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.

Team Sky's Geraint Thomas extended his lead in the Tour de France as Chris Froome slipped out of second place on 17th stage won by Nairo Quintana.

Geraint Thomas will wear the yellow jersey after winning stage 11 of the Tour de France in La Rosiere to take the overall lead.

Greg Van Avermaet extended his lead in the yellow jersey with a superb ride as Julian Alaphilippe won stage 10 of the Tour de France.

“I really hope my wife hasn’t gone into labour!”

Dan Martin has narrowly missed out on victory in stage five of the Tour de France.

Martin continued his impressive form in France.

When Dan Martin crashed hard on stage nine of the Tour de France last Sunday week and crossed the line 1’15” down on stage winner Rigoberto Uran, many felt his best ever chance of a podium in the sport’s greatest contest had passed him by.

After one of the most bizarre Tour de France stages in recent years, overnight leader Chris Froome emerged from a day of chaos with the yellow jersey he claimed last Wednesday.

Dan Martin kept his powder dry on yesterday’s flat stage seven of the Tour de France, the Irishman crossing the line as part of the main bunch thus losing no time to his main rivals for the yellow jersey.

Dan Martin rocketed up the General Classification at the Tour de France yesterday and is now fourth overall just 25 seconds down on the man who assumed the race leader’s yellow jersey, Chris Froome.

Dan Martin narrowly missed out on victory in stage 3 of the Tour de France this afternoon.

Welshman Geraint Thomas wears the yellow jersey into stage three of the Tour de France today after a chaotic opening two stages over the weekend.

Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas were grateful to emerge with little more than bumps and bruises from a crash as Marcel Kittel won stage two of the Tour de France in Liege.

Damien Shaw has been handed the onerous task of leading the An Post Chain Reaction team into battle for this year’s An Post Rás which gets underway from, Dublin Castle on Sunday week, May 21.

Chris Froome has reported an apparent hit-and-run incident to police after saying he was deliberately knocked off his bike while training in southern France yesterday.

Sam Bennett starts the third Grand Tour of his career tomorrow, when he leads the Bora-Hansgrohe team at the Giro d’Italia, which gets underway in Alghero, Sardinia.

Sam Bennett claimed 10th place on yesterday’s fifth stage of Paris-Nice, the Irishman unable to emulate Tuesday’s heroic effort where he finished top of the podium at the end of the day.

Chris Froome extended his advantage in the yellow jersey with an opportunistic move as Peter Sagan won stage 11 of the Tour de France.

Nicolas Roche has been named in Team Sky’s nine-man roster for the Vuelta a Espana, which starts on Saturday in the Andalucian town of Puerto Banus on the Costa del Sol.

Vincenzo Nibali punched the air to celebrate his first win of the race this year, Chris Froome then launched a tirade at the stage winner for the manner in which he won and Nairo Quintana almost collapsed in a heap from exertion after breathing fresh life into the Tour de France.

Nicolas Roche put up a brave fight in a bid to claim stage glory on yesterday’s 17th stage of the Tour de France but it was German Simon Geschke (Giant Alpecin) who emerged victorious with a brilliant solo victory.

Irish cycling legend Stephen Roche says if Chris Froome didn’t have such good self-control there’d be a lot of journalists with broken noses at this Tour de France.

Rubén Plaza (Lampre-Merida) was yesterday’s stage winner of the Tour de France on a day where Chris Froome moved one step closer to winning his second Grand Tour title.

Chris Froome survived a string of attacks on the 11th stage of the Tour de France yesterday on a day Joaquim Rodriguez claimed his second mountaintop victory of the race.

Team Sky’s riders and management have staunchly defended the performance of Nicolas Roche following Sunday’s near miss at a stage win on the ninth day of the Tour de France.

Nicolas Roche has been named in Team Sky’s nine-man squad for the Tour de France, which starts in Utrecht in the Netherlands on Saturday.

Defending champion Chris Froome has abandoned the 2014 Tour de France after a third crash in two days.

Tour de France competitors have warned of the potential risks to spectators who choose to stand in the road with their backs to the speeding cyclists - all for the sake of a quick selfie.

A devastated Mark Cavendish ruled himself out of the Tour de France after suffering a shoulder injury in a crash on Saturday's opening stage to Harrogate.

CYCLING: Sam Bennett is the hot favourite to win tomorrow’s Elite National Road Race title in Mullingar, but the Carrick-on-Súir rider is playing down his chances.

Ireland’s Philip Deignan enjoyed a good competitive racing debut with Team Sky, helping teammates Richie Porte and Geraint Thomas finish fourth and eighth in the Santos Tour Down Under yesterday.

Only one significant hurdle stands between Chris Froome and Tour de France glory today although it stands 1,655 metres high.

Chris Froome was “quietly excited” last night with the 100th Tour de France his to lose going into the final weekend of the race.

Mark Cavendish answered his critics with victory on stage 13 of the Tour de France to Saint-Amand-Montrond but Chris Froome saw more than a minute of his lead over Alberto Contador blown away by the crosswinds.

First week of the Tour. Establish a rhythm, stay upright, refuel smart, get through it.

Team Sky have blamed the punctures suffered by Richie Porte and Geraint Thomas during yesterday’s stage five of the Tour de France on tacks placed in the road by spectators.

Orica GreenEdge pipped Mark Cavendish’s Omega Pharma-Quick Step squad by a single second to win today’s team time trial in the Tour de France and make it two stage victories in as many days.

Orica GreenEdge were all smiles after Simon Gerrans pipped Peter Sagan to the line and won stage three of the Tour de France in Calvi.

The organisers of the 100th Tour de France came under fire after the first stage of the showpiece event ended in chaos in Bastia.