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MADRID (AP) Irish cycling team Aqua Blue says its team bus was burned by an arsonist in southeastern Spain while it competed in the Spanish Vuelta.

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XORRET DE CATI, Spain (AP) Chris Froome made a strong charge in the final climb to increase his overall Spanish Vuelta lead in Saturday’s eighth stage, which was won by Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe.

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TARRAGONA, Spain (AP) Matteo Trentin of Italy won a sprint finish to claim the fourth stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Tuesday, while Chris Froome maintained his overall race lead.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) USA Cycling has hired longtime Team Australia coach Gary Sutton to oversee its endurance program, which won a world championship in team pursuit and two silver medals at the Rio Olympics.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) Two-time Olympic rowing champion Hamish Bond has been selected in the New Zealand team to compete at the World Road Cycling Championships in Bergen, Norway next month.

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AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) Former Olympic cycling champion Samuel Sanchez has been provisionally suspended after failing an out-of-competition doping test.

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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) After winning the Tour de France for a fourth time, Chris Froome will try to break his run of second-place finishes at the Spanish Vuelta.

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MADRID (AP) Two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will retire next month after riding in the Spanish Vuelta.

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PARIS (AP) In many ways, winning a fourth Tour de France title was all about making the most of marginal gains for Chris Froome.

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MONTGERON, France (AP) Riding a yellow bike to match his jersey, defending champion Chris Froome set off toward his fourth Tour de France title on the final stage of this year’s race.

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MARSEILLE, France (AP) The Latest on the Tour de France time trial in Marseille (all times local):

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MARSEILLE, France (AP) Chris Froome has virtually sealed a fourth Tour de France victory on the penultimate stage, stamping his authority on the race in a time trial in Marseille streets.

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MARSEILLE, France (AP) The Latest on the Tour de France time trial in Marseille (all times local):

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For three weeks, as the Tour de France riders did their thing, a team of Associated Press journalists who followed them valiantly ate and drank their way through the gastronomic offerings along the 3,540-kilometer (2,200-mile) route. From the start in Germany, through Belgium and Luxembourg, and around France they sampled the local beverages and dishes, sifting good from bad so you won’t have to.

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MARSEILLE, France (AP) Annemiek van Vleuten has won La Course after maintaining her lead in the final pursuit stage in Marseille.

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MARSEILLE, France (AP) The Latest on the Tour de France time trial in Marseille (all times local):

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MARSEILLE, France (AP) Defending champion Chris Froome looks to seal his fourth Tour de France title in a time trial in Marseille, the penultimate stage of this year’s race.

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COL D’IZOARD, France (AP) No more mountains.

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COL D’IZOARD, France (AP) Annemiek van Vleuten won the first stage of the La Course women’s race Thursday before Stage 18 of the Tour de France, attacking on the climb to the Col d’Izoard pass in the Alps and riding alone to claim the victory.

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COL DE L’IZOARD, France (AP) Chris Froome and his rivals compete in the ultimate Alpine race of this year’s Tour de France, a grueling 179.5-kilometer (111.5-mile) ride up to the Col d’Izoard.

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LONDON (AP) The challenger for the presidency of world cycling is proposing budget caps to prevent teams from dominating the sport.

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SERRE-CHEVALIER, France (AP) Green jersey holder Marcel Kittel has abandoned the Tour de France after crashing during the first climb of Stage 17 in the Alps.

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ROMANS-SUR-ISERE, France (AP) Michael Matthews has won a sprint to the line on Stage 16 of the Tour de France as Britain’s Chris Froome kept the race leader’s yellow jersey ahead of two difficult days in the Alps.

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RODEZ, France (AP) Having scaled the Jura and Vosges mountains in the east and the Pyrenees in the south, the Tour de France winds into the Massif Central, the fourth of five ranges the race is riding through. The Alps are last, next week.

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RODEZ, France (AP) Fabio Aru was dropped in the last 500 meters of Stage 14 of the Tour de France won by Michael Matthews and relinquished the yellow jersey to Chris Froome on Saturday.

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FOIX, France (AP) Warren Barguil has delivered to France a stylish victory on its national day, winning a fast and furious truncated Stage 13 where Fabio Aru had to work hard to retain his overall race lead.

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After days of indulgence, there will only be time for quick picnics for the roadside spectators on Stage 13 of the Tour de France on Friday.

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PEYRAGUDES, France (AP) Chris Froome cracked in the final stages of a grueling climb to the finish and lost the overall lead in the Tour de France to Fabio Aru on Thursday, after a demanding stage won by Romain Bardet.

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PAU, France (AP) It’s a shame that Tour de France riders will be too busy pedaling for a restaurant stop on Thursday.

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BERGERAC, France (AP) After a well-deserved rest day, the Tour de France peloton gets back to work on Tuesday through the colorful landscapes of the Perigord region.

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