Bradley Wiggins admitted it was good to get back on his bike after a “big summer” – despite coming off again along with Mark Cavendish in a dramatic end to the first stage of the Tour of Britain as fellow Team Sky racer Luke Rowe claimed his first professional win in Norwich.

Nicolas Roche was again best of the Irish on the toughest stage of the Tour of the Algarve yesterday, finishing 11th, 44 seconds behind stage winner Richie Porte (Team Sky).

Lance Armstrong’s Team RadioShack tonight hit back at Floyd Landis and claimed the disgraced American rider has been threatening to make what they insist are “false accusations” of doping against Armstrong for over two years.