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  Woman involved in Tour de France Day 1 crash arrested

  Other Sports | July 01, 2021 13:04 IST

  The woman spectator had held out a banner to relay a message to her grandparents during the first round of Tour de France that unfortunately led to a huge crash and pileup after she collided with a rider.

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  Watch: A fan's stupidity causes huge crash and pile-up at Tour de France

  Other Sports | June 27, 2021 9:29 IST

  A pileup was caused by a fan that took down a large part of the peloton.

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  Soren Kragh Andersen doubles down at Tour de France 2020, wins Stage 19

  Other Sports | September 18, 2020 23:58 IST

  The Danish rider who won Stage 14 doubled down and raised his arms in victory again on Stage 19 on Friday, with another cunningly timed attack.

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  Tour de France: Lennard Kamna posts solo win in the Alps, Primaz Roglic keeps yellow jersey

  Other Sports | September 16, 2020 0:00 IST

  The 24-year-old German rider won the roller-coaster Stage 16 featuring five categorized climbs after pulling clear of a group of breakaway riders as the race entered the Alps on Tuesday.

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  Primoz Roglic, Tadej Pogacar braced for Slovenian showdown on Tour de France 2020 finale

  Other Sports | September 14, 2020 18:55 IST

  The final week of racing should offer a showdown between the Jumbo-Visma team leader Primoz Roglic and his young challenger Tadej Pogacar, who rides for the UAE Emirates team.

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  Tadej Pogacar wins Stage 15 at Tour de France 2020, Primoz Roglic retains lead

  Other Sports | September 13, 2020 22:41 IST

  Last year's winner Egan Bernal plummeted down the standings, as did his fellow Colombian Nairo Quintana, leaving Pogacar the only challenger within 90 seconds of Roglic in the overall standings.

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  Primoz Roglic imperial on Tour de France Stage 13 won by Daniel Martinez

  Other Sports | September 11, 2020 23:16 IST

  One of Stage 13's big losers was Egan Bernal, last year's champion from Colombia who was unable to match Roglic's pace on the arduous final ascent of the Puy Mary.

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  Tour de France 2020: Remaining 166 riders cleared of coronavirus but not director

  Other Sports | September 08, 2020 18:09 IST

  Four staff members of different Tour de France teams have tested positive for Coronavirus and are barred from bio-secure bubble, races to continue

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  It's a stressful rest day as Tour de France riders face COVID-19 tests

  Other Sports | September 07, 2020 16:22 IST

  After nine nervous and exhausting stages that took the peloton from the Riviera to the Pyrenees via a short journey in the Alps, riders would normally take some time off on Monday with their friends and families.

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  Primoz Roglic leads Tour de France 2020 after epic mountain trek

  Other Sports | September 06, 2020 23:47 IST

  Roglic, the Slovenian favorite this year alongside defending champion Egan Bernal, displayed his strong climbing credentials in the final ascent Sunday to dethrone overnight leader Adam Yates.

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  Tour de France: Adam Yates retains yellow jersey after stage 8

  Other Sports | September 06, 2020 14:27 IST

  It was a tough day for all cyclists as the mountainous stage eight, a 141 km ride to Loudenvielle featured three challenging ascents which scattered the peloton.

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  Nans Peters wins eighth stage of Tour de France in Pyrenees, Thibaut Pinot's hopes over

  Other Sports | September 05, 2020 22:32 IST

  Peters was part of a group of 13 riders who broke away Saturday in the early stages of the 141-kilometer (87.5-mile) stage featuring three punishing ascents to the town of Loudenvielle

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  Tour de France: Belgium's Wout Van Aert wins Stage 7

  Other Sports | September 05, 2020 9:38 IST

  Van Aert on Friday led home a select, lead group of race favourites to deliver Jumbo-Visma's third win of the race as Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Team Emirates) became the big casualty in the battle for yellow.

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  Tour de France: Alexey Lutsenko wins stage 6

  Other Sports | September 04, 2020 11:56 IST

  Kazakh champion Lutsenko (Astana) proved the strongest of an eight-man break during the 191km-stage to the Massif Central.

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  Lack of fans will have no effect on Tour de France: Sir Bradley Wiggins

  Other Sports | September 03, 2020 16:47 IST

  The annual three-week showpiece was originally scheduled to take place from June 27 to July 19 but was rescheduled and started on August 29 in Nice, France. 

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  Julian Alaphilippe loses Tour de France lead after being handed penalty

  Other Sports | September 02, 2020 22:42 IST

  Alaphilippe waived to the crowd as he left the finish area without the coveted yellow tunic he had worn for the last three stages.

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  Belgium's Wout van Aert sprints to victory on stage five of Tour de France 2020

  Other Sports | September 02, 2020 21:45 IST

  Van Aert used his power in the slight uphill finish to win by half a wheel ahead of Cees Bol and Sam Bennett.

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  He's back! Julian Alaphilippe takes emotional win at Tour de France

  Other Sports | August 30, 2020 22:54 IST

  A final burst of acceleration timed with precision enabled Alaphilippe to shake two pursuers and hold off the main pack of riders furiously gaining ground on the finishing straight.

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  Delayed but alive, Tour de France sets off from Nice

  Other Sports | August 29, 2020 18:25 IST

  The sight of the 176 riders on the starting line was already seen as a big win by organizers and French government officials relieved the mega-event drawing hundreds of thousands of roadside fans every summer could take place. 

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  French authorities harden COVID-19 rules at Tour de France

  Other Sports | August 29, 2020 15:45 IST

  Following guidelines issued by the health authorities, the move was announced Saturday by Tour organizers just a few hours before the start of the three-week race's opening stage in the Riviera city of Nice.