Nans Peters is the first French rider to capture a stage in this year’s Tour de France

Sam Bennett stretches green jersey advantage over Peter Sagan to 12 points

Irish rider’s elation tempered by fact team-mate Julian Alaphilippe was stripped of yellow

Slovenian shows that injuries suffered during crash in August are not an issue

Irish rider looked set to break his Tour de France duck until the final few metres

Tour de France: Dan Martin and Sam Bennett finish Stage 2 with much time in arrears

Irish rider will be looking for fast start around familiar roads in Nice

The 107th edition features a Grand Départ on the Riviera and eight mountain days

Tour de France winner Egan Bernal and long-time yellow jersey Julian Alaphilippe among those who will line out in the event

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

Bernal also becomes youngest winner of race in 110 years; Caleb Ewan takes final stage sprint

Team Ineos rider comes home fourth behind Vicenzo Nibali as Julian Alaphilippe falls away

Hail and landslides render route impassable as Egan Bernal claims yellow jersey

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

Tomas’s move limited the gains Bernal might have made by increasing the pace behind him

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

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

Julian Alaphilippe keeps hold of yellow jersey as Geraint Thomas loses time

Heading into my favourite terrain, my goal is stay upright, healthy and limit my time losses

Irish rider slips down to 11th place but his favoured mountain stages are imminent