Cycling: Chris Froome Set To Miss World Championship Due To Injury

Two-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome is set to miss the World Road Cycling Championships after breaking a foot racing in the Vuelta a Espana.

The 30-year-old crashed on stage 11 of the race and Team Sky principal Sir David Brailsford confirmed he will be off the bike "for a couple of weeks".

Vuelta a Espana: Injury Rules Chris Froome's Chance

Briton Chris Froome's hopes of winning the Vuelta a Espana look to be over after he finished Wednesday's stage more than seven minutes behind the general classification leader.

Froome had been hoping to become the third man to win the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana in the same year but he crashed early on stage 11.

It was won by Spain's Mikel Landa from the Astana Pro Team. Italian team-mate Fabio Aru took the overall classification lead.

Vuelta a Espana; Tom Dumoulin Leads But Chris Froome Impresses

Chris Froome produced a sensational climb to Sunday's summit finish as Tom Dumoulin won stage nine on another intriguing day at the Vuelta a Espana.

Briton Froome looked set to win the stage after riding clear of his general classification rivals on a 3.5km ascent that featured gradients of 19%.

However, he was caught in the final 50 metres by Dumoulin, who regained the overall race lead from Esteban Chaves. Team Sky's Froome is now eighth overall, 78 seconds behind Dumoulin.

Cycling: Vincenzo Nibali Thrown Out Of Vuelta a Espana

Vincenzo Nibali was thrown off the Vuelta a Espana when TV images showed him being towed back into the pack after a crash on stage two on Sunday.

Images showed the Italian's Astana team car pulling alongside him and then both he and the car accelerating rapidly.

Judges decided Nibali was either towed by the car as he held it, or grabbed a water bottle extended from the window.

Athletics Can Learn From Cycling - Chris Froome

Britain's double Tour de France champion Chris Froome has urged athletics to follow cycling's lead and invest a lot more money in anti-doping. Cycling's problems with drugs are well documented but the sport's blackest days appear to be behind it.

But the ongoing doping allegations in athletics threaten to overshadow this month's World Championships in Beijing.

"From what I understand, the testing hasn't been at the level that it is in cycling," Froome told BBC Sport.

TOUR DE FRANCE: Chris Froome's Lead Reduced By Rising Nairo Quintana

Chris Froome will carry a lead of two minutes 38 seconds into the final competitive Tour de France stage after tracking Nairo Quintana's late attack.

Colombian Quintana went clear of the Briton on stage 19's last climb to cut the gap by 32 seconds, but has it all to do to snatch yellow on Saturday.

Defending champion Vincenzo Nibali rode clear to win the stage but the Italian is too far back to challenge overall. Froome's Team Sky team-mate Geraint Thomas finished well behind the pack.

TOUR DE FRANCE: Romain Bardet Brilliant Skills Gives France A Second Victory

Frenchman Romain Bardet moved into the top ten and delivered a second victory to the host nation after soloing to success in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in stage 18 of the Tour de France, writes Felix Lowe.

Bardet, the pencil-thin 24-year-old climber from Ag2R-La Mondiale, attacked from a splintered breakaway near the summit of the Col du Glandon 40 kilometres from the finish before delivering a downhill masterclass to open up a gap of 40 seconds ahead of the showpiece final climb of the Lacets de Montvernier.

Despite a spirited chase led by fellow Frenchman Pierre Rolland (Europcar), Bardet extended his lead on the 18 twisting hairpin bends to the summit. He then held his nerve on the run down to the Maurienne valley to beat compatriot Rolland by 33 seconds and secure the biggest win of his career in the 186.5km stage from Gap.

TOUR DE FRANCE: Chris Froome Continues Lead

Britain's Chris Froome maintained his grip on the Tour de France yellow jersey as Rafal Majka claimed stage 11. Team Sky's Froome finished the 188km route from Pau to Cauterets alongside most of his rivals, and leads Tejay van Garderen by two minutes and 52 seconds.

Defending champion Vincenzo Nibali lost 50 seconds as he was dropped in the final stretch, following the arduous climb up the Col du Tourmalet. Tinkoff-Saxo's Majka finished a minute ahead of Ireland's Dan Martin.

It was Pole Majka's third stage win at the Tour after two victories in 2014 and he looked a sure bet to reach Cauterets first from the moment that he burst off the front of a breakaway group of seven riders during the climb up to the Tourmalet.

CYCLING: Lance Armstrong's Doping Team Gets Long Bans

Lance Armstrong's former cycling team manager Johan Bruyneel, doctor Pedro Celaya and trainer Jose "Pepe" Marti have all been handed long bans from sport for their involvement in doping, the United States Anti-Doping Agency have confirmed.

Bruyneel was banned for 10 years, while Celaya and Marti got eight-year bans after the decision by the American Arbitration Association North American Court of Arbitration for Sport (AAA), USADA said in a statement.

The trio all worked for Armstrong's U.S. Postal Service team (USPS), which changed its name to Discovery Channel after a change of sponsors in 2005, and opted for arbitration when the charges were originally levelled against them in June 2012.

CYCLING: 102 Years Old Robert Marchland Breaks World Record In The Overs- 100s Category

Age hasn’t slowed cyclist Robert Marchand. The 102-year-old Frenchman broke his own world record in the over-100s category Friday, riding 26.9 kilometers (16.7 miles) in one hour, more than 2.5 kilometers better than his previous best time in the race against the clock two years ago.

By way of comparison, the current overall world record for one hour is 49.7 kilometers (30.8 miles) set by Czech Ondrej Sosenka in 2005. Marchand, a retired firefighter and logger, also holds the record for someone over the age of 100 riding 100 kilometers (62 miles). He did it in four hours, 17 minutes and 27 seconds in 2012.