Eddie Dunbar's first Tour de France has come to a premature conclusion, with the Corkman a non-starter on today's eighth stage of the race

João Almeida “should be able” to start Saturday’s eighth stage of the Tour de France, UAE Team Emirates-XRG have said, after he crashed hard on stage seven in Mûr-de-Bretagne and fractured a rib.It was a bittersweet day for the squad,

Eddie Dunbar has been forced to withdraw from his debut Tour de France, with the Cork rider the sole non-starter on Saturday’s stage to Laval. Although X-rays taken Friday evening following his stage seven crash did not reveal a fracture, his Jayco AlUla team confirmed on Saturday that he was out of the race.

A three-week Grand Tour will always contain natural ebbs and flows, and, for much of Monday’s stage between Valenciennes and Dunkirk, it looked as if the peloton had declared an unofficial rest day, with the riders happy to cruise back towards the coast after a weekend of wind, rain and intensity.

In a Grand Tour, riders are pushed to the limits of what is physically possible, and to achieve this, riders and teams naturally explore those limits. Every day, it is up to the race jury of the Tour de France to determine and impose penalties for any rule violations,

Fan behavior continues to be a major issue on the Tour de France. Riders are forced to dodge hundreds, if not thousands of spectators over the course of

Ben O'Connor is a late faller on a chaotic first day of the Tour de France as two key contenders lose time after a split and two riders abandon the race after crashes.

Tour de France duo Benjamin Thomas and Matteo Vercher crashed after crossing the finish line on day one of the race. Stage one of this year’s event began in Lille on Saturday, with the riders sharing a prize pot of around £2.2million.