Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel has won the hilly second stage of the Tour de France after holding off defending champion ...

Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel has won the hilly second stage of the Tour de France after holding off defending champion ...

Staying in the north of France, stage three is a 178km run from Valenciennes to Dunkerque, with the finish line near the ...

Alpecin's Mathieu van der Poel edged Tadej Pogacar to win the second stage of the Tour de France in a tense hilltop finale at ...

“I was there on the ground, I almost couldn’t breathe and I was coughing up blood,” Vingegaard says. “I said to myself that ...

Jasper Philipsen has won the opening stage of the Tour de France in a sprint to the line in Lille. Defending champion Tadej ...

Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay was second and Norwegian Søren Wærenskjold third. The first stage took riders on a 115-mile ...

Jonas Vingegaard third as Van der Poel inherits maillot jaune from teammate Philipsen ...

1. Mathieu van der Poel, Netherlands, Alpecin-Deceuninck, 4:45:41. 2. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, same time. 3. Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark, Team Visma ' Lease a Bike, same time. 4.

There were mixed fortunes for the thousands of Belgian fans who poured over the border for the opening stage of the Tour de ...