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London paid £7 million to host the Grand Depart in 2007, but apparently the cost for 2017 would have risen to £35million.

“To ensure value for money we must make hard choices”.

Double Tour de France victor Chris Froome has backed Mo Farah’s decision to release his personal data and believes athletics must invest more in anti-doping measures as the latest scandal in the sport threatens to mirror cycling’s troubled past.

Speculations are that Sky teammate Geraint Thomas will feature in the race after a strong Tour de France last month.

Froome claimed his second Tour de France win last month in a controversial race as the Briton had urine thrown on him and was spat at amid ongoing accusations the 30-year-old was doping.

Original story: as stated by an unidentified French National Police spokesman, authorities opened fire on a auto Sunday morning that drove toward a group of police officers standing guard at a safety barrier in the Place de la Concorde mere hours before the iconic Tour de France.

Updated: Police in Paris this morning opened fire on a vehicle after it was driven through barriers set up for this afternoon’s finale of the Tour de France.

The vehicle escaped with its two occupants apparently unharmed after coming under fire around 11 a.m. (0900 GMT; 5 a.m. EDT) in the Place de la Concorde, where the cyclists make their final triumphant rounds to conclude the race, said Luc Poignant, a spokesman with the SGP police...

Cheered on the Champs-Elysees under suitably rainy skies for Britain’s third win in the 112-year-old race, Froome took it easy on the last Stage 21, his work done having grimly resisted Quintana’s last-ditch assault on his hard-won Tour lead on Saturday on the final...

There were security concerns ahead of the final stage of the Tour de France on Sunday when police reportedly opened fire on a vehicle that tried to smash through barriers at the Place de la Concorde.

Froome, champion in 2013, responded to limit his losses to just 80 seconds as France’s Thibaut Pinot won the stage.

ONE OF the revelations of last year’s Tour de France won yesterday’s 18th stage, the second in the Alps, with a masterclass in attacking climbing and daredevil descending. He just didn’t expect that would happen when he was stopped by the side of the road.

Last week, it was reported that Alberto Contador, the Tour of Italy victor, had faced no doping questions during his ride to victory this May.

Today’s Tour de France Standings battle took the riders from Gap to Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.

Riding as a helper is a role I’m familiar with.