"I am heartbroken," Conrad Roy's father said.

Chris Froome dodged crashes in the pack to retain his overall lead in the Tour de France before the race heads back to the mountains today.

Nicolas Roche’s hopes of bettering his best performance in a Grand Tour are over for another year after he lost over 14 minutes on a hellishly hard day in Andorra.

Igor Anton won the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Espana today with Philippe Gilbert finishing fifth to keep hold of the leader’s red jersey.

A judge ordered the immediate release of nearly 500 protesters just hours before President George Bush was to speak tonight at the Republican National Convention – then fined the city of New York for refusing to comply with his order.