5+ hour, 42+ min ago   (649+ words) A final stage and abbreviated to Paris only but this won’t alter the sport. A prestigious stage win awaits and potentially a duel between Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel. Stage 20 Review: if a “grand tour is an exercise…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (830+ words) The last day in the Alps and a ferocious stage with hardly a metre of flat road. If you want to watch it live, note the early finish. Pacman: a group of 42 riders were away with Lidl-Trek pulling for Mads…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (875+ words) Alpe d’Huez awaits, the classic climb but this time with a more gentle approach. Can UAE keep a lid on things so that Tadej Pogačar gets a prestige win for his palmarès? Festival des Cannes: one of the enjoyable aspects…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (365+ words) Alps or Pyrenees? The two mountain ranges are often juxtaposed by the Tour de France. Do you prefer one over the other? Only the Tour is often a poor prism to refract this back to TV audiences and this televisual…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (811+ words) The Tour heads into the Alps for a ski station summit finish. Tadej Pogačar got beaten the last time the race came here and he remembers it but this should be for the breakaways given the bigger Alpine stages to…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (522+ words) Eight teams have a stage win, 14 don’t and this should make for a lively start as this is the last stage open to half the peloton. Contre la montre: the stage win for Remco Evenepoel who blitzed the course, only…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (391+ words) Thirsty? Today’s stage starts in Evian-les-Bains to give it the full name, but as Evian it’s one of those places more famous as a consumer brand of than a town. Visit Evian and the scale of the industry is not…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (946+ words) The Tour resumes with the only solo time trial of the race this year. The third week looks like it’ll see more of this. UAE will work to protect Del Toro’s podium spot – TT result pending – and RedBull have an…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (800+ words) The Tour heads into the Vosges. Jasper Philipsen was there and so Lidl-Trek chased but struggled to bring it back and gave up. Only for Mads Pedersen to move in person, towing a move of 20 across including Biniam Girmay so…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (593+ words) The Tour de France tackles the Ballon d’Alsace today, and will do again tomorrow too. It’s the first big mountain climbed by the Tour de France and the first celebration of climbing in the race and possibly the origin of…...