Cycling

9:11 AM ET Geraint Thomas won his maiden Tour de France title on Sunday. The Team Sky rider beat off competition from Chris Froome and Dutchman Tom Dumoulin to take the famous yellow jersey at a packed Champs Elysees. And Thomas was quick to praise team-mate Froome for his selflessness over the past few weeks.

6:17 AM ET Geraint Thomas was crowned Tour de France champion on Sunday Photo by Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas has cast uncertainty over his future at Team Sky. The 32-year-old became the first Welshman to win the Tour on Sunday in Paris, staving off competition from fellow Briton Chris Froome

1:16 PM ET Geraint Thomas tightened Team Sky’s grip on the Tour de France when he handed the British outfit their sixth title in seven years on Sunday and there is no sign that their domination will end anytime soon. Thomas produced a near flawless performance to become the third British and Team Sky rider

10:43 AM ET A normally buoyant rider who couldn’t stop weeping, an endurance athlete trying not to hyperventilate, an understudy seemingly confounded by his own success in a leading role: Geraint Thomas was all of those people Saturday afternoon after he crossed the Tour de France Stage 20 finish line in Espelette, visibly struggling more

11:15 AM ET Geraint Thomas has effectively won the Tour de France after finishing within two minutes of his closest competitor Tom Dumoulin in Saturday’s individual time trial. Thomas will take a lead of one minute and 51 seconds into Sunday’s final stage to Paris, which is traditionally a procession. The British rider will now

12:21 PM ET Geraint Thomas took another huge step towards winning the 2018 Tour de France, finishing strongly in the final mountain stage to take an overall lead of two minutes and five seconds going into Saturday’s time trial. Stage 19 was won by Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic, who finished 19 seconds ahead of Chris

3:21 PM ET Associated Press PAU, France — Arnaud Demare was rewarded Thursday for hauling his muscular frame over the Alps and through the Pyrenees. Geraint Thomas, meanwhile, is preparing to cement his hold on the yellow jersey in Friday’s final mountain test of the Tour de France. After many of his competitors were unable

6:38 AM ET ESPN staff The principal of Team Sky Sir Dave Brailsford has apologised for saying spitting is a “French cultural thing”. Brailsford said he was “pretty agitated” by the actions of spectators who spat at and inhibited riders when he made the comments Monday. The French president of the UCI David Lappartient accused

6:11 PM ET Out of his customary yellow garb, wearing goggles and a billowing, unmarked rain jacket as he descended toward the team bus Wednesday evening after Stage 17 of the Tour de France, four-time champion Chris Froome apparently looked like a rogue cyclo-tourist to the police officer stationed near the finish line at Saint-Lary-Soulan.

11:45 AM ET Nairo Quintana of Team MoviStar won Stage 17 of the Tour de France as overall leader Geraint Thomas gained further time on his yellow jersey rivals. Quintana took control during the final 16-kilometer climb to Saint-Lary-Soulan in the Pyrenees mountains and was a comfortable winner. It was the Colombian’s first stage win