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Mayo reach top step of the Hogan Stand after 75-year climb
Tears of joy flood Croke Park as Mayo bid goodbye to the curse
Relentless Tadej Pogacar wins fifth Tour de France to equal record
Slovenian rider completes one of most dominant performances in modern Tour history
Tadej Pogacar set for Tour de France glory in shortened finale as Richard Carapaz wins stage 20
Pogacar set to join Jacques Anqueil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain as the only men with five Tour titles to their name
Tadej Pogacar conquers Alpe d’Huez in record climb to extend Tour de France lead
Slovenian becomes only the second man to win in yellow on mountain as he breaks Marco Pantani’s 1997 record
Richard Carapaz roars clear of breakaway to win Tour de France stage 18
Worries emerge for Tadej Pogacar after illness sweeps through team
Ireland’s Ben Healy finishes 35th in chaotic Tour de France stage
Ben Healy finishes in 35th place after being involved in the leading group with 40km to go and moves up more than 50 places in general ranking
Tadej Pogacar attacks late to clinch fourth Tour de France stage win
Slovenian extends his general classification lead over rival Jonas Vingegaard
Ian O’Riordan: Is Tour de France leader Tadej Pogacar simply too good for his own good?
He was booed during Stage 10 on Bastille Day, all just ‘wood on the fire’ in his quest to win a fifth title
Tom Pidcock surges up standings while Mauro Schmid wins Tour de France stage 13
Race leader describes stage as ‘weird’ as it produces an unexpected outcome
Wærenskjold wins fastest ever Tour de France stage in frenzied sprint to Nevers
Home favourite Julian Alaphilippe gets in breakaway before being reeled in
Joy for Tadej Pogacar on Bastille Day as solo burst extends Tour de France lead
‘I have haters’ race leader says after boos at finish as Ben Healy finishes 42nd
Tour de France: Mathieu van der Poel wins stage nine, Tadej Pogacar calls for earlier start times
Riders struggle in stifling heat from Malemort to Ussel
Tadej Pogacar demolishes rivals on the Tourmalet to take ominous Tour de France lead
Four-time champion dominates 17km climb to win sixth stage
French look to Paul Seixas for thrills as Tadej Pogacar eyes fifth Tour de France triumph
New format for race that starts on Saturday could present Ireland’s Ben Healy with chance to get among the early contenders
Jonas Vingegaard joins select club of champions but still in Pogacar’s shadow for Tour de France
Giro d’Italia triumph completes grand slam of Grand Tours although the Dane may still require a dip in from from his great rival to prevail in July
Can the gangly teenager Paul Seixas save French cycling?
While Tadej Pogacar chases more cycling history in Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, Seixas is fast making a name for himself
‘This season is getting crazier and crazier’: Ben Healy relishes World Championship bronze medal
‘To stand on a podium with Remco and Tadej is pretty incredible’
Bronze for Ben Healy in World Cycling Championships road race
Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar defends title in Kigali
Tadej Pogacar reigns in Paris after winning Tour de France for fourth time
Wout van Aert wins final stage while Ireland’s Ben Healy finishes ninth overall and is named most combative rider of the Tour
Tour de France: Kaden Groves wins stage 20 as Tadej Pogacar closes in on fourth title
Ben Healy finishes in 28th and is ninth overall heading into final race
Stephen Roche on Ben Healy: ‘The sky is the limit, and if I were him, I’d keep dreaming big’
Tour de France winner believes 24-year-old is yet to hit his prime
Tim Wellens storms to Stage 15 win in Tour de France
Ben Healy slips back to 10th in the general classification
Thymen Arensman goes solo to take Tour de France Stage 14 win
Ben Healy returns to general classification top 10 with seventh-place stage finish
Tour de France: History maker Tadej Pogacar extends lead in Tour de France yellow jersey
Slovenian becomes youngest rider to 21 Tour stage wins as he stretches lead to over four minutes
Ben Healy holds on to yellow jersey after Tour de France Stage 11
Tadej Pogačar recovers from late crash to cross the line with fellow GC contenders
‘I want to honour the jersey as best I can’: Ben Healy relishing stint in Tour de France yellow
Taking yellow on Monday was the stuff of dreams for the Irish cyclist
Ben Healy hails ‘fairytale’ after riding into Tour de France yellow jersey
Rider becomes fourth Irish cyclist to lead world’s most prestigious race and first since 1987
Tadej Pogacar reclaims yellow jersey after winning stage seven of Tour de France
Ben Healy and Eddie Dunbar caught up in late crash
Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar takes over yellow jersey as Remco Evenepoel wins time trial
Three-time champion now holds a 42-second lead over Evenepoel after fifth stage
Tadej Pogacar celebrates 100th professional win on Tour de France stage four
It was the Slovenian’s 18th career Tour stage win and one that put him on the same time as Mathieu van der Poel
Ben Healy third behind Tadej Pogačar in prestigious Liège-Bastogne-Liège classic
‘I am really, really happy with it,’ says Irish rider
Do you believe that Tadej Pogačar is the greatest cyclist of all time?
‘There’s nowhere you can find a weakness: he can time trial against the best, he can ride well on the flat and in the wind, he can ride downhill, he can do every bloody thing’ – Seán Kelly
Mont Ventoux returns for 2025 Tour de France with Pogacar aiming for fourth win
Tour de France begins in Lille on July 5th and will return to usual Paris finale, having missed out in 2024
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