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Tour de France: Rising star Bardet makes his mark in the Alps

French cycling fans were sent into wild celebrations on Thursday after Romain Bardet claimed his first Tour de France victory of his career whilst

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Tour de France: Geschke claims maiden stage win, Froome maintains overall lead

Simon Geschke of the Giant-Alpecin celebrated his first Tour de France stage win of his career on Wednesday after riding to success in stage 17. The

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Judge requests new investigation into Jan Ullrich's drink driving case

Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich appeared in a Swiss court on Tuesday to face drink driving charges after he caused an accident last year

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Tour de France: Plaza wins in Gap as Froome holds onto overall lead

Ruben Plaza claimed stage 16 of this year’s Tour de France on Monday in Gap after jumping clear of a breakaway group on the final climb of the day

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Germany's Greipel takes third stage win

Germany’s André Greipel has won Stage 15 of the Tour de France from Mende to Valence in a sprint finish, his third stage victory in this year’s

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Tour de France leader Chris Froome says spectator threw urine at him amid doping claims

Doping suspicions surrounding Tour de France leader Chris Froome have reached such a frenzy that he says a spectator threw a cup of urine at him on

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Tour de France: Cummings wins his first stage

Britain’s Steve Cummings has won his first stage in the Tour de France. The MTN- Quebeka rider was part of a 20-man breakaway group that battled its

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Tour de France: Van Avermaet wins Stage 13

Greg van Avermaet pipped Slovakia’s Peter Sagan to the post to become the winner of Stage 13 of the Tour de France between Muret and Rodez. The

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Tour de France: Rodriguez winning in the rain

Joaquim Rodriguez won his second stage at this year’s Tour de France on Thursday with a solo victory in stage 12. It was a mountain-filled agenda

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Armstrong returns to the Tour de France for charity

It was familiar albeit potentially hostile territory for Lance Armstrong as the American returned to the Tour de France for the first time since his

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Basso to be released from hospital after successful cancer op

Tinkoff-Saxo rider Ivan Basso will be released from hospital on Thursday after undergoing a successful operation to remove his left testicle

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Tour de France: Majka wins stage 11 as Froome maintains race lead

Poland’s Rafal Majka celebrated stage 11 victory following a solo attack up the final climb to the line. The victory over the 188 kilometre trek from

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Froome demolishes rivals on first Tour mountain test

Chris Froome made his mark in Tour de France’s first mountain test. For spectators, the 167-km trek from Tarbes to La Pierre St Martin had a festival

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Basso withdraws from Tour de France to fight cancer

Ivan Basso is pulling out of the Tour de France after revealing he has testicular cancer. The 37-year-old Italian says the discovery was made after

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Froome remains in yellow despite losing team trial by a second

BMC Racing were the winners on the ninth stage of the Tour de France, a 28-kilometre team-trial which ended in Plumelec in Brittany. They clocked 32

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Latest round of Megavalanche has started

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Vuillermoz gives France its first win of 2015 Tour

Alexis Vuillermoz gave the home fans something to cheer as he earned France its first win on this year’s Tour de France. Stage 8 from Rennes to Mur

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Schweinfurt: European home of electric bikes

This week in Business Planet, we’re in Schweinfurt in Germany, the European home of the electric bike. How to make the most of the e-bike boom? What

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Italian cyclist Luca Paolini fails dope test in Tour de France

Luca Paolini is on his way home and out of the Tour de France. The Italian cyclist has been provisionally suspended after he failed a dope test. The

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Mark Cavendish sprints to take victory in Tour de France seventh stage

“Super happy” that’s how Mark Cavendish summed up his feelings after winning the seventh stage of the Tour de France. It was a 190.5 kilometre ride