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Even with Pogačar looking imperious, this is still one of the most competitive and high-level GC battles in the sport's recent history.

The first nine stages of the Tour de France have been non-stop excitement. Catch up on all the story lines from the first week.

Podium favorite Roglič will face the decisive second half of the Tour de France without key mountain helper Aleksandr Vlasov: 'We will miss him.'

Late heartbreak for solo leader Ana Vitória Magalhães as Elisa Longo Borghini retains pink jersey.

The first week of the 2024 Tour de France was filled with plenty of action and surprises. Velo photographers Chris Auld, Ashley Gruber, and Jered Gruber were out in the field capturing it all.

A carbon lugged bamboo bike, clever seat bag mounts, new tires from Hutchinson, and more.

Defending champion defends negative racing in stage 9's gravel rumble, insists title defense isn't over: 'I'm getting better and better.'

Pogačar couldn't crack his rivals before meeting his kryptonite high mountains during an exhausting opening week on the attack.

Tour de Hoody: The wild dust-up was the best day of racing so far and confirms that Strade Bianche-inspired sector-based gravel stages deserve a place in the Tour de France. 

Two stage wins have harvested more than 43,000 euros for an underdog team, while Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team languishes at the bottom with only 2,390 euros.

GC contenders critical of Jonas Vingegaard’s refusal to pull when clear in gravel stage breakaways.

Stage 9 of the 2024 Tour de France delivered wall to wall action over 200km, including 14 gravel sectors totaling 32km.

Defending champion finishes on flat tire and slams gravel sectors in Tour as ‘unnecessary risk’ after racing most of stage on bike of teammate Jan Tratnik.

In a sport where winning is the only thing that counts, Pidcock, Gee and Stuyven struggled to make sense of the finish-line disappointment: 'I saw the line, I saw clean air and I thought, I’ve got this.'

'Visma only focused on me': Pogačar irrepressible but can't make the difference in all-attacking assault on controversial gravel stage.

Stage 9 results and the general classification, points, KOM, young rider, and team classification of the 2024 Tour de France.

Grace Brown narrowly misses out on first pink leader's jersey of Giro, Brodie Chapman third on technical course in Brescia.

The GC riders were braced for carnage over Sunday's 32km of fine white dirt, and it happened as early as the second sector.

'I can't explain how devastated I am': Peloton reels from tragic news as Austria Tour replaces final stage with condolence ride.

'He was a late-bloomer': Drege won the 16th Tour of Rhodes in March to put him on the radar of the top WorldTour teams.

Belgian relishing chance to chase yellow across the 14 dirt road sectors in Sunday’s stage 9 of the Tour.

Italian cycling accessory manufacturer Scicon turned heads with its beak-like glasses. Here's how they felt.

Australian sprinter and puncheur finishes a long, long way back on a stage he had targeted.

Stage 8 of the Tour de France came down to a bunch sprint on a slight uphill finish.

Rough road sectors around Troyes on stage 9 set to shake up race and nervous Tour de France contenders. 'Anything can happen,' says Remco Evenepoel.

Pogačar tamps down any hint of drama between his two ambitious UAE teammates Ayuso and Almeida: 'We all know why we are here.'

Green jersey leader Girmay boosts points advantage with victory over Philipsen and De Lie.

Stage 8 results and the general classification, points, KOM, young rider, and team classification of the 2024 Tour de France.

A fascinating interview with one of the most captivating personalities in cycling, who died on Friday.

Gravel world champion predicts nervous stage over 14 sectors and 32.2km of gravel: 'The most limiting factor is that it is narrow. The gravel itself is quite fast.'

Team loses stage-hunting ace to injuries sustained in sprint crash in another blow after Geoghegan Hart's DNS: 'We will work out a Plan B to race aggressively.'

'I tried to go all in': American talent up to 9th overall after flying TT despite suffering body aches and immune responses after heavy stage 2 crash.

Slovenian expects ongoing improvements in race, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe remain upbeat despite further time loss to Pogačar.

Wheels from Mavic, Hunt, Scope, Aviaav, and One K.

French rider Julien Bernard receives 200CHF fine for show of affection during the middle of Friday's time trial stage at the Tour de France.

Satisfied yellow jersey wearer rates his performance higher than Giro TT win and is happy to take time on rivals Vingegaard and Roglič.

Matteo Jorgenson roars to 7th while Van Aert loses nearly 2 minutes in warning ahead of Olympic Games: 'I hope for better legs during the Games.'

'Tadej is going to be pretty unreachable': Evenepoel delivers TT victory and trims Pogačar's lead from 45 seconds to 33 seconds to solidify podium position.

Stage 7 results and the general classification, points, KOM, young rider, and team classification of the 2024 Tour de France.

Evenepoel moves to 33 seconds back on Pogačar, Vingegaard resilient in first TT since injury, Roglič up to fourth overall.

The incident came with about 75km to go when the bunch split in crosswinds and briefly caught out yellow jersey Tadej Pogačar without teammates.

Grand tour race starts Sunday and will see a new winner this year. But who will the new Giro d'Italia champion be?

'Those days of Merckx are over. What Cavendish did is just insane:' Belgian pro Oliver Naesen says peloton holds deep respect for what the Manxman accomplished.

Philipsen issues apology to Wout van Aert, defends tactics amid growing concerns over Tour de France sprint safety.

Tadej Pogačar is able to attack for more than a minute, putting his rivals into the red and worse. Here's how to train like him.

The Italian cycling company brings a full-featured, inexpensive indoor smart bike to Eurobike.

A selection of the most eye-catching bikes so far from Eurobike 2024.

The UCI momentarily banned aero-designed 'Batman' glasses until Groenewegen put them up for sale in his bike shop: 'Maybe it was the difference today.'

‘There will be five seconds between Evenepoel and Pogačar’: contenders and their teams talk confidence, homework and tech marginal gains ahead of 25km time trial.

Pedersen peeved at 'most aggressive' prize as green jersey battle heats up: 'I would prefer to shower and get the bandage off.'

Stage 6 results and the general classification, points, KOM, young rider, and team classification of the 2024 Tour de France.

Race leader Pogačar cruises home safe after being pressured in cross winds, Philipsen relegated after crossing line second behind Groenewegen.

Governing body issues warning to Cavendish, Philipsen for not holding lines as tension mounts over safety of Tour's mass sprints.

Jorgenson, Powless, and Quinn give up barbecues and picnics to follow their racing dreams: 'Maybe I'd rather be at a lake with my friends, but I am living my dream.'

French artist invented some of the most fantastic vehicles ever seen in the Tour publicity caravan.

This Colnago V4Rs is a Tour de France bike that obsesses over the details. It's not just an off-the-shelf range-topper for the Tour's yellow jersey.

All the emotions, euphoria and reflections as Astana-Qazaqstan teammates and Cavendish confidants react to a fairytale 35th stage win.

Knit material comes as a first for the Italian shoe manufacturer.

Alex Zingle's fast-twitch muscle reaction saved Pedersen — and himself — from perhaps more serious injury: 'I was coming too fast to brake.'

Cavendish's career has spanned decades. Here's a look at every single one of his record 35 Tour de France stage wins.

'Sometimes you have to use your head': The 5 key moments where Cavendish used all his tradecraft and acumen to deliver a stunning win for his history-making sprint.

Wilier put together a special bike for Mark Cavendish's pursuit of a record setting 35th Tour de France stage win.

Stage 5 results and the general classification, points, KOM, young rider, and team classification of the 2024 Tour de France.

Over the past 12 years, the women's pro conti has produced numerous national champs and sent riders to world championships and Olympic games.

Manxman achieves long-targeted goal, moving past Eddy Merckx with blistering sprint finish.

Lightning-quick reflexes and strong bike handling skills save race leader, but others go down.

Roglič limits losses in explosive opener. That's all that matters in this Tour de France full of questions and uncertainties among all the major favorites.

From the contenders and the course to the storylines and the stakes, this is the ultimate preview of the eight-day tour.

‘My sprint is still good enough to win’: 33-year-old speedster returns to the Tour wiser, stronger, and chasing his 2020 prowess.

Pogačar and UAE Emirates ruled the Galibier, but third-week individual strength will determine the true king of Le Tour.

Vingegaard right-hand man Jorgenson rues his 'bad day’ as team plan to minimise Pogačar explosivity on Galibier falls flat.

Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team hammers several big GC rivals on Tour de France's first big mountain stage.

UAE is leaving nothing to chance as Pogačar takes control of the Tour de France: 'It was important to see the level of each team.'

Vingegaard exceeds his own expectations, but lacks 'last bit of confidence' on descents, says Visma-Lease a Bike coach Niermann.

The Belgian star survives the first major mountain test of the 2024 Tour and eyes a strong time trial Friday to fuel his podium dreams: 'I'm getting better.'

The first big GC test of the 2024 Tour de France delivered fireworks.

'I wanted to hit hard today': Pogačar uncorks monster attack to drop Vingegaard, Carapaz and the GC 'bigs', moves 45 seconds clear in the classification battle.

How a kid from one of the world’s least developed nations conquered the Tour de France.

Ineos Grenadiers is committed to protecting Carlos Rodríguez and Egan Bernal across this Tour de France, but Pidcock could play a decisive GC 'joker' role.

It almost looks like we’ve seen this bike before but the new Pinarello Dogma F has some subtle design updates for the Tour de France.