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Tour de France: Jarlinson Pantano grabs maiden win for IAM Cycling

The Colombian Jarlinson Pantano bagged stage 15 at the Tour de France, the first for his Swiss team IAM Cycling.

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Tour de France: Mark Cavendish closes in on Eddy Merckx's record

Mark Cavendish collected his fourth stage win at the 2016 Tour of France.

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Tour de France: Dumoulin claims Stage 13 as Froome extends overall lead

Tom Dumoulin won the 13th stage of the Tour de France, which resumed under heightened security following the Nice terror attack.

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Tour de France: Froome takes yellow after seeing red on Stage 12

Britain’s Chris Froome retained the yellow jersey as Belgium’s Thomas De Gendt kept his composure to claim the 12th stage of the Tour de France.

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Sagan edges out Froome to clinch Stage 11 of the Tour de France

Slovakia’s Peter Sagan outsprinted defending champion Chris Froome to claim stage 11 of the Tour de France on Wednesday.

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Contador withdraws from Olympic Games

Alberto Contador ruled himself out of the road race at next month’s Rio Olympics, saying on Tuesday that he needed four weeks to recover from injuries sustained on the Tour de…

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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…

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Special elite police units to help guard Tour de France

Special elite police forces are to be deployed along the route of this summer’s Tour de France for the first time, to reinforce the presence of the security…

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Movistar present team for 2016

Movistar presented their team for the 2016 season on Wednesday at a ceremony in Madrid. 27 riders will compete for the Spanish outfit, which won the

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2016 Tour de France route unveiled

The route for the 2016 Tour de France was unveiled at a glitzy ceremony in the French capital Paris on Tuesday. The 103rd edition of cycling’s most

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Tour of Peace, Tour of Memory; 2016 Tour de France route unveiled

The route for the 2016 Tour de France has been announced at a ceremony in Paris. The Grand Depart takes place at Mont-Saint-Michel on July 2. The