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Stage 18 was a tough uphill time trial in Megeve, France that saw top Tour de France GC contenders battle for time in the overall.

Though he's focused on the 2016 Olympics, Dumoulin is ready to commit himself to his potential to win a grand tour after Tour de France success.

Global Cycling Network rides the Tour de France's stage 18 uphill time trial to see how much faster aero equipment can be.

The what-ifs that haunt Richie Porte now just won’t matter if he gets to hold his arms in the air on the Champ-Élysées at the Tour de France.

What's faster for an uphill time trial? A true TT machine or a modified road bike? Here's what we learned from the Tour's stage 18 TT.

After losing over one minute to Chris Froome in the Tour's uphill time trial, Nairo Quintana concedes that he'll have to race for a podium in Paris.

As air cans on shocks get larger, they create more linear suspension. You can tune this by installing RockShox volume reducer spacers.

Andrew Hood describes how Wednesday's stage 17 played out from his perspective as a journalist — an inside look at the Tour de France.

Trek – Segafredo's Markel Irizar explains that in the modern era, even domestiques must train like top Tour de France contenders.

American Coryn Rivera sprinted to victory in stage 7, the final stage of Thüringen Rundfahrt in Gera, Germany on Thursday.

Chris Froome is a few days from winning his third career Tour de France title.

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Wout Poels explains what it's like to lead-out Sky teammate Chris Froome on the Tour's toughest mountain stages.

Stage 17 of the Tour de France heads into the Alps with a mountaintop finish in Switzerland. Ride along in the peloton with GoPro.

Fabio Aru hasn't been much of a factor in the Tour de France yet. But Astana brass says the Italian will make an impact in the Alps.

Fabian Cancellara withdraws from his final Tour de France. He is aiming to rest up for a run at the Rio Olympics in August.

Time is running out for Quintana to be a factor in the overall at the Tour de France. Movistar admits its a very complicated proposition.

BMC’s American GC contender will no longer contend at the Tour. Van Garderen was dropped halfway up stage 17’s penultimate climb

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Chris Froome has a comfortable lead but nothing is guaranteed in the high mountains of the Alps.

BrakeThrough Media captures the unbelievable moment when Chris Froome was forced to run up Mont Ventoux at the Tour.

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From the shortened course to the costumes to the now-infamous crash, Mont Ventoux was one of the Tour's most memorable stages.

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Pete Stetina, Alex Howes, Lawson Craddock, and Brent Bookwalter choose between burgers and ice cream and talk about their style icons.

British sprinter Mark Cavendish withdrew from the Tour de France on Tuesday to focus on his Rio Olympic aspirations.

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André Greipel rides a Ridley Noah SL for the Tour de France's fast sprint stages, maximizing aerodynamics and stiffness.

Sky riders say they like being boring, Rasumussen criticizes anti-doping, top Frenchmen battle to be best on GC, and Dennis departs.

Nairo Quintana contends that there have been few good opportunities to attack Froome, that he'll try to isolate the leader in the Alps.

Lennard Zinn explains how a finish-line camera really works after a viewer sees something weird in Tour de France TV coverage.

Caley Fretz joins the Kilometre 0 podcast to discuss a hot, and sometimes controversial, topic in bike racing: disc brakes.

Chris Froome has a healthy advantage in the race for the yellow jersey with four days across the Alps looming.

Chris Froome pedals his own bike up the mountains of the Tour, but a strong team of climbers is certainly helping.

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Will top Russians like Ilnur Zakarin be permitted to race the Rio Games? That's up to the IOC, and Zakarin is staying focused on the Tour.

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Did your GC rider bite the dust? Here's your guide for adopting a rider for the Tour's final week.

The Tour de France sprints into Bern, Switzerland. Ride along in the peloton with GoPro on-board footage from the race.

Will Oleg Tinkov stay in cycling? Why are Chris Froome's teammates "taking the mickey out of him?" How much money has been won?

It looks increasingly likely that Froome will win the Tour. But which two men will stand on either side on the Champs-Élysées?

Cavendish could be tempted to suffer through the Alps and reclaim his crown on the Champs as the fastest man in the peloton.

Nairo Quintana has yet to make a race-changing move in this Tour, which leaves some wondering if he has the legs to do so.

The Swiss star will retire at the end of this season, and he's looking forward to racing in Bern Monday and Wednesday.

The two-time winner held a lead of nearly 2 minutes entering Monday's stage 16.

Watch as Colombian Jarlinson Pantano wins his first career Tour de France stage. On-board video footage shot on a GoPro.

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Bauke Mollema was only targeting a top five when he started the Tour, but he’s currently in second overall with just one week left to race

To be honest, I felt fine. Just the pace was pretty incredible,” says Tejay van Garderen after losing nearly a minute and a half on GC in stage 15

Froome's rivals know they have to attack him to pick up time with just one week left to race in the Tour, but that's easier said than done

Jarlinson Pantano gives Colombian fans something to celebrate at what has been a quieter Tour de France than expected for Nairo Quintana

Pierre Rolland is headed into the Alps on a Cannondale SuperSix Evo Hi-Mod

Sergio Henao aims to deny his friend Nairo Quintana a first-ever Tour de France win

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Sprinters like Mark Cavendish get another fast finish in stage 14 of the Tour de France. Watch on-board GoPro footage of the race.

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The VeloNews Tour team gets the lowdown on Howes' breakaway ride and Rolland's approach to riding with a hand injury

Kittel says Cavendish swerved in front of him and forced him to brake in the sprint finale that closed out the Tour's 14th stage

Nairo Quintana is nearly three minutes down on GC, but he's optimistic about his chances to reclaim time on Alpine terrain

Now a few days removed from a chaotic Mont Ventoux stage, Chris Froome can laugh about his run up the mountain

Movistar manager Eusebio Unzué says Nairo Quintana grabbed hold of a wheel mounted on a neutral service moto to avoid crashing

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Take a look at Thomas de Gendt's Strava data from his Tour de France stage win Thursday on Mont Ventoux.

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