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On a day of mixed feelings for the home nation, Nans Peters won the eighth stage of the Tour de France following a long breakaway in the Pyrenees, while fellow Frenchman Thibaut Pinot saw his hopes of winning the race vanish. Peters was part of a group of 13 riders who broke away Saturday in […]

Tour de France favorites for the yellow jersey include Egan Bernal of Team Ineos Grenadiers, Primoz Roglic and Nairo Quintana.

The verdict: Jumbo-Visma dominance reminiscent of Sky Full results and standings after Wout van Aert wins again Rules of the road: our guide to how the Tour de France works How to watch on TV and follow online with Telegraph Sport How much will the teams and riders earn in prize money? Full details of […]

Full results and standings after Nans Peters wins stage eight Rules of the road: our guide to how the Tour de France works How to watch on TV and follow online with Telegraph Sport How much will the teams and riders earn in prize money? Full details of teams and remaining riders at the Tour […]

Nans Peters took his first career Tour de France stage win from a breakaway on stage eight in to Loudenvielle. The Ag2r-La Mondiale rider led home the survivors of a 13-man group who went away early on the 141km stage from Cazeres-sur-Garonne as the race moved into the Pyrenees. A French stage win was much […]

In this episode of The Cycling Podcast from the Tour de France, we recap a seventh stage that had everything. There was an aggressive pace set by Bora-Hansgrohe to drop all the sprinters at the start of the stage, then crosswinds caused havoc at the end of the stage. There was even time for a […]

Britain’s Adam Yates held on to his yellow jersey at the Tour de France on Friday strong crosswinds caught out a number of his rivals. The infamous vent d’Autan – the wind which blows through the southwest region of France and which is known locally as the “vent qui rend fou,” the wind that drives […]

The Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF) said on Friday that testing returned to normal before racing resumed last month after it fell sharply during lockdown amid the COVID-19 crisis. "This shows that the CADF out-of-competition testing programme in cycling has returned to normal."

The most furious day of racing so far at the Tour de France produced multiple winners Friday. Wout Van Aert took the Stage 7 victory. Defending champion Egan Bernal and other top contenders for the overall title dealt a blow to principal rivals by distancing them in crosswinds on the speedy approach to the finish.

Wout van Aert won the stage, while overall contenders lost time due to a late split in the peloton.