Geraint Thomas won his first Tour de France title yesterday, concluding his transformation from a support rider into a champion of cycling’s biggest race.

You know when Irishmen start talking about organic pomegranate juice with the same fervour that once applied to pints that things are getting serious.

All British eyes will be on Team Sky’s Chris Froome at the Tour de France, but a Birmingham-born Irishman is capable of upsetting the odds, according to one former winner.

Gardaí from various districts throughout the country, 45 in all, returned home to Dublin airport today having spent five days on their annual ‘Tour De Force’ Cycle’ raising an estimated €80,000 for the charity Debra Ireland.

Forty-five gardaí from various Garda districts throughout the country left Dublin airport today for Madrid on their annual ‘Tour De Force’ cycle’.

KING CAREW, the horse who gave Timmy Murphy one of the worst falls ever seen on an Irish racecourse at last year’s Galway Festival, made it up to the pilot somewhat when landing the featured May Bank Holiday Handicap Chase at Limerick yesterday.