Cycling: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) won the 5th stage of the Tour of the Basque Country and thus took the overall lead. With several riders in close contention ahead of tomorrow's final time trial, an exciting final day is expected. Today, Michael Woods (Cannondale-Drapac) and Louis Meintjes (UAE) put in a tremendous performance... read more
Cycling: On the second stage of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour, many spectators expected a duel between Chris Froome (Sky) and Esteban Chaves (Orica-Scott). However, things turned out quite differently, as the two captains stalked each other. Instead, they sent their teammates on the offensive. Damien Howson (Orica-Scott) prevailed over Kenny Elissonde on the final climb... read more
Cycling: Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) won the largely uneventful 14th stage of the Tour de France. He prevailed in a bunch sprint against Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) and Peter Sagan (Tinkoff). John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) showed a significant improvement with his fourth place. A quartet escapes hopelessly. Since stage 6, there has been no... read more
