11:52 AM ET Associated Press TIGNES, France — Julian Alaphilippe lost his yellow jersey in exceptional circumstances on Friday as Egan Bernal took control of the Tour de France after organizers made the rare decision to stop Stage 19 in the Alps because of a hailstorm. Two days before the race ends on the Champs-Elysees,

11:28 AM ET Nairo Quintana claimed an emphatic win in the 18th stage of the Tour de France, a 208-km mountain trek from Embrun, as fellow Colombian Egan Bernal emerged as the strongest of the top contenders on Thursday. Twice Tour runner-up Quintana, who dropped out of overall contention last week, prevailed from the day’s

7:22 AM ET European champion Matteo Trentin won the 17th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday, excelling in the hilly 200-kilometre ride from the Pont du Gard as tempers flared in the peloton. Team Ineos’ Luke Rowe and Lotto Jumbo-Visma’s Tony Martin were both kicked out of the race following an altercation just

11:50 AM ET Australia’s Caleb Ewan claimed his second victory in this year’s Tour de France when he prevailed in a bunch sprint at the end of a crash-hit 16th stage on Tuesday. The Lotto Soudal rider beat Italian Elia Viviani and Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen, who took second and third place, respectively at the end

12:48 PM ET NIMES, France — A larger-than-life gilded canine statue — a boxer, by the looks of it — dominates the lobby of the hotel where several Tour de France teams are staying in this southern city. One of them is the French Groupama-FDJ squad led by Thibaut Pinot, whose gala weekend in the

12:48 PM ET FOIX, France — A day after Simon Yates won Stage 15, the Tour de France takes a break Monday in the southern city of Nimes with the winner still very much in doubt. With five days of real racing left before the parade stage that ends in Paris, here are five through-lines

11:47 AM ET Thibaut Pinot emerged as the strongest of the main contenders to win the Tour de France after dominating his rivals for the second successive day in the 15th stage, a 185-km mountain battle won by Briton Simon Yates Sunday. The Frenchman, who claimed victory at top of the iconic Col du Tourmalet

12:28 PM ET An enraged Thibaut Pinot put the hammer down on the first major mountain test of the Tour de France, leading a French one-two ahead of overall leader Julian Alaphilippe to triumph at the top of the iconic Col du Tourmalet Saturday. On a day of surprises, meanwhile, defending champion Geraint Thomas lost

12:18 PM ET France’s Julian Alaphilippe claimed an impressive victory in the 13th stage of the Tour de France, a 27.2-km individual time trial, on Friday to win his second tour stage and extend his overall lead. The Deceuninck-Quick Step rider clocked 35 minutes over the lumpy course to beat defending champion Geraint Thomas by

10:44 AM ET Tour de France organisers are looking to launch a major women’s race which “would be to women’s cycling what the Tour de France is to men’s cycling”, they said on Friday. A senior official at the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) revealed that a group dedicated to developing women’s cycling was being set