11:37 AM ET Associated Press NIMES, France — Accustomed to settling for second, Nils Politt struggled to believe victory was his when it finally came at the Tour de France. After dropping his last remaining rivals on the road leading to the city of Nimes in southern France, the German rider hit his helmet several

6:10 PM ET Niamh Lewis Jumbo-Visma’s Marianne Vos claimed her 30th career victory at the Giro d’Italia Donne on stage 7 on Thursday, to extend her record of the most number of stage wins in the race. The Dutchwoman is the most successful sprinter in women’s cycling, having won in both classics and stage races

12:45 PM ET Associated Press VALENCE, France — Mark Cavendish won the 10th stage of the Tour de France in a mass sprint Tuesday, putting himself within one win of Eddy Merckx’s record haul of 34 at cycling’s biggest race. Tadej Pogacar kept the race leader’s yellow jersey. Back in the race for the first

1:20 PM ET Associated Press TIGNES, France — Defending champion Tadej Pogacar kept control of the Tour de France on a rain-soaked second day in the Alps as a crash-filled opening week took its toll on rivals on Sunday. “I’m sure a lot of guys suffered today,” said Pogacar, who retained the race leader’s yellow

6:44 AM ET Associated Press CLUSES, France — The injuries from a crash-filled opening week at the Tour de France took their toll Sunday when last year’s runner-up, Primoz Roglic, withdrew before the ninth stage. Rogblic crashed badly during Monday’s third stage in the western Brittany region and had been struggling since. The Jumbo-Visma team

11:54 AM ET Associated Press LE GRAND-BORNAND, France — Tadej Pogacar dealt a demoralizing blow to his remaining Tour de France rivals on the first day in the Alps, where the defending champion claimed the yellow jersey in Saturday’s grueling eighth stage. Pogacar strengthened his bid to retain his Tour title after proving once again

11:13 AM ET Associated Press LE CREUSOT, France — Matej Mohoric posted his first stage win in the Tour de France on Friday following a long breakaway in the race’s longest stage. The 249-kilometer (155-mile) hilly trek from Vierzon to Le Creusot in the seventh stage was the longest in 21 years. Mohoric was part

11:51 AM ET Associated Press CHATEAUROUX, France — Mark Cavendish is rolling back the years at the Tour de France. Back in the race for the first time since 2018, the British sprinter has regained some of the luster of his youth to dominate the field again. Cavendish claimed the short and flat sixth stage

7:30 AM ET The Tour de France has withdrawn a lawsuit against a spectator who caused a massive pileup during the first stage of the race, organizers told Reuters on Thursday. The spectator, a 30-year-old French woman, was in custody at a police station in Landerneau, Brittany, the northwest French region where the world’s biggest

12:04 PM ET Associated Press LAVAL, France — Tadej Pogacar waited until the penultimate stage to take control of the Tour de France last year. The young Slovenian rider did it after only five stages this summer, with a stunning display in Wednesday’s time trial that won’t be forgotten by his rivals. In the first