(Reuters) - Belgium's former Olympic road race champion Greg Van Avermaet will retire at the end of the season, his AG2R CITROEN team said on Wednesday.
TOKYO (Reuters) - The iconic splendour of Mount Fuji will provide a majestic backdrop to the Olympic men's road race on Saturday - but those in the saddle will not be enjoying the view.
(Reuters) - Belgium's Wout van Aert arrived at the Olympic Games on Monday one day after winning the last two stages of the Tour de France and said there was not much left in his legs after the gruelling three-week tour.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's famed Tour of Flanders cycle race went virtual on Sunday after being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, with 12 cyclists pedalling it out in isolation on stationary bikes hooked up to a video-game recreation of the Belgian countryside.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Finding a chink in the armour of Slovenian Tadej Pogacar proved impossible during three weeks of racing around France and the world's best riders must now try again in Saturday's 234km Olympic road race.
OUDENAARDE, Belgium (Reuters) - Denmark's Kasper Asgreen claimed the biggest victory of his career when he beat pre-race favourite Mathieu van der Poel to win the Tour of Flanders on Sunday.
LONDON (Reuters) - South African Ryan Gibbons won the first stage of the virtual Tour de France on Saturday, edging out the likes of Mathieu van der Poel and Greg Van Avermaet in the sprint finish.
PARIS, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading results from the 2020 Tour de France 6th stage, a 191km ride from Le Teil to Mont Aigoual on Thursday:
MONT AIGOUAL, France (Reuters) - Kazakh Alexey Lutsenko claimed his maiden victory on the Tour de France when he won the sixth stage, a 191-km trek from Le Teil on Thursday as the top guns again delayed the fight for the general classification.