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Defending Tour champion Vincenzo Nibali dispels rumors that there was any sort of violent confrontation between him and Chris Froome.

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Stage 8 features an uphill finish with an average gradient of 6.8 percent over 2.2 kilometers, with sections of more than 10 percent.

Always a colorful personality at the Tour, Cavendish returns to winning ways in stage 7, says patience in the sprint was key.

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Svein Tuft is among the toughest riders in the peloton, but a few plastic water bottles helped him avoid serious injury earlier this season.

Mark Cavendish takes his first win of the 2015 Tour, breaking his drought, earning his 26th career stage victory at the race.

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Lucinda Brand wins her second stage of the Giro Rosa, and American Megan Guarnier sprints to second yet again to defend maglia rosa.

Cavendish breaks his two-year winless drought at the Tour, claiming his 26th career stage victory in a fierce bunch sprint

Luca Paolini, winner of 2015 Gent-Wevelgem, tests positive for cocaine at Tour de France and is kicked out of race by Katusha team

Chris Froome is taking Tejay van Garderen very seriously in the race for yellow as the Tour nears the end of a nervous first week.

The sprinter catapulted his way to a stage 7 win at the Tour de France aboard his Venge, conquering bunch sprint ahead of André Greipel

Sprinters deliver an exciting finale in stage 7 as GC remains unchanged.

Global Cycling Network talks to MTN-Qhubeka mechanics about the what wheels the pros use in the Tour de France.

This training tool is great for amateurs and pros alike, as it gives a measurement of one's lactate threshold without pricking fingers

The German crashed near the finish of Thursday's Tour de France stage 6 and was forced to abandon the race

Despite Tony Martin’s exit from the Tour, Chris Froome is still technically second on GC until he, or someone else, earns yellow Friday

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Global Cycling Network demonstrates the benefits and proper way to slipstream during a ride.

Froome will inherit yellow after Friday, and history indicates that he's in good company among former champs

Thursday at the Tour is a race of highs and lows for Etixx-Quick-Step as Martin crashes, wearing yellow, and Zdenek Stybar wins the day.

Learn more about how Team SmartStop pro Julian Kyer discovered a new perspective on his passion and profession with the Ride on Chicago.

Etixx sport manager Rolf Aldag says Mark Cavendish is fit and producing usual power numbers, but he's still searching for a win this Tour

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The sprint specialists will be fighting for a victory on stage 7, one of their few remaining opportunities in this hilly Tour route.

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A UCI official miscalculates the time gap after a race neutralization, due to crash, and IAM Cycling claims it cost David Tanner the win.

Mayuko Hagiwara became the first Japanese rider to win a stage of the Giro Rosa, and Megan Guarnier extends her overall lead.

A domino-effect crash at stage 6 of the Tour de France finish ensnares three GC riders, but all avert major injury.

Midway through nervous, crash-filled week at Tour, Jim Ochowicz says that he feels the peloton is too big, with too many second-tier teams

Daniel Teklehaimenot (MTN-Qhubeka) took Africa's first ever polka dot jersey on Thursday with a breakaway ride across northern France

Carnage in the finale as yellow jersey crashes in last kilometer and his teammate wins the day. Teklehaimanot makes history with KOM jersey.

Tony Martin crashes, Zdenek Stybar takes win on stage 6, and the Tour sees its first ever African leader of the mountains classification.

Tour de France leader Tony Martin breaks his left collarbone in a crash in final kilometer of stage 6, abandons after two days in yellow

A close look at the daily driver Contador will use to race for the yellow jersey in his quest for a Giro-Tour double this season.

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Davide Bramati was seen on a video celebrating Tony Martin's stage 4 win

Germans have found success at the Tour thus far, with Tony Martin and Andre Greipel winning a combined three stages

Cannondale-Garmin is now missing a crucial rider for Sunday's team time trial

The 24-year-old American has impressed Sky staff and is close to signing a new deal with the UK-registred team

This week, Art's Cyclery demonstrates how to replace all the parts of a BOA system

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Peter Sagan finished second in stage 5, as he continues to balance his own ambitions with his team obligations to Alberto Contador

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A wet and slippery stage 5 of the Tour de France led to some hectic moments and major crashes

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Three nervous days remain before the Tour begins to sort out with the TTT, then the mountains, and GC favorites hope to avoid disaster

World champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot won stage 5 of the Giro Rosa, as American Megan Guarnier kept her GC lead on an uphill finish.

Mark Cavendish is running out of opportunities for victory at the Tour as this year's pure sprint stages are few and far between.

André Greipel leads the charge as Germans dominate early stages of the Tour but says Sagan may still better him in points classification.

An uphill finish on stage 6 to Le Havre favors a puncheur more than a pure sprinter.

Tour de France stage 5 was a nervous affair that saw Cannondale-Garmin suffer crashes, but BMC Racing rode strong to protect van Garderen.

Rain and wind cause crashes and abandonments in stage 5 of the Tour, but the sprinters prevail to deliver an exciting finale

André Greipel grabs his second win of the tour, while Tony Martin finishes in the pack to hold onto yellow

Points classification leader André Greipel masters a tricky field sprint to win another stage as GC standings remain unchanged.

After four stages, Orica is down two riders and has several injuries, but that's not dampening the plucky Australians' optimism.

Cannondale-Garmin's Bauer forced to abandon Tour after third crash in three days

Held on rough, remote, dirt roads in Beaver Utah, the Crusher has attracted an avid field of competitors, some of them elite racers

Wednesday's stage 5 route passes through several battlegrounds from the war

Nacer Bouhanni abandons the Tour de France after a crash early in stage 5

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