Stage 8 map Stage eight of the 2022 Tour de France might have been one for the sprinters had it not been for a draggy ascent to the finish line in the Swiss city of Lausanne which will suit a puncheur much better than the power riders, who might well feel a little short-changed by the parcours this year. An […]

Tadej Pogacar celebrates as a devastated Jonas Vingegaard sinks Tadej Pogacar won a thrilling, agonising finish to stage seven atop the brutal Super Planche des Belles Filles, as the reigning Tour de France champion made another major statement in his quest for a third successive yellow jersey. Pogacar (UAE Emirates) gradually came to the front of the peloton as it […]

Australian cycling veteran Simon Clarke has landed the biggest victory of his career, left in flood of tears of joy after taking the fifth stage of the Tour de France. The 35-year-old Israel Premier Tech rider, previously a two-time stage winner at the Vuelta a Espana, earned an even bigger grand tour prize as he won a sprint for the […]

Fabio Jakobsen celebrated his first career Tour de France stage win on Saturday Fabio Jakobsen avoided the pitfalls of a chaotic finish to stage two of the Tour de France to deliver an emotional victory in Nyborg, Denmark. Jakobsen, making his Tour debut less than two years after suffering life-threatening injuries in a crash at the Tour of Poland, stayed […]

Tadej Pogacar: ‘Now all the young riders, we race on instinct’ In Monaco, Tadej Pogacar blends into the city. He walks invisibly through the streets and potters freely around his local supermarket. Even in his favourite bike shop, the best cyclist in the world queues among the muggles without being disturbed. “I like to go inside and see what’s new, […]

Julian Alaphilippe will return to competition at the French Championships road race on Sunday, two months after a crash left him with a collapsed lung, broken ribs and a broken shoulder blade, his Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team said. World champion Alaphilippe suffered the injuries at the Liege-Bastogne-Liege Monument classic after being caught up in a huge pile-up and falling into […]

Welshman Geraint Thomas became the first British winner of the Tour de Suisse after finishing second in the individual time trial in Vaduz on Sunday. The 36-year-old Ineos Grenadiers rider finished the final stage of Switzerland’s biggest road race three seconds slower than Remco Evenepoel but it was enough to claim the overall victory. Thomas began the final stage two […]

29 riders did not take the start of Friday’s stage six of the Tour de Suisse There are fears this year’s Tour de France could be disrupted by Covid after an outbreak hit this week’s Tour de Suisse, one of the final major warm-up races. With two weeks to go to the opening stage of the Tour in Copenhagen, 29 […]

Jai Hindley won’t compete at the Tour de France this year but after becoming the first Australian to win the Giro d’Italia on Sunday, the yellow jersey, cycling’s most coveted prize, is on his radar. Hindley has joined Cadel Evans as the only Australian to have won a grand tour – a three-week race – and while his immediate focus […]