Sam Bennett’s Tour de France preparation disrupted by injury

Deceuninck-QuickStep rider drops out of Belgium Tour and will rest instead

Sam Bennett confirmed as team’s designated sprint leader for Tour de France

Deceuninck-QuickStep boss confirms sprinter’s departure will not affect position in team

Nicholas Roche set to extend Grand Tour record in the Giro d’Italia

Team DSM rider to start 24th Grand Tour of his career next month

Sam Bennett pipped at the post in Scheldeprijs

Jasper Philipsen gets the jump on Irish rider in bunch sprint

Sam Bennett warms to new riding experience alongside Mark Cavendish

Irish star believes Cavendish’s experience will be a huge benefit to Deceuninck-Quick-Step

Mark Cavendish secures 2021 contract with move back to Deceuninck-QuickStep

35-year-old enjoyed hugely successful stint with the wolfpack between 2013 and 2015

Sam Bennett: ‘A green jersey in the Tour de France is such a highlight of my career’

Irish cyclist reflects on some of the crucial stages of a memorable three weeks

Sam Bennett hoping Tour de France success does not bring celebrity status

‘After putting myself in the position, I don’t know if I actually want to be there’

Next stop the Champs-Elysées in green for Sam Bennett

Tadej Pogacar set for Tour de France glory after dramatic penultimate time trial stage

Tour de France: Sam Bennett aims to sprint for early Yellow jersey

Irish rider will be looking for fast start around familiar roads in Nice

Eddie Dunbar and Sam Bennett get back on the road in Burgos

Irish duo taking part in five-stage tour in northern Spain as cycling gets going again

Sam Bennett prepared to wait for chance to return to Tour de France

Irish sprinter has had to wait four years for another chance in the famous race

Teunissen pips Sagan in photo finish to take Tour de France first stage

Nicolas Roche 40th and Dan Martin 112th as Thomas shrugs off big crash in Brussels

Sam Bennett stays ahead of the pack in Turkey

Sprinter finishes stage in second place to retain overall lead

Geraint Thomas wins BBC’s sports personality of the year

The Tour de France champion was the fourth cyclist since 2008 to win the award

Glandular fever forces Mark Cavendish to take break from cycling

Former world champion can take his time to recover for 2019 season

Simon Yates closes gap on La Vuelta leaders on stage four

Team Sky’s Michal Kwiatkowski holds overall lead while Ben King records a rare victory

Tour de France: Dan Martin suffers after spill on stage eight

Irish rider caught up in crash inside final 20 km on Bastille Day stage

Tour de France: Dylan Groenewegen powers to stage seven victory

Dutchman holds off Fernando Gaviria and Peter Sagan in a tense end to 231km stage

Tour de France: Fernando Gaviria takes chaotic stage four

BMC’s Greg Van Avermaet retained the yellow jersey by finishing in the front group

Tour de France: Team Sky finish second in 35.5km team time trial

Chris Froome describes it as reassuring that Sky has been able to take back some time

Froome critical of cycling boss for speaking of failed drugs test

British cyclist competing at Italy’s Tirreno-Adriatico, his second race since test became public

Conor Dunne and Nicolas Roche prominent in Dubai Tour

Mark Cavendish takes third stage as Irish duo perform well on the route to Fujairah

Sagan’s perfect timing delivers record third-straight title

Martin finishes 26th after Slovakian sprints ahead over final 50m to win in Norway

Impressive Kittel sprints to his fourth stage win on Tour

A net gain of 57 points for the day means the German is in the box seat for the green jersey

Dan Martin’s Tour diary: More thrills than spills for us in first week

With three stage wins and my two podium finishes it’s been an excellent start for my team

Tour de France: Marcel Kittel takes stage seven in photo finish

German rider claims third stage win of this year’s race after pipping Boasson Hagen

Kittel negotiates tightrope for another stage win

Overall positions remain the same with Froome in yellow and Dan Martin in fourth

CAS rejects Sagan appeal over Tour disqualification

Bora-Hansgrohe wanted rider reinstated after his disqualification on Tuesday

Mark Cavendish calls for an end to social media abuse

British cyclist has received ‘vile and threatening’ abuse in wake of Peter Sagan crash

Mark Cavendish: Organisers had ‘a lot of balls’ to disqualify Sagan

British sprinter intends to return to action this season after Tour de France fall

Tour de France: Peter Sagan appeals against disqualification

Huge crash during stage four ended Mark Cavendish’s Tour due to broken shoulder

Tour de France: Sagan disqualified over crash that ends Cavendish’s race

British sprinter suffered fractured shoulder blade after smashing into barriers close to finish

Tour de France: Marcel Kittel takes stage two for Quick-Step

Dan Martin’s teammate came home in first as Chris Froome crashed out in the rain

Tour de France 2017: A stage-by-stage guide

A look at all 21 stages from Düsseldorf through to the Champs-Élysées in Paris

Tour de France 2017: The main contenders

Three-time British champion Chis Froome views Richie Porte as the man to beat in this year’s race

Andriy Grivko kicked off Dubai Tour after punching Marcel Kittel

German race leader was left bloodied by incident on stage three of race

Flanders: cyclists grit your teeth for one hell of a ride

Bikes are the heartbeat of northern Belgium – from leisurely tours to the toughest of tests

Sam Bennett win a big boost to morale

Bennett beats Mark Cavendish on second and final stage of the Giro della Toscana

Rio 2016: Bradley Wiggins aims for place in record books

Cyclist is going for a fifth gold medal and is already eyeing more in Tokyo

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