The Irish Times

Sam Bennett ruled out of Milan-San Remo Classic through illness

Irish sprinter had targeted longest Classic as part of building up his race fitness

Fri Mar 18 2022 - 20:15

Tour de France: Degenkolb claims emotional win on day of big crashes

Australian rider Richie Porte forced out of race after heavy fall

Sun Jul 15 2018 - 17:20

Ryan Mullen motivated for Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix

Irish racing cyclist gearing up to make his mark for his new Trek-Segafredo team

Thu Mar 29 2018 - 21:30

Cycling: Mark Downey takes the lead in Portugal

Team Wiggins cyclist has transferred his track form to the road at Volta ao Alentejo

Thu Mar 15 2018 - 21:08

Tour de France: Dan Martin loses valuable ground

Irish rider has dropped from fifth to seventh as race approaches its conclusion

Tue Jul 18 2017 - 16:48

Impressive Kittel sprints to his fourth stage win on Tour

A net gain of 57 points for the day means the German is in the box seat for the green jersey

Tue Jul 11 2017 - 23:00

Mark Cavendish: Organisers had ‘a lot of balls’ to disqualify Sagan

British sprinter intends to return to action this season after Tour de France fall

Wed Jul 05 2017 - 15:22

Portuguese cyclist Cardoso suspended after failing drugs test

Trek-Segafredo rider failed a test for the banned blood-booster EPO

Tue Jun 27 2017 - 19:59

Van Avermaet prevails in ‘Hell of the North’

Belgian wins Paris-Roubaix classic ahead of Zdenek Stybar and Sebastian Langeveld

Sun Apr 09 2017 - 17:50

A 28-year wait is over as Sam Bennett wins stage of Paris-Nice

The 26-year-old from Carrick-on-Suir surged at the last 150m to overtake the pack and win

Tue Mar 07 2017 - 16:13

Andriy Grivko kicked off Dubai Tour after punching Marcel Kittel

German race leader was left bloodied by incident on stage three of race

Thu Feb 02 2017 - 15:25

Mark Cavendish makes it a Tour de France four-timer

Manx rider beats Marcel Kittel in the final straight to win his 30th career stage

Sat Jul 16 2016 - 18:07

Italy’s Fabio Aru completes Vuelta a Espana triumph

Rising Astana rider takes first grand tour event

Sun Sept 13 2015 - 20:04

Caleb Ewan fulfils ambition by winning stage in Vuelta a España

Nicolas Roche and Dan Martin retain third and fourth places respectively after fifth stage

Thu Aug 27 2015 - 01:00

Caleb Ewan wins fifth stage of Vuelta a Espana, Tom Dumoulin takes overall lead

Dan Martin and Nicholas Roche maintained their positions in the overall standings

Wed Aug 26 2015 - 18:06

Peter Sagan sprints to Vuelta win as Esteban Chaves retains lead

Nicolas Roche and Dan Martin hold on to top five spots

Mon Aug 24 2015 - 18:29

Greipel earns hat-trick of stage wins as Froome remains safe

German sprinter beats John Degenkolb and Alexander Kristoff in bunch sprint

Sun Jul 19 2015 - 21:22

Greg van Avermaet secures Tour de France stage 13 to Rodez

Chris Froome retains the yellow jersey as van Avermaet holds off Peter Sagan at the death

Fri Jul 17 2015 - 18:04

Tour de France: Tony Martin surges at the death to claim stage and yellow jersey

Etixx QuickStep rider shows grit while Dan Martin loses pace after fall

Tue Jul 07 2015 - 17:13

Battle of evenly-matched favourites points to an intriguing Tour de France

Contador, Froome, defending champion NIbali and Quintana all set out with high hopes

Sat Jul 04 2015 - 01:25

Sam Bennett comes fourth in Germany but loses Tour of Bavaria lead

Bennett finds himself third overall, four seconds behind John Degenkolb

Fri May 15 2015 - 04:00

Dan Martin remains sixth in Vuelta a Espana

Irishman came home in the pack after four-time stage winner John Degenkolb

Wed Sept 10 2014 - 17:39

Dan Martin avoids drama in ‘totally crazy’ finish

German John Degenkolb takes his third stage win after crash late on stage 12

Thu Sept 04 2014 - 22:10

Dan Martin fifth on La Vuelta’s stage four

Irish man moves up to 20th in the overall rankings after chasing home John Degenkolb

Tue Aug 26 2014 - 20:00

Navardauskas lifts the gloom for Garmin

Late attack by ‘the Honeybadger’ in the rain finally gives team a stage win

Fri Jul 25 2014 - 23:00

Peloton broken by crashes on stage 19

Lithuania’s Ramunas Navardauskas is rewarded for a daring late escape

Fri Jul 25 2014 - 16:52

Marcel Kittel already looks unstoppable in Tour de France

German rider makes it two stage victories out of three in London

Tue Jul 08 2014 - 00:00

Perseverance pays off as Sagan takes seventh stage

Tour’s main men conserve energy for tests ahead

Sat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00

Degenkolb wins fifth Giro stage after chaotic finish

Wiggins remains sixth despite being held up by crash in the final three kilometres

Wed May 08 2013 - 18:51