Tour de France

Chris Froome has survived an attempted coup by Romain Bardet's AG2R-La Mondiale team in a treacherous, hectic 15th stage to retain the Tour de France overall leader's yellow jersey.

Chris Froome reclaimed the overall lead on the Tour de France after he left Italian Fabio Aru trailing in a punchy finish of the 14th stage, a 181.5-km ride from Blagnac on Saturday.

Richie Porte has a fractured pelvis and broken collarbone after his sickening Tour de France crash.

Kiwi George Bennett, who is riding into Kiwi sports lore in the Tour de France, says life flashed before his eyes on a day of horror crashes in the famous race.

Marcel Kittel once again had too much power for his rivals as he burst through to win a bunch sprint at the end of the sixth stage of the Tour de France.

World champion Peter Sagan suffered a pedal problem in the final straight but slotted his shoe back into its clip in time and powered to victory in the third stage of the Tour de France.

Geraint Thomas celebrated taking the first stage of the Tour de France and the Lions beating the All Blacks, saying it was a "historic day" for Welsh sport.

Britain's Chris Froome took another big step towards a third Tour de France title when he dropped his main rivals in the finale of the 17th stage, a 184km mountain trek won by Russian Ilnur Zakarin.

Colombian Jarlinson Pantano showed he is a master of the descent as he claimed his maiden Tour de France win in the 15th stage, while overall leader Chris Froome enjoyed a relatively quiet day in the saddle.

Manx Missile Mark Cavendish claimed his 30th Tour de France victory and fourth in this year's race when he left sprint rival Marcel Kittel trailing at the end of the 14th stage.

Chris Froome showed again he will attack his rivals on every terrain as the Briton extended his overall lead in the Tour de France with a surprising move in the 11th stage, which was won with panache by world champion Peter Sagan.

Alexis Vuillermoz earned the French their first victory on this year's Tour de France, his final kick proving too hot to handle for the big guns in the eighth stage.

New Zealand has no riders left in the Tour de France after Greg Henderson was forced to withdraw before the seventh stage.

Mark Cavendish was rewarded for his patience as the Manx Missile sprinted to victory in the seventh stage of the Tour de France for his 26th career win in cycling's greatest race.

German Andre Greipel was again far too strong for the opposition as he claimed his second win in this year's Tour de France with an impressive sprint in the fifth stage.

Fabian Cancellara withdrew from the Tour de France after crashing in the third stage, which was neutralised for about 10 minutes following a pile-up of some two dozen riders.

One year after crashing out of the race, Chris Froome and Alberto Contador were back in control of the Tour de France, hurting their main rivals in a hectic second stage won by German Andre Greipel.