Chris Froome

Team Sky smothers Froome's rivals in the Tour's first foray into the mountains. So far, no one has found a chink in his yellow armor.

Nairo Quintana vows to keep attacking Chris Froome until the bitter end, the final day of the Alps on the Tour's penultimate day.

Jalabert and Vasseur cast doubts on Froome's Tour de France performance so far, and the Briton fires back, says his team is clean.

Joaquim Rodriguez rides alone to his second stage win of the Tour de France after a brutal day of climbing that finished in pouring rain.

Lance Armstrong is riding two stages of the Tour with a cancer charity, one day ahead of the peloton

Questions surrounding Chris Froome and whether or not he's racing clean have dominated the race in recent days

Geraint Thomas says he and Team Sky are solely focused on the task at hand: delivering Chris Froome to his second Tour de France victory.

Tour de France leader Froome wants to silence critics by undergoing additional testing to prove that he is riding clean.

Chris Froome has a firm hold on the race lead, but the race is far from over, warns his British team Sky

The Sky rider faces questions from all sides after his strong ride in Tuesday's stage 10

Contador will have to draw on all of his tactical know-how to overcome Froome's lead, but the yellow jersey is wise to the dangers ahead.

After dominant stage 10 win, Chris Froome says he's gone above and beyond to help anti-doping authorities and that he has nothing to hide

Chris Froome rides alone to victory on the hors-categorie Pierre-Saint-Martin finish, leaving GC rivals in his wake, wearing yellow.

Sky's boss says Tejay van Garderen is riding strong and his biggest challenge is the unknown

The 2013 Tour de France champion says he'll let others make the moves in the first mountain stages of the race

Team Sky is scrambling its lawyers to address a suspected case of data theft in which hackers may have stolen Chris Froome's power data

Can top GC riders from Spain collaborate for mutual gain at the expense of Froome's GC lead? It will play out in the mountains.

The Sky rider, who has a 12-second lead in the GC, is pleased with his preparations for the French grand tour

Andrew Hood takes a look at what's worth remembering, and forgetting, at the Tour through the opening nine stages

Richie Porte says he's excited to finish the Tour de France with his friend Chris Froome, but he's ready to lead a team

The Tour de France enters the mountains this week, so Andrew Hood breaks down the race favorites before the road turns upward

"In a perfect world, we would’ve taken the stage and the yellow jersey, but we’ll take the stage," says BMC's Tejay van Garderen

The Tour leader thought 2014 champ Vincenzo Nibali would be taking time so far, not losing it, and he's got an eye on Tejay van Garderen

Mark Cavendish expressed his interested in staying with Etixx-Quick-Step after taking his first Tour de France stage win in nearly two years

Defending Tour champion Vincenzo Nibali dispels rumors that there was any sort of violent confrontation between him and Chris Froome.

Chris Froome is taking Tejay van Garderen very seriously in the race for yellow as the Tour nears the end of a nervous first week.

Despite Tony Martin’s exit from the Tour, Chris Froome is still technically second on GC until he, or someone else, earns yellow Friday

Froome will inherit yellow after Friday, and history indicates that he's in good company among former champs

A domino-effect crash at stage 6 of the Tour de France finish ensnares three GC riders, but all avert major injury.

Tour de France cobbles result in a stalemate among GC contenders as Nibali, Froome, Contador, and Quintana escape mishaps in stage 4

After three days of narrowly missing out on the yellow jersey, Tony Martin earns the GC lead with a solo win after a day of cobblestones

Cancellara falls victim to major crash in stage 3, and Chris Froome is able to take Tour de France GC lead on the Mur de Huy

As cobbles specialists sit within striking distance of the yellow jersey, stage 4 will be a glimpse into the sacrifices teams make for GC

Sky's leader took the yellow jersey by a slim margin aboard this Dogma during stage 3 of the 2015 Tour de France from Antwerp to Huy

Chris Froome sends a shot across the bow with second-place in stage 3 that earns him yellow jersey and puts GC rivals on notice

Vigilance and quick thinking pays off as Tejay van Garderen, Chris Froome and Alberto Contador land on the right side of a big split

The defending champion was 18 seconds faster than Colombian Nairo Quintana, with Chris Froome and Alberto Contador in between

A more relaxed Froome isn't carrying the burden of defending yellow and enters the Tour feeling more confident than ever

Nairo Quintana doesn't consider former Tour champ Chris Froome to be his biggest rival on the eve of a race tailor-made for the Colombian

The veteran is no longer the king of time trials, and Saturday's stage 1 TT at the Tour de France is packed with potential victors

How's GC favorite Chris Froome doing ahead of the Tour de France? Global Cycling Network talks to the 2013 champ

Chris Froome motivated by 2014 DNF to come back stronger at Tour; Sky's Brailsford says his rider's missed doping test no cause for concern

Chris Froome initially balked at the 2015 Tour's mountainous route. Will he be able to withstand the unexpected challenges of the race?

Caley Fretz considers the top favorites to win yellow and their form following a range of different early season tune-up races

Several notable riders are left off the team's lineup, including American veteran Danny Pate

The combination of Vincenzo Nibali, Chris Froome, Alberto Contador, and Nairo Quintana should provide an exciting Tour de France this year

Chris Froome says he's a role model for clean cycling and that he fears no one in race for Tour de France yellow jersey

The "Fab Four" could have plenty of company as they contend for the yellow jersey in France next month, writes Andrew Hood

The American finishes second in the Critérium du Dauphiné behind Chris Froome

Chris Froome wins the Critérium du Dauphiné, but he admits he's not in top form with the Tour de France less than three weeks away

The final stage sees Chris Froome leapfrog over Tejay van Garderen for the overall victory at the Critérium du Dauphiné

Tejay van Garderen retakes the Dauphiné lead as Chris Froome climbs to a queen stage victory and second place in the general classification

The Astana rider finishes second in stage 6, enough to put him into the yellow jersey as Rui Costa wins in final kilometer

The 161km route is the exact same parcours that will be featured in stage 17 of the Tour de France

The squad finishes the 24.5km stage four seconds ahead of second-place Astana

Taking on the Critérium du Dauphiné at the moment, Chris Froome has the Tour de France, and his Tour de France rivals, on his mind

The Critérium du Dauphiné kicks off Sunday in Ugina, France, with several challenging ascents along the eight-day route

Team Sky is committed to improving its top riders' sleep and hygiene by using a motorhome instead of low-budget hotels

The race across the French Alps features a talented cast of riders looking for a final tuneup ahead of the Tour de France

Early June's Critérium du Dauphiné offers Tour de France GC riders another chance to test form ahead of July

Who will carry the pink jersey to Milan? Contador is a five-star favorite, but he faces stiff competition from a cadre of talented riders

Geraint Thomas will wear Romandie's first leader's jersey as Team Sky beats Orica-GreenEdge by less than one second

The 2013 Tour de France champion and his Sky teammates will kick off the six-day Swiss race with Tuesday's team time trial

Froome, Nibali, and Quintana all tested their legs at the midweek Ardennes classic

2013 Tour de France winner Chris Froome finishes Flèche Wallonne over twelve minutes behind race winner Valverde after a late crash

This summer's Tour de France will have a stage finish on the infamous Mur de Huy, along with a cobbled stage the next day

Flèche Wallonne organizers added a new climb near the finish of Wednesday's race, but the race could still be decided on the Mur de Huy

The Volta a Catalunya is drawing an elite field, but a lack of decisive climbs this year could see a tight general classification

The Colombian showcases his fighting spirit by winning the annual race across Italy after bouncing back from surgery and a crash

Another win for Sky, with Wout Poels riding away from the favorites at Tirreno-Adriatico, confirms the team is off to a fast start in 2015

The 50th edition of the "Race of the Two Seas" draws big names for an early-season showdown

The Sky rider was slated to start the stage race on Wednesday alongside his main Tour de France rivals

Bradley Wiggins will fine-tune his form at Paris-Nice in advance of a run at Paris-Roubaix later this spring

The stage is set for the first major showdown between GC heavy-hitters, in early March, at Tirreno-Adriatico, a one-week WorldTour race

Vuelta a Andalucia offers a first glimpse of what promises to be a thrilling season-long battle between Chris Froome and Alberto Contador

Chris Froome takes the Ruta del Sol title after finishing the final stage in the same time as rival Alberto Contador

Chris Froome tests his legs and finds them fully operational with a successful attack on Alberto Contador at the Ruta del Sol

In a battle of Tour de France champions, Chris Froome gets the better of Alberto Contador on the steeps of stage 4 at the Ruta del Sol

The Italian says not being in top condition right now "means nothing"

Tinkoff-Saxo's Alberto Contador tightens his grip on the Ruta del Sol general classification with a clear mountaintop victory in stage 3.