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Jonas Vinegaard says he had hoped Tadej Pogačar would let him win the penultimate stage of the Tour de France — instead, the Slovenian created history.

Slovenian superstar Tadej Pogačar increases his Tour de France lead on Jonas Vingegaard to all but lock up his third title.

Victor Campenaerts has praised his girlfriend as "the hero in this story" after winning a three-way sprint finish to claim stage 18 of the Tour de France.

Richard Carapaz has climbed his way to history, becoming the first Ecuadorian to win a stage at the Tour de France by taking honours on stage 17.

Jasper Philipsen has sprinted to victory during Tuesday's 16th stage of the Tour de France, a 189-kilometre flat ride from Gruissan to Nimes.

Tadej Pogačar shows why he is the man to beat at this year's Tour de France with a sensational climb during stage 15, a day after he was one of several riders to have chips thrown at them. 

Tour de France overall leader Tadej Pogačar times his attack to perfection and rides solo to victory on stage 14, a 152-kilometre trek from Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan.

Jasper Philipsen claims his second stage victory at this year's Tour de France after pipping Belgian compatriot Wout van Aert to the line in a crash-marred sprint finale.

Primož Roglič loses more than two minutes to his rival Tour de France contenders after crashing near the finish where the new king of sprints, Biniam Girmay, completes a hat trick of stage wins.

Two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard holds off race leader Tadej Pogačar to win the latest stage of the Tour de France, having caught the Slovenian after he made a break.

The Belgian benefited from a perfect lead-out by Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate and world champion Mathieu van der Poel to prevail after 187.3 kilometres from Orleans.

Matthew Richardson is a former gymnast who had to give up the sport because of a devastating elbow injury, but he's now making serious waves in the velodrome and looking for Olympic gold.

Norwegian rider André Drege crashed on a descent at the Tour of Austria, suffering fatal injuries. He was 25. 

Obsessed with being as light as possible, Tour de France cyclist Jonas Abrahamsen went to extreme lengths to stay skinny. He's since put on 20kg of weight and is cycling better than ever.

French rider Julien Bernard was fined for "inappropriate behaviour" after waving to fans and stopping to kiss his wife during the stage seven Tour de France time trial as Remco Evenepoel showed off his pedigree with a stunning victory over race leader Tadej Pogačar.

Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Logan Martin is one of six athletes heading to Paris on the Australian cycling team unveiled today.

A dramatic conclusion at the Tour de France sees a sprint contender relegated and the stage win in Dijon decided by a photo finish. 

The "Manx Missile", Mark Cavendish, breaks the record of another cycling great, Eddy Merckx, taking out his 35th Tour de France career stage win with a classic finish. 

Biniam Girmay earns a historic win in stage three of the Tour de France — and his team says it hopes it "opens the floodgates" for more riders from Africa to make it in the sport of road cycling.

Tour de France great Mark Cavendish barely finishes within the maximum time limit in the first stage, as Romain Bardet picks up the first yellow jersey of his career.

In a small cafe in a nondescript French village during the 1924 Tour de France, a journalist fell upon the biggest scoop in cycling, when three Tour riders revealed what they were carrying in their bags to get them through the most daunting of races.

The winners of the last four Tour de France races will once again lock horns in France's greatest annual sporting event, with Tadej Pogačar chasing history and Jonas Vingegaard hoping for a miraculous recovery from serious injury. Here's what you need to know.

Australian cyclist Ruby Roseman-Gannon wins the final stage of the Tour of Britain after an opponent celebrated early as they crossed the finish line.

Riders from the British-based cycling team Lifeplus-Wahoo woke up to a shock ahead of the second day of the Tour of Britain when they discovered all their bikes had been stolen.

Tadej Pogačar has been called "unique", "insane" and "on a different level" throughout the Giro d'Italia as he made a mockery of the first grand tour of the season. His indisputable talent is one that deserves all the accolades.