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Great Britain Team Sky team principal, Sir Dave Brailsford addresses the media during a press conference on July 23 2018 in Carcassonne, on the second rest day of the 105th edition of the Tour de France cycling race. / AFP PHOTO / Marco BERTORELLO

‘Spitting’: Sky chief slams Tour haters

TEAM Sky chief Dave Brailsford hit out at organisers on Monday for failing to stop “intimidating” abuse of his riders and staff as they attempt to win the Tour de France.

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Britain's Chris Froome, left, and Britain's Geraint Thomas, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, climb during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 175.5 kilometers (109 miles) with start in Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs and Alpe d'Huez, France, Thursday July 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Rocky roads ahead for Froome and teammates?

FORMER Team Sky rider Mikel Landa says the harmony between Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas won’t last, with “ego and ambition” certain to divide the teammates in the final week.

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Great Britain's Adam Yates is pictured prior to the third stage of the 105th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, a 35.5 km team time-trial around Cholet, western France, on July 9, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Marco BERTORELLO

Aussie cycling team bags star British signings

MITCHELTON-Scott have pulled off a coup, with the Australian team signing British twins Adam and Simon Yates to new deals.

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Great Britain's Geraint Thomas (L), wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, and Great Britain's Christopher Froome ride during the 15th stage of the 105th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, between Millau and Carcassonne on July 22, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Marco BERTORELLO

Froome to sacrifice TdF history for teammate

Chris Froome has revealed he would give up his chance of claiming a record-equalling fifth Tour de France title “as long as there is a Team Sky rider on the top step of the podium in Paris”.

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Germany's Tony Martin celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 223.5 kilometers (138.9 miles) with start in Seraing, Belgium, and finish in Cambrai, France, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Martin takes yellow after Tour stage win

German Tony Martin has ended a long wait to wear the Tour de France’s yellow leader’s jersey as Chris Froome maintained an edge on his main rivals.

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Tour de France - Stage 2 - Utrecht to Zelande. Rohan Dennis leaves the team bus to go to sign-on for stage 2 - Dennis lost the yellow jersey by the end of the stage to Fabian Cancellara. Photo Sarah Reed.

The Coffee Ride #72, with Reece Homfray

ROHAN Dennis has been rewarded for his never-say-die attitude after he ended a string of close-call losses in individual time trials with a glorious victory on the Tour de France’s opening day.

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Laurens ten Dam of the Netherlands lies on the road after crashing with several of other riders during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 159.5 kilometers (99.1 miles) with start in Antwerp and finish in Huy, Belgium, Monday, July 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Carnage as massive crash mars Le Tour

EYEWITNESS VIDEO: Australian Simon Gerrans and Swiss Fabian Cancellara are among six riders to quit the Tour de France following a spectacular high-speed crash.

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William Bonnet of France holds his head after crashing with scores of other riders during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 159.5 kilometers (99.1 miles) with start in Antwerp and finish in Huy, Belgium, Monday, July 6, 2015. Bonnet abandoned the race following the crash. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Horrendous crash shocks Tour de France

AUSTRALIAN cyclist Simon Gerrans is among six riders who have been forced to quit the Tour de France after a horrific crash.

Spain's Alejandro Valverde (L) and Australia's Rohan Dennis, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, ride in the pack during the 166 km second stage of the 102nd edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 5, 2015, between Utrecht and Vrouwenpolder in Zeeland province, The Netherlands. AFP PHOTO / LIONEL BONAVENTURE

Dennis sacrifices yellow for BMC’s ambitions

ROHAN Dennis’ stint in the yellow jersey at the Tour de France is over after he sacrificed his own chances to enhance team leader Tejay van Garderen’s overall prospects on a treacherous second stage.

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CYCLING - Rohan Dennis with his girlfriend Melissa Hoskins, who rides for GreenEDGE and his new BMC bike and jersey. Photo Sarah Reed

Rohan Dennis – from Blackfriars Priory to Tour de France

TOUR de France star Rohan Dennis was an Adelaide schoolboy when he received the letter that would change his life. Reece Homfray reports.

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Great Britain's Christopher Froome (C) and France's Warren Barguil ride in the pack during the 166 km second stage of the 102nd edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 5, 2015, between Utrecht and Neeltje Jans island in the Dutch city of Vrouwenpolder, in Zeeland province, The Netherlands. AFP PHOTO / LIONEL BONAVENTURE

Froome makes time on Tour rivals

IN HIGH winds and heavy rain, Chris Froome and Alberto Contador strike early advantage on the brutal second stage of this year’s Tour de France.

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Tour de France - Stage 1 - Time Trial. Utrecht. Australian BMC rider Rohan Dennis - stage winner and yellow jersey holder - gets ready to be driven away after the win. Photo Sarah Reed.

Dennis an overnight success years in the making

TO understand what wearing the Tour de France’s yellow jersey means to Adelaide’s Rohan Dennis is to know the pain he endured in scaling cycling’s heights.

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2015 Santos Tour Down Under

Tour icons from a land Down Under

MEET some of Australia’s finest who will be battling across 3,358km of brutal cycling this month on the roads and mountains of France and central Europe.

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Tour de France - Stage 1 - Time Trial. Utrecht. Australian BMC rider Rohan Dennis - warming up at the team bus - his ride which would make him the eventual winner of the stage and claimed the yellow jersey. Photo Sarah Reed

Aussie huge on world’s biggest stage

AUSTRALIA’S Rohan Dennis did something nobody has ever done on the first stage of the Tour de France.

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