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Tom Dumoulin is hopeful but considers the Tour de France win almost impossible now.

Sky director Dave Brailsford says Froome's role as a super-domestique to ascendant Thomas will be cheered.

After a demoralizing two weeks of racing at the Tour de France, Nairo Quintana gets redemption with stage 17 win.

When Thomas heard that Froome was suffering on the Col du Portet, he knew he could hang onto yellow in stage 17.

Sky's problems with spectators at this year's Tour de France continued Wednesday on the slopes of the Col du Portet.

Geraint Thomas's success at the Tour de France springs from longevity and balance.

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Peter Sagan's hopes of winning a record-tying fifth green jersey remain intact after a scary crash in stage 17.

There won’t be a record-tying fifth yellow jersey for Froome. And he won’t be the first rider since Pantani to win Giro/Tour double.

We hear from Team Sky coach Rod Ellingworth on who Geraint Thomas is and why he's poised to win the Tour.

World champion Peter Sagan crashes on stage 17, requiring attention from Tour de France medical staff

BreakThrough Media captured the scene during the second week of the Tour de France, which featured gravel, Alpine climbs, and more.

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When the race splits up on Wednesday and it’s just the two of them against the world, Froome should put his head down and do the work. Pull for the yellow jersey. Honor it.

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With only a few tough mountain stages remaining, the two American Tour debutants are hanging tough.

Philippe Gilbert abandons the Tour de France on Tuesday with a fractured left kneecap after a spectacular crash.

Farmer protest on stage 16 is just the latest unexpected twist in a Tour marked by absurdity and bad roadside behavior.

Top riders agree that the short, explosive stage 17 through the Pyrenees will be decisive in the 2018 Tour de France.

After Adam Yates abandoned his GC hopes at the Tour de France, stage 16 looked like a perfect opportunity.

After farmers block the race in protest with sheep and hay bales, Christian Prudhomme demands respect for the Tour.

On the same descent where Fabio Casartelli died, Philippe Gilbert flies off the road. He suffers only minor injuries.

UCI president David Lappartient calls on Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford to stop provoking French fans.

Fortuneo-Samsic and other teams want to put Moscon punch incident in the past but say it is bad for the sport.

The Belgian riders' union, Sporta, votes to withdraw from the CPA international union of pro cyclists.

The Belgian crashed into a wall and tumbled into a ravine, but he managed to get back on his bike and continue riding.

Bontrager's Ion 200 RT / Flare RT Light Set packs 2 km of daytime visibility into a tiny package.

Stage 16 of the French grand tour was stopped for 15 minutes due to the skirmish near the route.

Sky needs to kick Gianni Moscon off the team, for its own sake, and because it is simply the right thing to do.

Grotts and Courtney defend titles in cross-country. Huck comes back from injury to win STXC, and Blevins wins first title.

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Lots of pro riders chase marginal gains with chunky derailleur pulleys. Are they worth the steep price for you?

Mitchelton-Scott locks up their talents through 2020, despite "significant interest from other outfits."

Stage 17 has gotten plenty of hype, but the peloton will first have to navigate Tuesday's tricky stage 16.

Vincenzo Nibali's Bahrain-Merida team considers suing Tour after a fan caused him to crash on Alpe d'Huez last week.

Movistar pair Alejandro Valverde and Mikel Landa appeal for allies to help loosen Geraint Thomas's grip on yellow jersey

There is plenty of intrigue on the Tour de France's second rest day, before the race heads into the pivotal Pyrenean stages.

For Team CLIF Bar and the USOD, it's more than just racing between the starting pistol and finishing line.

The Sky team will race the remainder of the Tour de France without Gianni Moscon, who was kicked out of the race Sunday.

Two of Dave Brailsford's riders have been kicked out of races this year under the UCI's new video replay system.

Chris Froome seems to have accepted the fact that his teammate Geraint Thomas is in control of the race and could win the yellow jersey.

The British team has endured being spat at, booed, and even pushed by fans at the Tour de France.

For the first time in the Froome era, Chris Froome heads into the final week of the Tour de France not wearing the leader's jersey.

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Nairo Quintana said he would welcome rivals Chris Froome and Tom Dumoulin paying for their efforts in the Giro d'Italia as he looks to relaunch his Tour de France bid in the Pyrenees.

Team Sky's Gianni Moscon was expelled from the Tour de France on Sunday following an altercation with another rider.

Geraint Thomas will not allow negative public sentiment toward Team Sky ruin his time in the Tour's yellow jersey.

The Tour de France's shortest road stage in 30 years on Wednesday is expected to be the hardest of the final three mountain stages in the Pyrénées.

Lotto-Soudal confirmed rumors Sunday that André Greipel will leave the team at the end of this season.

Chris Froome continues a battle on two fronts: one against the peloton and a second to win the hearts and minds of French fans.

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Jasper Stuyven's near miss on Saturday underlined that cycling is often a game of miles, inches, or even a few feet of elevation.

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Tom Dumoulin predicts that Team Sky duo Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome could turn on each other in the coming mountain stages.

Bradley Wiggins has said he's discovered "very sinister" details relating to the leak of his (TUEs) and the so-called 'Jiffy bag' case which he now wants made public.

Geraint Thomas said he and second-place Chris Froome must remain loyal to the team’s interests or risk losing the Tour.

Roglic surged up the final climb to Mende to emerge as a legitimate podium contender at the Tour de France.

For the sprints, the team also brought three designated teammates to assist Sagan: Marcus Burghardt, Maciej Bodnar, and Daniel Oss.

On Saturday, Chris Froome hinted he would be fine to see the GC stay as it all the way to Paris.

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After getting booed on Tour de France podium, Geraint Thomas defends his Sky team as 100-percent clean.

With smaller teams, tighter cut-off times, and short, explosive stages, Tour sprinters find themselves off the back.

"If we are not careful, we can lose everything," says sports director Nicolas Portal

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Aero bikes are for sprinters, and climbing bikes are for climbers, right? Well, that depends.

Sunweb wants to avoid an ambush in the coming days to keep Tom Dumoulin within striking distance of the yellow jersey.