Working through the four confirmed positive drug tests at the Pan American Games in Toronto last week, the ugly side of the Tour de France was also rearing its head as the now traditional doping controversy begun to gather pace. 

British Cycling have revealed that 2016 will be the final year of their partnership with telecommunications company Sky after both parties mutually agreed to end their long-running association.

Team Sky's Australian rider Richie Porte has been forced to withdraw from the Giro d’Italia.  

Spain’s Alberto Contador regained the overall race lead at the Giro d’Italia following the 59.4 kilometres individual time trial from Treviso to Valdobbiadene, while Belarussian Vasil Kiryienka earned victory on stage 14.

Italy’s Elia Viviani of Team Sky claimed his first Grand Tour victory as he won the second stage of the Giro d’Italia from Albenga to Genoa today.

There was a mad idea at insidethegames at the weekend to set our alarms for 4am and find somewhere to watch the Floyd Mayweather Jnr-Manny Pacquiao fight before travelling on to the office for a day of work. Considering a distinct lack of sleep the night before, I’m not sure how this would have ended and, with the plan eventually abandoned due to a total lack of places in the area showing the fight, I don’t feel I missed too much.