Stephen Roche

Searing account of the sick soul of cycling still sadly relevant

Between the lines: Paul Kimmage’s A Rough Ride remains one of sports’s seminal books

Meet Oisín O’Callaghan, the downhill boy racer at home in cycling’s rainbow jersey

The 17-year-old won the junior title at this year’s World Championship in Austria

Kelly’s Heroines – Frank McNally on a Spanish trade union with an oddly Irish name

An Irishman’s Diary

‘French people are pretty relaxed. They don’t pander to scaremongering or hysteria’

Wild Geese: Paul Lynch works in air-traffic control and fundraising for Irish charities in Paris

Sam Bennett: ‘A green jersey in the Tour de France is such a highlight of my career’

Irish cyclist reflects on some of the crucial stages of a memorable three weeks

What next for green jersey hero Sam Bennett after toughest of Tours?

Irish rider likely to miss Giro and Vuelta as his focus switches to races back in Belgium

Sam Bennett a true product of Irish cycling, maybe not a reflection of it

Irish rider’s success in France could be papering over the cracks in Irish system

Sam Bennett lets the emotions flow after realising dream of Tour stage victory

Carrick-on-Suir cyclist back in green jersey as he becomes just the sixth Irish rider to win a stage

Sporting Upsets: Eight eternal seconds between LeMond and Fignon

The French expected a coronation for their hero on final stage of 1989 Tour de France

Sam Bennett suffers stage heartbreak as Caleb Ewan pounces at the death

Irish rider looked set to break his Tour de France duck until the final few metres

Tour de France 2020: Six stages where Irish riders can attack or win

Trio of Irish riders looking to wear yellow jersey for first time since 1987

Tour de France: Sam Bennett aims to sprint for early Yellow jersey

Irish rider will be looking for fast start around familiar roads in Nice

Ireland’s Tour de France trio all harbouring stage ambitions

Sam Bennett, Dan Martin and Nicolas Roche all head into race with serious Tour pedigree

Irish sport prospers in spite of a political system that doesn’t give a damn

All sports organisations in this country are doing their level best

Sporting Cathedrals: Alpe d’Huez and the 21 steps to hell

Part torture chamber, part music festival - the climb that can break a rider’s Tour de France

The Best Of Times: Roche goes to the limit and beyond in bid for Tour de France glory

The drama of the closing stages of the 1987 race held the nation in rapture

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