AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin will take a break from cycling after disclosing Saturday that he is struggling to handle the pressure of the sport and needs time to consider his...
PARIS (AP) — Frenchman Thibaut Pinot won't compete at the Tour de France this year, skipping his home race to focus on the Giro d'Italia.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After a breakout season in 2020, Swiss cyclist Marc Hirschi has joined Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar at UAE Team Emirates, the team said...
WEVELGEM, Belgium (AP) — Mark Cavendish, one of Britain's most successful cyclists, has agreed to return to the Deceuninck-Quick-Step team for 2021.
MADRID (AP) — It was a vastly different finish for Primoz Roglic at the Spanish Vuelta compared to two months ago at the Tour de France.
VINUESA, Spain (AP) — Dan Martin held of his rivals on an uphill climb to the finish line to win the third stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Thursday and close in on defending champion Primoz...
EIBAR, Spain (AP) — Defending champion Primoz Roglic attacked in the final kilometer after a difficult climb to win the opening stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Tuesday.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Spanish Vuelta cycling race starts on Tuesday amid tight health restrictions in the hopes of avoiding the coronavirus infections that have knocked some riders,...
VILLAFRANCA TIRRENA, Sicily (AP) — French rider Arnaud Démare won the first mass sprint of this year’s Giro d’Italia in a three-way photo finish on Tuesday, and Portuguese rider João Almeida added...
CATANIA, Sicily (AP) — Geraint Thomas withdrew from the Giro d’Italia before Tuesday’s fourth stage after breaking his pelvis in a fall a day earlier.
HUY, Belgium (AP) — Marc Hirschi extended his stellar run in a breakout cycling season to win the Fleche Wallonne one-day classic on Wednesday.
IMOLA, Italy (AP) — Julian Alaphilippe soloed to victory at the road cycling world championships on Sunday, becoming France’s first holder of the rainbow jersey since 1997.
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar’s yellow jersey was sold for 47,000 euros ($54,000) Friday in a charity auction organized by Slovenia’s national public...
LE PECQ, France (AP) — Two people questioned in a Tour de France doping probe around the team of former runner-up Nairo Quintana have been released without charge, a French prosecutor said...
PARIS (AP) — French judicial authorities have opened a preliminary investigation into suspected doping during the Tour de France targeting the Arkea-Samsic team, the French outfit confirmed on...
PARIS (AP) — In a first, the Tour de France winner wore a face mask on the podium Sunday, bright yellow to match the color of the iconic jersey so snug on his young shoulders.
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Just minutes after two Slovenian riders effectively sealed their first and second places in the Tour de France on Saturday, the president of Slovenia declared it a...
LA PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES, France (AP) — In an incredible climax to the Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar crushed fellow Slovenian Primoz Roglic in the last stage Saturday before the finish in...
LE PECQ, France (AP) — A late draft to the Tour de France, Neilson Powless didn’t have time to scramble together a turtle necklace, the spirit animal of his Native American tribe, or paint one of...
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC moved eight of this weekend’s 10 Premier League matches to its online streaming service Peacock behind a pay wall because it wanted to broadcast golf's U.S. Open and the Tour...
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Tiny Slovenia is on edge.
Two of its own, Primoz Roglic and Tadej Pogacar, go into the last two stages of the Tour de France 1-2 in the general...
CHAMPAGNOLE, France (AP) — That's deux for Soren Kragh Andersen at the Tour de France.
The Danish rider who won Stage 14 doubled down and raised his arms in victory again on Stage 19 on...
LA ROCHE-SUR-FORON, France (AP) — Paris, and victory at the Tour de France, are almost within reach for Primoz Roglic.
The Slovenian rider safely negotiated the last truly mountainous stage...
MERIBEL, France (AP) — Colombian rider Miguel Angel Lopez won the toughest mountain stage of this year’s Tour de France, while race leader Primož Roglic added a few crucial seconds to his...
GRENOBLE, France (AP) — Defending Tour de France champion Egan Bernal has pulled out of the race ahead of a mammoth stage in the Alps, his Ineos Grenadiers team said Wednesday.
VILLARD-DE-LANS, France (AP) — After coming close to a first Tour de France stage win last week, Lennard Kamna did not miss his second chance.
There is only one big question left to be answered at the Tour de France: Which Slovenian will stand on the top of the podium on Sunday on the Champs-Elysees?
SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO, Italy (AP) — Simon Yates held off a final-stage challenge from Geraint Thomas to win the eight-day Tirreno-Adriatico race Monday and set himself up as one of the...
GRAND COLOMBIER, France (AP) — The Tour de France boiled down to a battle between its two star Slovenian riders Sunday as last year's winner Egan Bernal dropped out of realistic contention....
LYON, France (AP) — In the fast-changing finish to the latest Tour de France stage, the lead was seized and lost in waves of attacks by French and Sunweb team riders on the up-and-down roads of...
SENIGALLIA, Italy (AP) — Belgian champion Tim Merlier won the sixth stage of the eight-day Tirreno-Adriatico race in a mass sprint and Simon Yates held onto the overall lead on...
PUY MARY, France (AP) — The slow-burning fight for the Tour de France's yellow jersey erupted in earnest on the remains of a once-giant volcano on Friday, with race leader Primoz Roglic using its...
SARNANO SASSOTETTO, Italy (AP) — British rider Simon Yates won the toughest stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico race Friday and claimed the overall lead.
SARRAN, France (AP) — Tour de France rookie Marc Hirschi won the longest stage of this year's race with a bold solo breakaway Thursday on a previously unused sharp ascent, making up for two...
LE PECQ, France (AP) — The four Tour de France teams that lost staff members to positive COVID-19 tests this week won't automatically be sent home if another staff member tests positive, the race...
POITIERS, France (AP) — Australian sprinter Caleb Ewan secured his second stage victory at this year's Tour de France in a chaotic dash to the finish Wednesday that saw Peter Sagan penalized for...
SATURNIA, Italy (AP) — Powering up a climb so steep that bystanders gave riders helping pushes, Canadian racer Michael Woods won Stage 3 of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Wednesday and took the overall...
ILE DE RE, France (AP) — Tour de France riders passed coronavirus tests to confirm their good health only to endure numerous crashes along the Atlantic coastline when the race resumed on...
LA ROCHELLE, France (AP) — It was a rest day like no other for the Tour de France bunch.
After nine nervous and exhausting stages that took the peloton from the Riviera to the Pyrenees via a...
LARUNS, France (AP) — Primoz Roglic finally seized the race leader’s yellow jersey after another hectic day of Tour de France racing in the mountains as debutant Marc Hirschi of Switzerland...
LOUDENVIELLE, France (AP) — On a day of mixed feelings for the home nation, rookie Nans Peters won the eighth stage of the Tour de France following a long breakaway in the Pyrenees, while fellow...
LAVAUR, France (AP) — The most thrilling day of racing so far at the Tour de France produced multiple winners Friday, kick-starting the race that had been something of a slow-burner and setting...