On Wednesday July 7, the Tour de France returns to Mont Ventoux…
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There’s often a common thread that links the Tour de France wins of those who have claimed multiple titles in the race…
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It’s time to stop calling for blood at the Tour de France
by Sophie Smithby Sophie SmithOur great sport really doesn’t help itself sometimes…
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A is for Age.
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Chris Froome’s staying power has never been in doubt. Four stages after hitting the deck at high speed on the very first stage of the 2021 Tour…
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Prior to the start of the Tour’s third stage between Lorient and Pontivy, Deceuninck-QuickStep lead-out man Michael Mørkøv, who’s recognised…
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First the tribute kit, now the symbolic victory. The first two stages of Mathieu van der Poel’s Tour de France career have provided…
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The Tour is a risky business in 2021, but unfortunately that’s history repeating itself
The refrain is one I have heard every July since I first worked on the Tour de France back in 1990. The Tour, it’s always said, is getting more dangerous every year…
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It’s that time of year again, when we rush headlong from the Giro d’Italia to the Tour de France via a dizzying whirl of minor stage races…
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On September 8 last year, there was a bombshell at the Tour de France. The race director, Christian Prudhomme, tested positive for the Covid-19 virus…
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Words by William Fotheringham | Photo by SWpix.com / Cor Vos It’s been a few years since I went hunting badgers in the Ardennes.…
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Massive thanks to SWpix.com for supplying the images of the Tour de France that you see on our website. This selection is by Alex…
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Race analysis by Nick Bull | Photos by SWpix.com / A.S.O. So, congratulations then, Primož Roglič. Tour winner. Tour de l’Ain, that is. For…
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Words by William Fotheringham | Photos by SWpix.com / A.S.O. The French like to use a Franglais term, le hold-up, to describe a scenario where…
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End of an era? New kings emerge from the Tour of change
by Sophie Smithby Sophie SmithWords by Sophie Smith | Photo by SWpix.com / A.S.O./Alex Broadway Primoz Roglic and his Jumbo-Visma team had all but won the 107th edition…
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Words by William Fotheringham | Photo by SWpix.com Picking up the phone to Bahrain-Maclaren head Rod Ellingworth on Friday morning, with one rolling stage…
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The Tour de France physically ages you and at this point of the race Paris starts to resemble not the city of love, accomplishment…
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As a journalist and as a bike fan, I’ve found it hard to appreciate Primož Roglič. The Slovenian is completely devoid of expression when…
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Understandably, much of the general classification talk at the Tour de France has been about compatriots Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar. The Slovenian duo…
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It was the end of the 2015 Tour de France and Richie Porte was at a Team Sky afterparty in Paris. Hours earlier, Sky…