After the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, it's time for the second round of Tour de France warm-up races, made up of the Tour de Suisse, the Tour of Slovenia and the Baloise Belgium Tour. IDL Pro Cycling ...

Biniam Girmay (NSN) powered to victory on the first stage of the Baloise Belgium Tour, narrowly holding off Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quickstep) in the bunch sprint. Max Kanter (XDS Astana) was third.

Two storylines have been dominating Belgium’s back pages. First, the make-up of Domenico Tedesco’s team for these European Championships — and in particular, a problem position at left-back, where ...