The UCI president, David Lappartient, has given his support to night-time testing, as happened at the Tour de France, in ‘exceptional cases’

Tim Merlier again proved he is the fastest sprinter in the race after a heroic effort by Liam Slock was foiled at the last

Following on from a bad fall last summer, Chris Froome has called time on his professional cycling career on the eve of this year’s Tour de France

Thymen Arensman claimed his second victory in this year’s Tour de France when he benefited from the top guns’ waiting game to prevail in the 19th stage

Tadej Pogacar took the race lead in the Tour de France from Mathieu van der Poel, after finishing second to Remco Evenepoel in the stage five time trial in Caen

Richard Carapaz, the reigning Tour de France king of the mountains, will miss this year’s race after developing a gastrointestinal infection training at home in Ecuador

Richard Carapaz, the Olympic road race champion, won stage 17 of the Tour de France in Superdévoluy after catching the ­British rider Simon Yates

The two-time winner seized the Pyrenean stage and took 43 seconds from defending champion Jonas Vingegaard

Stubborn, brave, brilliant: Cavendish defies age again to rewrite history

Federico Bahamontes, the first Spaniard to win the Tour de France, has died at the age of 95, Spanish officials said on Tuesday

Astana Qazaqstan have offered Mark Cavendish a contract extension to ride on the Tour de France next year despite the Briton’s planned retirement

Cycling team drops Allan Davis from Tour as Twitter user alleges he sent shirtless photo with the comment ‘thought of you’

Brian Robinson, first Briton to win a Tour de France stage, dies aged 91

The 2018 winner admitted he is not as explosive as the two leaders in front of him but is prepared to pounce if he spots ‘any moment of vulnerability’

Tour de France: climate protesters stop 10th stage of race – video

Stage leader Alberto Bettiol was asked to stop riding as police cleared climate crisis protesters from the road

Mark Cavendish is unlikely to get the chance to break Eddy Merckx’s stage-win record at the Tour de France this year after it was confirmed that he has been selected in his team’s squad for the Giro d’Italia

Narrator of key moments in cycling since the mid-70s, Liggett’s story includes his controversial support of Lance Armstrong

Christian Prudhomme, the Tour de France organiser, said of bringing the women’s Tour back: ‘We want to create a race that will stay the course’