Associated Press Jul 11, 2023, 11:59 AM ET ISSOIRE, France — It was an emotional first win at the Tour de France for Pello Bilbao on Tuesday. The Spanish cyclist sprinted to victory at the end of the tricky 10th stage and also gained significant time in the overall standings, which are still led by

Jul 9, 2023, 06:22 AM ET Astana-Qazaqstan has offered Mark Cavendish a contract extension to ride in the Tour de France next year despite the British cyclist’s planned retirement at the end of this season, the team’s general manager, Alexander Vinokourov, said. The 38-year-old Cavendish’s hopes of breaking the record for stage wins on the

ESPN News Services Jul 8, 2023, 10:09 AM ET Mark Cavendish will have to share the Tour de France record for most career stage wins at cycling’s biggest race after he crashed and broke his collarbone during Saturday’s eighth stage. Cavendish, 38, hit the ground Saturday with 40 miles left while riding at the back

Associated Press Jul 8, 2023, 12:36 PM ET LIMOGES, France — With Mark Cavendish out of the picture, former world champion Mads Pedersen claimed a second career stage win at the Tour de France on Saturday with a big burst of power to win a mass sprint. Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard kept the yellow jersey

Associated Press Jul 4, 2023, 01:00 PM ET NOGARO, France — Belgian rider Jasper Philipsen won a mass sprint to earn a second straight stage victory at the Tour de France on Tuesday, while Adam Yates kept the race leader’s yellow jersey heading into the Pyrenees mountains. Philipsen followed up his win on Monday’s third

Jun 30, 2023, 12:03 PM ET BILBAO, Spain — Tour de France organizers are ready to adjust to any situation amid the riots that have erupted in the country following the fatal shooting of a teenager by police, race director Christian Prudhomme said on Friday. “We are in constant liaison with the State services and

Associated Press Jun 26, 2023, 09:07 AM ET MANCHESTER, England — Former Tour de France champion Egan Bernal is returning to cycling’s biggest race for the first time since his life-threatening crash at the start of last year. The 26-year-old Colombian climber was selected Monday in the eight-man Ineos Grenadiers squad that will compete at

ESPN News Services Jun 16, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder died Friday after being found unconscious following a crash down a ravine at his home Tour de Suisse race. He was 26. Mader’s team, Bahrain-Victorious, said he died at the hospital, where he had been airlifted following Thursday’s crash. “We are devastated

Associated Press Jun 15, 2023, 03:53 PM ET GENEVA — Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder was airlifted to the hospital after being found unconscious after he crashed down a ravine at his home Tour de Suisse race on Thursday. Mäder and another rider, Magnus Sheffield of the United States, went off the road near the same

Associated Press May 28, 2023, 12:51 PM ET ROME — Primoz Roglic expanded his Grand Tour portfolio by winning the Giro d’Italia on Sunday to add to his three Spanish Vuelta titles. Mark Cavendish, who recently announced that he will retire at the end of this season, won the 21st and final stage in a