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Orica-Scott well-placed with Yates in Tour de France
Frenchman Warren Barguil won a hectic Tour de France stage on Bastille Day as Fabio Aru kept yellow.
Frenchman Warren Barguil won a hectic Tour de France stage on Bastille Day as Fabio Aru kept yellow.
Richie Porte has called on Tour de France organisers to re-think dangerous descents.
Australian speedster Michael Matthews is finding the Tour de France an emotional "roller coaster".
Overall, Fabio Aru leads Chris Froome by six seconds and Romain Bardet by 25.
The 3450km Tour de France passed the half-way mark on Wednesday. But for Tour debutant Damien Howson the "real" race was about to start.
Michael Matthews finished the stage in fourth and is second overall in the race for the green jersey.
A "devastated" Michael Matthews conceded he will reassess the value of challenging Marcel Kittel for the green jersey at the Tour de France after the Australian saw the German sprint star increase his points lead in Tuesday's 10th stage from Perigueux to Bergerac.
The rehabilitation of Richie Porte from a fractured collarbone and pelvis sustained in a horrific high-speed crash that ended his Tour de France on Sunday is aimed at preparing the Australian rider for a full return to racing next season rather than for any remaining major events this year.
Marcel Kittel claimed his fourth victory in this year's Tour de France when he powered to an impressive Stage 10 win in a bunch sprint on Tuesday.
The only Australian to win the Tour de France has backed his compatriot Richie Porte to bounce back from Sunday night's horrifying crash.
Speaking from hospital in the Alps, Porte said he hoped to race again this year.
No one will be feeling the pain of Richie Porte's exit from the Tour de France more than the man himself.
Tour de France favourite Richie Porte has suffered a serious crash on the final descent of stage nine of the Tour de France.
Tour de France organisers were accused of "getting what they wanted" after a day of carnage and controversy on the road from Nantua to Chambery yesterday (Sunday).
With all the climbs for stage nine into the Alps, someone is going to have a bad day.
The image of Australian Tour de France contender Richie Porte as a wide-eyed budding cyclist remains etched in the memory of the person who gave him his first big break as a professional, Andrew Christie-Johnson.
France's Lilian Calmejane won stage eight of the Tour de France from Dole to Station des Rousses.
Tour de France stages like what we raced Friday are anything but recovery days for general classification riders like me.
Marcel Kittel team won Tour de France stage seven in a photo finish from Edvald Boasson Hagen.
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.
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