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Tuesday, Jul 2

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Tour de France 2024: Pogacar powers back into yellow with stage four victory – as it happened

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Tadej Pogacar surged up the Col du Galibier to put 50 seconds between himself and Jonas Vingegaard

Tour de France: Pogacar outmuscles Vingegaard on stage four to take yellow

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Tadej Pogacar took victory in the first mountain stage of the 2024 Tour de France, from Pinerolo to Valloire, after out-climbing defending Tour champion, Jonas Vingegaard, at stage four’s summit of the Col du Galibier.

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As cycling boomed in 19th-century America, its Black stars shone bright

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Cyclists such as sprint world champion Marshall ‘Major’ Taylor were early stars of the sport in the US. But many felt compelled to move abroad

Monday, Jul 1

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Tour de France 2024: Biniam Girmay sprints to win in Turin on race’s longest stage – as it happened

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Mark Cavendish never got into the final sprint as the Eritrean became the first black African stage winner

Biniam Girmay becomes first black African to win Tour de France stage

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On a day of firsts, the Eritrean sprinter Biniam Girmay became the first black African rider to win a stage in the Tour de France, while Richard Carapaz became the first Ecuadorian to wear the race leader’s yellow jersey.

Sunday, Jun 30

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Tour de France 2024: Vauquelin wins stage two as Pogacar takes yellow jersey – as it happened

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A second successive French victory was secured in Bologna on a day the two favourites went toe to toe in a late climb

Tour de France: Vauquelin wins stage two as Tadej Pogacar takes yellow jersey

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Tadej Pogacar threw down the gauntlet to defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard, attacking in the hills ringing Bologna, to take the yellow jersey on stage two of the 2024 race.

Saturday, Jun 29

Tour de France 2024: Bardet wins brutal first stage as Cavendish struggles in heat – as it happened

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188km to go: We have a breakaway, at last. Sandy Dujardin, Mateo Vercher (TotalEnergies), Frank Van Den Broek (DSM-Firmenich PostNL), Clement Champoussin (Arkea-B&B), Ion Izagirre (Cofidis), Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ), and Matej…

Mark Cavendish fighting to stay in Tour de France already after brutal first stage

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Romance is alive and well in the Tour de France, but so is chaos and suffering. As Mark Cavendish was sweating and vomiting on the climbs on the first stage from Florence to Rimini, one of the peloton’s most popular riders and great…

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A pirate’s life: Tour de France sets sail for home of the great Marco Pantani

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The tragic rise and fall of the controversial Italian cycling legend will be celebrated in stage two start in Cesenatico

Friday, Jun 28

18

Mark Cavendish relishing one final tilt at new Tour de France stage win record

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Mark Cavendish’s final tilt at claiming a record-breaking 35th stage win at the Tour de France begins in earnest on Monday when he targets victory in the longest day of this year’s race, the 230km haul from Piacenza to Turin.

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A grand departure: Italy gearing up to open Tour de France for first time

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First stage highlights contribution to the sport by legendary Italian cyclists such as Gino Bartali and Marco Pantani

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Vingegaard back to defend Tour de France title but Pogacar man to beat

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Slovenian has taken over the sport since double Tour winner Vingegaard suffered horror crash in April

Thursday, Jun 27

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UCI to pay whistleblowers for motor doping tip-offs at Tour de France

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The head of world cycling’s governing body has revealed his organisation will pay whistleblowers to come forward with evidence of hidden motors being used in the Tour de France and other major races. Hidden motors and electromagnetic…

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Australians eye opportunities as Tour de France offers an Olympics entrée | Kieran Pender

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This year’s race is not expected to see an Australian challenge for the yellow jersey but there should still be enough intrigue to satisfy bleary-eyed viewers

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Tour de France 2024: full team-by-team guide

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Our in-depth look at every team, main riders to watch and the cast of characters racing through France this summer

Wednesday, Jun 26

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Ineos look to put pressure on Pogacar with range of Tour de France leaders

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Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos Grenadiers will start the 2024 Tour de France much as they have other recent Grand Tours: hoping for the best from their nominated team leaders, but ready to call for backup from Geraint Thomas and Tom Pidcock, if…

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Tour de France 2024: stage-by-stage guide to this year’s race

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A Grand Départ in Florence and a finish in Nice rather than Paris will not please traditionalists, but there is plenty of familiar terrain in between

Monday, Jun 24

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Double Olympic gold medallist Geraint Thomas dropped by Team GB for Paris

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Geraint Thomas, the double ­Olympic gold medallist, Tour de France winner and Britain’s most consistent performer in Grand Tour stage ­racing, has been dropped from Team GB’s lineup for the Paris Olympics. The 38-year-old Welshman, winner…

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How Chris Boardman changed the game for the Tour de France in 1994

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The rider blazed a trail for bike aerodynamics and the time trial in a Tour 30 years ago that widened the race’s horizons

Saturday, Jun 22

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Italian cyclist Andrea Piccolo suspected of transporting human growth hormone

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Andrea Piccolo has been sacked by US-based team EF Education-EasyPost Pro Cycling. The 23-year-old was stopped by Italian authorities on suspicion of transporting human growth hormone while trying to enter his home country.

Friday, Jun 21

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Sports quiz of the week: Euro 2024, Rory McIlroy and Copa América

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Have you been following the big stories in football, golf, rugby union, tennis, swimming, cycling and horse racing?

Thursday, Jun 20

Katie Archibald to miss Paris Olympics after breaking leg in garden accident

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The two-time Olympic champion Katie Archibald will miss Paris 2024 after suffering a double leg break in a freak accident. The 30-year-old Scottish cyclist fractured a tibia and fibula, and dislocated an ankle, tripping over a garden step.…

Sunday, Jun 16

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Adam Yates wins Tour de Suisse after holding off teammate João Almeida

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Britain’s Adam Yates held on to win the Tour de Suisse after finishing second in Sunday’s closing time trial stage.

Friday, Jun 14

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Arise, Sir Cav: Mark Cavendish awarded knighthood in king’s birthday honours

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The British cyclist Mark Cavendish, whose fearlessness, raw power, and insatiable thirst for success has earned him 164 professional victories in a glittering career, has been knighted in the king’s birthday honours.

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‘A very sad day for women’s cycling’: London loses 2025 Classique race

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Organisers of the RideLondon Classique have described the decision by cycling’s global governing body, the UCI, to move next year’s race as a sad day for the women’s sport.

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Homes for sale for cyclists – in pictures

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From properties close to picturesque cycling routes to a London new-build, these homes will tempt city dwellers into the saddle this National Bike Week

Sunday, Jun 9

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Lotte Kopecky wins Tour of Britain Women in emphatic style

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The world road race champion, Lotte Kopecky, took a dominant overall victory in the reborn Tour of Britain Women, reinforcing her status as the rider to beat in the road race at the Olympic Games.

Saturday, Jun 8

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Tour of Britain Women: Wiebes takes stage three as Kopecky holds lead

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SD Worx-Protime’s dominance of the Tour of Britain Women continued on stage three as Lorena Wiebes won the sprint for the line in Warrington. It was her team’s third straight victory in the race and it is entirely conceivable they could…

Friday, Jun 7

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Tour of Britain Women: Kopecky wins again but bike thefts cloud stage two

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The world champion, Lotte Kopecky, made it back-to-back wins after a sprint finish but overnight bike thefts meant stage two of the Tour of Britain Women began under a cloud.