Mass crash on Tour briefly halts Stage 14; Pogacar, Vingegaard escape unscathed Spanish rider Antonio Pedrero was evacuated by ambulance following a mass pile-up that briefly halted the 14th stage of the Tour de France soon after the start on Saturday.
Canadian Woods secures biggest career win at top of legendary Tour mountain in Tour de France Canadian Michael Woods delivered an impressive solo effort to claim the biggest success of his career at the top of a legendary Tour de France climb on Sunday as two-time champion Tadej Pogacar further reduced the gap with overall leader Jonas Vingegaard.
Cavendish crashes out of Tour de France in last attempt at outright record Competing in his final season, Mark Cavendish crashed out during Saturday's eighth stage. His team said he broke his right collarbone and will need surgery.
Cavendish crashes out of Tour de France in last attempt at outright record Mark Cavendish will have to share the record for most career stage wins at the Tour de France.
Canadian rider Gee finishes second again at Giro d'Italia Canadian Derek Gee, continuing to impress in his first Grand Tour event, came within half a wheel of winning Stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday.
Canadian cyclist Mitchell picks up her second silver of the Commonwealth Games Kelsey Mitchell raced to silver in the women's track cycling sprint race on Saturday, her second medal of the Commonwealth Games.
Vingegaard wins Tour de France for first time Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark won his first Tour de France title on Sunday after coming out on top of a thrilling three-week duel with defending champion Tadej Pogacar.
Vingegaard eyes Tour de France win, Van Aert claims last time trial Jonas Vingegaard thundered through the last serious test of the Tour de France to increase his overall lead on Saturday and all but guarantee winning cycling's biggest race.
Canadian Houle races to third in Stage 13 of Tour de France Canadian rider Hugo Houle finished third in Stage 13 of the Tour de France, narrowly missing Canada's first stage victory in 34 years.
Vingegaard seizes Tour lead after first big mountain stage The first big mountain stage shook things up at the Tour de France as defending champion Tadej Pogacar wilted toward the end of Wednesday's 11th stage and lost the yellow jersey. Jonas Vingegaard and his team Jumbo-Visma were the big winners on the stage as the Danish rider claimed the famed jersey from Pogacar.
Jakobsen overtakes Van Aert on line to win Tour stage two Dutch rider Fabio Jakobsen overtook Wout van Aert right on the line to win the second stage of the Tour de France while Van Aert took the yellow jersey on Saturday.
Israel Premier-Tech signs another Canadian rider to WorldTour team The Israel-Premier Tech cycling team added another Canadian rider to its WorldTour squad, signing Derek Gee to a three-year contract while promoting him from its academy.
Canadian cyclist Woods wins second stage of Gran Camino in Spain Canadian cyclist Michael Woods showed his climbing prowess Friday in winning Stage 2 of the four-stage Gran Camino race to take over first place overall.
Canada's Mitchell earns track cycling bronze at world championship Olympic champion Kelsey Mitchell won a bronze medal in women's sprint Friday at the world track cycling championship. Mitchell of Sherwood Park, Alta., edged Canadian teammate Lauriane Genest of Levis, Que., in the head-to-head duel for third place at the Stab Velodrome.
Ganna wins back-to-back time trial world titles Defending champion Filippo Ganna of Italy shattered home fans' hopes of a 1-2 for their riders and retained the men’s time trial title on Sunday to secure back-to-back gold medals at the road world championships.
Roglic wins Spanish Vuelta for 3rd straight year Primoz Roglic sealed his third straight Spanish Vuelta title after adding to his already comfortable lead by winning the final stage’s time trial on Sunday.
Woods, four-time Olympian Pendrel headline Canada's cycling team for Tokyo Olympics Two-time world champion and Olympic bronze medallist Catharine Pendrel headlines Canada's largest-ever Olympic cycling team.
Canadian rider Woods finishes third in Stage 8 of Tour de France Michael Woods' charge fell just short Saturday with the Canadian rider finishing third in the eighth stage of the Tour de France.
Alaphilippe wins crash-marred first stage of Tour de France The mass return of Tour de France fans coincided with chaos and crashes while world champion Julian Alaphilippe avoided most of the carnage to win the opening stage with a punchy attack on Saturday.
Canadian Woods to lead Israel Start-Up Nation team at the Tour de France Canadian rider Michael Woods will lead the Israel Start-Up Nation team at the Tour de France. "His success in the (Ardennes) Classics, the Tour de Romandie and the Tour de Suisse gave him — and us — the confidence that he can play the role in the greatest cycling race of all, the Tour," team sports director Rik Verbrugghe said in a statement Monday.
Canadian rider Piccoli finishes third in third stage of Tour of Rwanda Canadian rider James Piccoli finished third Tuesday in the third stage of the Tour of Rwanda. France's Alain Boileau, a member of the B&B Hotels p/b KTM team, won a sprint to the finish in the 171.6-kilometre stage from Nyanza to Gicumbi in four hours 23 minutes 57 seconds.
Pogacar outsprints French duo to win Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Canada's Wood fifth Michael Woods' late charge fell just short Sunday as the Canadian rider finished fifth in the Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic. Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar outsprinted Frenchmen Julian Alaphilippe and David Gaudu to win the 295.5-kilometre race.
Tour de France cleared to continue after Tour director tests positive The remaining Tour de France riders were cleared to continue racing ahead of Tuesday’s Stage 10 after undergoing COVID-19 tests, but the Tour director tested positive and left the race.
Alaphilippe takes emotional win at Tour de France Julian Alaphilippe is back making a splash at the Tour de France and once again wearing the iconic yellow jersey. The French showman, who more than any other helped turn the 2019 edition into a thriller, again showered the Tour with his class and guile Sunday, poaching victory on Stage 2.
Late but alive, Tour de France races into COVID epidemic Delayed but alive again and out on French roads, the strangest Tour de France ever set off Saturday in a bubble of anti-COVID protocols to try to keep the 176 riders virus-free for three weeks of racing through the country's worsening epidemic.
Canada's Woods expects 2020 version of Tour de France to be mentally draining Delayed due to the global pandemic but still taking place under the spectre of COVID-19, this year's Tour de France promises to be like no other. The 21-stage, 3,484-kilometre race starts Saturday in Nice and is slated to end Sept. 20 in Paris.
LANCE Part 2 debuts tonight on TSN The history of sport is riddled with the rise and fall of countless athletes, but perhaps no one has played the hero and the villain quite like Lance Armstrong. The former cycling star is the subject of the latest 30 for 30 movie, a two-part film called LANCE, catch Part 2, Sunday at 9pm et/6pm pt. on TSN1 and TSN4. - Ken Rodney, TSN.ca
LANCE Part 1 debuts tonight on TSN1 The history of sport is riddled with the rise and fall of countless athletes, but perhaps no one has played the hero and the villain quite like Lance Armstrong. The former cycling star is the subject of the latest 30 for 30 movie, a two-part film called LANCE, that will debut on Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN1. - Ken Rodney, TSN.ca