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• Tour de France director rejects accusations of bias towards French riders

  23-07-2026 17:55
  Christian Prudhomme also defends night-time drug testsPrudhomme said ITA practices did not favour any ridersChristian Prudhomme, the director of the Tour de France, has rejected accusations of bias towards French riders and launched a staunch defence of the night-time drug tests that were carried out during this year’s race.Speaking at the start of stage 18 in Voiron, Prudhomme insisted that the International Testing Agency’s (ITA) testing practices did not favour any riders. Continu
  
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• Tour de France 2026: Richard Carapaz roars clear of breakaway to win stage 18 – live

  23-07-2026 17:54
  Ecuadorian takes impressive victory at Orcières-Merlette
  Anti-doping chiefs reject Seixas favouritism | Mail Tom161km to go The five riders up the road are Mathis le Berre (TotalEnergies), Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility), Nikolya Vinokurov, Aaron Gate (XDS Astana) and Lewis Askey (NSN). They managed to get 45secs on the main bunch but that is about to disappear rapidly.174km to go Five riders have broken away and churned out a lead of around 20 seconds. That is unlikely to last when th
  
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• Cyclist who switched countries targeted after comparing Australia to ‘high school’ and England to ‘Hogwarts’

  23-07-2026 08:35
  Matt Richardson left Australia to compete for England after winning three Olympic medalsThe track star says he has much better resources with his new national teamMatt Richardson may have become public enemy No 1 in Australian cycling when he decamped to ride for the country of his birth – but the Commonwealth’s fastest man on two wheels reckons it’s all had “zero effect” on him.And if the flyer now in Team England colours thinks there’s any lingering animosit
  
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