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Dates: 1 July – 24 July Coverage: Live text commentary on each stage on the BBC Sport website and app The 109th edition of the Tour de France gets under way in Copenhagen on Friday and finishes in Paris on Sunday, 24 July. The riders will tackle two individual time trials and six mountain stages

Bahrain Victorious riders and staff have been searched by police for the second time in a week as the team prepares for the Tour de France. Copenhagen police confirmed they searched the team’s hotel rooms and cars on Thursday, with the race beginning in the Danish city on Friday. They previously had rooms searched after

A sleepy hamlet nestled in a Belgian forest sits in near total silence – apart from the murmurings from its one restaurant. All the locals are crammed in it seems, chatting about the big race over white wine, moules frites at 36 euros a bowl. Outside, hundreds of bright red firebug beetles jockey for relief

Geraint Thomas says he and his fellow Ineos Grenadiers riders must be “aggressive together” if they want to win the Tour de France. The 36-year-old Welshman won the Tour in 2018 and warmed up for this year’s race by winning the Tour de Suisse. The three-week race gets under way in Copenhagen this Friday and

Dates: 1 July-24 July Coverage: Live text commentary of each stage on the BBC Sport website and app The Tour de France starts in Copenhagen on Friday and concludes on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday, 24 July. Along with Denmark and France, the 109th edition of the race travels through Belgium and Switzerland as

Geraint Thomas has been named in the Ineos Grenadiers team for the Tour de France along with three other British riders. Thomas, 36, won cycling’s biggest race in 2018 under the team’s previous guise, Team Sky. The eight-man squad named for the Tour also includes Great Britain’s Adam Yates, Tom Pidcock and Luke Rowe. “This

Riders and staff of Bahrain Victorious have had their homes searched by French police just days before the Tour de France. The team said in a statement they will “co-operate in all procedures”. But they added “the timing of this investigation is aimed at intentionally damaging the team’s reputation”. They had hotel rooms searched following

Mark Cavendish will not ride the Tour de France, despite equalling the all-time record for stage wins last year. Cavendish, 37, had been hopeful of selection after winning the British road race title on Sunday, as well as several other races this season. But it was always in doubt as his Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl team

Mark Cavendish won his second British National Road Championship title and first since 2013 after edging a three-way sprint to the line. Cavendish, 37, held off the challenge from under-23 rider Sam Watson and Alex Richardson over the 201km course around Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. He is set to miss the Tour de France

Ethan Hayter defended his time trial title on the opening day of the British National Road Championships. The elite men’s category podium was the same as last year’s event, with Daniel Bigham and James Shaw finishing second and third respectively. Team Ineos Grenadiers rider Hayter completed the 44.2km course in Scotland in 50 minutes 38.53

Britain’s Chris Froome will contest this year’s Tour de France, but his Israel Premier Tech team say there are aiming only for stage wins. But the 37-year-old has struggled to regain the form he had at Team Sky. “I’ve worked exceptionally hard this year and I’m looking forward to giving it my all,” said Froome.

Cycling team Ineos Grenadiers have joined forces with marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge to launch a cycling academy in Kenya. The Ineos Eliud Kipchoge Cycling Academy will be set up at the renowned Kaptagat camp, where Kipchoge’s running training centre is located. Ineos chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe said the company wanted to help Africa’s

Julian Alaphilippe will return to competition at the French Championships road race on Sunday, say his Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team. The Frenchman, who turned 30 on 11 June, resumed training last month. At the time he said he hoped to participate at the Tour de France, which begins on 1 July in Copenhagen. Alaphilippe’s team-mate

Geraint Thomas feels he has nothing to prove in the 2022 Tour de France, but says he is “no less hungry” for victory. Thomas, 36, was something of a surprise winner of the recent Tour de Suisse, prompting speculation over what role he will play for Team Ineos Grenadiers on next month’s Tour. “I am

Geraint Thomas has become the first Briton to win the Tour de Suisse after finishing second on the final day time trial in Vaduz. The 36-year-old 2018 Tour de France winner was well ahead of his main general classification rivals as Remco Evenepoel won on stage eight. Belgian Evenepoel completed the course in 28 minutes

Geraint Thomas is favourite to win the Tour de Suisse after finishing fifth on the penultimate stage, won by Frenchman Thibaut Pinot. Pinot produced a strong climb to win stage seven by 25 seconds from Oscar Rodriguez. But Colombian Sergio Higuita is the new overall leader and is two seconds ahead of Thomas. The Welshman

Race leader Aleksandr Vlasov and Olympic mountain bike champion Tom Pidcock have withdrawn from the Tour de Suisse following positive Covid tests. Three entire teams – UAE Team Emirates, Alpecin-Fenix and Bahrain-Victorious – also pulled out for the same reason. And EF Education-EasyPost withdrew four riders, including Rigoberto Uran and Briton Hugh Carthy. In total,

The mother of Emily Bridges has accused cycling’s world governing body of “moving goalposts” after it toughened its rules on transgender eligibility. On Thursday, the UCI announced it was doubling the period of time before a rider transitioning from male to female can compete in women’s races. It means that 21-year-old Bridges will not be