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…
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The opening days of this Tour de France were predicted, almost unanimously, to be the toughest in the race’s history. Saturday’s stage…
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The Philippines team born in Portugal and racing for experience in Uzbekistan
A few weeks back, a series of almost unheralded one-day races in Uzbekistan attracted wide attention when accusations…
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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’ …
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Unfortunately, the many calculations that were made last week about whether it would be possible for Tadej Pogačar…
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Marc Madiot, manager of the Groupama-FDJ, became the latest team boss embroiled in an internal spat after star rider David Gaudu let slip some major indiscretions…
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A Tour de France Grand Depart taking in Scotland, Wales and England may sound hugely ambitious but…
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After the wacky, makeshift calendar of 2020, the Vuelta a Espana is back in its rightful slot…
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The good, the bad and the ugly has become a cliché as a review of sporting contests. For once, though, this analysis is entirely appropriate…
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The Vuelta a España provides a better indication than any other event of some of the most significant changes that have rippled through the men’s side of professional racing over the course of the past 20 years..
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The good, in order of obvious goodness…
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Helped by the absence of the penultimate day time trial drama that unfolded at last year’s race…
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It’s something I’ve done most years I’ve reported from the race but each time it really reminds me of what makes the Tour a truly unique sporting spectacle…
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Today I had my best half an hour at the Tour so far. Ever since the news was announted that Luz Ardiden would be back on the race route…
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Not since the 2014 Tour de France has a Dave Brailsford-run Tour de France team seemed so unsure of itself…
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Can anyone or anything stop Tadej Pogačar winning the Tour for the second time in a row? Will Mark Cavendish break the Merckx record?
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Sometimes you come across a pass that has not figured on your radar before and by the summit you’re wondering how that could possibly have been the case. For me, the Col de la Core was one of those places.
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There’s a really noticeable conflict that rages within Bauke Mollema. What the Dutchman lacks in style when he’s riding aggressively…
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Mark Cavendish and the long road to level with Merckx
by Sophie Smithby Sophie SmithYou have to shake your head in disbelief at how Mark Cavendish’s journey to Friday’s stage into Carcassonne…
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I live in the mountain because I love the mountains. Any mountains. The sight of any massif rising up from the plains triggers a desire to climb…