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Roglic strengthens Tour lead as Bernal struggles 11 Sep 2020 - 06:59 pm

PUY MARY, France: Primoz Roglic tightened his grip on the Tour de France overall lead as he dropped defending champion Egan Bernal in...

Teams race on a knife edge amid confusion over COVID-19 exclusion rules 09 Sep 2020 - 07:38 pm

POITIERS, France - Four Tour de France teams, including that of defending champion Egan Bernal, are racing on a knife edge after one...

Tour de France director positive for Covid-19 but peloton negative 08 Sep 2020 - 02:27 pm

Saint-Martin-de-Ré, France: Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme has tested positive for Covid-19 but all the riders in the peloton were negative, organisers...

Tour de France begins first round of coronavirus tests 06 Sep 2020 - 05:13 pm

Laruns, France: The Tour de France started the first round of in-race Covid 19 testing, originally announced for the first rest day, before...

Tour de France: Peters wins Stage 8 in Pyrenees 05 Sep 2020 - 07:00 pm

LOUDENVIELLE, France: On a day of mixed feelings for the home nation, Nans Peters won the eighth stage of the Tour de France...

Van Aert wins seventh stage of the Tour de France 04 Sep 2020 - 06:14 pm

LAVAUR, France: Belgian Wout van Aert won the seventh stage of the Tour de France, a 168-km ride from Millau on Friday. Norway's...

Ewan outsmarts Bennett to win Tour stage three as Alaphilippe retains lead 31 Aug 2020 - 06:56 pm

SISTERON, France: Australian Caleb Ewan timed his effort to perfection to win the third stage of the Tour de France in a bunch...

He's back! Alaphilippe takes emotional win at Tour de France 30 Aug 2020 - 08:42 pm

NICE, France: France's fastest showman on two wheels is back making a splash at the Tour de France and once again wearing the...

Pinot says 'nothing broken' but worried by back injury 30 Aug 2020 - 03:28 pm

NICE, France: Home favourite Thibaut Pinot said he was concerned by a back injury ahead of Sunday's second stage of the Tour de...

UCI relaxes COVID-19 exclusion rules at Tour de France 28 Aug 2020 - 05:53 pm

Cycling's governing body has relaxed its COVID-19 exclusion rules on the eve of the Tour de France opening stage following complaints from teams...

Tour de France tighten opening day security in Nice 27 Aug 2020 - 05:18 pm

NICE, France: The Grand Depart of the Tour de France on Saturday will take place "almost behind closed doors", the regional authority in...

Coronavirus resurgence in France casts shadow on the Tour 26 Aug 2020 - 02:34 pm

NICE: Whether the Tour de France will celebrate a winner this year is anyone's guess as the world's greatest cycling race starts in...

Ineos withdraw from Italian Nationals after positive COVID-19 test 23 Aug 2020 - 04:24 pm

Team Ineos withdrew its squad from the Italian National Championship as a precaution after one of its riders tested positive for the new...

Teams with two coronavirus cases in a week will be out of Tour, organisers say 21 Aug 2020 - 07:53 pm

PARIS: Two positive coronavirus cases within a week for a Tour de France team will result in the outfit being kicked out of...

Simon Yates signs new Mitchelton-Scott deal until 2022 19 Aug 2020 - 04:56 pm

Briton Simon Yates has signed a new two-year contract with Mitchelton-Scott to extend his stay until the end of the 2022 season, the...

Martinez wins Criterium du Dauphine after Roglic pulls out 16 Aug 2020 - 06:36 pm

Colombia's Daniel Martinez claimed overall victory in the Criterium du Dauphine after leader Primoz Roglic pulled out of the race before Sunday's fifth...

Cyclist Jakobsen awake from coma, in good condition 07 Aug 2020 - 04:33 pm

WARSAW: Dutch cyclist Fabio Jakobsen, who was put in a medically-induced coma after crashing at the finish line in the Tour of Poland's...

Russian Vlasov wins cycling's French mountain challenge 06 Aug 2020 - 05:29 pm

Paris: Russian champion Aleksandr Vlasov of Astana won the Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge on Thursday following his third in last weekend's Route d'Occitanie....