Tension was building up around Team Sky after two days on the Tour de France as rival teams complained that the jerseys they used for the opening time trial had been designed to illegally boost aerodynamics.

• Rupert Guinness

Germany's Marcel Kittel won the second stage of the Tour de France with a commanding sprint finish.

• Richie Porte

What a crash that was, that pile-up with 30 kilometres to go in stage two of the Tour de France on Sunday.

• Rupert Guinness

Australian Luke Durbridge abandoned the Tour de France during stage two on Sunday due to an injury.

• Richie Porte

I have made no secret of my podium ambitions in this year's Tour de France; nor of my utmost belief that the BMC Racing Team line-up we have here will provide all the support I need.

• Rupert Guinness

When Geraint Thomas awoke for the start of the Tour de France in Düsseldorf on Saturday, the Welshman's mind was half a world away – in New Zealand.

• David Polkinghorne

For the first time Canberra's Michael Matthews can set his sights on gunning down the "Manx Missile".

Australian hope Richie Porte has endured a tough start to his Tour de France campaign, finishing 49th in a dramatic opening time trial won by Welshman Geraint Thomas of Team Sky.

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• Scott Spits

You'll soon realise that legendary cycling commentator Phil Liggett's role at the Tour de France has been downgraded. For Australian TV audiences anyway.

• Rupert Guinness

Australian Tour de France contender Richie Porte and his team have rehearsed an emergency response plan to handle potentially race-ruining mechanicals.

• Martyn Herman

Here are six of the key stages that could decided the 2017 Tour de France.

• Rupert Guinness

As Richie Porte stood before the cameras on Tour de France eve, taking note nearby was Cadel Evans.

• Eamonn Tiernan

Tour veteran Matt Hayman says Orica-Scott will challenge for the Tour de France crown through their young guns.

• Julien Pretot

Tour de France organisers will contact Jan Bakelants's AG2R-La Mondiale team to ask him to apologise after the rider made derogatory comments to a Belgian newspaper about the women who hand out prizes during the race.

​Richie Porte is in a contract year, meaning there will be handsome profit if he becomes the second Australian to win the Tour de France.

Portuguese cyclist Andre Cardoso of Alberto Contador's Trek-Segafredo team has been provisionally suspended after failing a test for the banned blood-booster erythropoietin

• James Coman

Canberra cyclist Chloe Hosking hopes moving to Europe will help boost her career.

• Matthew Nicoletti

Canberra veteran cyclist has been announced as a part of the Orica-Scott team for his third career Tour de France.

• Roger Vaughan

Rohan Dennis has ruled himself out of the powerful BMC team that will support fellow Australian Richie Porte at the Tour de France.