Crash hands win to Alaphilippe
Julian Alaphilippe’s descending skills make all the difference as he claims stage second victory in this year’s Tour de France.
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Short, sharp shock for Tour riders
Shorter mountain stages, intermediate bonus sprints, and a Formula One-like grid start are on the agenda at the Tour.
Protesters halt Tour de France
The Tour de France has been brought to a halt after tear gas was thrown near riders 30km into the 16th stage.
Thomas leads before Pyrenees
With the Pyrenees looming, Geraint Thomas had his last calm ride wearing the yellow jersey at the Tour de France overnight.
Games experience helps Thomas
The yellow jersey comes with increasing pressure for Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas.
Rowdy fans tarnish Thomas win
A crash that forced the withdrawal of Vincenzo Nibali has taken the shine off Geraint Thomas’ historic win on Alpe d’Huez.
‘Don’t touch or spit at us’
Unruly spectators mar the most iconic climb with fans spitting and booing at riders during the 12th stage to L’Alpe d’Huez.
Thomas takes yellow jersey
Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas rides his way into yellow jersey with a memorable victory on stage 11 of the Tour de France.
French celebrate a new star
Two days after football World Cup victory, Julian Alaphilippe becomes first French stage winner at 2018 Tour de France.
Porte switches focus to Vuelta
Richie Porte is eyeing a possible return in the Vuelta a Espana to salvage his season after crashing out of the Tour de France.
Froome ready for mountains
Chris Froome believes the mountains will reveal the true Tour de France contenders as he looks forward to the first of three gruelling stages in the Alps.
Porte keen to get back on bike
Richie Porte is set to change teams for next season as another Tour de France campaign ends with a crash.
Porte crashes out of Tour
Richie Porte fell just 10km into today’s stage nine and has been hospitalised with a suspected broken collarbone.
Porte puts heat on Froome
Richie Porte gained valuable seconds over yellow jersey rival Chris Froome on the final climb of stage six.
Aussie Porte makes his move
Ireland’s Damn Martin has won the sixth stage of the Tour de France, with Australia’s Richie Porte closing on the top 10.
Sagan takes another Tour stage
Slovakia’s Peter Sagan clinches second stage win of 2018 Tour de France, dashing clear on the uphill finish of stage five.
Porte set for next test
Tour de France debutant Fernando Gaviria has made a strong claim to be the No 1 sprinter in this year’s race.
Gaviria takes second stage win
Fernando Gaviria takes second win in four stages as Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet holds yellow leader’s jersey.
Porte claws back time
Richie Porte had plenty of reason to be happy after clawing back time as his BMC Racing outfit claimed victory in the team trial.
Froome booed as Porte fires
Hostile fans, a stage one crash … now Chris Froome has another challenge to deal with in Australian Richie Porte’s BMC team.
Porte aims to kickstart Tour
Richie Porte lost more time to key rivals on stage two as speculation mounts he is poised to join a new team in 2019.
Porte loses time after crash
The one consolation from Richie Porte’s Tour de France start is that some major rivals also lost time
Froome in spectacular crash
Defending champion Chris Froome strikes trouble in first stage, crashing into a ditch as Colombian claims yellow jersey.
Porte battles horror memories
The memory of a horrific fall last year will weigh on Richie Porte’s mind as he starts the Tour de France tonight.
Fears for Froome
Chris Froome was loudly booed, jeered and catcalled on his first appearance in front of the French public.
Froome targets double
Chris Froome expressed massive relief to be at the starting line of the 2018 Tour de France.
Froome in the clear over doping
Reigning Tour de France champion Chris Froome has been cleared of doping by the International Cycling Union.
Froome cleared in doping case
Chris Froome has been cleared of wrongdoing in his ‘anti-doping’ case which had cast a shadow over his Tour de France defence.
Tour attempts to block Froome
The owners of the Tour de France have moved to prevent Chris Froome from starting this year’s race.
Porte singles out stress point
A year after his horrific crash, stage nine is once again crunch time for Richie Porte at the Tour de France.
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