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Kittel continues sprint dominance to claim fifth win

Marcel Kittel won stage 11 of the Tour de France in Pau for his fifth victory of the race so far as Chris Froome retained the yellow jersey.

Cycling • 12 Jul 17

Marcel Kittel has now won 13 Tour stages in his career

Kittel takes record stage win, Martin stays 6th overall

German Marcel Kittel claimed his fourth victory in this year's Tour de France when he powered to an impressive stage 10 win in a bunch sprint on Tuesday, with Ireland's Dan Martin remaining in sixth overall after finishing safely in the peloton.

Cycling • 11 Jul 17

Chris Froome: 'I apologised straight away on the road as soon as it happened.'

Froome: I didn't ride into Aru on purpose

Chris Froome has rejected suggestions he deliberately rode into Fabio Aru after the Italian attacked him when he suffered a mechanical problem during Sunday's hectic stage of the Tour de France.

Cycling • 10 Jul 17

Rigoberto Uran (R) holds on to win Stage 9

Martin admits he was lucky to escape serious injury

Dan Martin admitted he was lucky to have avoided serious injury after he came off his bike in a heavy fall that ended Richie Porte's Tour de France on a chaotic stage nine. Riboberto Uran won the stage and Chris Froome stays in yellow.

Cycling • 09 Jul 17

Lilian Calmejane celebrates his daring victory at Station de Rousses.

Roche fourth as Calmejane wins eighth stage of the Tour

Nicolas Roche came up just short of securing a Tour de France stage win as France's Lilian Calmejane won the eighth stage, a mountainous 187.5km trek from Dole to Station de Rousses on Saturday.

Cycling • 08 Jul 17

Chris Froome is bidding for a fourth Tour de France title

Team Sky unveils crew for Froome's Tour de France push

Chris Froome will have the benefit of a formidable Team Sky support crew as the Briton seeks a fourth Tour de France victory next month.

Cycling • 22 Jun 17

Richie Porte celebrates claiming the yellow jersey

Porte takes Dauphine lead as Martin finishes sixth

Richie Porte claimed the overall leader's yellow jersey on the Criterium du Dauphine after finishing second in a gruelling sixth stage won by Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang, with Ireland's Dan Martin in sixth place.

Cycling • 09 Jun 17

Froome is a three-time winner of the Tour de France

Chris Froome knocked off bike in hit-and-run incident

Chris Froome has said he was deliberately knocked off his bike by a hit-and-run driver while training in southern France.

Cycling • 09 May 17

Chris Froome: 'I believe in the people around me, and what we are doing.'

Chris Froome apologises over Team Sky saga

Three-times Tour de France winner Chris Froome has spoken out in support of his embattled Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford while apologising to fans who felt let down by mistakes over anti-doping and testing practices.

Cycling • 13 Mar 17

Froome has admitted to receiving TUEs twice during his career

Froome rejected TUEs in 2015 on 'moral' grounds

Chris Froome has revealed that turned down the use of a therapeutic use exemption during the second of his three Tour de France wins.

Cycling • 06 Jan 17

Wiggins (l) and Froome (r) were team-mates at Team Sky

Froome says questions remain over Wiggins' TUE use

Chris Froome says questions remain over Team Sky and Bradley Wiggins seeking permission to use triamcinolone.

Cycling • 18 Oct 16

Bradley Wiggins (R) and Chris Froome in action for Team SKY in 2013

Froome says TUE drug system needs reform

Three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome has described the rules allowing athletes to take drugs that would normally be banned under sport's anti-doping rules as "open to abuse" and in need of urgent reform.

Cycling • 27 Sep 16

Froome & Wiggins insist they've nothing to hide

British cycling stars Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins have said they have nothing to hide after they became the latest athletes to have their medical records hacked.

Cycling • 15 Sep 16

Chris Froome recently finished in second place at Vuelta a Espana

Froome not bothered by cyber attack revelations

Triple Tour de France champion Chris Froome says he has "no issue" with his private medical records being leaked in a cyber attack by Russian hackers on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Athletics • 15 Sep 16

Froome is only 81 seconds behind Quintana

Time trial triumph reignites Froome's Vuelta bid

Britain's Chris Froome cut the gap on Tour of Spain leader Nairo Quintana to one minute and 21 seconds with a spectacular performance in Friday's individual time trial.

Cycling • 09 Sep 16

Nairo Quintana continues to lead at the Vuelta a Espana

Quintana stays clear of Froome in Vuelta

Chris Froome still faces a near-impossible task in his bid to catch leader Nairo Quintana after finishing alongside the Colombian in stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana, which was won by Swiss rider Mathias Frank.

Cycling • 07 Sep 16

Jean-Pierre Drucker (L) crosses the finish line

Drucker's perfect timing seals stage win in Spain

Jean-Pierre Drucker of Luxembourg sprinted his way to victory in stage 16 of the Tour of Spain with a perfectly timed finish, overtaking Daniele Bennati and Gianni Meersman in the final stretch of the 156.4km flat stage from Alcaniz to Peniscola.

Cycling • 05 Sep 16

Etixx-Quick Step cyclist Gianluca Brambilla celebrates his stage win

Quintana stretches lead as Brambilla wins stage

Chris Froome lost almost three minutes on overall leader Nairo Quintana as Gianluca Brambilla won stage 15 of the Vuelta a Espana.

Cycling • 04 Sep 16

Jens Keukeleire (R) crosses the line first

Quitana stays in front with Froome close behind

Jens Keukeleire won stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana as Nairo Quitana retained the leaders' red jersey ahead of Chris Froome.

Cycling • 01 Sep 16

Nairo Quintana surged clear in the last kilometre of the gruelling Alto de la Camperona

Quintana takes initiative on eight stage of Vuelta

Movistar's Nairo Quintana landed a blow on Chris Froome and took possession of the red jersey following stage eight of the Vuelta a Espana.

Cycling • 27 Aug 16

Chris Froome won his third Tour de France on Sunday

Tour de France winner Froome could tackle Vuelta

Three-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome could target further Grand Tour glory in 2016 in the Vuelta a Espana, Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford has said.

Cycling • 26 Jul 16

Froome celebrates with Team Sky as they cross the line in Paris

Froome finishes off third Tour triumph

Andre Greipel won the final stage of the 2016 Tour de France as Chris Froome crossed the line arm-in-arm with his Team Sky team-mates to confirm his third Tour title.

Cycling • 24 Jul 16

Chris Froome: 'I took bronze in London in the last Olympics and it would be incredible to medal again this year.'

Froome has one eye on Rio with Tour all but won

With a third Tour de France title virtually secured on Saturday, Britain's Chris Froome quickly set his sights towards more glory on the French roads via Rio de Janeiro.

Paris 2024 • 23 Jul 16

Froome safely negotiated the descent of the Col de Joux Plane

Froome seals Paris triumph, Martin stays in top 10

Chris Froome is set to win the 2016 Tour de France while Ireland's Dan Martin remained safely inside the overall top 10 after Spaniard Jon Izaguirre won stage 20 to Morzine.

Cycling • 23 Jul 16

Romain Bardet escaped to win the stage and move up to second overall

Froome survives crash to maintain yellow jersey

Chris Froome survived a spill on the slippery slopes of Mont Blanc to hold on to the yellow jersey as Frenchman Romain Bardet claimed victory on Stage 19 of the Tour de France.

Cycling • 22 Jul 16