Nans Peters is the first French rider to capture a stage in this year’s Tour de France

Sam Bennett stretches green jersey advantage over Peter Sagan to 12 points

Irish rider’s elation tempered by fact team-mate Julian Alaphilippe was stripped of yellow

Slovenian shows that injuries suffered during crash in August are not an issue

Irish rider looked set to break his Tour de France duck until the final few metres

Tour de France: Dan Martin and Sam Bennett finish Stage 2 with much time in arrears

Irish rider will be looking for fast start around familiar roads in Nice

The 107th edition features a Grand Départ on the Riviera and eight mountain days

Tour de France winner Egan Bernal and long-time yellow jersey Julian Alaphilippe among those who will line out in the event

Irish man indicates he will explain soon why he did not perform as well as expected

Bernal also becomes youngest winner of race in 110 years; Caleb Ewan takes final stage sprint

Team Ineos rider comes home fourth behind Vicenzo Nibali as Julian Alaphilippe falls away

Hail and landslides render route impassable as Egan Bernal claims yellow jersey

Tour de France organisers forced to cancel final climb after storm set off landslides

Tomas’s move limited the gains Bernal might have made by increasing the pace behind him

Team Ineos captain Rowe thrown out for a push, hindering Geraint Thomas hopes

Simon Yates takes his second stage win at summit finish to stage 15 of Tour de France

Julian Alaphilippe keeps hold of yellow jersey as Geraint Thomas loses time

Heading into my favourite terrain, my goal is stay upright, healthy and limit my time losses

Irish rider slips down to 11th place but his favoured mountain stages are imminent

Irish rider returns to scene of his first stage win on Thursday

Irish rider takes advantage of chaos to climb seven places into ninth ahead of rest day

Crosswinds cause chaos in peloton as Dan Martin moves up to ninth-place overall

Irish rider finishes sixth behind Daryl Impey after threatening a maiden stage victory

South African wins maiden solo stage after he beats Tiesj Benoot in a two-man sprint

In the Tour good things happen, bad things happen, and you have to cope with all of them

Dylan Teuns wins first mountain stage of Tour after going clear in a large breakaway group

National champion Conor Dunne shows strongly when finishing 11th in 12km time trial at the Vuelta a San Juan in Argentina

Matthew Teggart was forced to abandon his goal of winning the sprints classification in Tour of Britain

Jesús Herrada takes over at the top in Spain amid a day of drama at Rás na mBan

Martin leaves race at 10th stage to be with wife Jess for the birth of their twins

Gurley Ireland’s best performer in Glasgow, Dan Martin finishes 12th in the Clasica San Sebastian

Near flawless show allows third Team Sky rider to triumph after Wiggins and Froome

All minds focused on the short but taxing 65km stage to Saint-Lary-Luchon

Irish rider remains tenth overall in Tour de France heading into Wednesday's 17th stage

Geraint Thomas remains in yellow jersey; Dan Martin slips back after puncture

Dan Martin finishes seventh in stage 10 of the Tour de France, as race moves into the Alps

Irish rider caught up in crash inside final 20 km on Bastille Day stage

Martin’s prime objective in riding race is to hone his form prior to the Tour de France

Tour de France: Irish cyclist will have to rely on strong climbing form to reach podium