Tour de france
Giro d'Italia branded 'biggest loser' in new cycling calendar
Cycling governing body UCI on Tuesday revealed the new calendar which it is hoped will salvage a season in turmoil amid the coronavirus pandemic which has...
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Froome unsure if Tour de France organisers can prevent mass gatherings
The Tour, scheduled to start on 27 June, was pushed back to 29 August due to the outbreak.
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French football, rugby off until September, says French PM
The announcement was made as the government unveiled its plans to gradually end the lockdown in France from May 11.
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Confident Froome trusts Tour de France safety measures
The Tour's postponement until late August suits the four-time winner who has been fighting to regain fitness from severe injuries sustained in a training crash last June.
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Cycling faces economic 'meltdown' if Tour de France cancelled
An announcement is expected this week on either a postponement or an outright cancellation of the 21-day extravaganza that is currently scheduled to start in Nice on 27 June.
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Tour de France is racing against time, and losing
While the Tokyo Olympics, the Euros, tennis and golf majors and the Giro d'Italia have already been postponed or even cancelled, the Tour is still scheduled to start on 27 June.
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Tour de France going ahead would be 'madness', says former minister
French Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu said on Twitter that it was too soon to decide if the Tour should be cancelled.
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Epic mountain slog unveiled for 2020 Tour de France
The race, which starts a week earlier than usual on 27 June to accommodate the Tokyo Olympics, has eight mountain stages and three hilly stages and should suit the 2019 champion Egan Bernal and his Ineos teammate Chris Froome.
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'My greatest victory': Bernal hails Tour de France triumph
Egan Bernal clinched victory in the Tour de France on Sunday, parading into Paris safely in the overall leader's yellow jersey, becoming the first Colombian winner of cycling's greatest prize and its youngest in more than a century.
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'Back to the day job' for Simon Yates after first Tour de France stage win
Simon Yates is over an hour adrift in the overall standings but punched the air in joy after outwitting his rivals to add this Tour de France stage to victories in the Vuelta and Giro.
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Aussie rookie Ewan wins bunch sprint in Toulouse
Caleb Ewan timed his explosive burst to perfection, catching and overtaking Dutch sprinter Dylan Groenewegen right on the line after a long home straight. Elia Viviani was third on a finish designed for the pure sprinters.
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Thomas in driving seat as Tour rivals lose time
Champion Geraint Thomas and his Ineos team found themselves in the Tour de France driving seat after gaining considerable time on a handful of rivals as crosswinds caused chaos in the peloton in the climax of Monday’s 10th stage.
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SA's Daryl Impey wins stage 9 of Tour de France
Mitchelton-Scott rider Daryl Impey was part of a mass breakaway that quickly opened a 10-minute gap and extended it throughout the race with the pack eventually trailing in 16 minutes adrift.
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Van Garderen out of Tour with broken bone
Van Garderen hit a traffic island seven kilometres into the longest stage of the Tour on Friday. After a medical inspection, he remounted with blood running down his face and completed the 230-kilometre ride.
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Thomas silences doubters as breakaway duo share mountain spoils
Defending Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas defied his doubters Thursday as Belgian Dylan Teuns won stage six and his breakaway partner Giulio Ciccone snatched the yellow jersey by just a few seconds on an iconic mountain stage.
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Thomas faces epic Tour de France test
To celebrate a centenary of the iconic race leader's yellow jersey, organisers chose the Belgian capital, home of all-time great Eddy Merckx.
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Cavendish left out of Dimension Data team for Tour de France
The 34-year-old sprinter, who has won 30 stages on the Tour de France, has struggled for form since returning to action this year after a second bout of the debilitating Epstein Barr virus.
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From Capricorn Park to Tour de France: Nicholas Dlamini on his climb to success
Team Dimension Data's Nicholas Dlamini chats to us about his goals and living his dream.
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Road-racing giant Sky drops bombshell with cycling pull-out
Sky’s announcement closes an extraordinary chapter in cycling which began with the dream of creating Britain’s first Tour de France champion.
