“The guys did a great job, there’s a great deal of pressure to deliver and win when people see you as the fastest.”

Simon Yates took over the leader’s red jersey from Rudy Molard following the 200km race to the ski resort of La Covatilla.

Organisers had added spice to the finale, the peloton forced to practically turn back on itself after negotiating a roundabout inside the final kilometre.

Mark Cavendish will take an indefinite break from training to recover from the effects of Epstein-Barr virus, team DiData confirmed on Wednesday.

Team Sky will be without Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas and last year's champion Chris Froome, who have opted out of this year's Vuelta a Espana

Alan Hatherly produced his best result in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup series at Mont-Sainte-Anne event in Canada on Sunday.

Former #leTour winner Jan Ullrich was arrested early Friday for the second time in a week, this time for allegedly assaulting a prostitute in Frankfurt

Thomas has said he feels Team Sky and their chief Dave Brailsford are like family having been with some of them since he was 17.

Gianni Moscon was banned for five weeks by world cycling's governing body following an altercation with another rider at the Tour de France.

Geraint Thomas on Sunday became the third Briton to win the Tour after Bradley Wiggins, himself a former Team Sky cyclist

"It's incredible just to be sat here with this jersey, it's insane," said Thomas.

Thomas, of Team Sky, held a 2min 05sec overnight lead on Dutch rival Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) ahead of the 31km race against the clock.

“It is not just having good legs, but good heads. I work super hard and I’ve had some bad luck, but it’s nice to know that it is paying off.”

Roglic’s efforts saw him move up to third overall at 2:24 behind Thomas, with Froome now fourth at 2:37.

The Sports Sangoma rolls the bones again for the weekend's sport action, especially the 'red' team from Jozi

Tour de France leader Geraint Thomas lashed out after falling victim to an "idiot" fan who almost brought him down at the end of Thursday's 17th stage.