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Tour de France: Matthews claims stage 10

Australia’s Michael Matthews timed his sprint perfectly to clinch stage 10 of the Tour de France in Revel on Tuesday.

12/07/2016

Sport

Dumoulin takes stage nine of Tour de France as Froome retains yellow jersey

Stage nine of the Tour de France in the Pyrenees and the end of this years race for two-time winner Alberto Contador.

10/07/2016

Sport

Demon on the descent Froome the zoom in yellow

Stage 8 of the Tour de France saw holder, Sky's Chris Froome, flex his muscles in the 2016 race.

09/07/2016

Sport

Tour de France: Britain's Cummings seals seventh stage victory

Britain’s Stephen Cummings has taken the seventh stage of the Tour de France.

08/07/2016

Sport

Manx missile Mark Cavendish makes it 29 stage wins at the Tour de France

What a week for the Manx missile at the Tour De France he has sprinted to three victories in six days. His win in stage 6 of the 2016 edition gave him his 29th stage victory in the most famous bike ra

07/07/2016

Sport

Greg Van Avermaet solos to victory in the Massif Central in the Tour de France

Hot and big in the Massif Central for stage five of the Tour de France.

06/07/2016

Sport

Kittel not brittle as he claims stage 4 of the Tour de France

German Marcel Kittel took stage 4 of the Tour de France at 237.5 k the longest stage in 2016 edition.

05/07/2016

Sport

Tour de France: Cavendish wins stage three in photo finish

Mark Cavendish timed his sprint perfectly to win his 28th Tour de France stage by the narrowest of margins on Monday.

04/07/2016

Sport

Tour de France: Sagan dons yellow after sprinting to stage two victory

Peter Sagan bounced back from a third place finish in the Tour de France opener on Saturday to win Sunday’s second stage and take over the leader’s yellow…

03/07/2016

Sport

Cavendish sprints to victory in Tour de France opener

Mark Cavendish won the opening stage of this year’s Tour de France on Saturday and with the victory donned for the first time in his career the prestigious leader’s yellow…

02/07/2016

Sci-Tech

New "half-bike" could be next urban Hipster hit

In a busy city or when taking public transport, an ordinary bike can take up quite a bit of space.

13/06/2016

Sport

Giro d'Italia: Nibali wins stage 19 as Chaves takes over race lead

Overnight leader Steven Kruijswijk lost his race lead following a disastrous stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia on Friday.

27/05/2016

Sport

Chavez surges to Giro stage win as mountains sow heartbreak

Joy for Esteban Chavez at the victory, but the Giro d’Italia sneered down at the field of riders on stage 14 and dared them to match themselves against the toughest stage yet, with multiple heart-burs

21/05/2016

Sport

Nieve gets Giro consolation win for Team Sky

Mikel Nieve won the Friday stage of the Giro d’Italia, a balm on the wounds of Team Sky for whom this is proving to be a disappointing Giro, after the withdrawal of rider Mikel Landa crippled the…

20/05/2016

Sport

Giro d'Italia: Brambilla solos into pink in stage eight victory

Home favourite Gianluca Brambilla has seized the Giro d’Italia leader’s jersey from a struggling Tom Dumoulin, after a stunning ride on stage eight

14/05/2016

Sport

Giro d'Italia: Kittel sprints to second stage win

Marcel Kittel timed his sprint perfectly to clinch the second stage of the Giro d’Italia, a 190-kilometre trek from Arnhem to the Dutch town of

07/05/2016

Sport

Dumoulin wins, Nibali struggles as Giro begins

Tom Dumoulin has won the first stage of the Giro d’Italia, the first of the season’s blue ribbon cycling events. The first stage was a time trial

06/05/2016

My Europe Series

A place to call home? The challenge of integrating Europe's migrants

The migrant crisis has brought scores of refugees and asylum seekers to Europe. But what happens after they arrive in the EU? Adjusting to local life

05/05/2016

Sport

UCI use iPad to detect mechanical doping

World Cycling’s governing governing body the UCI this week showed off it’s new method of detecting mechanical doping – the sports newest threat. At

04/05/2016

Sport

Quintana wins Tour de Romandie as Albasini sprints to final stage honours

Nairo Quintana continued to warm up nicely ahead of July’s Tour de France after the Colombian won the overall title at the Tour de Romandie. The

01/05/2016