Italian riders claim stage and pink jersey on sixth stage of Giro

Fausto Masnada takes stage as Valerio Conti takes advantage of Primoz Roglic’s crash

Pascal Ackermann powers to second stage win in Giro d’Italia

Bora-Hansgrohe rider pips Fernando Gaviria on the line after mastering wet conditions

Sam Bennett earns final stage redemption in Tour of Turkey

Irish rider puts last year’s demons to bed and finishes first in overall points classification

French media call for salary cap to curb Team Sky dominance

‘The problem in cycling isn’t doping any more. It’s money,’ says French directeur sportif

Tour de France faces uphill battle against spectator disorder

Chris Froome was spat at, Vincenzo Nibali forced out of race and a flare fired at peloton

Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas extends Tour de France lead

Despite attacking Chris Froome at the end, he insists he is ‘still riding for Froomey’

Tour de France: Degenkolb claims emotional win on day of big crashes

Australian rider Richie Porte forced out of race after heavy fall

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

Paris-Roubaix maintains its reputation for sustained brutality as cyclist dies

Courage of riders is foremost in the harsh conditions of the one-day classic

Is Chris Froome’s failed drugs test the end for Team Sky?

More and more questions being asked of the team that are supposedly cleaner than clean

Nicolas Roche takes fourth place in Giro dell’ Emilia

Irish cyclist crosses line 19 seconds behind Italian race winner Giovanni Visconti

Stephen Roche: Grand tour treble ‘humanly impossible’

Chris Froome completed a Tour de France and Vuelta a España double on Sunday

Chris Froome completes Tour de France-Vuelta double in Madrid

British rider joins Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault as a winner in the same year

Relentless Froome wraps up Vuelta title

Alberto Contador enjoys one final day in the sun as Froome seals Tour-Vuelta double

Froome keeps his lead as De Gendt leads breakaway home

Saturday’s tough stage stands between British rider and Tour de France-Vuelta double

Froome extends Vuelta lead as Armee spoils party for Lutsenko

British rider now one minute and 37 seconds clear of Vincenzo Nibali

Ministers fear worse to come in breath tests controversy

Many motorists avoided legal system as gardaí did not know they had to send summons

Stefan Denifl gives Aqua Blue Sport a maiden Vuelta stage win

Chris Froome suffers set back as he loses 42 seconds to Vincenzo Nibali on 17th stage

Chris Froome extends lead in La Vuelta with stage victory

Ireland’s Nicolas Roche finished in 29th place to lie in 17th position overall

Chris Froome extends lead in Vuelta a España

Ireland’s Nicolas Roche now 17th overall after finishing 54th in Sunday’s 15th stage

Nibali nibbles into Froome’s lead at Vuelta a Espana

British rider remains 55 seconds clear after Italian finishes third on stage

Nicolas Roche’s Vuelta hopes crumble on Wednesday

Chris Froome takes a commanding lead as Irish rider falls back to 11th place overall

Nicolas Roche up to third in the Vuelta a España

Irish rider improves two places after seventh place finish on stage to Andorra la Vella

Nicolas Roche enjoys red letter day at Vuelta

BMC Racing win team time trial, Ireland’s Aqua Blue finish in 13th place in Nimes

Alberto Contador to retire after Vuelta a Espana

Spanish star one of six riders to win all three Grand Tours and was stripped of 2010 Tour de France title for doping

Why Chris Froome won't win a fifth Tour de France

Team Sky leader will face tougher opposition when he seeks a fifth Tour de France title

Tom Dumoulin crushes opponents in time trial to take Giro

Dutch rider claims maiden Grand Tour victory in Italy

Tom Dumoulin fends off Nairo Quintana to keep Giro lead

America’s Tejay van Garderen wins his first Grand Tour stage

Tom Dumoulin loses advantage following Giro d’Italia toilet break

Vincenzo Nibali becomes first Italian cyclist to win a stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia

Omar Fraile wins 160km stage 11 of Giro d’Italia

Tom Dumoulin retains overall lead despite frantic and stressful day in pink jersey

Nairo Quintana takes pink jersey after Giro d’Italia stage nine win

Colombian takes advantage of a crash involving a police motorcycle to lead race

Sam Bennett takes third as Gaviria claims second Giro stage

Irish rider enjoys podium finish after sprint finish in Messina

Jan Polanc claims fine stage four win on Mount Etna

Bob Jungels takes the pink jersey with Geraint Thomas third in the Giro d’Italia

Gaviria takes Giro d’Italia stage three and the pink jersey

Team-mate Jungels rides himself into the ground to keep peleton at bay

Rio 2016: Dan Martin equals best Irish finish in gruelling road race

Martin comes home 13th behind Belgium’s Greg Van Avermaet; Nicolas Roche finishes 29th

Dan Martin ready to climb way onto winner’s podium

Ireland cyclist’s Tour de France the perfect preparation for men’s road race

Tour de France: Why Chris Froome is in control

British rider has best team and strategy, and is simply the strongest competitor in race

Tour de France: Michael Matthews claims stage ten victory

Chris Froome retains his yellow jersey while Dan Martin remains in third place overall

Greg Van Avermaet takes Tour stage five and yellow jersey

BMC rider soloes to a comfortable victory and the second stage win of his career

Giulio Ciccone claims Giro stage as Mikel Landa forced out

Bob Jungels takes over the pink jersey after eventful day

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