The cattle were culled after an outbreak of contagious nodular dermatitis was discovered in a herd on the slopes of the Col des Saisies.

VIF, France — Ineos-Grenadiers rider Carlos Rodriguez has pulled out of the Tour de France with a fractured pelvis ahead of Thursday's monster Alpine stage to the ski resort of Courchevel. Rodriguez crashed on Wednesday and hospital scans confirmed the fracture, his team said in a statement a few hours before the start of Stage 18.

A member of Ineos Grenadiers staff has left the Tour de France after being linked with the mastermind of a blood-doping ring when Sir Bradley Wiggins and team-mate Chris Froome won the race.

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The Tour de France - one of the world's biggest sports races - is a test of the mind and body. The 112th edition features over 180 riders covering 2,000 miles, ranging from flat surfaces to mountainous climbs,

Dozens of pro-Palestinian activists waved flags and unfurled banners on Wednesday as the Tour de France peloton rode through Dieulefit, a southeastern French town honoured as a "Town of the Just" for sheltering Jewish people during World War Two.

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The Tour de France - one of the world's biggest sports races - is a test of the mind and body. The 112th edition features over 180 riders covering 2,000 miles, ranging from flat surfaces to mountainous climbs,