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In the days just prior to the Tour de France’s Grand Départ in the Basque Country, L’Équipe published its top 10 greatest mountain stages…

The opening days of this Tour de France were predicted, almost unanimously, to be the toughest in the race’s history. Saturday’s stage…

This is the first time I’ve not worked on the Tour de France for a good few years, so long in fact that I can’t actually remember…

Hearing the news of Gino Mäder’s death, familiar thoughts filled my head, memories of past riders who have suffered the same awful fate…

In the aftermath of the rebirth of the women’s Tour de France, enthusiasm for women’s cycling is on a high…

A few weeks back, a series of almost unheralded one-day races in Uzbekistan attracted wide attention when accusations…

Ten years on from his career-defining win on Mont Ventoux during the 2013 Tour de France, Chris Froome returns to the ‘Giant of Provence’ …

Throwing no shade on Geraint Thomas and his bitter disappointment in the Giro d’Italia, but losing the leader’s jersey…

Sport can put the passage of days, hours, minutes and seconds into a different dimension. It feels like a lifetime since Remco Evenepoel…

There’s been plenty of talk during this Giro d’Italia of the contest for the maglia rosa failing to spark into life until the last few days…

The GC battle has been dull. I’ll call on Philippe Gilbert to provide supporting evidence for this verdict…

It’s now 28 years since the Vuelta a España changed from a mid-April to a late August start date. The switch was designed…

As the Giro d’Italia gets back under way today, erstwhile race leader Remco Evenepoel is under fire…

Any bike race can highlight the extreme highs and lows that have always been a fundamental part cycle sport, but Paris-Roubaix…

Everyone knew what was coming, but no one could prevent it. Tadej Pogačar had signalled what his likely tactic would be…

The cancellation of the Women’s Tour – hopefully for only a one year hiatus – was sad but not surprising news. To raise half a million…

When a rider is good enough, their very presence on a startlist can completely change the way a race is raced…

Let’s hope that Patrick Lefevere has picked out a good spot for lunch during this Sunday’s Tour of Flanders…

They call them ‘gifts.’ The one-day races, the stage wins, the classification jerseys, handed on a plate to other riders…

Sport likes nothing more than a spicy rivalry, that extra competitive edge that is evident when Barcelona play Real Madrid…