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How can Tadej Pogačar be beaten?

How can Tadej Pogačar be beaten?

Cobbles, mountains, time trials, he can do it all. Tadej Pogačar has been a cut above in this year’s Tour de France so far. Can...

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EF Education-EasyPost try to move on after Tour de France cobbled chaos

EF Education-EasyPost try to move on after Tour de France cobbled chaos

The team blame miscommunication and broken radios on their questionable tactics yesterday

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'I have the legs to win' Caleb Ewan laments lead-out train and bad luck at the Tour de France

'I have the legs to win' Caleb Ewan laments lead-out train and bad luck at the Tour de France

The Australian sprinter hasn't had the start to the Tour he'd hoped for, but believes he can still compete for victory if luck is on...

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Pogačar thrives as Jumbo-Visma’s strength-in-depth prevails: Analysing the Tour de France cobbles stage

Pogačar thrives as Jumbo-Visma’s strength-in-depth prevails: Analysing the Tour de France cobbles stage

A chaotic stage five on the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix proved mix fortunes for the GC contenders

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Opinion: The cobbles were a day of wasted opportunity for EF Education-EasyPost

Opinion: The cobbles were a day of wasted opportunity for EF Education-EasyPost

Strange tactics might have cost the team the yellow jersey and the stage win. What could have been?

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Panic, headless chickens and the God out of the machine: stage five of the 2022 Tour de France

Panic, headless chickens and the God out of the machine: stage five of the 2022 Tour de France

The cobbles of northern France shook the Tour de France up, as expected. We look at how the race changed in a momentous day

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Tour de France 2022 stage six preview – the longest stage

Tour de France 2022 stage six preview – the longest stage

The 2022 Tour de France hits punchier terrain, starting in Belgium then crossing into France for the first uphill finish of the race in Longwy

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Tour de France 2022 Bikes: Mathieu van der Poel's Canyon Aeroad

Tour de France 2022 Bikes: Mathieu van der Poel's Canyon Aeroad

The fiery, sleek, aero bike that MVDP is riding in this year's Tour

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Getting the shot: the peloton and Mont Cassel

Getting the shot: the peloton and Mont Cassel

James Startt explains how he went back to French cycling's roots to find a classic town shot of the Tour's stage four

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Wout van Aert is the best cyclist in the world

Wout van Aert is the best cyclist in the world

The Belgian finally added a stage win to his run of second places - by dropping the entire Tour de France peloton on the Côte...

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Tour de France 2022 stage five preview - The cobbles

Tour de France 2022 stage five preview - The cobbles

The Tour de France meets Paris-Roubaix as the peloton tackle the dreaded cobbles of the Hell of the North

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Who are the Tour de France commentators?

Who are the Tour de France commentators?

Find out who's behind the mic and reporting on the ground for the respective Tour de France broadcasters

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The youngest and oldest riders at the Tour de France

The youngest and oldest riders at the Tour de France

Twenty-two teams and 176 riders lined up for the 2022 Tour de France. We look at the youngest and oldest riders at the race and their...

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Philippe Gilbert aiming for swansong victory on Tour de France cobbles

Philippe Gilbert aiming for swansong victory on Tour de France cobbles

The Belgian celebrates his 40th birthday at the Tour this year, and hopes to make his mark as the race crosses the cobbles of norther...

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Tour de France 2022 stage four preview - A far from straightforward return to France

Tour de France 2022 stage four preview - A far from straightforward return to France

The first stage on French soil sees a punchy route between two of the country’s great port cities

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Tour de France 2022 sprinters: Analysing the form of the fast-men so far

Tour de France 2022 sprinters: Analysing the form of the fast-men so far

A closer look at the form of the key sprinters at the 2022 Tour de France

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'When I woke up, I was already thinking about cycling': Milan Vader on his road back to racing

'When I woke up, I was already thinking about cycling': Milan Vader on his road back to racing

On stage five of April’s Itzulia Basque Country, Jumbo-Visma’s Milan Vader suffered life-threatening injuries, was placed in an artificial coma for 12 days, and suffered...

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Six takeaways from the Tour de France 2022 opening weekend

Six takeaways from the Tour de France 2022 opening weekend

Talking points from the opening three stages of the Tour de France 2022 in Denmark

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Tour de France bikes: Fabio Jakobsen's Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7

Tour de France bikes: Fabio Jakobsen's Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7

A closer look at the Dutch sprinter's race bike for the 2022 Tour de France

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Getting the shot: Inside the stage three sprint

Getting the shot: Inside the stage three sprint

James Startt explains how he got his top shot on stage three of the Tour de France

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Magnus Cort: alone, among thousands

Magnus Cort: alone, among thousands

Magnus Cort spent his second consecutive day off the front of the Tour de France, and it turned into a communion between Danish fans and...

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Getting the shot: Jakobsen in full flight

Getting the shot: Jakobsen in full flight

James Startt explains how he got his spectacular side-on shots of Fabio Jakobsen and Peter Sagan in the stage 2 finishing sprint in Nyborg

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Strange energy: the chaos of the Tour’s opening road stage

Strange energy: the chaos of the Tour’s opening road stage

The Tour de France is three weeks of chaotic racing, but the first road stage is always particularly unpredictable

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Tour de France bikes: Wout van Aert's Cervélo P5

Tour de France bikes: Wout van Aert's Cervélo P5

It was the fastest bike in Copenhagen for quite a while, and it still is one of the nicest ones in the WT

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Getting the shot: Wout van Aert and the Copenhagen crowd

Getting the shot: Wout van Aert and the Copenhagen crowd

James Startt details how he captured his image of Wout van Aert on the stage one time trial of the Tour de France in Copenhagen

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The Tour de France time trial helmets we'll never forget

The Tour de France time trial helmets we'll never forget

There were several new aerodynamic lids on display in Copenhagen. We take a closer look at the most striking ones

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Yves Lampaert: the cycle of life

Yves Lampaert: the cycle of life

Yves Lampaert was a surprise winner of the first yellow jersey of the 2022 Tour, but his victory has been many years in the making

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Tour de France 2022 stage three preview: sprinters, round two

Tour de France 2022 stage three preview: sprinters, round two

Rouleur previews stage two of the 2022 Tour de France, a 182km ride from Vejleto Sønderborg in Denmark

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