck-QuickStep boss confirms sprinter’s departure will not affect position in team

Tue Jun 01 2021 - 20:49

Tour de France: Demare silences critics as Thomas stays in yellow

Frenchman denies accusations he held on to team car in Wednesday’s mountain stage

Thu Jul 26 2018 - 18:13

Tour de France: Dan Martin suffers after spill on stage eight

Irish rider caught up in crash inside final 20 km on Bastille Day stage

Sat Jul 14 2018 - 16:28

Tour de France: Fernando Gaviria takes chaotic stage four

BMC’s Greg Van Avermaet retained the yellow jersey by finishing in the front group

Tue Jul 10 2018 - 17:18

Chris Froome takes fourth Tour de France title in Paris

British rider wins third straight title; Dylan Groenewegen takes final stage

Sun Jul 23 2017 - 18:44

Impressive Kittel sprints to his fourth stage win on Tour

A net gain of 57 points for the day means the German is in the box seat for the green jersey

Tue Jul 11 2017 - 23:00

Kittel negotiates tightrope for another stage win

Overall positions remain the same with Froome in yellow and Dan Martin in fourth

Thu Jul 06 2017 - 20:44

Tour de France: Marcel Kittel takes stage two for Quick-Step

Dan Martin’s teammate came home in first as Chris Froome crashed out in the rain

Sun Jul 02 2017 - 16:57

Tour de France 2017: A stage-by-stage guide

A look at all 21 stages from Düsseldorf through to the Champs-Élysées in Paris

Sat Jul 01 2017 - 08:00

Gaviria takes Giro d’Italia stage three and the pink jersey

Team-mate Jungels rides himself into the ground to keep peleton at bay

Sun May 07 2017 - 21:41

Mark Cavendish makes it a Tour de France four-timer

Manx rider beats Marcel Kittel in the final straight to win his 30th career stage

Sat Jul 16 2016 - 18:07

Chris Froome wins second Tour de France in three years

Andre Greipel of Germany won the 21st and final stage on the Champs-Elysees

Sun Jul 26 2015 - 22:38

Greipel earns hat-trick of stage wins as Froome remains safe

German sprinter beats John Degenkolb and Alexander Kristoff in bunch sprint

Sun Jul 19 2015 - 21:22

Andre Greipel claims third Tour de France stage victory

Chris Froome retains lead following a 15th stage to Valence raced in intense heat

Sun Jul 19 2015 - 17:57

Greg van Avermaet secures Tour de France stage 13 to Rodez

Chris Froome retains the yellow jersey as van Avermaet holds off Peter Sagan at the death

Fri Jul 17 2015 - 18:04

Tour Diary: I felt I could do well and my team was determined to set me up

It was an opportunity lost due to poor positioning

Mon Jul 13 2015 - 01:08

Dan Martin finishes second as he just fails to reel in Alexis Vuillermoz

Irish rider left frustrated after being hampered when Frenchman made final break

Sat Jul 11 2015 - 20:04

Mark Cavendish ends two-year wait to claim 26th Tour de France stage win

British sprinter first across the line on stage seven to Fougeres

Fri Jul 10 2015 - 17:25

Tony Martin quits Tour after breaking collarbone

Chris Froome caught up in chaos but is now wearer of yellow jersey

Thu Jul 09 2015 - 23:05

Tour de France: Andre Greipel claims second stage win

German sprinter again proves too strong for rivals on another day of crashes

Wed Jul 08 2015 - 21:48

Tour de France: Froome takes yellow as stage is marred by 20-man crash

Briton denied win by Rodríguez but gets six-second bonus for second-place finish

Tue Jul 07 2015 - 10:16

Tour de France: Froome and Contador hurt main rivals

German Andre Greipel takes stage as bad weather and crashes splits peloton

Sun Jul 05 2015 - 21:18

Matt Brammeier denied win in Luxembourg after making early break

Multiple Irish road race champion aiming for Vuelta a España ride in August

Fri Jun 05 2015 - 01:00

Alberto Contador with suspected broken collar bone after high-speed pile-up

Spaniard was involved in crash at end of Giro stage

Thu May 14 2015 - 18:20

Australia’s Michael Matthews take lead at Giro d’Italia

Elia Viviani wins second stage of race from Albenga to Genoa

Sun May 10 2015 - 19:42

Andre Greipel triumphs in a sprint finish

Sky problems continue as Spaniard Xabier Zandio exits the tour after injury

Thu Jul 10 2014 - 19:01

Marcel Kittel already looks unstoppable in Tour de France

German rider makes it two stage victories out of three in London

Tue Jul 08 2014 - 00:00

Dan Martin’s Tour Diary, Day 13: Wrong for teams to profit from rivals’ misfortune

A day like this in the wind shows that anything can happen

Sat Jul 13 2013 - 11:00

Dan Martin Diary - Day 12: Steering clear of trouble as the sprinters fall

‘It could have been a ruinous end to the day, but overall it wasn’t bad’

Fri Jul 12 2013 - 11:00

Chris Froome’s support riders dropping like flies as Marcel Kittel ends Mark Cavendish debate

Edvald Boasson Hagen ruled out of Tour de France with shoulder fracture

Fri Jul 12 2013 - 01:00

Sky’s Chris Froome opens gaps which have decisive look to them in Tour de France

But Briton was not quite able to overcome the world time trial champion, Tony Martin of Germany

Thu Jul 11 2013 - 01:00

Marcel Kittel takes sprint and now appears to have the measure of Sky’s Mark Cavendish

Clash of shoulders between Manxman and Kittel’s last lead-out man Tom Veelers on the final bend ended with the Dutchman falling heavily

Wed Jul 10 2013 - 01:00