Tour de France 2025

Nacer Bouhanni's tiff with Jack Bauer in Tour de France stage 10 raises questions about the UCI jury's fairness.

The Tour de France is never dull, as we discuss in this latest episode of the VeloNews Podcast.

Romain Bardet has a chance of winning the yellow jersey at this Tour — which would break a decades-long drought for the French.

The mostly flat route from Eymet to Pau could be highlighted by some jittery riding among the GC favorites.

Rigoberto Uran carefully measured his effort throughout a brutal day of racing. Here's a look at his power data from Tour de France stage 9.

After taking his hand off the bars to strike a Quick-Step rider, Nacer Bouhanni is slapped with a minor penalty.

Fabio Aru and his Astana team head into the Tour de France's Pyrenean stages willing to attack Froome for the yellow jersey.

Marcel Kittel is focused on winning his first green jersey, but it is the breakaways, not bunch sprints that pose the biggest threat to his aim.

There is no written rule that neutralizes in the entire Tour de France when the yellow jersey has a problem. Writing one would be crazy.

Chris Froome learned a hard lesson in the 2016 Vuelta, and at the Tour de France, he'll approach the explosive stage 13 with caution.

Was the ASO wrong to put sketchy downhills into stage 9? Also, what's the deal with Fabio Aru's sneaky attack on Chris Froome?

Now out of the picture to win yellow, Alberto Contador isn't done fighting. Expect the Spaniard to animate in the Tour's mountains.

The first week of the Tour de France had rainy carnage, an explosive summit finish, plenty of sprints, and an epic mountain stage.

The 178km route is expected to end in a bunch sprint, with the fast men on the road battling for the stage win.

Frenchman Romain Bardet's confidence is growing after the Tour de France's first big day in the mountains.

No one left Chambéry without reeling from the effects of stage 9. Porte abandons. Contador and Quintana lose time. Even Sky loses Thomas.

GC hopeful Rafal Majka exits the Tour de France after losing time in stage 9 due to a major crash. He will target the Vuelta a España.

Astana's Fabio Aru and Jakob Fuglsang know that tactics will be key to their assault on Froome's yellow jersey lead in the Tour.

Tour de France contender Porte says he's lucky not to have suffered worse injuries after crash in stage 9 that knocked him out of race.

Stage 9 of the Tour de France was dramatic, crash-filled, and controversial. Did Aru break an unwritten rule? What will we do without Porte?

Andrew Hood takes a look at the Tour de France's GC picture after nine stages of racing.

Fabio Aru surged ahead of the Tour leader when Froome suffered a mechanical during Sunday's stage 9.

The Froome/Aru score still unsettled despite Aru saying he was unaware of race leader's mechanical when he attacked on Tour's ninth stage.

Dan Martin couldn’t believe his luck at the Tour de France. He just couldn’t decide if it was good luck or bad.

Tour de France doctor Florence Pommery said BMC’s Richie Porte was alert and speaking when she arrived at the crash scene.

Rigoberto Urán won a stage 9 sprints despite a bent rear derailleur hanger and broken shifting with 20km remaining on Sunday.

Chris Froome emerged through the debris of a "devastating" ninth stage of the Tour de France with his yellow jersey intact.

Geraint Thomas was sitting in a Sky team car, his shoulder wrapped in gauze, wondering if his 2017 season is cursed.

Australian Richie Porte crashed spectacularly out of the Tour de France on a treacherous and costly ninth stage on Sunday.

Chris Froome's Tour de France hopes took a blow on Sunday as chief lieutenant Geraint Thomas crashed out.

If there was one takeaway from BMC’s final-stage loss at the Criterium du Dauphine, it's 'do not allow Richie Porte to be isolated' ...

FDJ riders say you would not work so hard and risk being cut from Le Tour for any leader, but sprinter Arnaud Démare demands that attention.

Le Tour: GC battle is about to heat up in the mountains, and VeloNews has some insights, along with the latest on Peter Sagan and more ...

Is Sunday’s the Tour’s hardest stage? According to reigning three-time winner Chris Froome the 'GC could be blown to pieces’ ...

We sound off on Peter Sagan's controversial disqualification and take a look at the Tour de France's GC picture after stage 5.

How does the Tour determine a victor when the gap is that small and riders are traveling in excess of 70 kilometers per hour?

The first week of the Tour de France is a nervous time for yellow jersey hopefuls. Here's how teams manage the pitfalls and risks.

Although Team Sky has held the yellow jersey since stage 1, Chris Froome's team has done little work to drive the peloton.

Dealing with rising temperatures in a bike race is surprisingly low-tech.

The 213.5km route is expected to end in a mad dash to the line.

The Tour comes out the loser with Cavendish and Sagan out of the race, and it’s poor Marcel Kittel who has to face awkward questions.

Without Peter Sagan to dominate the Tour's green jersey competition, Marcel Kittel and Arnaud Démare find themselves in a tight race.

Alberto Contador wants an opportunity to attack Tour rivals in the Alps. He'll get that chance in stage 9, which he expects to be brutal.

Bora-Hansgrohe is taking the case of Peter Sagan's Tour de France expulsion to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Fabio Aru won Wednesday's stage 5, which ended in a short climb up la Planche des Belles Filles.

The Dimension Data rider crashed out of the Tour de France in a controversial incident that led to Peter Sagan's expulsion.

Stage 6 is expected to end in a bunch sprint, but there could be some jittery riding in the wake of Tuesday's high-profile incident.

Simon Yates is on track to match his twin brother Adam. He took the lead in the Tour's best young rider classification Wednesday.

Out of the Tour with a broken shoulder blade, Mark Cavendish looks ahead to other objectives: Tour of Britain and world championships.

Aru announces himself as an outright favorite at the Tour de France. After stage 5, Froome vows he won't give the Italian so much leash.

On the eve of the first major mountain test in the 2017 Tour de France, no one was talking about the yellow jersey.

The American GC rider hopes to bury some bad memories on the Planche des Belles Filles Wednesday.

The UCI booted the two-time defending world champ from the Tour after an incident that left Mark Cavendish with a broken shoulder blade.

German team Bora-Hansgrohe announced it will protest the Tour de France race jury's decision to disqualify Peter Sagan from the race.

Was the jury right to kick Peter Sagan out of the Tour de France after the crash with Mark Cavendish? We debate and discuss.

Mark Cavendish has withdrawn from the Tour de France after injuring his shoulder in a traumatic sprint finish crash.

Despite controversial expulsion of Peter Sagan, the Tour rolls on with defending champ Chris Froome poised for La Planche de Belles Filles.

It is unclear who is at fault for Mark Cavendish's crash, and this lack of clarity is precisely why Peter Sagan's disqualification absurd.

André Greipel hit out at Peter Sagan after the world champion elbowed Mark Cavendish into the safety barriers on stage 4.

Mark Cavendish demanded an explanation from Peter Sagan after he was elbowed into the barriers at the end of stage 4.

Team Movistar's two-pronged plan to attack Sky's Chris Froome "vanished" as quickly as the 2017 Tour de France began.

Can Team Sky carry the yellow jersey all the way to Paris? It’s sure stacking up that way.

The opening week of the Tour de France has delivered plenty of crashes, chaos, and storylines, and VeloNews ponders it all ...

The VeloNews crew is on the ground at the Tour de France talking climbers jersey, Lance Armstrong and new rules to keep GCs safe in sprints.

Race leader Geraint Thomas will be looking to stay out of trouble on Tuesday as a bunch sprint finish is expected at the Tour de France.

Cannondale-Drapac tossed its polka dot jersey between two Tour-rookie teammates on Monday, off Taylor Phinney and onto Nate Brown.

Cycling’s biggest star proved yet again he’s hard to beat on the bike, and hard to top off of it.

VeloNews caught up with acclaimed journalist David Walsh to gauge his opinion of Lance Armstrong’s return to the cycling milieu.

Adam Hansen has raced 18 straight grand tours, but his inclusion in the current Tour de France was originally in doubt.

A new rule eases how time gaps are measured at the finish line of stages that end in bunch sprints.

The VeloNews crew is in Liège, Belgium to talk about and with American Taylor Phinney — the new mountains leader at the 2017 Tour de France.

American Taylor Phinney continues comeback with breakaway performance to claim Tour de France polka dot jersey.

Fabio Aru, the only grand tour winner on the market for 2018, remains undecided on his future with team Astana.

Visions of 2014 were surely blitzing through everyone’s minds inside the Team Sky bus when Chris Froome hit the deck late in Sunday’s stage.

Geraint Thomas said it was a "buzz" to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour for the first time, even though he lost some skin.

What caused so many riders to crash on the opening day of the 2017 Tour de France? And other questions ricocheting around the paddock.

Chris Froome and his Sky team were under attack again on the opening weekend of the Tour de France, but not on the road.