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The Tour de France gear socking it to Trump

Sending a message: Australian Simon Clarke of the Cannondale-Drapac team shows off the socks with the <2°C logo.

An American team racing in the Tour de France is doing what US President Donald Trump would not do, by putting its weight behind an initiative supporting the Paris Accord on climate change that he withdrew the US from.

Form, fitness and grief: the struggles of Orica-Scott's team leader

Orica-Scott team leader Esteban Chaves (centre) in mourning for a close friend.

Mat Hayman can see Esteban Chaves is struggling in his first Tour de France. But it is not due to the physical demands of the race; nor the pressure of expectations from the teams, sponsors, media and fans to the mayhem and circus of the race that attracts hundreds of thousands to its 3,450km race route for every one of its 21-day duration.

Rider continues in Tour de France despite grief

"Chaves is handling it well, considering," Australian Orica-Scott head sports director Matt White said of team leader ...

The co-leader of the Australian Orica-Scott team learned of the sudden death of his personal physiotherapist in a cycling accident late Sunday night after stage two, 205km from Düsseldorf in Germany to Liège.