Cycle Sport

Nicole Frain approached the peloton at speed with around 25km of the Provins stage to go, seemingly unaware of an existing pile-up in front of her. Marta Cavalli was later sent to hospital for monitoring.

Away from the roadside toasts and the pageantry of the Tour de France finale, for six Australian riders there was the achievement of simply finishing the world's most famous race.

For the first time since 1989, the women's Tour de France has returned, with the 34-year-old Australian champion saying she wasn't sure she would have the opportunity to ride in the world's biggest cycling race. 

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard is the Tour de France champion-elect after winning the time trial on the penultimate stage with another epic ride.

Female cyclists have had to wait three decades for a chance to race under the Tour de France banner. On Sunday, the world's best will race out of Paris for the inaugural Tour de France Femmes, writes Sophie Smith.

Jonas Vingegaard all but wins the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, and shows rival Tadej Pogačar the ultimate respect in a touching moment.

Cromwell is sharing training tips with her partner, F1 star Valtteri Bottas, as she gets ready for the inaugural Tour de France Femmes.

A few years back, Jonas Vingegaard struggled to find a team to sign him. Now the former fish-factory worker is surviving the heat of the Tour de France and is close to his first title.

Hugo Houle fulfils a decade-long pledge to his late brother as he takes out the 16th stage of the Tour de France, the first Canadian winner since 1988. 

Jonas Vingegaard still has the yellow jersey at the Tour de France after recovering from an early crash, but his team is down to six riders with one week to go.

Michael Matthews wins stage 14 to stand on the top of a Tour de France podium for the first time in five years, becoming Australia's second stage winner at this year's race.

With 70km left of of the 193km stage, Ewan clips the back wheel of a team-mate's bike and tumbles heavily onto his left knee and shoulder.

Cyclo-cross world champion — and Olympic gold medallist in cross-country mountain biking — Tom Pidcock is making a stellar Tour de France debut this year.

The Tour de France has a new leader as the Jumbo-Visma team isolates defending champion Tadej Pogačar and Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard breaks away on the Col Du Granon to take stage 11 and the yellow jersey. 

Bob Jungels crowns comeback from injury with breakthrough Tour de France stage win on the first Alpine finish of this year's race, while Tadej Pogačar maintains his overall lead and Australia's Ben O'Connor struggles on.

Pogačar has pipped his main rival, Jonas Vingegaard, at the line after a lung-busting 7km climb with an average gradient of 8.7 per cent.

Simon Clarke has mostly been a support-act for other riders, but after his first Tour de France stage win, the Aussie is finally in the spotlight, writes Sophie Smith.

Twice-defending champion Tadej Pogačar has won this year's longest Tour stage from Binche to Longwy.

Australian cycling veteran Simon Clarke has earned a magnificent, last-ditch Tour de France triumph to crown 20 years of slog on Europe's roads after a brutal, crash-strewn cobbled stage.

Wout van Aert extends his overall lead in the Tour de France by finishing off some sterling teamwork to win the fourth stage, having finished second on the opening three race days.

A month on from his heroic Giro d'Italia victory, Jai Hindley says he’s still processing the feat of becoming just the second Australian to win a Grand Tour.

The win caps a remarkable comeback for the 25-year-old who spent two days in an induced coma in 2020 following a high-speed crash during the Tour of Poland.

The Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl rider finished five seconds ahead of pre-stage favourite Wout van Aert as a number of riders crashed on slippery cobblestones. 

After spending up to 22 hours a day on his bike, Queensland's Allan Jefferson claimed victory in the gruelling 5,000 kilometre Race Across America — but it was no smooth ride. 

Danish police acting on a request from French authorities have raided the hotel where members of cycling team Bahrain Victorious are staying ahead of the Tour de France.