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Anthony Turgis masters the chaos

Anthony Turgis masters the chaos

The TotalEnergies rider takes his biggest ever win, and his team’s first at the race in seven years

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'The podium could have been decided today' – The Tour de France's befuddling GC stalemate

'The podium could have been decided today' – The Tour de France's befuddling GC stalemate

The favourites to win the yellow jersey would not work cohesively together on stage nine’s gravel roads and the tension in the peloton was clear

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Tour de France 2024 gallery: A day in the dust

Tour de France 2024 gallery: A day in the dust

Photojournalist James Startt captured one of the Tour's most exciting stages

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‘Are we in the Tour de France right now? This is crazy’ - Inside the peloton’s wildest day on the gravel

‘Are we in the Tour de France right now? This is crazy’ - Inside the peloton’s wildest day on the gravel

Wind, loose rocks and plenty of stress – it was a wild day on stage nine of the Tour

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Tour de France 2024 stage 10 preview - another opportunity for the fast men

Tour de France 2024 stage 10 preview - another opportunity for the fast men

The last 60km of stage 10 are exposed – could crosswinds be a factor?

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A day out in La France Profonde

A day out in La France Profonde

Stage eight was a classic ‘quiet’ stage of the Tour, taking their riders through La France Profonde, the heart of rural France

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Are riders losing faith in the lottery of breakaways?

Are riders losing faith in the lottery of breakaways?

On a stage that seemed poised for flurries of attacks from the peloton, few were willing to roll the dice on getting in the breakaway

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‘I like to have pain in my legs’ - A lone wolf, the breakaway that never came and the peloton’s slowest sprint

‘I like to have pain in my legs’ - A lone wolf, the breakaway that never came and the peloton’s slowest sprint

It was a strange stage in the Tour de France as a breakaway didn’t assemble despite expectations of fireworks

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‘It’s unnecessary. We take enough risks on tarmac’ - A peloton divided over Tour de France gravel stage

‘It’s unnecessary. We take enough risks on tarmac’ - A peloton divided over Tour de France gravel stage

Stage nine's gravel sectors are instilling fear in some riders and thrill in others

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Tour de France 2024 stage nine preview - the gravel stage

Tour de France 2024 stage nine preview - the gravel stage

The much anticipated gravel stage will present a valuable opportunity for the Classics riders, but potential panic for the GC contenders

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‘Everybody should be happy’ - Why Visma-Lease a Bike still believe in yellow at the Tour de France

‘Everybody should be happy’ - Why Visma-Lease a Bike still believe in yellow at the Tour de France

Despite Jonas Vingegaard losing time to his rivals in stage nine’s individual time trial, his team says that the general classification at the Tour de...

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'It will be like the final of Paris-Roubaix': The making of the Tour de France's first gravel stage

'It will be like the final of Paris-Roubaix': The making of the Tour de France's first gravel stage

Years in the making, the Tour heads into an unprecedented stage which contains 14 sections of gravel roads

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Julien Bernard makes a party out of a time trial

Julien Bernard makes a party out of a time trial

What Julien Bernard lost in time by stopping to greet his friends and family in the Burgundy time trial, he gained in making the Tour...

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‘I’m with the biggest and the best GC riders’  - Remco Evenepoel is coming of age at the Tour de France

‘I’m with the biggest and the best GC riders’ - Remco Evenepoel is coming of age at the Tour de France

The Belgian rider’s victory in the individual time trial signifies another step up in his career progression

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Pogačar has pole position, but the GC fight at the Tour de France looks finely poised

Pogačar has pole position, but the GC fight at the Tour de France looks finely poised

The race for yellow is shaping up to be one the highest quality Tours de France of recent generations

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Tour de France 2024 stage eight preview - a battle between the sprinters and the breakaway

Tour de France 2024 stage eight preview - a battle between the sprinters and the breakaway

Despite being categorised as a flat stage, the route features 2,334 metres of elevation and five categorised climbs

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Giro d’Italia Women 2024 preview: Route, predictions and contenders

Giro d’Italia Women 2024 preview: Route, predictions and contenders

With RCS taking over the race, will the Giro step up in 2024? 

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More disaster for Jasper: Philipsen needs to turn his Tour de France around

More disaster for Jasper: Philipsen needs to turn his Tour de France around

The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider had another difficult day after being relegated in stage six of the Tour de France

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Trust, confidence and a 'complex' sprinter: How Jayco-Alula manufactured a Tour de France stage victory

Trust, confidence and a 'complex' sprinter: How Jayco-Alula manufactured a Tour de France stage victory

Dylan Groenewegen won stage six of the Tour de France – a reward for the hard work from his entire Australian team

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The race for green is hotting up already at the Tour de France

The race for green is hotting up already at the Tour de France

Just six stages into the Tour and with no sprinter dominating the fast finishes, the green jersey competition already looks delicately poised between several candidates

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Tour de France 2024 stage seven preview - the first test against the clock

Tour de France 2024 stage seven preview - the first test against the clock

The differences between the specialists and the pure climbers will be measured in minutes rather than seconds on stage seven 

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Witnessing history: The Mark Cavendish magic

Witnessing history: The Mark Cavendish magic

Rachel Jary recounts what it was like to see the Manxman’s breathtaking 35th Tour de France stage win 

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How Mark Cavendish secured his historic 35th stage win

How Mark Cavendish secured his historic 35th stage win

A closer look at how the Manx missile outsprinted his rivals at the 2024 Tour de France

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The greatest sprinter in the world

The greatest sprinter in the world

Inside the moment when history was made on stage five of the 2024 Tour de France as Mark Cavendish took his 35th stage win

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‘It was not a great day’ - Inside Visma-Lease a Bike’s disappointing Galibier show

‘It was not a great day’ - Inside Visma-Lease a Bike’s disappointing Galibier show

Jonas Vingegaard lost almost 40 seconds to Tadej Pogačar on the first mountain stage of the 2024 Tour de France – where did it all go...

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Work to do: Key GC support found wanting in the Tour's first mountain test

Work to do: Key GC support found wanting in the Tour's first mountain test

Many of Tadej Pogačar's key rivals were left isolated in the face of UAE Team Emirates's power on the Galibier

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‘Tadej is a ticking time bomb’ - Tadej Pogačar is running away with the Tour de France

‘Tadej is a ticking time bomb’ - Tadej Pogačar is running away with the Tour de France

The first opportunity in the mountains and UAE Team Emirates grabbed it with both hands

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Tour de France 2024 stage five preview - destined for a sprint

Tour de France 2024 stage five preview - destined for a sprint

The second opportunity for the sprinters to go for glory

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Gallery: A brutal and beautiful Italian Grand Départ

Gallery: A brutal and beautiful Italian Grand Départ

In many ways it is hard to believe that the Tour de France has never started in Italy, but the race organisers more than made...

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