Thomas sunk, Yates dropped in Giro d’Italia stage three

Ecuador’s Jonathan Caceido tales third stage to Mount Etna; Portugal’s Joao Almeida takes race lead

Eddie Dunbar and Sam Bennett get back on the road in Burgos

Irish duo taking part in five-stage tour in northern Spain as cycling gets going again

Pinot gains on Thomas and Alaphilippe in steep Pyrenean climbs

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

Tour de France: Teunissen retains yellow after team time trial

Jumbo-Visma power to victory in Brussels denying Geraint Thomas and Team Ineos

Richard Carapaz closes in on Giro d’Italia win after gruelling day

Ecuadorian rider holds off Vincenzo Nibali as Primoz Roglic loses more ground

Carapaz takes stage and is pretty in pink at Giro as Polanc cracks

Ecuadorian rider makes his move on the Colle San Carlo during 14th stage

Russia’s Zakarin sees late break pay off with mountain win at Giro

Ireland’s Eddie Dunbar goes on the attack again before dropping back to help team-mate

Arnaud Demare claims his first stage win of 2019 Giro d’Italia

Frenchman holds off Elia Viviani and Rudiger Selig as crash reduces stage 10 sprint

Pascal Ackermann powers to second stage win in Giro d’Italia

Bora-Hansgrohe rider pips Fernando Gaviria on the line after mastering wet conditions

Gaviria takes Giro stage three after Viviani disqualified

Italian champion Elia Viviani was disqualified from the stage for dangerous sprinting

Simon Yates seals victory in La Vuelta

Yates’ success sees British riders take all Grand Tours this season

Rohan Dennis wins La Vuelta time trial

BMC Racing teammate Nicolas Roche finishes in 45th position to lie 35th overall

Simon Yates extends Vuelta lead after individual time trial

Australia’s Rohan Dennis takes stage 16 by 50 seconds

Roche is last Irish rider in Vuelta as Dan Martin otherwise engaged

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

Benjamin King takes mountainous ninth stage of Vuelta

US rider collapses with exhaustion after finaluphill push to finish atop La Covatilla

Simon Clarke takes stage five of La Vuelta

Molard takes leader’s red jersey from Kwiatkowski on route to Roquetas de Mar

Simon Yates closes gap on La Vuelta leaders on stage four

Team Sky’s Michal Kwiatkowski holds overall lead while Ben King records a rare victory

More success will only heighten suspicion around Chris Froome

Team Sky rider’s performance at the Giro d’Italia has posed even more questions

Giro d’Italia: Froome leads after obliterating rivals with solo escape

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

Chris Froome’s stunning lone attack secures Giro d’Italia lead

Team Sky rider attacked with 80km to go to take Maglia Rosa off Simon Yates

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Both the Champions League and Pro14 finals as well as more GAA round-robin action

Sam Bennett denied third Giro stage win as Viviani claims his fourth

Irish sprinter boxed in on final straight and has to settle for second

Giro d’Italia: Yates takes stage 15 leaving Froome in his wake

Sam Bennett remains second in points standings while Nicolas Roche withdraws

Chris Froome wins 14th stage of the Giro d’Italia

Bad day for the Irish riders as Sam Bennett finishes last, Simon Yates extends lead

Bennett unlucky to be denied third stage win in Giro d’Italia

Irishman forced to settle for second spot as Viviani pips him in sprint finish

Sam Bennett takes stage 12 of the Giro D’Italia

Irish rider emulates Stephen Roche in 1987 by winning a second stage in this year’s race

Chris Froome continues to struggle at Giro d’Italia

Simon Yates extends his overall advantage with a second stage win

Chaves wins stage six as Yates takes overall lead in Giro d’Italia

Pinot finishes third, 26 seconds behind the leading duo in same group as Dumoulin, Froome and Aru

Froome off the pace in Giro d’Italia time trial after reconnaissance crash

British rider places 21st on opening stage, 37 seconds behind leader Tom Dumoulin

French climber rescued on ‘killer mountain’ after being forced to abandon partner

Elisabeth Revol was climbing with Kildare-based mountaineer Tomasz Mackiewicz

Dan Martin: Regrets? I’ll have a few, but too few to mention

There have been low points along the way, but this has been an amazing Tour for me

Dan Martin’s Tour diary: Staying focused on and off the bike is key

Having placed sixth overall, I feel like it’s mission accomplished for the Pyrenees

Tour de France: Chris Froome loses yellow jersey to Fabio Aru

Dan Martin notched up a sixth place finish on stage 12 as his late attack came up short

Tour de France: Marcel Kittel takes stage seven in photo finish

German rider claims third stage win of this year’s race after pipping Boasson Hagen

Dan Martin fifth heading into ‘queen-stage’

Simon Yates claims Friday’s stage to threaten Julian Alaphilippe’s overall lead

Quintana stays in the Vuelta driving seat

Colombian maintains his big lead over Chris Froome in Spain

Chris Froome wins 11th stage of Vuelta a Espana

Team Sky rider takes stage from Colunga to Pena Cabarga ahead of Nairo Quintana

Britain’s Simon Yates powers to victory in stage 6 of Vuelta

Colombian Darwin Atapuma retains leader’s jersey for third day

British cyclist Simon Yates not suspended for positive drugs test

Orica-GreenEdge team accept responsibility after rider tests for banned anti-asthma drug

British cyclist Simon Yates tests positive for banned substance

Orica-GreenEdge have accepted responsibility for Yates’ positive test for Terbutaline

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