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Tour boss Christian Prudhomme returns to the race having left the race after testing positive last week.

Fateful decisions and a powerful Jumbo-Visma team has seen the UK squad tumble out of contention.

With Egan Bernal under pressure to attack in the final week, David Brailsford and his team are in an unfamiliar situation.

Medical staff with the Tour de France said Romain Bardet passed initial tests for a head injury after his fall on Friday. Bardet later abandoned the race citing a possible concussion.

‘We have a professional relationship and a personal relationship which is absolutely good on both fronts,’ said the Ineos Grenadiers boss.

The Tour de France faces an additional delay after the French Prime Minister banned all large events before September.

Tour de France pulls in huge revenues from sponsors and television rights, while nation as a whole benefits from huge tourist interest.

Four-time Tour winner says he's rebounded from his 2019 crash and hopes to race on road again before end of season.

Citing stomach troubles, the Frenchman withdrew before the start of Tuesday's time trial.

The 2020 Tour of Hainan has been cancelled due to fears of coronavirus.

The French star's road to Tokyo will require a detour after a painful condition has kicked up again, requiring new surgery

Poulidor was seen as a 'real face of cycling' in France as a result of hard-working attitude and wealth of victories

Courts throw out case involving an alleged pay-off during the 2010 Liege-Bastogne-Liege

Frederic Magne was released from his job as director of the World Cycling Center over allegations of bullying and misconduct, AFP reports.

Tour de France organizer to launch a new race in Saudi Arabia in 2020.

2020 sees an atypical Tour route packed with opportunities and risks for the GC riders - and here are five stages that could prove crucial.

Other top challengers include Primoz Roglic, Remco Evenepoel, and world hour record holder Victor Campenaerts

The 2012 Tour de France champion said he wants to put memories of his difficult childhood and mental toughness to work helping others.

Climbing specialist had been training for the Vuelta a España

Belgian rider killed following a crash on Monday's third stage of the Tour of Poland

Belgian team has decided to keep racing as the peloton continues to mourn the tragic death of Bjorg Lambrecht

German rider Fiona Kolbinger made history as the first female winner of the ultra-distance Trancontinental race

In his first major interview since his career-threatening crash in June, four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome says his recovery is ahead of schedule

Eight summits will offer increased time bonuses in the 2019 Tour with eight seconds on offer for the first rider atop each climb.

European time trial champion beats Wiggins's record by 437 meters, riding in the high-altitude velodrome at Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Three stages of the 2020 Giro will take place in Hungary with a Grande Partenza in Budapest.

Schachmann wins opening time trial at Tour of the Basque Country, a special win he admits was a bit of a surprise to even himself.

Peter Kennaugh is stepping away from pro cycling for an indefinite amount of time, citing mental health issues.

Yates launches late attack to try to overhaul overnight deficit to Lopez but fails to take sufficient time, finishing second overall.

Yates says he won't vie for the overall win in Paris-Nice, instead using the French one-week race to tune up for the Giro d'Italia.

The top Belgian time trial rider aims to ride farther than 54.526km in an hour this April. Campenaerts also dreams of world and Olympic TT titles.

Copenhagen will host the opening stage of the 2021 Tour de France with two additional Danish stages to follow.

Izagirre wins overall by seven seconds ahead of world champion Valverde. Dutch sprinter Groenewegen takes first victory of 2019.

Scotland will host the first unified cycling world championships, which the UCI will run every four years on a cycle one year ahead of the Summer Olympics.

Italian Matteo Trentin scores his first victory of 2019 with a well-timed acceleration at the end of a hilly stage 2 in Spain.

The Norwegian defeats several high-profile riders, including Geraint Thomas and Tony Martin.

Deceuninck-Quick-Step director Patrick Lefevere issues apology for Keisse harassment incident, vows to provide conduct training for riders and staff.

The track gold medalist says an early morning phone call to British Cycling psychiatrist Steve Peters saved her life.

The New Zealander capitalizes on a crash near the finish to surge ahead and sprint to victory in Wednesday's stage 2.

Samuele Manfredi emerges from coma one month after being hit by a car. His FDJ team says he has a long rehab process ahead.

Richard Freeman to face UK's General Medical Council in February and may lose license to practice medicine.

Individual pursuit champion and world record holder found to have consumed meat contaminated with banned substance.

After taking runner-up honors in both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, Tom Dumoulin will again race the double in 2019.

Chris Froome opts out of defending Giro title in bid to win fifth Tour de France, opening door for 21-year-old Bernal to lead Team Sky in Italy.

After experimenting with a three-pronged approach in 2018, the Spanish team will revert to a singular focus next summer.

The Vuelta will begin in the low countries in 2020. It will be only the fourth time the Spanish tour has had its grand depart on foreign soil.

Thomas joins condemnation of Wiggins' description of Armstrong as "perfect" Tour de France rider

The February 12-17 race takes place in the Antioquia department, situated in the northwest corner of Colombia.

Defending champion Chris Froome says he likes the look of the Giro's tough time trial stages but remains undecided on 2019 plan.

The British sprinter has been hampered by illnesses the past two seasons.

"It is impossible to win this Tour unless you are a great climber," Tour de France director Prudhomme says at the route unveiling.

German Pascal Ackermann wins the second stage of the Tour de Guangxi in southern China on Wednesday.

The Dutch rider won the flat stage to take the overall lead of the six-day race in southern China.

The Italian crashed out of the Tour de France after getting tangled up with a fan on the Alpe d'Huez climb.

Frenchman caps a rollercoaster season with his "most beautiful victory"

The trophy was taken at the end of The Cycle Show in Birmingham, England last month.

Host city Wollongong will end the run of five consecutive European events

World time trial champ Van Vleuten broke knee in fall 90 kilometers from the finish of worlds road race

UCI chief announces powerful painkiller to be banned and screened for via organization's own pin-prick test

Van der Breggen showered with praise by her rivals for a world champs performance that had been her goal for the whole season

Relay-format TTT at Yorkshire world championships to serve as test event for expected Olympic inclusion, says UCI boss

Switzerland will host UCI Road World Championships in 2020, with 2021 worlds to take place in Flanders

It was billed as a duel between Dumoulin and Dennis, but the Australian handily beats the defending world champ to take the title.

The retired German cycling star, 44, is accused of assaulting someone at Hamburg airport this week.

The 2019 Giro d'Italia will begin in Bologna with a short time trial. The Italian tour will have two more stages in Emilia-Romagna as well.

Aru steps down from Italian squad to leave room for those in better condition

Australian pulls out of worlds due to lack of preparation after Vuelta illness

Yates backed as favorite on challenging road race course that could also benefit the French

After many years of promise, Yates secures first grand tour victory having taken a different path from Team Sky's big-budget approach

The German said she could have been killed in a serious crash in June that severed her spinal cord.

Simon and Adam Yates will lead the squad at the upcoming UCI world championships in Innsbruck, Austria, later this month.

Weshman extends to the end of the 2021 season, having joined the British super-team in 2010.

Sprint world and Olympic champion Kristina Vogel reveals she is wheelchair-bound after training crash.

Although the world championships course in Austria favors grand tour stars, Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas opt out of racing.

With its two key climbers only seconds out of the overall lead, Movistar is looking like the team to beat at the Vuelta.

The British sprinter said he is still suffering from Epstein-Barr virus and will take a break from training and racing to recover.

The Australian race at the start of the season marked Peter Sagan's WorldTour debut in 2010.

Geraint Thomas's first race following a Tour de France victory will the the Tour of Germany.

The stage race will be the British pair's first major event since the Tout de France, which Geraint Thomas won.

The 44-year-old is struggling with legal issues, complicated by a reported drug and alcohol problem.