Tour de France

Peloton whisked off in Sunday evening flight while mechanics and sport directors trundle back to France in long drive.

Home star brings massed spectators something to cheer in day-long raid on KoM points.

Tour de France organisers have offered their "sympathy and compassion".

The best way to separate their narratives? Keep winning stages.

Sure, a stage win would be nice, but consistency is key if you want to win green. Just ask Peter Sagan.

Inside the Dane's polka dot jersey campaign on home soil.

Stage 3 was won by Dylan Groenewegen in a photo finish over Wout van Aert who took second place for the third day in a row.

Ewan brushes off critics as he looks to turn around his Grand Tour fortune at the 2022 Tour de France.

The French grand tour has spent the last three days racing in Denmark with the first stage starting in Copenhagen.

Final day in Denmark finishes with a flourish as Groenewegen, Van Aert, Philipsen and Sagan lead mass gallop.

The Australian rider says he was squeezed out when Van Aert and Sagan moved to the right during the sprint.

Fred Wright says waking up to police at his door 'felt like a bad dream'.

The jury report on Sunday cited the UCI rule that outlines riding on sidewalks, paths or cycle paths.

Groenewegen wins for the first time at Tour since 2019: 'This means a lot to me after all that happened.'

The Dutchman finished fifth after losing his leadout train around the final corner of stage 3.

No celebrating second this time for Jumbo-Visma star: 'It's the first big disappointment.'

Thomas, Yates and Martinez head to France with their GC hopes intact.

Stage 3 starts in the birth place of multiple Tour stage and 1993 Vuelta winner Tony Rominger, also home of the Haraldskær 'bog body'.

'I cannot judge, we have a jury for that,' Sagan said after finishing fourth in stage 3.

Most of the GC riders came through the stage but several potential top-ten contenders lose valuable time.

By-the-books bunch sprint stage sees pile up at 10km to go, leaving Bahrain-Victorious and EF Education-EasyPost captains losing time.

Groupama-FDJ rider says that he acted in the 'heat of the moment' but asserts that his action was not 'violent.'

'It's a bit painful but it doesn’t bother me on the bike. It’s all ok,' defending champion says after stage 2 incident.

Dr. Heiko Locher takes us inside the process that took Jakobsen from career-threatening injuries to the top of the Tour de France.

Fabio Jakobsen beats back pressure to deliver in place of Mark Cavendish with comeback victory in Nyborg.

We were at the start of stage 2 to see what fresh tech was on show.

'If you think it's a miracle, then yes,' Jakobsen said of his Tour de France stage win.

Nature thwarted Tour de France organisers as crosswinds failed to materialise on the Great Belt Bridge.

It wasn't the 6th place on stage 2, it was how Peter Sagan got there.

After coming second again, van Aert is happy to move into the yellow jersey at the Tour de France: “it’s something every cyclist dreams of”.

23 months after his horror crash, Fabio Jakobsen took Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl’s second victory on stage 2 of the Tour de France.

Teams showed up in Copenhagen with all sorts of special and non-sponsor equipment.

Another bunch sprint is expected in the final of three stages across Denmark.

Catch up on the sprint thrills and crash spills from the opening road stage of the 2022 Tour de France.

The UCI race jury fined Küng 500 Swiss francs and penalized him 20 UCI points. 

Magnus Cort gives the team something to smile about after taking the mountains jersey on home soil.

Dani Martinez and Filippo Ganna hit the deck inside the final three kilometers but neither loses time.

"Everyone has to shut up if we win," says the Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team boss after his squad take stage 1 of the Tour de France.

Belgian superstar never gives up and comes away with the maillot jaune: 'If you keep fighting, you get the rewards sooner or later.'

Stage 2 of the Tour de France covers almost 200 flat and windy kilometres, including an 18 km bridge that traverses some fascinating history.

Quick-Step's lead sport director and media officer both went home Saturday, and the team is racing with urgency.

Tadej Pogačar escapes the main crash but hits the barriers and suffers a double puncture.

Winds don't blow right for splits on huge Great Belt bridges but huge crash in final three kilometers could cause issues for days to come.

Crosswinds and nerves lead to crashes in the main field on stage 2.

The final day in Denmark is another chance for the sprinters.

Raids appear focused solely on Bahrain Victorious so far at Tour de France, but teams worry of impact of more police action.

Three-time world champion hoping to roll back the years and win at the Tour de France.

Pidcock turns attention to bottle carrying and stage hunting after blazing opening TT: 'I'm not here for GC but to learn and gain experience.'

In front of his compatriots, the ex-World Champion came agonisingly close to the race lead – and the dream lives on.

Digging deeper into the reasons for leaving the 2020 green jersey at home.

The American is trying to make the most of the big occasion and soak in the moment.

The Tour kicked off with an action-packed TT in Copenhagen.

The 27-year-old isays the Dutch squad has a 'good team for pretty much everything' and is looking forward to getting stuck in.

In the first instalment of his Tour Notebook for 2022, editor-in-chief Caley Fretz dives into the moments that made stage 1.

A new limited-edition speed-focused tyre from Continental.

Kask has a new aero road helmet and barge boards for its time trial visors.

The sprinters get their first chance, but late wind could be a factor.

An opening Tour de France day that rained on almost everybody's parade apart from Yves Lampaert.

Pogačar is in pole position as he begins his Tour de France title defence, with Vingegaard and Roglič best of the rest, as expected.

Do it for all of us.

Yves Lampaert took an emotional victory on a very damp stage 1 of the Tour de France, but there’s a handful of riders snapping at his heals.

"That was the worst first half of a time trial I've ever done."

Catch up on the dramatic opening stage.

The tension will remain in the bunch for stage 2 with plenty of potential pitfalls for the GC riders.

The two-time defending champion stopped the clock as the best among the GC contenders to send an early marker.

The Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl journeyman played giant-killer Friday on wet roads to beat back the best in the world.

Stage 1 of the Tour de France is a 13.2 km time trial in Copenhagen, a city with a 350 km network of bike paths, and plenty more besides.

Lappartient says that no rider or team is 'outside of the rules' and the authorities will decide if any wrongdoing has taken place.

Van Aert beats back theories that Lampaert had advantage of drying roads after seeing countryman blast past his provisional best time.

Ben O'Connor loses almost a minute to defending champion Tadej Pogačar.

Tadej Pogačar makes huge ride to finish third on the stage and set the tone on title defense as Lampaert surprises the specialists for victory.

'That was the worst first half of a time trial that I’ve ever done,' says Ineos Grenadiers rider.

Products are a subject of debate within sport.

The Dane is looking beyond his home country in search of stage victories at the Tour de France.

French star returns to Tour for first time since 2020 unsure of form but all set for aggression.

Trek-Segafredo brings stacked squad for the first week, and Simmons hopes to have some chances in the second half of the Tour.

Europol releases photos of Tour de France raids as 412 capsules with undetermined brown content and 67 capsules with undetermined white content were found.

We take a trip to the speculation station and ponder the big questions ahead of this year's Tour.

'I voted for me and I'm not ashamed to say it. I think that if Anquetil had had to do that, he would have also put himself in first place,' says five-time Tour winner.