Greipel earns hat-trick of stage wins as Froome remains safe

German sprinter beats John Degenkolb and Alexander Kristoff in bunch sprint

Andre Greipel claims third Tour de France stage victory

Chris Froome retains lead following a 15th stage to Valence raced in intense heat

Greg van Avermaet secures Tour de France stage 13 to Rodez

Chris Froome retains the yellow jersey as van Avermaet holds off Peter Sagan at the death

Tour Diary: I felt I could do well and my team was determined to set me up

It was an opportunity lost due to poor positioning

Dan Martin finishes second as he just fails to reel in Alexis Vuillermoz

Irish rider left frustrated after being hampered when Frenchman made final break

Mark Cavendish ends two-year wait to claim 26th Tour de France stage win

British sprinter first across the line on stage seven to Fougeres

Tony Martin quits Tour after breaking collarbone

Chris Froome caught up in chaos but is now wearer of yellow jersey

Tour de France: Andre Greipel claims second stage win

German sprinter again proves too strong for rivals on another day of crashes

Tour de France: Froome takes yellow as stage is marred by 20-man crash

Briton denied win by Rodríguez but gets six-second bonus for second-place finish

Tour de France: Froome and Contador hurt main rivals

German Andre Greipel takes stage as bad weather and crashes splits peloton

Matt Brammeier denied win in Luxembourg after making early break

Multiple Irish road race champion aiming for Vuelta a España ride in August

Alberto Contador with suspected broken collar bone after high-speed pile-up

Spaniard was involved in crash at end of Giro stage

Australia’s Michael Matthews take lead at Giro d’Italia

Elia Viviani wins second stage of race from Albenga to Genoa

Andre Greipel triumphs in a sprint finish

Sky problems continue as Spaniard Xabier Zandio exits the tour after injury

Marcel Kittel already looks unstoppable in Tour de France

German rider makes it two stage victories out of three in London

Dan Martin’s Tour Diary, Day 13: Wrong for teams to profit from rivals’ misfortune

A day like this in the wind shows that anything can happen

Dan Martin Diary - Day 12: Steering clear of trouble as the sprinters fall

‘It could have been a ruinous end to the day, but overall it wasn’t bad’

Chris Froome’s support riders dropping like flies as Marcel Kittel ends Mark Cavendish debate

Edvald Boasson Hagen ruled out of Tour de France with shoulder fracture

Sky’s Chris Froome opens gaps which have decisive look to them in Tour de France

But Briton was not quite able to overcome the world time trial champion, Tony Martin of Germany

Marcel Kittel takes sprint and now appears to have the measure of Sky’s Mark Cavendish

Clash of shoulders between Manxman and Kittel’s last lead-out man Tom Veelers on the final bend ended with the Dutchman falling heavily

Kittel the stage king in sprint finish

Ireland’s Daniel Martin remains in eighth place overall in the Tour de France

Perseverance pays off as Sagan takes seventh stage

Tour’s main men conserve energy for tests ahead

Greipel sprints clear as Cavendish flags at finish

Briton beaten in sprint after crash – Impey first South African to wear the yellow jersey

Griepel outsprints Cavendish in Montpellier

Irish duo Martin and Roche finish in the main bunch five seconds adrift

Cavendish chasing the greats after hitting top gear to claim 24th stage

Briton holds off Team Sky’s Edvald Boasson Hagen — Stage Five victory is Cavendish’s first at this year’s Tour

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