Cycling

12:28 PM ET Associated Press LUZ ARDIDEN, France — Tadej Pogacar won the final mountain stage of the Tour de France on Thursday to cement his grip on the race. The short trek in the Pyrenees featured a daunting combination of the Col du Tourmalet and the final sharp climb to the Luz-Ardiden ski resort,

11:45 AM ET Associated Press Of all the thousands of miles, dizzying days of suffering and countless moments of self-doubt, the one that sticks out most to Lachlan Morton came high in the Alps, where a monster day of cycling along the route of the Tour de France had left him burned and blistered and

6:41 AM ET Associated Press The Bahrain Victorious team competing at the Tour de France was raided by French police on the eve of Thursday’s stage as part of a doping investigation, according to judicial and police officials. The team confirmed in a statement that riders’ rooms were searched by officers at the hotel it

Jul 14, 2021 Associated Press SAINT-LARY-SOULAN, France — Tadej Pogacar said it was going to be the hardest day of the Tour de France. He made it look easy. The race leader finished ahead of his rivals and took a major step toward defending his title with a perfectly executed 17th-stage win in the Pyrenees

12:37 PM ET Associated Press SAINT-GAUDENS, France — Austrian rider Patrick Konrad won the Tour de France’s hilly 16th stage on an otherwise uneventful day Tuesday as race leader Tadej Pogacar remained on course for his second overall victory. Konrad made his decisive break with just over 36 kilometers (22.5 miles) to go, four kilometers

12:35 PM ET Associated Press ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra — American rider Sepp Kuss won the grueling 15th stage of the Tour de France on Sunday as race leader Tadej Pogacar remained on course for his second overall victory. Kuss is the first American to win a stage at cycling’s biggest race since Tyler Farrar

11:26 AM ET Associated Press Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen solidified her favorite status ahead of the Tokyo Games by winning her fourth Giro d’Italia Donne on Sunday, finishing safely in the breakaway on the final stage of the prestigious Italian stage race. Van der Breggen’s fourth win makes her the second most successful

11:48 AM ET Associated Press QUILLAN, France — Bauke Mollema won a hilly 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, while Tadej Pogacar protected his commanding lead before the race heads into the Pyrenees. The Dutch rider for Trek claimed his second career stage victory at the Tour when he broke away on

Jul 8, 2021 Associated Press NIMES, France — Accustomed to settling for second, Nils Politt struggled to believe victory was his when it finally came at the Tour de France. After dropping his last remaining rivals on the road leading to the city of Nimes in southern France, the German rider hit his helmet several

6:10 PM ET Niamh Lewis Jumbo-Visma’s Marianne Vos claimed her 30th career victory at the Giro d’Italia Donne on stage 7 on Thursday, to extend her record of the most number of stage wins in the race. The Dutchwoman is the most successful sprinter in women’s cycling, having won in both classics and stage races