For all his faults, the disgraced cyclist’s daily podcast on the Tour is undeniably entertaining

Irish rider’s success in France could be papering over the cracks in Irish system

Ian O’Riordan: Ciarán Ó Lionáird feels almost like he is sitting out a six-month ban

Part torture chamber, part music festival - the climb that can break a rider’s Tour de France

July 4th, 1992: The Tour de France gets underway in the Basque Country

The debacle UK Athletics and Ukada find themselves in is farcical and nonsensical

Siege mentality which has served club well will be called upon again for Leinster clash

A credit card company is paying to have a serial cheater pitch its services

Two Kenyans have carved out their own piece of history and shown what is possible

After John Looker announced he had brain cancer, he became a star fund-raiser for a big charity event . . . but something wasn’t right

‘We did what we had to do to win. It wasn’t legal, but I wouldn’t change a thing’

Unthinkable: Liars and cheats cannot ultimately fool themselves, says philosopher Vittorio Bufacchi

It’s hypocritical to demote your clean players to promote one who has served a ban

Enterprising anti-doping agent stealing a march in the age 90-94 track cycling scene

The team which will lose Sky as a sponsor next year made cycling more professional, yet forfeiting some of its humanity

Rural pilgrimages helped rekindle Tadhg Peavoy’s post-grief memories

In his new book, the British cyclist says doping allegations have devastated his family life but cannot taint his love of cycling

Johan Bruyneel: ‘I would simply like to observe that we were all children of our era’

Seamas O’Reilly: New TV series may satisfy diehard fans but feels like a parody of itself

Evidence suggests we might even cheer meat-covered robots if we really want to

Brands spend big to net associations with sports’ superstars, even in retirement

Organisers try to blackball the defending champion from this year’s race

Breakaway began on Colle Delle Finestre and lasted more than two hours

Disgraced cyclist will buy the settlement over claims he defrauded the US government

Former doper says drugs taken by Wiggins are ‘100 per cent performance enhancing’

Retiring the number 25 shirt worn by San Francisco’s baseball cheat an absurd idea

Liam Ryan says battle with head and neck cancer made him realise life is a wonderful gift

Doper turned informant calls marginal gains ‘just great PR’

Maria Sharapova received honour of parading Australian Open trophy at the draw

More and more questions being asked of the team that are supposedly cleaner than clean

Documentary maker Alex Gibney has a habit of taking on big subjects. Now he’s investigating the unsolved 1994 Loughinisland massacre – and is not afraid to name names

Sportswriter had faced criticism for writing a character reference for the sex offender

Former Cork hurler says ‘he did not wish any controversy’ to detract from body’s work

Ex-colleagues recall the talent of ‘Memory Man’ to find the right words over and over

Team Sky cyclist tops overall standings 54 seconds ahead of Rigoberto Urán

Before mocking fidget spinners, cast your mind back to the crazes you got caught up in – embarrassing, isn’t it?

Anti-doping agency believes current system with triamcinolone open to abuse

Sunday Times report says coach Salazar ‘almost certainly’ broke anti-doping rules

The former rider was also highly critical of the fight against doping and Ukad’s role

Bikes are the heartbeat of northern Belgium – from leisurely tours to the toughest of tests