Italian rider Jonathan Milan timed his attack perfectly, adding a stage victory to the Olympic gold he won in the team pursuit at the 2021 Tokyo Games.

João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) abandoned the Tour de France during stage 9 on Sunday, in a huge hit to overall leader Tadej Pogačar 's climbing support. Almeida's team confirmed on social media that he could not continue due to injuries suffered in a high-speed crash on stage 7, after struggling and being dropped from the peloton.

Tejay van Garderen and Brent Bookwalter preview the "crucial" time trial stage in the Tour De France and why all eyes will remain on Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar in the jam-packed 33km ride.

Mathieu van der Poel fades in Tour de France sprint under Pogačar's pressure but keeps yellow 'Just like a Classic' - Tadej Pogačar misses out on Tour de France lead but makes slender gain on Jonas Vingegaard in fraught stage finale 'Don't start crazy,

Evenepoel, the reigning time trial Olympic and world champion, was expected to win the stage in the absence of time trial specialists — Filippo Ganna and Stefan Bissegger, who both crashed and exited the race on the first day of the Tour last week.

After a long solo breakaway on Thursday, Irish rider Ben Healy won a hilly sixth stage of the Tour de France and Mathieu van der Poel took the yellow jersey from defending champion Tadej Pogačar by one second.

Four years after his first stage win in cycling's greatest race, the Dutchman got his second, and took over the yellow jersey to boot.

Defending champion Tadej Pogačar has secured the 100th professional victory of his stellar career in typically flamboyant style, beating Mathieu Van der Poel in a dash to the line to win the hilly fou

Tour de France is right around the corner — excitement is radiating from France at this very moment as athletes prepare to set off on

Dane looks ahead to the mountains on stage 10 and into the second and third week, as he sits fourth on GC 1:17 behind close rival

El ciclista holandés Mathieu van der Poel ganó la accidentada segunda etapa del Tour de Francia el domingo, tras superar al campeón defensor