With Wednesday's fifth stage of the Tour de France Femmes, this year's race has barely ventured into the foothills of the Massif Central, and yet the battle for the general classification already ...

Almost there! DC's cherry blossoms hit stage 5 of 6 en route to peak bloom The puffy white stage means that the blossoms are fully formed but the petals are still closed.

Five stages into the Tour, Van der Breggen moved up to fifth overall, 27 seconds behind Le Court-Pienaar with the four hardest days still to come. “I’m good.