Tour de France 2025

Having taken yet another victory at the second stage of the Dauphiné Thursday, some say Roglič is too strong for his own good.

Jumbo Visma holds onto the leader's jersey, passing it from Wout van Aert to Primož Roglič.

The French rider crossed the line eight seconds down on stage-winner Roglič and slotted into second place in the overall.

Chris Froome was again dropped from the main field on Thursday's second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné. Yet Froome said he's confident about starting the upcoming Tour de France.

The summit finish on Thursday's stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné was packed with action. It also gave us some takeaways as we look to the Tour de France.

EF Pro Cycling skipped early stage races like the Vuelta a Burgos and Tour de l'Ain. Tejay van Garderen says this could pay off at the Tour de France.

Highlights from the first stage of the Tour de France dress rehearsal.

The Colombian rider says that building form and cohesion ahead of the Tour are the most important outcomes at the Critérium du Dauphiné.

Team Jumbo-Visma was undisputedly the strongest squad during stage 1 at the Critérium du Dauphiné, and this strength could give the Dutch squad the experience and confidence to take on Team Ineos at the Tour.

COVID spikes in France pile pressure on Tour as this week's Dauphiné makes face makes mandatory.

This limited-edition Canyon bike tips the scales at nearly a pound below the UCI minimum.

With every team's Tour de France leader set to line up at this week's mountainous Dauphiné, there will be plenty to look out for.

The shuffling of the Tour schedule to accommodate the Olympics put it in conflict with the European football championships.

Jumbo-Visma dominates Tour de L'Ain, revealing Ineos has wrinkles to iron before Tour de France.

Leading Tour favorites squaring off for the first time in months with Grand Colombier at center-stage.

On this week's episode we analyze the action from Strade Bianche, break down the Tour's 11th through 21st stages, and hear from American Leah Thomas about her wild race in Tuscany.

Pinot, Bardet search for signs of encouragement after Ineos takes control of Occitanie.

How should pro cycling return?

Andrew Hood examines COVID-19 safety protocols at the Vuelta a Burgos and interviews Sepp Kuss. We analyze every inch of the Tour de France's first 10 stages. And Tayler Wiles takes us inside her return to racing and women's cycling's COVID-19 protocols.

Frenchman starting season off the boil with plan to peak for the Tour de France.

The rescheduling will allow riders to also line up for the Tokyo Olympic road race, but cuts the Copenhagen start.

Tech moments at the Tour de France happen often — from a dropped chain to a secret skinsuit. Gear and tech can quietly dictate the winners and losers.

Opening stages of next year's race may be moved from Copenhagen; organizers also investigating Italian start in future years.

In our first of six Tour de France preview episodes we examine the 2020 TDF route. Then, top junior Zoe Ta-Perez joins the show.

Name and jersey to change August 29 to promote launch of Grenadier SUV.

Route d'Occitanie, Tour de l'Ain and Criterium du Dauphine pack serious climbing test for those targeting the yellow jersey.

Increased budget item is part of new reality for peloton.

Team tech guru questions Froome's chances after serious injury.

Fred Dreier explains why he's changing his longtime rooting interest this year and finally backing Chris Froome at the Tour de France.

A string of French races will give Colombian star opportunities to race before Tour start in late August.

Winner of stage 13 of the 1949 Tour de France recalls racing in Nazi-occupied France and winning his national championships.

Colombian Tour champion pledges to play team game but maintains ambition of defending his yellow jersey this summer.

Mitchelton-Scott sport director says Froome's no guarantee to start Tour as speculation heats up.

French star plans to start season slightly off the boil to allow form to last a busy schedule set to run through the fall.

The day after the historic crash — 17 years ago today — VeloNews reporters walked the hot-tar road and pockmarked field.

The Tour has yet to finalize its COVID-19 health protocols, but there are some aspects of the event that will undoubtedly change.

Cobbles, 18 kilometers of bridge crossings, an individual time trial, and two, pancake-flat days for the sprinters.

Team Sky revolutionized the way the Tour de France was raced, winning seven Tours in eight years. The team garnered plenty of criticism for its budget and its penchant for pushing the rules.

The 2020 Tour de France route boasts nine mountain stages, and plenty of climbing. The Outer Line says the race will be won during the sole individual time trial on stage 20.

VeloNews asked a local rider on his take of the Col de la Loze and Grand Colombier. The verdict: drama and pain

A radical Millennial Tour de France: What Gus would do (gravel!), what the organizers have done (epic climbs), and what Bobby thinks about all of this (make it fresh but keep it classy).

The high point of next year's race at 2300m could prove decisive in the highly unconventional route

German sprinter sees few pure sprint opportunities in 2020 Tour's unconventional parcours.

Mitchelton-Scott sport director sees 2020 Tour providing fireworks throughout.

A 2020 Tour de France short on time trials and packed with surprises leaves French GC hopefuls motivated to raise their nation's hopes.

2020 sees an atypical Tour route packed with opportunities and risks for the GC riders - and here are five stages that could prove crucial.

Will the route end the Ineos stranglehold? What is the impact of a mountain TT? We roundtable a Tour de France route that destroys the rulebook.

Our grand-parents would not recognize the unconventional and surprising Tour route revealed Tuesday in Paris

Race organizers reveal dynamic route packed with innovations, new climbs, and fewer long stages.

2020 Tour set to be packed with medium and high mountain stages while enabling sprinters to stay in the mix throughout.

2020 route could contain plenty of unusual twists including early mountain tests, a Planche des Belles Filles time trial, and a final phase in Jura and Vosges mountains.

The Colombia superstar suggests his impending team change will bring him more support than he received at Movistar

Julian Alaphilippe revived French dreams with his thrilling Tour ride, but this writer hopes "Loulou" stays just the way he is.

The 22-year-old phenom was welcomed by 10,000 fans in his home town of Zipaquirá to celebrate his historic win.

In his first major interview since his career-threatening crash in June, four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome says his recovery is ahead of schedule

Nairo Quintana, Vincenzo Nibali, and Tom Dumoulin are just a few of the big names that will switch teams after 2019.

Latin American riders could match the UK sweep of all three grand tours this year, setting up a new Ineos era of domination

Egan Bernal won the Tour de France, but for a few stages, it appeared that Thibaut Pinot was poised for victory. Shane Stokes examines what such an outcome would have meant for pro cycling, and argues that both the race and the sport would have been boosted by a Pinot victory in Paris.

Team Ineos again won the Tour de France. But, the British team showed rare signs of weaknesses in the Tour's high mountains. And, with the rise of Egan Bernal, who will lead the team at the 2020 Tour?

Pinot vows to return to the Tour de France next year to make amends for his tearful departure

The Colombian superstar was humble in congratulating Bernal for making history, but vows to keep fighting for his own shot at yellow.

Egan Bernal's long journey to the 2019 Tour de France victory included a few moments when the young Colombian seized the opportunities that were in front of him.

How should we rate this year's Tour de France, and what were the most exciting and important moments of the race? Our final roundtable addresses the talking points from the Tour.

A year after winning, the Welshman prefers to celebrate Bernal’s victory instead of being bitter of his missed chance to defend.

The 'lanterne rouge' - the last-placed rider in the Tour - used to be a lucrative and sought-after prize. Although riders no longer seek to be the last man on GC, the 'red lantern' is still an important symbol in the Tour.

In a Tour jam-packed with surprises, the penultimate stage features a team time trial of sorts as Jumbo-Visma then Bora chase Vincenzo Nibali up a mountain.

The final sprint battle in Paris is as much a test of positioning through the vital final chicane and a rider's ability to endure 20 grueling stages as it is of their top top-end speed.

Jumbo-Visma caps its best season ever by pushing Steven Kruijswijk onto the final podium, with Sunday's sprint yet to come.

Bernal puts a cap on a stellar season after winning Paris-Nice and Tour de Suisse, and at only 22 years old, has a long career ahead of him.

Turns out predicting the Tour de France is like predicting the weather - who knows what will happen!

Weather turned the Tour de France upside Friday and not in ways that will please anyone. But, as Andrew Hood writes, that's simply part of the sport.

Tour organizers have eliminated most of Saturday's 20th stage of the Tour de France, and will instead stage a 59km route from Albertville to Val Thorens. Organizers cite landslides and more expected bad weather for shortening the stage.

The 22-year-old Colombian is poised to be the first from his nation to win the yellow jersey.

On one of the wildest day's of racing in recent Tour history, the race was upended, first by Pinot's abandonment, then by the weather-shortened stage.

Organizers neutralized stage 19 after a hail storm dumped ice on the descent from the Col de l'Izeran

Pinot was in pain, physically and emotionally, and abandoned stage 19 in tears.

You’re familiar with the all-important strength-to-weight ratio, expressed as w/kg. But what about strength-to-wait? Bobby and Gus explain.