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The Tour de France's escape artists have one stage left to win. But attacking into a breakaway in week three is harder than you might think.

German rider Emanuel Buchmann is quietly positioning himself for a run at the Tour's final podium in Paris

The Welshman said he crashed when his gears jammed and he was thrown from his bike.

Four days after the crash that knocked him out of the Tour de France, Wout van Aert recalls the confusing moments following the accident.

The Australian sprinter launched at the perfect moment to capture his second stage win of this Tour. In the GC battle, Fuglsang crashed and abandoned.

Today marks the 30th anniversary of one of pro cycling's most exciting and indelible moments.

The Tour de France will be decided in the Alps. On this week's episode we devise a battle plan for Thibaut Pinot to try and win the race on the race's final three mountain stages.

Movistar manager confirmed rumors that both Carapaz and Quintana will be leaving the Spanish team next season.

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The Tour's race director sits down with Rob Arnold to discuss the excitement of the 2019 race, the prospects of a bigger women's event, and who is the Tour's best domestique

Australian journalist Rupert Guinness speaks with five international colleagues about the Tour thus far, the biggest stories in each journalist's home country, and how the race will play out in the final week.

We highlight a selection of our favorite images from the second week of the Tour de France.

The Frenchman concedes his lead hangs by a thread, but he'll fight with everything he has to hold yellow to Paris.

A look at the stories that you may have missed from this past week's coverage of the Tour de France

We take a closer look at the German's Arkea-Samsic team bike for this year's Tour de France.

The Pyrenees shook up the Tour de France's overall standings. Who is the strongest? How can Thibaut Pinot or Geraint Thomas win?

A combination of factors has transformed this year's Tour de France into one of the most unpredictable and engaging in decades.

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The defending Tour champion says he'll call on teammate Egan Bernal if he needs his help in three critical mountain stages across the Alps.

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“The best and worst thing to happen in cycling was the power meter.“ -Today's special guest Mike Lepp, a sports physiologist with 35 years experience, weighs in with a unique perspective from auto racing.

The sprinters fight from the first climb of every mountain stage to stay in the race as they gamble on the chance for a sprint and seek the prize of completing the biggest race of them all.

Though he carries the yellow jersey into the Tour's final rest day, Alaphilippe realizes how hard it is going to be to win the Tour de France.

After putting costly time losses behind him, Pinot is a riding a wave of momentum after three stellar days across the Pyrénées to surge back into contention for the yellow jersey

Reigning champion Thomas looked to have regained confidence and form on Stage 15 only to find his momentum curtailed by Monday's rest day.

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Pinot powered to second place, Thomas faltered and then rallied, while Alaphilippe finally showed weakness, losing time but holding on to the yellow jersey.

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Defending champion Geraint Thomas remains positive after showing weakness in the final kilometers of the Tourmalet, where he lost 36 seconds on the yellow jersey.

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Across France, cycling fans and pundits are beginning to believe that Julian Alaphilippe is the man to end the country's 34-year drought at the Tour de France

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Who's helping whom here? Episode 14 digs into team tactics, recon missions, saving energy and pre-race nerves. Also - there is no place to hide on the Tourmalet.

Movistar threw everything at the Tourmalet on Saturday only to see its GC hopes dissolve and the stage victory escape

Though the defending champion lost more time to GC rival Julian Alaphilippe on the Tourmalet, he is not ruling out his chances of taking a second Tour title.

Did Saturday's battle on the Col du Tourmalet live up to the hype? Which GC riders excelled and fell back in the Tour's first summit finish?

Julian Alaphilippe again defied expectations to take second place on the stage, while his GC rival Geraint Thomas cracked on the final slopes of the first high mountain of the race.

Alaphilippe defied all expectation to hold on to the yellow jersey in the stage 13 time trial. The mountains to come will tell us much about his prospects for not just the Tour, but also his career.

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In this episode of Beyond Limits, Allen Lim measures the sodium concentrate of sweat in two Tour de France riders so they know how to replenish during the race.

The high mountains of the Tour de France deliver both ecstasy and agony to the peloton. We spoke to the riders to hear their stories of triumph and woe on the race's highest roads

It's heartbreaks and breakbeats on this episode, as Bobby and Gus are joined by Specialized human performance engineer Jesse Frank to go deep on TT technology.

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The only person more surprised than Rob Arnold of Julian Alaphilippe's time trial win was Alaphilippe himself

Why Marianne Vos's thrilling victory in Pau represents a pivotal moment for the Dutch star

American Marianne Martin won the first edition of the women's Tour de France in 1984. She reminisces about her experience 35 years later.

In episode 79, we discuss how, when, and where to unleash your energy most effectively in race situations.

Geraint Thomas and other GC riders now believe Julian Alaphilippe is a serious threat to win the Tour de France overall

Though it took too long, the case to disqualify Juan José Cobo from the 2011 Vuelta is an important milestone in the fight for clean sport.

Julian Alaphilippe won Friday's individual time trial at the Tour de France, holding off defending champion Geraint Thomas

Wout van Aert has been forced to abandon the Tour de France after suffering a scary crash in the final kilometers of Friday's individual time trial

Representatives from McLaren, partners in the Bahrain-Merida team, say there are no easy answers in a complicated situation concerning Rohan Dennis's abandonment from the Tour.

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Despite a promising first week, hopes of a tightly bound GC battle have succumbed to the suffocating dominance of Team Ineos.

The Dutchwoman put in a powerful attack to catch Amanda Spratt late in the race and spring to victory in Pau.

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What goes up must come down. And very few come down faster than special guest Oscar Saiz.

Geraint Thomas needs to pull back three seconds per kilometer on Julian Alaphilippe to take yellow

Why did Rohan Dennis abandon the Tour de France on Thursday? Australian reporter Rob Arnold went searching for answers

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Tour de France rookies Michael Woods, Joey Rosskopf, and Jack Haig check in after a chaotic opening half of the race

La Course by le Tour de France features a punchy course for 2019 that could cater to climbers, sprinters, or punchy finishers.

Ketones, a popular supplement, have made their way to the WorldTour peloton, and some question whether they have a place in pro cycling.

Yates won the three-man sprint after being in the breakaway all day. Behind, the GC contenders called a truce before tomorrow's decisive time trial.

Rohan Dennis abandoned the Tour de France midway through Thursday's stage; Bahrain-Merida plans to investigate why he quit

With the disqualification of Juan Jose Cobo, Froome now becomes the official winner of the 2011 Vuelta a España.

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