Road Racing

Rubber compounds keep riders glued to the road — most of the time. How do they do it? And why didn't it work so well during stage 1?

James Startt scouts the best spot to shoot the maillot jaune on the historic Tour de France climb to Orcières Merlette.

The 2020 Tour de France has an eerie feeling, writes Andrew Hood, due to the absence of cheering fans along the mountain roads.

Irish star accepts a race with little contact to fans, media is what’s required to push Tour to Paris.

Rivals left reeling and responseless after Jumbo-Visma dominate first summit finish of the race.

Should Ineos Grenadiers be worried about Jumbo-Visma's strength at the Tour de France? Will Roglič and his team be disappointed to miss out on the yellow jersey? And how's the GC pecking order looking?

Should alarm bells be ringing inside the Ineos Grenadiers team bus? It's still early in the 2020 Tour de France, writes Andrew Hood, but Tuesday's stage 4 showed that Jumbo-Visma has more muscle than the British team.

Watch Jumbo-Visma and Team Ineos Grenadiers light up the final kilometers of the first mountaintop finish of the 2020 Tour de France.

Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe came through the line in fifth place, sprinting to retain precious seconds and the overall lead.

Shimano refines its flagship road shoe with 3D power analysis.

Our fourth Active Pass roundtable features reader questions about the sprint battles. Why hasn't a rider emerged to challenge Peter Sagan for the Tour de France's green jersey?

British team ready to play multiple cards in battle with Jumbo-Visma.

Our technical guru answers questions about bottom brackets, floor pump gauges, older Campy style cable housing, and frame geometry.

Buying the lightest wheelset is the best way to win a hillclimb, right? Not so fast. 

Dutch squad looking to keep controlling race with no plans to test opponents just yet.

Frenchman braced and prepared to battle to retain race lead Tuesday.

CCC Team and Mitchelton-Scott riff on Matt White's butchering of Belgian star's name.

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Our intrepid reporter learns the hard way that the 2020 Tour de France is being protected by a massive array of road blocks, closed roads, and traffic deviations meant to keep crowds away.

We dive into the power numbers from Neilson Powless, Robert Gesink, Sepp Kuss, and Tadej Pogačar from stage 2 of this year’s Tour de France.

The climbs come hot, heavy, and early in this year's Tour de France, and Tuesday sees the first summit finish at the category 1 Orcières-Merlette, in the southern Alps.

A win on clinchers and a soap-slicked course have dictated the early storylines when it comes to Tour de France gear.

I like the way the sunlight almost serves as a spotlight on the riders. It’s a finishing shot for sure, but at least today I felt like I managed to come up with a certain variation on a theme.

Caleb Ewan, Alexander Kristoff, and other top sprinters say they are chasing stage wins and not the Tour de France's green points jersey.

Catch up on all the highlights of stage 3 of the 2020 Tour de France.

Is pocket rocket Caleb Ewan the most exciting sprinter in the pack? On the flip side, where's Peter Sagan? And what does Tuesday's summit finish have in store? Let's get some takes!

Scenes of cars and camper vans lining the mountain climbs won't be part of the Tour landscape this month, as Tour de France officials will limit fan access to 27 climbs along the route.

Stages Cycling's Sean Coffey had special edition yellow, green, and polka-dot computers made — just in case. Alexander Kristoff has already used two.

The Tour de France always serves up drama. On Monday, Frenchman Anthony Pérez crashed out of the race while leading the KOM competition. Pérez had spent the day in the breakaway targeting KOM points.

Julian Alaphilippe retains the leader's yellow jersey after the 198-kilometer stage from Sisteron in the Haute Provence region.

Our third Active Pass roundtable features reader questions about tire choice. And, which French rider is best suited to win the 2020 Tour de France? We want your questions, so please submit them at the bottom of the story.

The Hammerhead development team spent two years taking the best aspects of the first generation Karoo in rolling out this new GPS unit.

What makes a good chamois that you can forget all about on your ride? Materials, positioning, and pressure mapping are the primary keys.

Jens Voigt joins the VeloNews Podcast as a co-host for the Tour de France and offers his perspective on Julian Alaphilippe's GC chances, Geraint Thomas's Tour omission, and the role of the peloton's 'patron.' Then, Andrew Hood and James Startt have a dispatch from Nice.

Gouvenou constructs the race route — linking start towns and finish towns in the most original way possible — to exploit the beauty of France as well as provide challenging racing.

While there was no major fireworks among the yellow jersey contenders at the Tour's opening weekend, some are teetering off the back already.

From getting around gendarmes to hitching up a telephone pole, James Startt got the shot – though it wasn't as he planned it.

From Factor's yet-to-be-released aero bike to Canyon's Ultimate CFR, we look at a handful of new bikes already spotted at the 2020 Tour de France.

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Specialized pushes the envelope, and on Saturday the bike brand nabbed a Tour de France stage win with the Turbo Cotton clincher tires.

Are we to believe Julian Alaphilippe, who says he is chasing stage wins and not overall victory at the 2020 Tour de France? We analyze Alaphilippe's potential as a GC racer this year.

The media ground game in 2020 is more like the enormity of the Olympics than racing's old-school charm.

Is there a symbolic significance to the Frenchman's victory? Did the early mountains have an impact? And what is Jumbo-Visma up to?

Ineos Grenadiers rallies around Colombian climber in first mountain showdown with arch-rivals.

Belgian won bunch sprint for fourth in all-in bet for yellow jersey and stage win that went bust.

Frenchman sparked the selection on final climb of the stage to take race's second yellow jersey, dedicating the win to his father.

Our second Active Pass roundtable features a reader question that cuts to the heart of the 2020 race. Do we think all stages will be raced this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic?

Peloton rolled out for day in the mountains clad in bandages and nursing bruises after traumatic Tour opener.

Relive the action and check out some dramatic-on bike footage capturing the sights and sounds of the pro peloton.

French filmmaker Julien Camy's documentary 'Le Roi Melancolique' captures a career encompassing both flashes of brilliance as well as remarkable tragedy.

Lotto-Soudal left reeling after two key stage-hunters forced out of race, Groupama-FDJ hit by wave of injuries.

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In his first Tour de France diary, Andrew Hood muses about the rain and crashes, and laments the loss of the prologue at this year's race.

Thibaut Pinot was annoyed but unscathed after crashing with 3km to go during Saturday's stage 1 of the 2020 Tour de France.

Miguel Ángel López crashed on a wet descent shortly after the peloton called an unofficial truce during stage 1 of the Tour de France.

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After scores of riders crashed on rain-soaked roads, the peloton's leaders called a truce on the final descents of Saturday's Tour de France opener.

Lizzie Deignan has become a global inspiration for athletic moms, and she's used her platform to advance topics like paid maternity leave and the need for a women's Tour de France.

Crashes, mid-race neutralizations and a dark-horse winner are the talking points in our Tour stage 1 roundtable. Let's get some takes!

Norwegian veteran wins opening sprint in Nice after heavy rain and technical parcours leads to handfuls of crashes.

Stage 1 ends in disaster when Wilfried Nelissen hits a police officer at top speed in finishing sprint.

Our first Active Pass roundtable features questions from our readers. The biggest question on everyone's mind: Will Chris Froome ever win the Tour de France again?

The Italian remains the only rider to finish in the top ten in all three grand tours in the same year after finishing 3rd in the Vuelta a España, 4th in the Giro d’Italia, and 6th in the Tour de France in 1965.

Intervention by the French government has squashed a compromise between the Tour de France and teams, meaning the original 'two strikes' policy for COVID-19 safety will be in place for Saturday's start.

‘I think the Tour will be very wide open, with a big favorite in Egan Bernal. The real battle as always comes down to the mountains,’ Quintana told reporters on Friday.

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With all eyes on Ineos and Jumbo-Visma, the Tour could be set up for a spoiler. And no team presents themselves as much as a possible candidate as EF Pro Cycling.

COVID-19 isn't the only hazard facing riders at the 2020 Tour de France. The sudden return to racing following a five-month break has led to crashes and injuries inside the nervous and motivated peloton.

Three weeks, 21 stages, often multiple countries, history from 1903... the Tour is complicated! Here's your fun, animated video primer.

If ‘B-sample’ results are not completed before the start of a stage, riders won’t start.

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