Former Tour de France winner Egan Bernal is to undergo an operation after suffering multiple injuries in a training collision with a bus, the clinic treating him says.

The woman responsible for the “worst crash ever seen” in the Tour de France will be breathing slightly easier after some rare good news.

Tadej Pogacar has won a second successive Tour de France while Australia unearthed its next genuine contender as Ben O’Connor caused a huge surprise by finishing fourth overall.

French police searched the hotel rooms and team bus of the Bahrain Victorious cycling team taking part at the Tour de France in an anti-doping raid.