Today’s scorching temperatures limited the break to only the hardiest of souls. Here’s to the young farmer who is no stranger to long days in the sun

The Tour de Feminin, based on the small Czech town of Krasna Lipa, celebrates its 30th edition this week. Our editor was on soigneur duties...

Aru takes the stage, Quintana loses time, Thomas loses yellow, Froome takes the biscuit

While Porte was ponderous on La Planche des Belles Filles, here’s to the BMC youngster who kept the breakaway of Voeckler, Gilbert and company in check

Peter Sagan: expelled from the Tour. Mark Cavendish: out with a broken shoulder. Arnaud Démare: in the green jersey. We try to make sense of...

Guillame Van Keirsbulck’s road to the Tour de France has been a long one. Now that he’s finally made it, he seems determined to enjoy every...

Complete control from Peter Sagan, Dan Martin close, Michael Matthews closer

So often overshadowed by his younger brother, or cropped out of shot altogether, Juraj Sagan deserves more than a little of the limelight for today’s...

Teeming rain, the break caught within sight of the line and a sprinters’ battle royale: Düsseldorf to Liège had it all

When the Tour de France inevitably begins to take its toll on the peloton, it is doctor Florence Pommerie who pieces it back together. The race doctor...

As is so often the case in the Tour, today’s fight at the back of the race was just as compelling as the one at the front

Eighth Tour de France, first Tour stage win, first Grand Tour stage win, first maillot jaune. A landmark day for the Welshman

Self-effacing, humble, humorous, but can the Welshman go the extra mile?

It’s been a long way back for the big American from his horror crash in 2014 to his debut Tour. We think he’s going to...

From Düsseldorf to Paris and all stops between, your guide to a thoroughly enjoyable 104th Tour

Cavendish, Froome, Thomas, Dowsett, Yates, McLay – even Gaviria. The big draughty house in Belgium that provides an invaluable stepping stone to the professional ranks

The ‘race of truth’ is both the most idiosyncratic and unforgiving of cycling’s disciplines. Rouleur sat down with a few of time-trialling’s most accomplished practitioners to talk suffering, science...

There are a few Tour de France stats that everyone knows  – 198 riders, 12 million spectators – but what about the less well-known ones? We’ve dug around...

While the men circle France for three weeks, the women get two short stages, neither of them in Paris. ASO could do better. A work...

With Cavendish ailing, Contador ageing and Froome in uncertain form, this year’s Tour de France could mark the end of a generation