German Cycling Official Is Sent Home After Racial Slur on Olympics Telecast

By BY NEIL VIGDOR from NYT Sports Patrick Moster was suspended by Germany’s Olympic sports federation after referring to cyclists from Algeria and Eritrea in a derogatory manner.https://nyti.ms/3yjQxc0

Greg Knapp, a Jets Assistant Coach, Dies at 58

By BY ALANIS THAMES from NYT Sports Knapp, the team’s new passing-game specialist, was hit by a car while biking over the weekend and never regained consciousness, his family said.https://nyti.ms/2UwoqYt

A Spectator’s Sign Felled Dozens of Tour de France Racers

By BY JACEY FORTIN from NYT Sports The French authorities were searching for a woman who they said left the scene after a German cyclist crashed into her sign, setting off a pileup during the first stage of the race.https://nyti.ms/3heHjpX

After Bonding Over Basketball and Biking, a Big Loss

By BY MARC STEIN from NYT Sports Mark Eaton and Rudy Gobert, paint protectors past and present for the Utah Jazz, had built a relationship of mutual admiration and respect.https://nyti.ms/2SOys5N

Tadej Pogacar Takes Tour de France Lead in Stunning Time Trial

By BY ELIAN PELTIER from NYT Sports For more than a week, Pogacar and Primoz Roglic had stalked one another across France. On Saturday, Pogacar surged past his rival to claim the yellow jersey.https://nyti.ms/2H7WF10

A Relieved Tour de France Has the Finish in Sight

By BY ELIAN PELTIER from NYT Sports The world’s most prestigious cycling race may prove that sprawling sports events can be held amid a pandemic. But there’s still a week to go.https://nyti.ms/3mlUqax

They’re Teens Biking Across a Turbulent Country. The Lessons Keep Coming.

By BY ANDREW KEH from NYT Sports The romance of the open road is well established: meeting strangers, self-enlightenment, getting lost and breaking down. Would these ideals hold up in the cruel summer of 2020?https://nyti.ms/2E73oH4

Half the World Is On Lockdown. For Sports? More Like 99 Percent.

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports What follows is the sum total of sporting events being held on our planet. Plus, a really fast cyclist on Zwift.https://nyti.ms/2xIHrei

Egan Bernal Finishes Off Tour de France Victory

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports The 22-year-old became the first South American to win the Tour, and the youngest rider to win in decades.https://nyti.ms/2YsL7wu

Egan Bernal All but Secures Tour de France Win

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Barring a crash or something else unexpected, Bernal on Sunday will become the first Colombian to win cycling’s biggest race.https://nyti.ms/2MkWr7p

Tour de France Lead Changes Hands as Hail Shortens Stage

By VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports The twist allowed the Colombian Egan Bernal to take the overall lead from the Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe on a day when Thibaut Pinot, also of France, dropped out.https://nyti.ms/2JW3n9v

Tour de France Lead Changes Hands as Hail Shortens Stage

By VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports The twist allowed the Colombian Egan Bernal to take the overall lead from the Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe on a day when Thibaut Pinot, also of France, dropped out.https://nyti.ms/2JVbS4v

With Title Up for Grabs, Tour de France Moves to the Alps

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Only 39 seconds separated five riders determined to topple the yellow jersey holder, Julian Alaphilippe, over the next three days.https://nyti.ms/2Of9zxt

Julian Alaphilippe Holds On to the Tour de France Lead With a Bold Time Trial

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Alaphilippe’s surprising performance has made it seem more realistic to imagine that he will become the Tour’s first French champion since 1985.https://nyti.ms/2xUNuJt

Simon Yates Wins Tour Stage as a Competitor Vanishes

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports For a couple of hours on an otherwise uneventful day in the mountains, nobody was able to say where Rohan Dennis, the time trial world champion, had gone.https://nyti.ms/2YdVN1O

At Tour de France, Caleb Ewan Posts First Stage Win and Julian Alaphilippe Keeps Lead

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Ewan, a 25-year-old Australian, edged a fellow sprinter, Dylan Groenewegen, by a tire’s width and was awarded the victory after a photo finish.https://nyti.ms/2LWlVYE

Peter Sagan Wins the Day Ahead of Tour de France’s First Key Stage

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Julian Alaphilippe kept the overall lead on Wednesday, but Thursday’s challenging climb is likely to shuffle the standings.https://nyti.ms/2XXap5x

Chris Froome Won’t Ride Tour de France After Injury in Crash

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Froome sustained a suspected fractured femur in a 40 mile an hour crash.https://nyti.ms/2X5ZPJe

Geraint Thomas Urges Thieves to Return His Tour de France Trophy

By LAURA M. HOLSON from NYT Sports The champion of this year’s race asked whoever stole the trophy from a cycling show to have the “good grace” to return it.https://nyti.ms/2ybTP3S

Thomas Secures His First Tour de France Title

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Geraint Thomas effectively sealed his first Tour de France title on Saturday by protecting the yellow jersey in the penultimate stage time trial.https://nyti.ms/2AsTr4L