France's next-generation high-speed train will be in service by the time of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, state railway company SNCF has promised.

It's a train that will be rolled out for the Olympic Games," Krakovitch told new agency Agence France-Presse.Environmentally-conscious

has officially become Ineos Grenadiers with a launch event held in Nice prior to this year’s Tour de France

Pinarello DOGMA F12 bike were also revealed at the event.The event comes on the eve to the Tour de France

, which is scheduled to begin on Saturday (August 29).Defending Tour de France champion Bernal is set

INEOSGrenadiers) August 26, 2020Froome and Thomas, winners of five of the last seven editions of the Tour de France

Italy’s Giacomo Nizzolo clinched victory in the men’s elite road race after a sprint finish at the Road European Championships in Plouay.

schedule was altered to allow riders to participate at the event prior to competing at the Tour de France

Australia’s Michael Matthews triumphed at the Bretagne Classic Ouest-France after a sprint finish in

Belgium's Sep Vanmarcke is set to defend his Bretagne Classic Ouest-France title in Plouay tomorrow.

 Portugal's Rui Costa, Australia's Michael Matthews and Nacer Bouhanni of France are also considered

247.8km.Portugal's Rui Costa is considered one of the favourites to win this year's Bretagne Classic Ouest-France

a bunch sprint at the Tour de Pologne, which saw him hurtle through the air.Bretagne Classic Ouest-France

Anna van der Breggen and Stefan Küng earned time trial titles at the Road European Championships in Plouay.

 He beat Remi Cavagna of France by 17 seconds and Victor Campenaerts of Belgium by 21 seconds.The

 The Bretagne Classic Ouest-France and GP Plouay – L’Orient Agglomération races will also be taking

Karolina Pliskova and Sofia Kenin, the first and second seeds respectively in the women's draw at the Cincinnati Masters, both suffered defeats in their opening matches on day two of the tournament.

, a previous Western & Southern Open champion who is seeded 14th this year, beat Ugo Humbert of France

Plouay in France is set to host the European Cycling Union Road Championships with competition starting

, with original host city Trentino now staging the Championships in 2021.The Bretagne Classic Ouest-France

Poland's Julia Damasiewicz and France's Axel Mazella have been crowned champions of the Formula Kite European Individual Championships on the final day of action after close competition with their compatriots.

compatriot Maxime Nocher in the final automatically, while third and fourth place Theo de Ramecourt of France

COVID-19 may have meant the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup has been absent for much of the year, but with the new season finally getting underway in Briançon the Czech Republic's Adam Ondra made it seem like it had never been away as he chalked up another victory in the lead event.

the commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France

The opening International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup of the 2020 season, which started in Briançon today, is set to benefit from record international broadcasting coverage, it is claimed.

the commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France

Paris 2024 claim that doubts over whether renovations to the Grand Palais will be fully completed in time for the Olympic Games will not affect plans for the iconic glass-domed building to host fencing and taekwondo.

to the Grand Palais.The famous building was chosen to showcase fencing because it a sport in which France

 Fencing has appeared in every Olympic Games since Athens 1896 and France are the second most successful

overlooking the Seine with Avenue des Champs-Élysées.The temporary Grand Palais will stage judo where France

during the period the main building is having work carried out on it.Judo is another sport at which France

will be hoping to excel at during Paris 2024.Since the sport made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 1964, France

The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup will not visit North America in the 2020-2021 season because of the coronavirus crisis.

super-G races, while St Moritz in Switzerland will host an extra women's downhill contest.Courchevel in France

The World Triathlon Series resumption in Hamburg will take place under controlled conditions due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it has been announced.

the pandemic, with reigning world champions Katie Zaferes of the United States and Vincent Luis of France

top names competing at the event ©ITUThe 2020 Mixed Relay World Championships will see title holders France

Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas, winners of five of the last seven editions of the Tour de France between

Tours.Ecuador's Richard Carapaz, winner of the 2019 Giro d'Italia, is instead selected in the Tour de France

squad.A Team Ineos - formally Team Sky - rider has topped the Tour de France general classification

Egan will once again target the yellow jersey in France and we are very excited to give last year’s Giro

Defending champion Egan Bernal will lead Team Ineos' Tour de France squad ©Getty ImagesFroome suffered

 Both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France were postponed because of the global health crisis.