Road Racing

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

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.

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.

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.

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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

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

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Dr. Brianna Stubbs explains Ketones in cycling before Bobby, Gus and Jens Voigt give pro tips on hotel life.

What's it like for a Tour de France journalist to watch the race from the couch? Andy Hood and Fred Dreier link up to discuss

Stage 12 features two major climbs and a long, fast descent to the finish. Teams and riders are preparing for anything and everything.

Jonathan Vaughters's new book "One-Way Ticket: Nine Lives on Two Wheels" sheds new light on pro cycling's 'EPO era'

Rohan Dennis will try to break the UCI hour record, likely after the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo

The pint-sized Australian narrowly beat Dylan Groenewegen to win the first Tour stage of his career.

Aero is everything for Mitchelton-Scott's fast man Matteo Trentin. The Italian is racing the Tour de France this year aboard a Scott Addict that has plenty of aerodynamic touches

The Dutchman believes he and his team have the goods to challenge in the mountain stages that loom.

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After a relatively smooth first half of the Tour, Egan Bernal will have pressure to move as the race tilts into the first major climbs this weekend.

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Nine years after his thrilling ride on the Tourmalet, Andy Schleck sat down with Rupert Guinness to talk about his career, his retroactive Tour victory, and how he wants to help the new generation of riders

Thibaut Pinot took the blame for his disastrous ride during Monday's stage 10. "I have a bit of anger about what happened yesterday," he says

Daredevil mountain biker Valentin Anouilh jumped the Tour de France peloton on his mountain bike on Monday

Greg van Avermaet is racing this year's Tour de France aboard a custom painted Giant TCR with Giant's new Cadex wheels and saddle

The French superstar is realistic about his chances to defend the yellow jersey as the race finally tilts into the longer climbs looming in the Pyrenees and the TT challenge

Team Ineos have Dutch rider Steven Kruijswijk in their sights as the Tour de France heads into the mountains

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This year the Tour de France's first rest day falls a day later than normal, and after an opening week of challenging stages

Is it nature or nurture? Are riders born sprinters, or can riders be trained to be great sprinters? The legendary Rod Ellingworth weighs in.

A touch of wheels sent Mikel Landa to the ground as the peloton broke into echelons. The Basque favorite ended up losing important time.

It was a day that many expected would be mellow, and end in a mass gallop. Nope. Stage 10 dished up chaos, and the GC battle was blown apart.

While several of his main rivals stayed in the lead group, a number of others lost significant time. Thomas now sits atop the virtual GC lead.

Stage 10 dished up chaos, as five of the top GC riders were caught out in the crosswinds. Van Aert sprinted to the win from a reduced lead group.

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French fans have embraced Julian Alaphilippe throughout this year's Tour de France. Alaphilippe's yellow jersey on Bastille Day boosted his popularity even further

Kate Courtney won the cross-country and short-track cross-country races at the World Cup round in Les Gets, France

Zombies, soggy baguettes, sprinters, Nutella... there's a little bit of everything in today's episode of Put Your Socks On.

The success of a team's whole season can be defined at the Tour de France. Some teams opt to change their goals for the race over a number of seasons, while some are forced into action by misfortune or poor form. We spoke to riders about how it's done.

George Bennett is one of the more charismatic riders in the pro peloton. He’d dearly love a chance to race for himself but, this July, he’s committed to the cause of helping Steven Kruijswijk.

Vos takes remarkable fourth stage win of the race, while Van Vleuten defended her overnight GC lead to take her second consecutive Giro Rosa title.

The favorites for the overall enjoyed an easy day and came home together in the peloton, with no changes in the GC standings.

After powerful performances in the key stages of the Tour so far, team boss says there's 'no limit' to what Pinot can achieve.