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Let’s suppose you, big Koen, were instead tiny Koen, a little climber type. Let’s suppose you were aiming for yellow in Paris. How would you feel about Sunday’s cobblestones? How would you approach them?

Words/Images: James Startt

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Chad Haga and Ian Boswell have made it into the second week at the Tour de France, and it's so far so good for the pair of American Tour debutants.

Romain Bardet is putting his Tour destiny into the hands of his teammates ahead of Sunday’s clash on the cobbles.

The relegation of Fernando Gaviria in Saturday’s finale could prove decisive in Sagan’s quest for a sixth green points jersey.

Dan Martin's Stage 8 crash validates the Irishman's win-some-lose-some Tour mantra.

Annemiek van Vleuten took a phenomenal solo victory up the iconic Monte Zoncolan on stage 8 of the Giro-Rosa.

Team Sky sport director Servais Knaven is pulling out all the stops to make sure his team has full Roubaix roadside support during the Tour de France version of a Sunday in hell.

While riders like Nairo Quintana and Mikel Landa can turn mountains into molehills, it’s the fist-sized stones of the jutting pavé of northern France that have become their Mount Everest.

Mark Cavendish is quickly running out of time to equal Eddy Merckx's Tour de France stage win record.

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The new Venge manages to shave weight off the previous version of Specialized's aero bike, and it's better in the wind to boot.

Joe Friel published a new edition of the "Cyclists Training Bible," so we picked the brain of one of the most experienced coaches in the world.

Quick-Step boss Patrick Lefevere is fuming over the negative fallout from the Chris Froome case.

Sprinters, GC riders, and opportunists alike agreed that a long, flat stage made for a boring day of racing. 

Is the first week of fast racing revealing fracture lines inside teams that brought multi-pronged attacks to the Tour de France?

Here’s the Week in Tech — all the gear news, tips, and announcements you need and none of the marketing gibberish you don’t.

This Sunday we'll see one of the weirdest spectacles in cycling: GC guys and skinny climbers trying to survive the Roubaix cobblestones.

After going winless through the first half of the season, Marianne Vos finally breaks her drought in stage 8 of the Giro Rosa.

In the 2014 Tour, Vincenzo Nibali took time on the cobblestone stage. This year, his team is ready to support another raid.

Major GPS unit updates from the kings of affordable power.

Chris Froome is the top grand tour rider at the moment, but taking on the role of the peloton's boss is not something he wants.

Words/Images: James Startt

The Slovenian is riding for team captain Steven Kruijswijk, but he is showing signs of GC potential.

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Have a close look at Dan Martin's Champion System jersey at the Tour de France and you'll notice something unusual.

What was Quick-Step thinking? Is Romain Bardet in trouble? Should Dumoulin have drafted his team car? Those questions and more.

With a late-race mechanical, Romain Bardet loses time in the Tour de France's first uphill finish, another blow after a poor TTT ride.

Geraint Thomas was hoping for a shot at a stage win or yellow. Chris Froome wanted to avoid time losses. Neither happened in stage 6.

Martin's victory validated UAE Team Emirates's decision to hire Martin during the 2017 offseason to lead its efforts at the Tour.

How will the Tour's top GC favorites fare on the dusty, rough pavé of Paris-Roubaix? We rate their cobble-worthiness.

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Take a deep dive into Lawson Craddock's physiological data from the Tour de France — recovery, sleep, and strain.

Peter Sagan doesn't mean sharing the wealth every once in awhile, now with a healthy lead in the Tour de France's points classification.

Bad luck finally catches up with Tom Dumoulin in Tour stage 6. He loses time due to late mechanical and a penalty from race jury.

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Though he is Olympic champion, a winner of Roubaix, and currently in yellow, Greg Van Avermaet is scrambling to find a team for 2019.

With two stage wins in four chances, the three-time world champion has already met Bora-Hansgrohe’s target coming into the race.

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Annemiek van Vleuten takes a commanding lead in the Giro Rosa, winning the stage 7 time trial by 2:29 ahead of nearest rival.

American Lawson Craddock crashed hard in stage 1 and broke his scapula. He has vowed to press on.

Axel Domont, a crucial lieutenant for Romain Bardet, crashed out of the Tour de France this week.

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The five-time Tour de France champion recently called on riders to strike over Chris Froome's inclusion in the race.

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On stage 6's Mur de Bretagne, the climbers will finally come to the fore after several hectic days at the Tour de France.

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Some pundits say Sagan won't win any more stages this Tour. We roundtable on that, BMC's strategy, and how to handle hecklers.

We speak with Dr. James Morton, Team Sky’s head of nutrition, to learn more about what it takes to fuel a team at a grand tour.

WADA says that Salbutamol abuse was not endemic in professional cycling, providing more details in the wake of Chris Froome's case.

The Tour's lumpy stage 5 was tailor-made for opportunist Toms Skujins who took Trek-Segafredo's first big prize of the 2018 race.

Luke Rowe says the incident with a French fan prior to Tour de France stage 5 was not a big deal, that there was no malicious intent.

Riders are skeptical that a smaller peloton, prompted by a UCI rule change, is any safer for the Tour de France.

Australian Amanda Spratt takes charge on the Giro Rosa's first day of climbing, winning stage 6's uphill finish.

Outside the Team Sky bus on Wednesday, Luke Rowe confronts fan who was holding a sign telling the British team to go home.

A Kickr update, a new Core, and the final pain cave upgrade, the Headwind. Who needs outside?

WADA’s very foundation is cracked and can no longer support its ivory tower of fairness, transparency, and moral justification.

BMC Racing is facing closure at the end of this season over a lack of sponsorship.

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The defending points classification champion fell ill Wednesday morning and had to abandon the race.

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Racing for Team Sky has doomed Geraint Thomas to second-banana status behind Chris Froome despite his immense talent.

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Words: John Wilcockson/Images: James Startt

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From issue 65 • Words: James Startt with images by Startt and Yuzuru Sunada

Quick thinking, good teamwork, and hard effort helped save Rigoberto Urán from losing time after crash in stage 4 of Tour de France.

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Mark Cavendish said he was chasing Eddy Merckx's all-time stage win record at the Tour. So far, his results have been dismal.

In the pandemonium of stage 4's sprint finale, Zakarin goes down, his team unaware, and he loses time to Tour rivals.

Tejay van Garderen is oh-so-close to the Tour's yellow jersey, but it isn't meant to be this year with classics-style stages on tap.