Chris Froome set to remain at Sky, new deal a matter of days

"We're currently in the final processes," the Kenyan-born rider said at a press conference three days before the start of the Tour de France. Read more...

Bryan Coquard to take step back, criticizes Jean-Rene Bernaudeau

French cyclist Bryan Coquard says that he will take a step back to recover from the disappointment of being left out of Direct Energie's squad for the Tour de France. Read more...

Organisation: Several Grand Tour winners to start at next Vuelta a España

Organisers of La Vuelta have big expectations for its upcoming edition. They expect to have more than two Grand Tour winners for the next edition of the race. Read more...

Alberto Contador: We are ready to win

Alberto Contador starts in his 10th Tour de France feeling better than he has in years. The rider of Trek-Segafredo trusts his form to try to get his third victory at the race. Read more...

Team Sky's Nicolas Portal: It will be a difficult Tour to win

Team Sky's Directeur Sportif Nicolas Portal has made an analysis of the upcoming Tour de France, commenting on all the challenges the squad will face in the next three weeks. Read more...

Tour de France: What do the bookmakers say?

Bookmakers around the world agree on Chris Froome's role as top favorite for the upcoming Tour, but the differences aren't as big as they used to be. Read more...

Team Sunweb adds two stagiaires to its squad

Two riders from the Development team of Sunweb will make the step to become stagiaires in the WorldTour team. Max Kanter and Leon Rohde will join the squad from the 1st of August. Read more...

Tour de France 2017: Stage profiles

The 2017 edition of the Tour de France will consist of 21 stages with a total length of 3,540 kilometers. This is an overview of all stage profiles. Read more...

Andre Cardoso: I have never taken illegal substances

Portuguese rider Andre Cardoso has requested the analysis of his B sample after testing positive for EPO, and insists that he has never used the forbidden substance. Read more...

Wanty-Groupe Gobert's line-up for Tour de France debut

Wanty-Groupe Gobert have their squad ready for the team's debut in the Tour de France. The team has selected riders from nine different countries. Read more...

Andre Cardoso suspended after testing positive for EPO

Portuguese rider Andre Cardoso of Trek-Segafredo has been notified of an Adverse Analytical Finding of Erythropoietin (EPO), the UCI announced on Tuesday. Read more...

CyclingPub launches Tour de France Fantasy Game

CyclingPub.com has opened its Tour de France Fantasy Game, allowing fans to pick their stage winners from day 1 in Dusseldorf to the final stage in Paris. Read more...

Quick-Step Floors to face Tour de France with three leaders

Quick-Step Floors have confirmed a squad for every terrain for the upcoming Tour de France. Marcel Kittel, Philippe Gilbert and Dan Martin will be the men to watch. Read more...

Bahrain-Merida squad ready for first Tour de France

Bahrain-Merida will face the Tour de France for the first time and they will do so with two leaders. Read more...

Cannondale-Drapac to face Tour de France with two leaders

Cannondale-Drapac have their roster ready for the Tour de France. The team will have a mix of riders to compete for stages and two riders to fight for the General Classification. Read more...

Confirmed line-up of Movistar for Tour de France

Movistar has made a final selection for the Tour de France. The Spanish team confirmed the names of those that will support Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde. Read more...

UAE-Team Emirates ready to face Tour de France for the first time

UAE-Team Emirates is ready to become the first team from the United Arab Emirates at the Tour de France. Read more...

Mark Cavendish returns to the Tour de France

Mark Cavendish will be back at the Tour de France as he was chosen to be part of the roster of Dimension Data for the upcoming edition of the race. Read more...

Fabio Aru leads Astana at Tour de France once more

Astana has unveiled its squad for the upcoming Tour de France. The team's main objective will be the General Classification for Fabio Aru. Read more...

No Tour de France for Bryan Coquard

French Professional Continental team Direct Energie will travel to the Tour de France without one of its star riders, Bryan Coquard. Read more...

AG2R unveils complete line-up for Tour de France

AG2R La Mondiale has chosen its complete line-up for the upcoming Tour de France. The French team had already announced six of the nine riders that will take part in the race. Read more...

Larry Warbasse victorious at USA National Championships

Larry Warbasse of Aqua Blue Sport has won the USA National Championship after beating Neilson Powless and Alexey Vermeulen in a sprint of three. Read more...

Steve Cummings takes double at British Championships

Steve Cummings of Dimension Data has won the British Road Race Championships just days after having won the Time Trial. Read more...

Fabio Aru takes the victory at Italian Championships

Fabio Aru has taken the victory at the Italian National Championships. The rider of Astana crossed the finish line solo in the Italian region of Piemonte. Read more...

Oliver Naesen beats Sep Vanmarcke to win Belgian championship

Oliver Naesen of AG2R La Mondiale is the new Belgian national champion after beating Sep Vanmarcke in the final sprint. Read more...

Ramon Sinkeldam sprints to Dutch national title

Ramon Sinkeldam of Team Sunweb is the new Dutch road race champion after beating Wouter Wippert and Dylan Groenewegen in the final sprint. Read more...

Arnaud Demare wins French championship

Arnaud Demare has taken the French National Championships title. The race came to a bunch sprint in which the FDJ rider was the strongest. Read more...

Marcus Burghardt is the new German National Champion

Marcus Burghardt has won the road race at the German National Championships. The rider of Bora-hansgrohe succeeds Andre Greipel as the country's champion. Read more...

Jesus Herrada wins Spanish Road Race Championship

Jesus Herrada is the new Spanish Road Race champion after beating teammate Alejandro Valverde in Soria in the north of the country. Read more...

Live Commentary: National Road Race Championships

It's the Sunday before the start of the Tour de France, the day on which riders from all over compete to conquer their national champion's jersey and wear it for the year to come. Read more...

Joey Rosskopf wins USA Time Trial Championship

Joey Rosskopf of BMC Racing Team is the new USA Time Trial champion after beating teammate Brent Bookwalter for Gold on Saturday. Read more...

Andre Greipel leads Lotto-Soudal's squad for Tour de France

Lotto-Soudal has made its selection for the upcoming Tour de France. The Belgian squad will have a mix of experience and new talent to try to go for stage victories. Read more...

Video: Sunweb prepares for the Tour de France's Grand Departure

Team Sunweb is ready for the Grand Depart of the 2017 Tour de France, which will take place in Düsseldorf. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde: I will go to the Tour to help Quintana, nothing else

Alejandro Valverde is going to the Tour de France with the objective of helping Nairo Quintana. The rider of Movistar will not be riding for a position in the GC, he says. Read more...

Trek-Segafredo unveils Tour de France line-up

As expected, Trek-Segafredo will travel to the Tour de France with Alberto Contador as its leader and Bauke Mollema to support the Spaniard in the mountains. Read more...

Opinion - Forcing riders to appear at national championships: A fair demand or unrealistic?

The Spanish Cycling Federation recently stated that riders should take part in their national championship in order to be sent to the World Championship. Is this a fair demand? Read more...

Orica-Scott: Esteban Chaves, Simon Yates to share leadership at Tour de France

Australian WorldTour team Orica-Scott has unveiled its final line-up for the upcoming Tour de France. As expected, Simon Yates and Esteban Chaves will share the leadership. Read more...

Ninth Time Trial title for Edvald Boasson Hagen

Edvald Boasson Hagen has won the Norwegian Time Trial Championship for an impressive ninth time. The Dimension Data rider experienced no serious opposition in this year's edition. Read more...

Wout Poels may represent Team Sky at Vuelta a España

Team Sky's reasons for omitting Wout Poels from its Tour de France squad may go beyond his condition. The British team have something in store for him in another Grand Tour. Read more...

Steve Cummings beats Alex Dowsett for British Time Trial title

Dimension Data rider Steve Cummings is the new British Time Trial champion after beating Alex Dowsett for Gold on the Isle of Man. Read more...

Yves Lampaert takes Belgian Time Trial title

Yves Lampaert of QuickStep Floors has won the Belgian Time Trial Championship. Victor Campenaerts and Ben Herman finished second and third, respectively. Read more...

Pierre Latour wins French Time Trial Championship

Pierre Latour has taken the victory at the Time Trial of the French National Championships. The rider of AG2R-La Mondiale was the fastest at the 51.6 kilometre circuit. Read more...

UCI announces WorldTour calendar, 2018 Tour de France postponed by a week

The 2018 edition of the Tour de France will be postponed by a week in order to avoid conflict with the football World Championships. Read more...

Official: Grand Tour squad size to be reduced from nine to eight

Cycling's World Governing Body UCI has announced that the amount of riders in Grand Tours will be reduced to eight in 2018. Read more...

LottoNL-Jumbo aims at stage victories at Tour de France

LottoNL-Jumbo has announced its squad for the upcoming Tour de France. The Dutch team will aim at stage victories with a mix of riders suitable for all the terrains. Read more...

Movistar tries to sign Mikel Landa for the third time

Movistar is trying to sign Mikel Landa for the third time. The rider currently has three contract proposals to consider and the Spanish team is not giving up easily. Read more...

Veteran Filippo Pozzato extends deal with Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia

Italian veteran Filippo Pozzato will continue his career at Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia and will gradually take on managerial responsabilities at the team. Read more...

BMC Racing Team announces Tour de France line-up

BMC Racing Team has unveiled its line-up for the Tour de France. Richie Porte will be assisted by a squad that looks very different from last year's edition of the French race. Read more...

Nairo Quintana: We will try to win the Tour de France

Nairo Quintana of Movistar is ready to face the upcoming Tour de France. The rider has put the Giro d'Italia behind him and now focuses entirely on the Grande Boucle. Read more...

Poels, Stannard out of Team Sky line-up for Tour de France

Team Sky has announced its full line-up for the upcoming Tour de France, at which Chris Froome will attempt to win his fourth title. Read more...

Tom Dumoulin successfully defends Dutch Time Trial title

Tom Dumoulin of Team Sunweb has won the Dutch National Time Trial Championship for the third time in his career. Stef Clement and Robert Gesink completed the top three. Read more...

Michal Kwiatkowski succeeds Maciej Bodnar as Polish Time Trial champion

Michal Kwiatkowski has won the Polish National Time Trial Championships. The Team Sky rider beat CCC Sprandi Polkowice's Marcin Bialoblocki by a minute and 15 seconds. Read more...

Sunweb aims at stage results in Tour de France

Team Sunweb has announced the nine riders that are going to the Tour de France. The German squad will aim for stage victories. Read more...

Toms Skujins second in Latvia Time Trial at comeback

Cannondale-Drapac's Toms Skujins returned to racing at the Latvian National Championships, where he got the second place in the Individual Time Trial. Read more...

Tour de Pologne, first race with 7-rider teams

From its 2017 edition, the Tour de Pologne will have only seven riders per team. The Polish race is the first to take this measure that had already been discussed for other races. Read more...

AG2R La Mondiale unveils six of nine names for Tour de France

AG2R La Mondiale is set to travel to the start of the Tour de France with a strong team for the mountains, having announced six of the nine names for the grand tour. Read more...

Peter Sagan and Rafal Majka to lead Bora-hansgrohe in Tour de France

Peter Sagan and Rafal Majka will lead the Bora-hansgrohe squad at the 2017 Tour de France. The riders will have the company of a team that also includes three German cyclists. Read more...

David Lappartient set to challenge Bryan Cookson for UCI presidency

Frenchman David Lappartient, currently the president of the European Cycling Union (UEC), is set to challenge Brian Cookson for the presidency of the UCI in September. Read more...

Spanish federation: No World Championships for those that skip nationals

The Spanish Cycling Federation is considering to ban riders that don't take part in the national championships, from appearing at the World Championships from 2018. Read more...

Jonathan Castroviejo: I hope to go to the Tour

Jonathan Castroviejo had to withdraw from the Tour de Suisse but he believes he is ready to be with Movistar at the Tour de France. Read more...

Richard Carapaz: I'm very proud of my first half of the year

This is the first year as a professional for Richard Carapaz and he has already got a second place in the Route du Sud. The rider of Movistar is pleased with the season so far. Read more...

Rohan Dennis expects to watch Tour de France from his couch

BMC Racing Team's Rohan Dennis does not expect to be at the upcoming Tour de France but is ready to support his teammates, including Richie Porte, from the couch. Read more...

Wout Poels determined to help Chris Froome in the Tour de France

Team Sky cyclist Wout Poels confirmed that he has experienced no further pain from his knee injury and feels fit enough to take part in the Tour de France. Read more...

Ster ZLM Toer victory prepares Marcel Kittel for Nationals and Tour de France

With his victory at the last stage of the Ster ZLM Toer, Marcel Kittel got his 9th win of the season. The rider has shown to be ready for what is coming in the next few weeks. Read more...

Silvan Dillier: It was never a race I thought I would win

Silvan Dillier has taken his first ever overall victory in a stage race. With this win, the rider of BMC continues a good year that he hopes will extend to the World Championships. Read more...

Simon Spilak wins Tour de Suisse, Rohan Dennis best in time trial

Rohan Dennis was the best at the closing time trial of the Tour de Suisse. Simon Spilak set the fifth best time of the day, which was enough to take the overall victory. Read more...

Route du Sud: Tom Scully wins last stage, Silvan Dillier takes overall victory

Cannondale-Drapac's Tom Scully has won the last stage of the Route du Sud. The overall victory went to Silvan Dillier (BMC). Read more...

Marcel Kittel wins stage in Ster ZLM Toer, overall victory for Jose Goncalves

Marcel Kittel of QuickStep Floors has won the final stage of the Ster ZLM Toer. Katusha-Alpecin's Jose Goncalves secured the overall victory. Read more...

Slovenia: Sam Bennett and Rafal Majka celebrate on perfect day for Bora-hansgrohe

Bora-Hansgrohe rider Sam Bennett has won the last stage of the Tour of Slovenia. Teammate Rafal Majka secured the victory in the overall classification. Read more...

Live Commentary: Tour de Suisse Stage 9

Welcome to CyclingPub's live coverage of the 9th and last stage of the 2017 Tour de Suisse, a 28.6km time trial in the town of Schaffhausen. Read more...

Raymond Poulidor: Mathieu van der Poel is of the same caliber as Eddy Merckx

Vuelta a España and three-times runner-up in the Tour de France Raymond Poulidor thinks his grandson has what it takes to become a Grand Tour winner and a legend on his own. Read more...

Tour de Suisse Stage 9: Time Trial starting order

Simon Spilak defends his leader's jersey of the Tour de Suisse in the closing time trial in Schaffhausen. The Katusha-Alpecin rider starts last, at 16:53 CET. Read more...

Silvan Dillier: I didn't think I would be in this position at Route du Sud

Silvan Dillier was the star of the day's surprise at the Route du Sud. The rider was part of the breakaway and after a strong performance managed to seize the leader's jersey. Read more...

Ster ZLM Toer race commissaires: We acted in the spirit of the 3km rule

The commissaires of the Ster ZLM Toer acted in the spirit of the 3-kilometer rule when applying the winning time to the then race leader Primoz Roglic after a crash in stage 3. Read more...

Jose Goncalves leads after stage win in Ster ZLM Toer

Jose Goncalves of Katusha-Alpecin is the new leader in the Ster ZLM Toer after winning the Ardennes stage on Saturday. Read more...

Tour de Suisse: Second stage victory for Peter Sagan

Peter Sagan has taken the victory at the eighth stage of the Tour de Suisse. The World Champion was the strongest at the final bunch sprint, getting his second win in the race. Read more...

Rafal Majka wins stage and takes lead in Tour of Slovenia

Rafal Majka of Bora-hansgrohe has won the third stage of the Tour of Slovenia and takes the lead in the overall classification. Read more...

Route du Sud: Pierre Rolland takes stage, Silvan Dillier the red jersey

Pierre Rolland has won the Queen stage of the Route du Sud. The rider of Cannondale-Drapac arrived solo to the finish line after an attack in the last four kilometers. Read more...

Live Commentary: Tour de Suisse Stage 8

Welcome to our live text coverage of the penultimate stage of the 2017 Tour de Suisse, a relatively short stage with both start and finish in Schaffhausen. Read more...

Wout Poels feels confident ahead of Tour de France

Team Sky rider Wout Poels is determined to use his participation in the Route du Sud to earn a spot in the Tour de France squad of the British formation. Read more...

Patrick Lefevere: Marcel Kittel should lead Ster ZLM Toer, not Roglic

QuickStep Floors boss Patrick Lefevere believes that Marcel Kittel should be wearing the leader's jersey at the Ster ZLM Toer, rather than current leader Primoz Roglic. Read more...

Luka Mezgec: I'm very proud to have taken the victory here

After being close to the win at the first stage of the Tour of Slovenia, Luka Mezgec (Orica-Scott) took an anticipated victory in his homeland. Read more...

LottoNL-Jumbo in disbelief after Ster ZLM Toer success

LottoNL-Jumbo have won three stages of three at the Ster ZLM Toer. The Dutch team has also managed to keep the leader's jersey for the third day in a row. Read more...

Simon Spilak: I had to take the jersey for my team

Slovenian cyclist Simon Spilak of Katusha-Alpecin praised his teammates, Rein Taaramäe in particular, after the team's perfect day in the Tour de Suisse. Read more...

Route du Sud: Elia Viviani gets stage victory, Julien Loubet keeps yellow

Team Sky's Elia Viviani has taken the victory at the second stage of the Route du Sud. The Italian was the fastest at the finish line, ahead of Carlos Barbero and Lorrenzo Manzin. Read more...

Dylan Groenewegen unbeatable in Ster ZLM Toer

Dylan Groenewegen of LottoNL-Jumbo has won his second stage in a row at the Dutch Ster ZLM Toer. Andre Greipel and Moreno Hofland completed the top three. Read more...

Tour de Suisse: Simon Spilak takes stage victory and yellow jersey

Simon Spilak has taken the victory at the 7th stage of the Tour de Suisse. The rider of Katusha-Alpecin finished the climb solo ahead of Ion Izagirre and Joe Dombrowski. Read more...

Luka Mezgec wins stage and leads GC at Tour of Slovenia

Orica-Scott's Luka Mezgec has won the second stage of the Tour of Slovenia. The local rider also tops the General Classification standings. Read more...

Live Commentary: Tour de Suisse Stage 7

Welcome to our live text coverage of the seventh stage of the 2017 Tour de Suisse, from Zernez to Solden. Read more...

Dylan Groenewegen feeling strong ahead of Tour de France

Moments after winning the second stage of the Ster ZLM Toer in the Netherlands, Dutch champion Dylan Groenewegen discussed his shape and strength ahead of the Tour de France. Read more...

Domenico Pozzovivo: I will now try to increase my lead

Domenico Pozzovivo is the new leader in the Tour de Suisse in a General Classification that is very tight in the first places. Read more...

Sam Bennett praises teammates after Tour de Slovenia victory

Bora-hansgrohe rider Sam Bennett has praised his teammates for the work that helped him take the opening stage of the Tour of Slovenia. Read more...

Tour de Suisse: Domenico Pozzovivo takes stage and yellow jersey

Domenico Pozzovivo has taken the victory at the sixth stage of the Tour de Suisse. The rider took the lead on the last descent and crossed the finish line solo. Read more...

Julien Loubet takes first stage of Route du Sud

Armée de Terre's Julien Loubet has won the first stage of the Route du Sud. The Frenchman crossed the finish line first after riding more than 20 kilometers on his own. Read more...

Dylan Groenewegen sprints to victory in Ster ZLM Toer

Dylan Groenewegen of LottoNL-Jumbo has won the second stage of the Ster ZLM Toer in his home country. Read more...

Team Sunweb announces preselection for Tour de France

The 104th edition of the Tour de France is special for Sunweb because it starts in their country, Germany. The team's main goal for the race will be to achieve stage victories. Read more...

Sam Bennett victorious in Tour of Slovenia

Sam Bennett of Bora-hansgrohe has won the opening stage of the 2017 Tour of Slovenia. Sonny Colbrelli and home rider Luka Mezgec finished in second and third place. Read more...

Live Commentary: Tour de Suisse Stage 6

Welcome to CyclingPub's live coverage of the sixth stage of the Tour de Suisse. Today's stage includes two major climbs including the final climb up La Punt Chamues. Read more...

Marcel Kittel looking for clarity at QuickStep

German Marcel Kittel wants clarity from his current team QuickStep Floors regarding the future of the Belgian formation. Read more...

Tom Dumoulin abandons Tour de Suisse

Giro d'Italia winner Tom Dumoulin has abandoned the Tour de Suisse due to fatigue, his team Sunweb confirmed ahead of the sixth stage on Thursday. Read more...