Road Racing

Even though the 2017 Tour de France was won by less than a minute, the racing was conservative and defensive. Here's how to fix that.

After finishing second three times in the Vuelta a España, Chris Froome hopes 2017 will be his chance to make history.

Chris Froome captured his fourth Tour de France win on Sunday and is already looking at adding to his pile of yellow jerseys.

After finishing his first Tour de France, Nate Brown presented a polka-dot jersey to his dad with a handwritten note.

Chris Froome has four Tour de France victories. A fifth win would put him in a select group of legendary cyclists.

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The 32-year-old Briton from Team Sky crossed the finish line on the Champs-Élysées as a four-time Tour de France winner.

Belgian Thomas De Gendt blasted an all French jury for naming Warren Barguil as the race’s most aggressive rider.

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The last week of the Tour delivered thrills and spills and plenty of drama. It was capped off by Saturday's decisive Marseille time trial.

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Rigoberto Urán saved his runner-up spot in the Tour de France after near-miss in the closing curves of the stage 20 Marseille time trial.

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Romain Bardet revealed he'd been suffering from "fragile" health as he fought to hold onto a podium finish on stage 20 Saturday.

Annemiek van Vleuten won the first edition of La Course’s pursuit-style time trial on Saturday.

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After a light racing schedule in the first half of 2017, plus some misfortune, Andrew Talansky comes up short at the Tour de France.

After the frustrating loss of sprinter Mark Cavendish to an early crash, Boasson Hagen gets redemption for Dimension Data team at Tour.

With a 22.5-kilometer time trial standing between Chris Froome and a fourth Tour de France victory, the Brit is cautiously optimistic.

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Romain Bardet's Ag2r teammates are confident the rising French star will ride into the yellow jersey in future Tours de France.

Chris Froome is still winless in 2017. What can the Tour champ in waiting do the prove himself to the peloton and fans?

Mikel Linda is slated to leave Sky for another team at the end of this year as he seeks to be a team's top rider.

This week's roundup of tech news includes a five-year extension of Mavic's neutral support for the Tour de France.

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Chris Froome and Team Sky are confident with only one final test left in the Tour de France, their favored time trial discipline.

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Cannondale-Drapac has been public about its search for a new sponsor, and Rigoberto Urán's magic Tour de France may aid the effort.

Frenchman Romain Bardet and his Ag2r La Mondiale team did everything they could to wrest yellow from Chris Froome. It wasn't enough.

Mikel Landa tried for a stage win on the Col d'Izoard, but Team Sky's myriad objectives kept him from flying truly free.

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The Quick-Step Floors rider clawed his way back after losing time in a crash earlier in the race and has attacked several times.

The contenders for the yellow jersey believe Thursday's finishing climb will likely determine who wins the Tour de France.

The Orica-Scott rider launched an attack with 4.6km to go and soloed the rest of the way up the mountain.

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The 2017 Tour de France has seen eight first-time stage winners and the emergence of a few smaller teams, a treat for cycling fans.

Fabio Aru and his Astana team recognize that the Tour's yellow jersey may be out of reach but promise a fight on the Izoard in stage 18.

Rigoberto Urán's tactical wisdom helps the Colombian slip onto the Tour podium in the race's penultimate mountain stage.

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Team Sky imposed its will on the peloton in stage 17, escorting Chris Froome over the Telegraph and Galibier to protect the yellow jersey.

Kittel was leading the points competition and had won five stages before he exited.

With three riders within 29 seconds of Chris Froome, the Sky riders hope to keep their leader in yellow as the race hits the Alps.

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Insiders suggest that Alberto Contador may end his Tour de France career this week with a potential Giro/Vuelta plan for 2018.

BrakeThrough Media has an unusual opportunity to photograph the Tour de France on the lonely Mur de Péguère.

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The race for the Tour's green jersey pits two very different sprinters: Michael Matthews and Marcel Kittel. Can Kittel hang on to the lead?

Vuelta a Espana breaks with tradition, becoming cycling’s first grand tour to do away with podium girls.

Did GC rivals miss a chance to take yellow away from Froome on stage 15? Who does Landa work for? Plus, Taylor Phinney's takes!

John Degenkolb appears to take a swing at Michael Matthews after a close sprint finish in Tour de France stage 16.

Tiesj Benoot finds himself just outside of the top 20 on GC with a handful of stages left in the Tour de France.

Marcel Kittel has won five stages at this Tour de France and is expected to contend for No. 6 Wednesday in Romans-sur-Isere.

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At the time, Fabio Aru rued an injury that kept him out of the 100th Giro d'Italia. Now he reaps the rewards of the forced rest in May.

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Orica-Scott has carefully developed twin brothers Adam and Simon Yates into true Tour de France contenders — and they're just 24.

After feeling the pressure in Tour de France stage 16, Chris Froome says he'd like a bigger time buffer before the Tour's stage 20 time trial.

Fred Dreier's takeaway from riding a Tour de France stage on the back of a moto is the passion French people have for the Tour.

Frenchman Romain Bardet is 23 seconds behind race leader Chris Froome in the Tour's final week.

With one week of racing left at the Tour de France, Rigoberto Urán sits 29 seconds out of first place.

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Mikel Landa said he's at the Tour de France to help Chris Froome win yellow, but he wouldn't mind a podium finish for himself.