Tour de France: Police car catches fire near stage 14 finish
There have been no reports of injuries and incident should not disrupt stage finish.
There have been no reports of injuries and incident should not disrupt stage finish.
'Every stage is like a mini World Cup race. It’s so intense. That’s great for the sport and for the viewers but it makes it hard work for the pure sprinters,' says Australian.
Vaast has a new magnesium road bike, Scicon continues to push the style envelope, and Hunt previewed a new flagship aero road wheelset.
Claus and Karina Vingegaard on their son’s cycling beginnings and how he dropped fellow riders on Alpe d’Huez as a teenager.
Alpecin-Fenix DS Michel Cornelisse accuses bike commissaire of having 'no feelings' after incident.
Organizers prepare 10,000 liters of water to douse melting tarmac as peloton meets a heatwave in sun-scorched southern France this weeekend.
Italian scales back plan to do it in August, envisaging autumn or 2023 instead.
The versatile Australian is sick and has finished second twice in the Tour de France so far. Can he win a stage and improve his contract position?
'We have the experience of losing the Tour on the last day and we have won three grand tours so we know that we have to stay focussed,' says Zeeman.
Elite adds power meter pairing and core body temperature control to speed and heart rate in a new air-filtering smart fan for indoor training.
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Straight to your ears from the finish lines, press rooms, and restaurants of the Tour de France.
Our predictions for stage 14, a day that looks well suited to a breakaway.
The reigning New Zealand national road race champion was dropped by Human Powered Health earlier this year and is now awaiting USADA's final decision on a ban.
Fred Wright has the second most breakaway kilometres this Tour and edges ever closer to victory.
Making sense of Pogačar’s loss of innocence, what it means for the Tour and exploring why fans like champions more when they fail.
Mads Pedersen attacked from the gun on stage 13, making it into the breakaway and taking a third victory for Denmark in four days.
Another crash at a key moment dashed Ewan's hopes on stage 13 of the Tour de France.
Ingredients: 1 x stage-winning Dane / 1 x late night Instagram post / 1 x bonkers column / Shake vigorously and serve.
The breakaway has its day in Saint-Étienne.
The final climb is steep enough to cause problems for anyone not having a great day.
After an impressive showing on Alpe d'Huez, the American says he's 'hungry for more' in his exclusive VeloNews blog.
Pedersen hails Quinn Simmons for crucial role in the break as Danish riders continue to deliver at Tour de France.
The 26-year-old climber is now cancer free just two months after a doping inspector warned him of troubling blood test results.
Scope Cycling has a secret or two hiding behind the €4,000 price tag.
Bad luck turns to no luck at all for Caleb Ewan as a crash takes down the Australian on stage 13.
'Disappointment again.' Jorgenson vows to keep hunting after second top-five finish in four days in debut Tour.
'Last year we were in a different position but it’s a different race and every year is different. We’re here to fight,' says American climber.
As stage 13 finally leaves the high mountains, we revisit the history of Bastille Day, celebrated yesterday across France.
Officials confirmed that the team's other seven riders cleared health controls, and will continue in the race.
Ineos Grenadiers director confident Thomas 'one of the best we've ever seen' as team counts on his experience in a Gen-Z race.
Day's escape move stays clear following crash by Caleb Ewan.
The Australian sprinter survived the Alps and Lotto-Soudal was chasing an early breakaway.
Stop 6 on the American Criterium Cup features two days of racing in Salt Lake City, Utah
'If he got that Eddy Merkcx record, he’s an icon in the sport. You can always make room but there’s lots of questions,' says American team boss.
Rider underwent surgery to remove a small tumor and hopes to return to racing soon.
Team manager Joxean Fernández Matxin leaves race due to virus.
A thrilling victory atop Alpe d'Huez only raises expectations about Pidcock's grand tour future. His coach says 'we are going to see his limits.'
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Third-place for Froome on Alpe d'Huez after cobblestone victory for Clarke leaves team thirsty for more as it battles relegation threat.
2012 Tour winner also praises performances of Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas.
An absolute sea of humanity descending on cycling's most famous climb to witness a terrific day's racing.
Sport director explains how the trap was set on the Col du Galibier to isolate and attack Tadej Pogačar.
Officials confirmed that the team's other seven riders cleared health controls, and will continue in the race.
'Before we came to the race Tom Pidcock asked me what I expected from him and I just said full commitment,' says Steve Cummings.
3D printing isn’t just for saddles anymore, Fidlock is (maybe) going after Boa, and your next bike fitter might be a computer.
Did Rolland's heart rate surge when he saw a French flag by the roadside?
The clock is ticking.
Our predictions for stage 13, where the focus will likely shift to the sprinters after a tough slog through the Alps.
“The idea was to get me in the break and try and win the stage, so box ticked,” said Pidcock after stage 12 victory on Alpe d’Huez.
Thomas seems happy to wait for another unexpected turn that he hopes shifts the yellow jersey onto his shoulders.
We cheer vulnerability, and this version of Froome has that in spades.
Pierce and CTS founder Chris Carmichael were teammates on the groundbreaking 1986 7-Eleven Tour de France squad.
Pogačar was looking for revenge. He did not find it.
Pidcock took only his second ever road win on stage 12 after going solo with more than 10 km of the Alpe d'Huez still to climb.
The peloton tackles Alpe d’Huez on Bastille Day.
Vingegaard parries Pogačar's attacks on the Alpe in day one of daunting nine-stage mission to defend yellow jersey.
'I compare myself to Pogačar to Wout, these guys, they are both older than me, and more experienced. But I am ambitious and I have big ambitions,' says British rider.
Adrien Niyonshuti hit the slopes of cycling's most iconic climb on a hefty single-speed designed for Africa.
Yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard raises the fear of COVID, but fans and riders celebrate the return of the Tour's most famous climb.
UAE Team Emirates team manager Matxin Fernandez tested positive overnight and has left the Tour de France.
If you come for the devil, you better not miss.
South African back to form after several difficult seasons.
The Tour leaves the Alps with a transition stage to St-Étienne in sweltering heat. The sprinters will be hungry to make the most of this opportunity.
Frenchman finishes 19 seconds behind fellow challengers, limiting his losses by riding at his own rhyhthm.
Sepp Kuss leads Jumbo-Visma lockdown on Alpe d'Huez summit as Jumbo-Visma switches gears from explosive ride to the Granon.
Ineos Grenadiers rider lauds teammate Tom Pidcock’s stage victory.
The real kicker? I spent almost as much time lying by the side of the road waiting to die as I did on my bike.
Pogačar can't shake Jonas Vingegaard on Alpe d'Huez: 'His team is very strong.'
'Where I’ve come from over the last three years, battling back from my accident to finish third on one of the hardest stages in the Tour, I can be really happy with that,' says four-time Tour winner.
Stage 12 of the Tour de France goes from Briançon to Alpe d'Huez, the last in a trio of stages in the French Alps.
UAE's Gianetti says it wasn't hunger or heat.
The Ineos Grenadiers rider soars away from the breakaway to take biggest road victory of his career.
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The four-time winner and talented Tour debutant combine down the Galibier with dazzling descent to get in front.
"If I don’t try I’m not going to win," said Vingegaard, after taking the fight to Pogačar.
Team boss points to over-aggressive racing and commitment to yellow rather than COVID or a hunger knock as cause of Wednesday's spectacular undoing.
Former Tour winner predicts fireworks on return to iconic climb where he won in 2018.
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Colombian revs up climbing legs in blast from past to move up into top 5.