Julian Alaphilippe

Tour de France 2021: Mark Cavendish wins stage six, Mathieu van der Poel keeps hold of leader's jersey

After a barren five-year spell on the Tour, the win on stage six took Cavendish's tally on the world's greatest bike race to 32, just two short of Belgian great Eddy Merckx's all-time record of 34.

Tour de France 2021: With 'fire in eyes' Mark Cavendish grabs first stage win in five years

Cavendish only made the Deceuninck Tour de France roster after Irish sprinter Sam Bennett pulled out at the last minute and was generous in his praise of the team's crucial role in his return to the top.

Tour de France: Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe recovers from crash to win first stage

World champion Alaphilippe shot up the early section of the final 3km climb taking ten bonus seconds at the finish line and ended another 12 seconds ahead of his nearest challenger.

Julian Alaphilippe wins uphill sprint finish to take second stage of Tirreno-Adriatico, Wout van Aert retains lead

Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel crossed second ahead of Belgian Wout van Aert, who retains the overall lead, after the 202km run from Camaiore to Chiusdino in Tuscany.

If I could only pick one more race to win, it would be the Tour de France, says Julian Alaphilippe

After winning the 2020 UCI Road World Championships, cyclist Julian Alaphilippe has admitted that the Tour de France is the race he would want to win the most.

World champion cyclist Julian Alaphilippe recovers from embarrassing Liege defeat to win at Brabantse Pijl

It was Alaphilippe's first win with his world champion rainbow coloured jersey and bike after his farcical finish at Liege-Bastigne-Liege on Sunday.

Tour de France 2020: Marc Hirschi wins stage 12 after couple of near misses; Primoz Roglic remains on top of standings

Hirschi finally found the right formula with a heroic long-range solo victory on the Tour's longest stage of 218km

Tour de France 2020: Julian Alaphilippe relinquishes yellow jersey to Adam Yates; Wout Van Aert wins stage four

Mitchelton-Scott's Yates took advantage of Alaphilippe's 20-second sanction for drinking water from a bottle at the 17km mark as Belgium's Wout Van Aert won the fifth stage.

Tour de France 2020: Australian rider Caleb Ewan pips Sam Bennett to stage three finish line

Ewan, 26, won three stages on the 2019 Tour but started this edition on his backside after a bruising fall on crash-strewn opening stage.

Tour de France 2020: Julian Alaphilippe wins stage two, dedicates victory to late father

Julian Alaphilippe has a four-second lead over Yates, with Hirschi in third place three seconds further back ahead of Monday's hilly Stage 3 from Nice to Sisteron.