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Defending champion Tadej Pogacar took a sublime victory atop the Col du Portet on stage 17 of the Tour de France to extend his lead in the yellow jersey. The Slovenian, 22, kicked clear of Richard Carapaz and Jonas Vingegaard with 150 metres to go to win his fifth Tour stage overall and second of

Patrick Konrad from Austria held off the chasing group to claim victory on stage 16 of the Tour de France. He attacked out of a breakaway on the Col de Portet-d’Aspet, the penultimate climb of the 169km stage. It is the 29-year-old’s first Tour stage and first professional win. Tadej Pogacar retained the yellow jersey

Leader Tadej Pogacar understands he could be questioned about doping if he retains his Tour de France title this year because of the sport’s history – but says he does not take shortcuts. He won on his Tour debut last year. “I’m a good kid with a good education, I’m not one to take shortcuts,”

America’s Sepp Kuss attacked on the final climb to breakaway and win stage 15 of the Tour de France, as Tadej Pogacar increased his overall lead. Kuss went clear of the leading breakaway group on the ride up the Col de Beixalis with 19km remaining of the 191.3km stage to Andorre-La-Vieille. It was the third

Anna van der Breggen clinched her fourth Giro d’Italia Donne after finishing fourth on the final stage. The Dutch rider SD Worx rider was part of a breakaway that finished the 113km stage to Cormons 23 seconds ahead of the peloton. Her team-mates Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and Demi Vollering finished second and third overall. Britain’s Lizzie

Bauke Mollema claimed a fine solo victory on stage 14 of the Tour de France as Guillaume Martin moved up to second overall behind Tadej Pogacar. Dutchman Mollema broke clear of the rest of the breakaway with 42km of the 183.7km to Quillan left and won his second Tour stage by over a minute. French

Britain’s Mark Cavendish has made history in the Tour de France by equalling Eddy Merckx’s Tour stage win record of 34. The Deceuninck-Quick Step rider won the sprint into Carcassonne by a few inches ahead of team-mate Michael Morkov. Briton Simon Yates of Team Bike Exchange abandoned the race following a crash in which several

Nils Politt soloed to victory on stage 12 of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar retained the leader’s yellow jersey. The German broke clear with 12km left on the 159.4km run to Nimes after being involved in a long-range 13-man breakaway. Pogacar finished safely in the peloton behind Britain’s Mark Cavendish. “It’s a dream

Triple world champion Peter Sagan withdrew from the Tour de France on Thursday because of a knee injury. The 31-year-old from Slovakia was unable to start the Tour’s 12th stage. He said: “In a sprint stage I hurt my knee. Yesterday I managed to finish the stage but was in a lot of pain and

Luke Rowe is “gutted” to leave the Tour de France early after missing the time cut on a stage for the first time in his career. The Ineos Grenadiers rider fell behind early in the day on arguably the toughest stage of this year’s race. Fellow Welsh rider Geraint Thomas, Rowe’s team-mate, finished more than

Belgium’s Wout van Aert claimed a fine solo win on stage 11 of the Tour de France as leader Tadej Pogacar showed a first glimpse of vulnerability. Van Aert dominated the double ascent of Mont Ventoux to finish one minute 14 seconds ahead of Kenny Elissonde and Bauke Mollema. Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard distanced Pogacar on

Mark Cavendish sprinted to his 33rd stage victory at the Tour de France to move within one win of Belgian legend Eddy Merckx’s all-time record. The Manx rider, 36, held off Wout van Aert and Jasper Philipsen to win stage 10 in Valence. Deceuninck-Quick Step’s Cavendish also won stages four and six of this year’s

From an opening stage mass-crash in the peloton caused by a spectators’ cardboard sign, to Tadej Pogacar’s obliteration of the general classification field so far, the 2021 Tour de France has been breathless from the start. Mark Cavendish, Britain’s top sprinter who tearfully claimed his own glittering career looked over last year, after years of

Geraint Thomas will continue to ride when the Tour de France resumes after the first rest day on Monday. The 2018 champion conceded over 30 minutes on Saturday’s mountainous stage eight, ending any prospects of victory. Despite an improved performance on stage nine Thomas indicated afterwards he would still consider whether or not to pull

Australia’s Ben O’Connor produced a brilliantly composed ride to win stage nine of the Tour de France but fell short of taking the yellow jersey. The AG2R Citroen rider conquered the bruising mountainous finish in Tignes and is second behind defending champion Tadej Pogacar in the overall standings. O’Connor looked as if he would overtake

Geraint Thomas has said he will make a decision during Monday’s rest day on whether he will continue in this year’s Tour de France. The 2018 Le Tour champion was expecting another tough ride in the mountains on Sunday. “To be honest I can’t see today being much different than yesterday,” Thomas said in a

Belgium’s Dylan Teuns took a fine solo victory on stage eight of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar claimed the yellow jersey in Le Grand-Bornand. Defending champion Pogacar, 22, rode away from his rivals for the overall victory on the penultimate climb of the Tour’s first day in the mountains. Ion Izagirre was second,

Slovenia’s Matej Mohoric earned his first Tour de France victory with a fine breakaway win on stage seven. The Bahrain Victorious team rider was part of a breakaway with 50km remaining and left his challengers to cross the line in Le Creusot one minute and 20 seconds ahead of Jasper Stuyven. Overall leader Mathieu van