Irish rider puts last year’s demons to bed and finishes first in overall points classification

Crowd unrest nothing new at Tour but this year it’s particularly poisonous towards Sky

Simon Yates extends his overall advantage with a second stage win

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

Dutch rider claims maiden Grand Tour victory in Italy

America’s Tejay van Garderen wins his first Grand Tour stage

Tom Dumoulin retains overall lead despite frantic and stressful day in pink jersey

Colombian takes advantage of a crash involving a police motorcycle to lead race

Ireland’s Dan Martin, and Richie Porte fight to close in on race leader Chris Froome

Dan Martin tries to close gap on Chris Froome but defending champion holds firm

Dan Martin and Sam Bennett start world’s most famous cycle race with big targets in mind

Etixx-QuickStep rider Dan Martin takes superb second on final stage

Quintana’s impressive ascent of Alpe-d’ Huez in vein as Thibaut Pinot wins 20th stage

Yellow jersey holder believes detractors will only be happy when all his performance data is shared

German sprinter beats John Degenkolb and Alexander Kristoff in bunch sprint

34-year-old produces stunning smash and grab to pip Pinot and Bardet to 14th stage

The German suffered a puncture before breaking away to take fourth stage

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

Contador, Froome, defending champion NIbali and Quintana all set out with high hopes

Spanish rider draws level with Miguel Indurain and Fausto Coppi on seven titles

Cobblestones to feature again in route that will include just 14 individual time trial kilometres

Penultimate stage set for dramatic finish on l’Alpe d’Huez

The Garmin-Sharp rider feels that mentally he’s never been in the better shape

Marcel Kittel claims stage victory in exciting sprint finish on the Champs-Elysees

Germany’s Tony Martin easily won today’s 54km individual time trial from Bergerac

Late attack by ‘the Honeybadger’ in the rain finally gives team a stage win

Italian storms clear on Hautacam ascent as race for minor podium pacings hots up

Nicolas Roche at Pole’s side most of the way as Tinkoff-Saxo revival continues

Italian rider now five minutes and 26 seconds ahead of Alejandro Valverde

Nicolas Roche’s team-mate blindsides Cyrille Gautier to claim victory in Pyrenees

Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali retained his overall lead as the race heads towards Sunday’s conclusion

Omega Pharma-Quickstep rider back in training as Tour de France enters Pyrenees