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2020 Tour de France

29 Aug 2020

COVID-19 unlikely to stop 2020 Tour de France, says French sports minister

French sports minister Jean-Michel Blanquer said that chances of the Tour de France not being completed because of COVID-19 are very slim. The number of daily cases in France has been rising steadily in recent weeks, casting a menacing shadow over the three-week event. The minister's remarks come ahead of the first stage of the three-week event which is starting nine weeks later than originally scheduled. 2020 Tour de France begins on Aug. 29 and will conclude on 20th September.

29 Jul 2020

Cycling: 2021 Tour de France moved forward to avoid Tokyo Olympics clash

The start of next year`s Tour de France has been brought forward by a week to avoid clashing with the men`s road race at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, the International Cycling Union (UCI) has said.

29 Jul 2019

Cyclist Bernal scripts history, becomes first Colombian to win Tour de France

Cyclist Egan Bernal has created history by becoming the first-ever Colombian to win the Tour de France as well as the youngest ever to win the sport's most prestigious race in modern times.

24 Jul 2019

Tour de France: Caleb Ewan claims second stage win following Thomas tumble

The Lotto Soudal rider beat Italian Elia Viviani and Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen, who took second and third place, respectively at the end of a 177-km ride around Nimes as temperatures reached 40 degrees Celsius (104°F).

10 Oct 2018

Cycling: Geraint Thomas’ Tour de France trophy stolen at cycle show

The Tour de France trophy won by Team Sky`s Geraint Thomas earlier this year has been stolen during a cycle show in Birmingham, the British team said on Wednesday.

FIFA World Cup 2018

20 Jun 2018

Cycling star Quintana calls for unity following Colombia's loss to japan

"As a people, we have always showed that, united, we can face any circumstances," Quintana said in a Twitter post accompanied by a photograph of him wearing a national team jersey.

12 Mar 2018

The 2020 Tour de France to start from Nice

The 2020 Tour de France will start from Nice on France's Cote d'Azur, organisers announced on Monday.

11 Jan 2018

Cycling: Tim Wellens says asthma inhaler use amounts to 'cheating'

Belgian rider Tim Wellens described the use of anti-asthma inhalers as tantamount to cheating, after four-times Tour de France champion Chris Froome failed a test for Salbutamol during last year's Tour of Spain.

18 Dec 2017

Anti-doping group urges Sky to suspend Chris Froome

Last week Froome and Sky revealed the 32-year-old had tested for elevated levels of the asthma medication salbutamol during the Vuelta a Espana, which he won for the first time, in September.

14 Dec 2017

Cycling: 'I broke no rules' over drugs test at Vuelta, says Chris Froome

Froome had twice the permissible amount of asthma medication Salbutamol in his system during the Grand Tour race which he won in September.

13 Dec 2017

Cycling: Chris Froome being investigated by WADA for the use of salbutamol

Chris Froome's problem is that he exceeded the accepted level of salbutamol of 1000ng per millilitre in a urine sample on September 7 in one of around 20 such tests he gave during the Tour of Spain, which would be the equivalent of around four or five puffs on an inhaler. His reported level was 2000ng/ml.

23 Jul 2017

Team Sky rider Chris Froome wins fourth Tour de France title

He is the first to win three consecutive titles since Indurain, who prevailed from 1991-95. The disgraced Lance Armstrong's seven titles since then have been erased from the record book.

22 Jul 2017

Chris Froome set for fourth Tour de France title after increasing lead in time trial

Froome, 32, goes on to the Tour honour roll as the first person to win three times in a row since Indurain who was unbeatable between 1991-95.

22 Jul 2017

Tour is 'mine to lose', says Chris Froome ahead of decisive time trial

After battling for 3,390 km around France, slogging up the climbs of the Jura, the Pyrenees, Massif central and finally the Alps, Froome has emerged 23 seconds clear of his closest rival and admits that the yellow jersey is now his to lose.

21 Jul 2017

Tour de France: Title is 'mine to lose', says defending champion Chris Froome ahead of decisive time trial

Saturday`s individual time trial -- a discipline at which the 32-year-old Froome usually excels -- around the streets of Marseille should be routine for the Team Sky rider.

20 Jul 2017

Tour de France: Chris Froome relieved to pass final Alpine test as victory looms

With a relatively straightforward ride towards the Mediterranean on Friday and a time-trial in Marseille on Saturday, only something quite extraordinary can now prevent another celebratory ride into Paris for Froome on Sunday.

19 Jul 2017

Tour de France: Chris Froome in control as Fabio Aru slips down the rankings

The defending champion was attacked by last year`s runner-up Romain Bardet and Ireland`s Dan Martin in the lung-busting ascent to the Col du Galibier but he stayed calm and covered every offensive move.

19 Jul 2017

Tour de France will be decided on Izoard climb: Greg LeMond

Chris Froome leads Italian Fabio Aru by 18 seconds and France`s Romain Bardet by 23, with Colombian Rigoberto Uran in fourth place, 29 seconds off the pace.

13 Jul 2017

Tour de France: Chris Froome's failure on final slope sets stage for thrilling finale

Briton Froome, who hammered the opposition in the first big mountain stages in 2013, 2015 and 2016 -- the years he won the title -- could not match the pace of the top guns in the finale in Peyragudes, surrendering the yellow jersey to Italian Fabio Aru.

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