Tour de France

Unfortunately, the many calculations that were made last week about whether it would be possible for Tadej Pogačar…

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…

A Tour de France Grand Depart taking in Scotland, Wales and England may sound hugely ambitious but…

After the wacky, makeshift calendar of 2020, the Vuelta a Espana is back in its rightful slot…

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…

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..

The good, in order of obvious goodness…

Helped by the absence of the penultimate day time trial drama that unfolded at last year’s race…

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…

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…

Not since the 2014 Tour de France has a Dave Brailsford-run Tour de France team seemed so unsure of itself…

Can anyone or anything stop Tadej Pogačar winning the Tour for the second time in a row? Will Mark Cavendish break the Merckx record?

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.

There’s a really noticeable conflict that rages within Bauke Mollema. What the Dutchman lacks in style when he’s riding aggressively…

You have to shake your head in disbelief at how Mark Cavendish’s journey to Friday’s stage into Carcassonne…

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…

On Wednesday July 7, the Tour de France returns to Mont Ventoux…

There’s often a common thread that links the Tour de France wins of those who have claimed multiple titles in the race…

Our great sport really doesn’t help itself sometimes…

A is for Age.
He’s 36. Most sprinters are in carpet slippers by this stage…