Cycling

12:18 PM ET Associated Press PRIVAS, France — Julian Alaphilippe’s ride in the yellow jersey is over, and his rivals had nothing to do with it. The Tour de France leader was stripped of the coveted shirt on Wednesday after being handed a time penalty for illegally receiving provisions near the end of Stage 5,

Sep 2, 2020 Associated Press AIGLE, Switzerland — This month’s road cycling world championships were moved to Imola, Italy, on Wednesday after Swiss host Aigle-Martigny backed out because of a government ruling limiting mass gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic. The revised event, which runs Sept. 24-27, will feature only elite men’s and women’s categories, eliminating

2:56 PM ET Associated Press ORCIERES-MERLETTE, France — After just four stages at the Tour de France, the balance of power is already clearer: Primoz Roglic and his Jumbo-Visma team are looking like the ones to beat. Roglic, the Spanish Vuelta champion, used the race’s first summit finish Tuesday in the ski resort of Orcieres-Merlette

12:10 PM ET Associated Press SISTERON, France — Australian rider Caleb Ewan slalomed through the bunch to win a sprint finish and claim the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday. Julian Alaphilippe held onto the yellow jersey that he claimed with a dramatic stage victory a day earlier. With about 100 meters

1:22 PM ET Associated Press NICE, France — Julian Alaphilippe is back making a splash at the Tour de France and once again wearing the iconic yellow jersey. The French showman, who more than any other helped turn the 2019 race into a thriller, again showered the Tour with his class and guile Sunday, poaching

Aug 29, 2020 Associated Press NICE, France — Delayed but alive again and out on French roads, the strangest Tour de France ever set off Saturday in a bubble of anti-COVID protocols to try to keep the 176 riders virus-free for three weeks of racing through the country’s worsening epidemic. Only after riders peeled off

Aug 29, 2020 Associated Press NICE, France — British rider Lizzie Deignan pipped defending champion Marianne Vos in a sprint finish Saturday to win La Course, the women’s one-day classic race organized as a Tour de France curtain-raiser. Following a series of unsuccessful attacks in the final kilometres in a group of six breakaway riders,

Aug 29, 2020 Associated Press NICE, France — French authorities have made it harder for Tour de France teams to reach the finish line in Paris by deciding they will be expelled from the race if two or more of their members, including staff, test positive for the coronavirus within a week. Following guidelines issued

Aug 28, 2020 Associated Press Cycling’s governing body has relaxed its COVID-19 exclusion rules on the eve of the Tour de France opening stage, after complaints from teams that feared their riders would be unduly excluded from the race. After meeting with team officials, the UCI said Friday that a team won’t be automatically sent

Aug 27, 2020 Associated Press NICE, France — Two days before the start of the pandemic-postponed Tour de France, the Lotto Soudal cycling team said Thursday that it had to send home several staff members after “non-negative” coronavirus tests. The Belgian team said a mechanic and a member of the rider support staff returned “one