Tour de France 2026: Richard Carapaz roars clear to win stage 18 – as it happened
Ecuadorian takes impressive victory at Orcières-Merlette as Tadej Pogacar maintains overall lead despite illness concerns in his team
Tour de France worries emerge for Tadej Pogacar after illness sweeps through team
Richard Carapaz won stage 18 of the Tour, but uncertainty surrounds the health of race leader Tadej Pogacar’s UAE Emirates XRG team
Tour de France director rejects accusations of bias towards French riders
Christian Prudhomme also defended the night-time drug tests, adding that International Testing Agency (ITA) practices did not favour any riders
Anti-doping chiefs reject claims of Paul Seixas favouritism as Tour rivals cry foul
The home rider Paul Seixas has yet to be tested at night, unlike some of his rivals, but authorities deny that the French doping agency plays any role in who is tested
Tour de France 2026: Jasper Philipsen wins stage 17 as Adam Yates struggles with illness – as it happened
Jasper Philipsen got his first Tour stage win this year in a reduced sprint while Tadej Pogacar’s teammate Adam Yates was affected by a stomach bug
Tour de France 2026: Evenepoel wins stage 16 time trial but Lipowitz crashes out – as it hapenned
Evenepoel beat the race leader by 28 seconds to eat into the yellow jersey lead and make it back-to-back stages for the Belgian
Racing fearful Burnham and new government may have gambling in sights
A ban on bookies sponsorship in sport that did not exempt horse racing would be potentially ruinous for the industry
Vingegaard’s and Pogacar’s night-time doping tests authorised by Paris judge
The International Testing Agency had petitioned the Paris prosecutor’s office to test the duo outside of the normal 6am to 11pm window before stage 15
Tour de France 2026: Vingegaard crashes out before Evenepoel wins on stage 15 – as it happened
A dramatic day 15: Jonas Vingegaard’s Tour in ruins, Remco Evenepoel takes his first road win.
Vingegaard crashes out of Tour de France after ‘inhuman’ 2am doping control
Jonas Vingegaard crashed out of the Tour de France on the first Alpine climb, having been woken up in the early hours to undergo doping controls
Tour de France stage 14: Pogacar powers clear to win his fourth stage of 2026 race – as it happened
A fourth stage win of the Tour for unstoppable Tadej Pogacar, as Paul Seixas takes the white jersey
Pogacar attacks on steepest climb to clinch fourth Tour de France stage win
A fourth stage win for Tadej Pogacar has put him 4min 30sec ahead of Jonas Vingegaard while Paul Seixas took the lead in the young rider classification
Tour de France 2026: Mauro Schmid wins stage 13 as Tom Pidcock surges up GC – as it happened
Mauro Schmid edged out Harold Tejad, while Tom Pidcock finished third to move into the top four in the general classification
Tom Pidcock surges up standings while Mauro Schmid wins Tour de France stage 13
Tom Pidcock leapt up the overall standings in the Tour de France after a fulminating stage to Belfort ended in a first Tour win for Mauro Schmid