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Tour de France 2022 stage 19 preview – a chance for the fast men?
The peloton heads north away from the Pyrenees in a largely flat stage. On paper, it’s for the sprinters, but some late climbs may complicate...
Tour de France Femmes 2025: Everything you need to know
The fourth edition of the Tour de France Femmes will feature nine stages, starting in Vannes and ending in Châtel
Tour de France Femmes 2022 favourites: Who will win the yellow jersey?
It’s a race which is set to change the game for women’s cycling and the winner will go down in the history books
Tour de France Femmes 2022 route: everything you need to know about the stages of the first edition
A stage-by-stage guide to the route of the inaugural Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift
Super-domestiques: how Mikkel Bjerg and Brandon McNulty defied the odds at the Tour de France
It’s a race which has been rife with mishaps for UAE Team Emirates, but this didn’t stop them from dominating stage 17 – one of...
The clock is running down for Tadej Pogačar
The Slovenian took his third stage win of the 2022 Tour de France at Peyragudes, but was unable to make significant inroads into his deficit...
Tour de France 2022 stage 18 preview - The Hellish Hautacam
The final mountain stage of the 2022 Tour is one of the hardest of all, with three major climbs: the Aubisque, Spandelles and finishing climb...
Who is out of the 2022 Tour de France so far?
Be it due to injury, illness or a positive Covid-19 test, these are the riders who have abandoned the Tour so far in 2022
Inside the life of a Tour de France team doctor
Long hours, emergency post-crash assessments and making snap decisions about a rider’s racing fate: all in a day’s work for EF Education-EasyPost’s director of medicine...
From the brink of relegation to Grand Tour stage winners: how this Tour de France has been a redemption ride for Israel-Premier Tech
After a lacklustre start to the season, the experienced line-up the team has brought to the Tour have shown a refreshing eagerness to perform and...
Why Hugo Houle keeps on riding
The Canadian rider took an emotional stage victory in Foix, dedicating it to his brother Pierrik, who died 10 years ago
Lights, camera, Netflix: The flies on the wall at the Tour de France
Team insiders explain what the Tour de France has been like with riders being followed by Netflix documentary crews
Tour de France 2022 stage 17 preview - Peyragudes summit finish
The second Pyrenean stage takes the riders over three tough passes before the steep finishing climb to the summit finish at Peyragudes
The state of play: can Jumbo-Visma defend yellow against Pogačar in the final week of the Tour de France?
There are some extremely hard stages still to come and the yellow jersey is still very much up for grabs in this year's race
It’s time for the Ineos Grenadiers to live up to Dave Brailsford’s promise at the Tour de France
The British team have a choice: race safely into third place, or risk that podium place, and everything, for a win
Tour de France 2022 stage 16 preview - in the foothills of the Pyrenees
The first of three days in the Pyrenees is a relatively gentle introduction, with just two cat-1 climbs, but the second, the Mur de Peguère,...
Does Geraint Thomas still have a chance of winning the Tour de France?
The British rider still has his full contingent of support and riders and has been keeping his powder dry for the savage final week
Six takeaways from the Tour de France week two
Talking points from a captivating second week at the 2022 Tour de France
Jasper Disaster and the Tour de Chaos - Tour de France stage 15 debrief
Stage 15 to Carcassonne was a day for the sprinters, but true to the form of the 2022 Tour de France, it was still unpredictable,...
Two domestiques down and Van Aert gunning for stage wins: should Jumbo-Visma be worried?
Stage 15 saw the Dutch team lose both Primož Roglič and Steven Kruijswijk, while Vingegaard only had Laporte for protection in the run-in to the...
Getting the shot: Mark Cavendish at Carcassonne retrospective
As the Tour de France revisits Carcassonne in 2022, James Startt looks back on Mark Cavendish's historic win in the town last year
Bling when you’re winning
Sprinter Michael Matthews took a solo stage win on stage 14 of the 2022 Tour de France in Mende. It’s been that kind of Tour
From battling Sagan, to battling two 'super-freaks': Michael Matthews adapts to change and has his day
From burgeoning sprinter to a fast finishing puncheur, Matthews and those around him explain how he's had to adapt and overcome to find new routes...
Tour de France 2022 stage 15 preview - up and down day to Carcassonne
Another hot, lumpy, bumpy day riding south out of the Massif Central to the Languedoc region which is either a rare chance for the sprinters,...
Stage 13 debrief: The Perfect Break
Mads Pedersen was the stage winner in Saint-Étienne, from a break which the peloton surely never had a chance of catching
Tour de France 2022 stage 14 preview: an unrelenting day
The Tour hits the Massif Central for a very hilly stage culminating in the spectacular steep climb to the airfield above Mende
Tour de France bikes: Simon Geschke's De Rosa Merak 2022
We take a closer look at the current polka dot jersey wearer's super bike
A day in cycling history: stories from the top of Alpe d'Huez after stage 12 of the Tour de France
Sophie Smith recalls the scenes from the top of Alpe d'Huez after Tom Pidcock's emphatic victory
Tom Pidcock: science and art
Tom Pidcock won a spectacular stage on Alpe d’Huez. Rouleur looks at the Ineos Grenadiers rider’s unique skill set and racing style
Too close for comfort: Tour de France tantalisingly poised for final week showdown
An Alpine thriller has setup one of the most intriguing general classification battles in years

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