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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

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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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Team SmartStop will lose its title sponsor at the end of the 2015 season, and Premier Sports Group is looking for a replacement

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Tour de France cobbles result in a stalemate among GC contenders as Nibali, Froome, Contador, and Quintana escape mishaps in stage 4

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In stage 4 of the Tour, Tony Martin and Thibault Pinot each suffered late-race mechanicals, but the two saw drastically different outcomes

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Exciting moments in the Etixx-Quick-Step team cars caught on film as Martin rides to victory in Tour de France stage 4

With a stage set for ambushes and opportunistic attacks, the riders will be forced to stay fully alert

Annalisa Cucinotta claims stage 4 of the Giro Rosa, as Megan Guarnier stays in the maglia rosa leader's jersey on a day for the sprinters.

The Tour de France delivers an action-packed day on the cobblestones of Northern France as the maillot jaune changes hands yet again

Vincenzo Nibali and his Astana team threw everything they had at GC rivals on the Tour's cobblestone stage, but it wasn't enough.

Andrew Talansky escaped unscathed from the Tour’s most unpredictable day on the stage 4 cobblestones in Northern France.

American Tejay van Garderen survives four perilous days at the Tour de France, largely thanks to a BMC team stacked with burly hard-men.

WADA looks to begin nighttime raids to catch riders doping, but issues with French law may prevent the controls in this year's Tour.

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Mum's the word for Richie Porte and BMC racing, but it seems very likely that the Tasmanian will leave Team Sky for BMC Racing in 2016

After a breakaway in the final 5km, Tony Martin solos to a time bonus and the yellow jersey after three days in second-place overall

The Tour de France is a notoriously difficult race to predict. We ask expert oddsmakers how they read the race.

After three days of narrowly missing out on the yellow jersey, Tony Martin earns the GC lead with a solo win after a day of cobblestones

Early pavement and late pavé in Tuesday's stage 4 at the Tour de France led some teams to swap bikes halfway through

This week, Lennard Zinn addresses reader questions about, among other topics, Specialized's recent time-saving claims

Catch glimpses of what goes on in the peloton during a massive crash. Also, see how steep the Mur de Huy truly is

As record-high temperatures plagued the early stages of the Tour, riders in the pits used any means necessary to stay cool

Andrew Talansky has a Cannondale Synapse for the Tour's cobble-strewn fourth stage

There has been a distinct trend toward shorter, more complicated stages in recent years

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Cancellara falls victim to major crash in stage 3, and Chris Froome is able to take Tour de France GC lead on the Mur de Huy

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The voluntary team organization suspends team Astana for allowing rider Lars Boom to start the Tour with low cortisol levels

As cobbles specialists sit within striking distance of the yellow jersey, stage 4 will be a glimpse into the sacrifices teams make for GC