The Irish Times

Reigning champion Egan Bernal withdraws from Tour de France

Bernal began the Tour still suffering with a back injury but had played it down

Wed Sept 16 2020 - 07:57

Chris Froome to join Dan Martin at Israel Start-Up Nation

35-year-old leaves Team Ineos as they can no longer guarantee him sole team leadership

Thu Jul 09 2020 - 12:51

Dave Brailsford to pull Team Ineos out of Tour de France if it isn’t safe

Manager says team will take a ‘sensible, responsible and reasoned approach’

Fri Apr 17 2020 - 10:31

Dan Martin finishes 18th overall in Tour de France

Irish man indicates he will explain soon why he did not perform as well as expected

Sun Jul 28 2019 - 22:13

Bernal takes yellow from Alaphilippe after dramatic hail storm ends stage early

Tour de France organisers forced to cancel final climb after storm set off landslides

Fri Jul 26 2019 - 17:10

Tour de France: two riders disqualified for Stage 17 altercation

Team Ineos captain Rowe thrown out for a push, hindering Geraint Thomas hopes

Wed Jul 24 2019 - 20:48

Pinot gains on Thomas and Alaphilippe in steep Pyrenean climbs

Simon Yates takes his second stage win at summit finish to stage 15 of Tour de France

Sun Jul 21 2019 - 22:30

Chris Froome to remain in intensive care after eight hours’ surgery

Froome sustained broken femur, elbow and rib bones in practice crash on Wednesday

Thu Jun 13 2019 - 14:03

Irish duo well prepared for Giro d’Italia’s mental grind

Cycling rarely gets a positive spin: unless another positive doping test counts

Sat May 11 2019 - 20:23

Eddie Dunbar to make Grand Tour debut in Giro d’Italia

22-year-old Cork rider will be part of the Team Ineos squad for three-week race

Tue May 07 2019 - 19:09

Team Sky poised for takeover by Britain’s richest man

“Imminent” Ineos-Ratcliffe purchase to see stars retained and budget increased to £40m

Mon Mar 18 2019 - 20:07

Team Sky’s legacy: titles and ambition tarnished by coldness and allegations

The team which will lose Sky as a sponsor next year made cycling more professional, yet forfeiting some of its humanity

Wed Dec 12 2018 - 18:40

Sky to end its involvement in cycling in 2019

Team Sky will continue to race under a different name if a new backer is secured

Wed Dec 12 2018 - 08:37

Bradley Wiggins unchained: ‘I’d have had more rights as a murderer’

In his new book, the British cyclist says doping allegations have devastated his family life but cannot taint his love of cycling

Mon Nov 05 2018 - 16:15

French media call for salary cap to curb Team Sky dominance

‘The problem in cycling isn’t doping any more. It’s money,’ says French directeur sportif

Mon Jul 30 2018 - 19:49

Geraint Thomas secures maiden Tour de France title

Near flawless show allows third Team Sky rider to triumph after Wiggins and Froome

Sun Jul 29 2018 - 18:32

Leader Thomas predicts ‘decisive’ stage in Tour de France battle

All minds focused on the short but taxing 65km stage to Saint-Lary-Luchon

Tue Jul 24 2018 - 23:20

Brailsford hits out at Tour de France spectators

‘Personally I’d have a bit of an issue if that was going on in my country, but there we go. We’ll just carry on.’

Mon Jul 23 2018 - 14:50

Tour de France faces uphill battle against spectator disorder

Chris Froome was spat at, Vincenzo Nibali forced out of race and a flare fired at peloton

Sat Jul 21 2018 - 01:00

Bradley Wiggins stirs pot with warning of leadership battle in Team Sky

Wiggins described Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford as ‘divisive’ and ‘self-serving’

Mon Jul 16 2018 - 23:00

Wada’s statement does not kill questions around Chris Froome

Inconsistencies remain over defending Tour de France champion who is chasing history

Thu Jul 12 2018 - 14:41

Chris Froome eager to move on after being cleared of doping

Team Sky rider was cleared by the UCI to take part in upcoming Tour de France

Thu Jul 05 2018 - 07:19

Chris Froome finds out no rider is bigger than the Tour

Organisers try to blackball the defending champion from this year’s race

Sun Jul 01 2018 - 19:52

Froome off the pace in Giro d’Italia time trial after reconnaissance crash

British rider places 21st on opening stage, 37 seconds behind leader Tom Dumoulin

Fri May 04 2018 - 20:03

Froome critical of cycling boss for speaking of failed drugs test

British cyclist competing at Italy’s Tirreno-Adriatico, his second race since test became public

Thu Mar 08 2018 - 23:00

UCI president adds to pressure on Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford

David Lappartient wants another major anti-doping investigation into troubled team

Wed Mar 07 2018 - 20:33

Bradley Wiggins should lose Tour de France title, says Landis

Former doper says drugs taken by Wiggins are ‘100 per cent performance enhancing’

Wed Mar 07 2018 - 06:57

Doping report may be damning for Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky

Inquiry questions cyclist’s use of powerful corticosteroid prior to Tour de France

Tue Mar 06 2018 - 06:00

How much longer can Team Sky continue after latest inquiry?

Organisation’s original aim of ‘winning clean’ deemed incredible, and inconsistent

Mon Mar 05 2018 - 10:13

Chris Froome finishes in the pack in Ruta del Sol’s third stage

Wout Poels retains leader’s red jersey after event between Mancha Real and Herrera

Fri Feb 16 2018 - 20:54

Snowboarders condemn decision to stage final in ‘dangerous’ conditions

High winds cause multiple crashes at women’s slopestyle final in Pyeongchang

Mon Feb 12 2018 - 19:16

Landis believes Froome’s failed test will be the end of Team Sky

Doper turned informant calls marginal gains ‘just great PR’

Tue Jan 16 2018 - 15:09

Is Chris Froome’s failed drugs test the end for Team Sky?

More and more questions being asked of the team that are supposedly cleaner than clean

Wed Dec 13 2017 - 20:47

Stephen Roche: Grand tour treble ‘humanly impossible’

Chris Froome completed a Tour de France and Vuelta a España double on Sunday

Mon Sept 11 2017 - 10:28