TWELVE months after fracturing his pelvis and collarbone in a horrific Tour de France crash, Richie Porte again found himself in hospital. It wasn’t as serious this time but his disappointment was laid bare for all to see.
RICHIE Porte has revealed a simple bump in the road sparked the chain of events that cruelly ended his hopes of a Tour de France victory.
SANTOS Tour Down Under race director Mike Turtur is hoping Australian cycling stars Richie Porte and Daryl Impey will return for the 21st edition of Australia’s greatest race along with international superstar Peter Sagan.
SANTOS Tour Down Under race director Mike Turtur will reach out to Geraint Thomas in a bid to bring him back to Adelaide next year as the first time the reigning Tour de France champion has started the race.
CHRIS Froome expected his rivals to throw everything at him and his TDF race lead. He just didn’t expect that would happen when he was stopped by the side of the road.
CHRIS Froome says he can handle doping suspicions levelled at him at the Tour de France, because it is a function of wearing the race leader’s yellow jersey.
WINNING the Tour de France isn’t only about having the ability to get uphill fast. You’ve got to have nerves of steel going downhill too — Chris Froome has proved that he’s got both.
VIDEO: Britain’s Geraint Thomas smashed his head into a telephone pole and tumbled down a cliff after being forced off the road on a hair-raising descent overnight.
CADEL Evans believes Rohan Dennis can follow the path of Bradley Wiggins and go from track star to Tour de France contender if he is prepared to change his physiology.
AUSTRALIA’S men’s team pursuit has sent a message to their rivals 12 months out from the Rio Olympics by riding an unofficial world record at a training camp in Mexico.
ANDRE Greipel took his third stage victory of this Tour de France by winning a bunch sprint at the end of Stage 15 on Sunday.
WHEN a spectator yelling “doper!” hurled a liquid at Tour de France leader Chris Froome, it couldn’t have been more unwelcome. “No mistake, it was urine,” he said.
CHRIS Froome has more to contend with than doping allegations, with the current Tour de France leader also facing accusations of using a motor hidden in his bike.
FOR the first time since he was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong rode a stage of the famous race for charity.
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