Getting into the record books is often a very hard slog, just ask Austrian speed cyclist Markus Stockl.

Mathias Frank sweltered his way to victory in stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana.

Chris Froome will lead the Great Britain team as he bids to emulate the feat of compatriot Bradley Wiggins in the Olympic cycling road race on Saturday.

Britain’s World road race champion Lizzie Armitstead has been cleared to compete at the Rio Olympics after winning an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Paris (France) - Britain’s Chris Froome is set to celebrate his third Tour de France title in four years after safely finishing the penultimate stage to maintain just over a four minute lead over his closest rivals heading into Sunday’s finale in Paris.