Tour de France 2025

Two crashes in as many days proved too many for American Andrew Talansky to cope with, as he slipped of the back on stage 10

A brutal day with seven categorized climbs claimed a few victims, most notably Alberto Contador

Nibali: "I was ready for a big duel with Contador in the mountains. It's a pity the Tour has lost two big protagonists"

Contador's frame broke on the roof of his team car, not on the road

Rumors are flying about the future of Cannondale Pro Cycling as Sagan struggles to win a Tour stage

"I was just trying to hang on," van Garderen said. "When he (Nibali) went, I knew that if I tried to go, I would probably blow up"

Results from stage 10 of the 2014 Tour de France

The Tinkoff-Saxo captain goes down hard, but resumes racing, only to abandon a few kilometers further along, leaving the race wide open

The stage is set for an epic showdown between Nibali and Contador, the most experienced, wily, and headstrong riders in the Tour de France

Ride along with Movistar and Tinkoff-Saxo for a look inside stage 8 of the Tour

Cycling is the Gallopin family business, and the new leader of the Tour credits his kinfolk for helping him achieve his goals

Talansky's had some rough luck, but says he's relatively unscathed and eager to battle with the best as the Tour rolls skyward

Tony Martin smashed his pursuers on Sunday, and gave an aggressive Omega Pharma-Quick Step team its second win of the 2014 Tour

Photos from stage 9 of the 2014 Tour de France

Results from stage 9 of the 2014 Tour de France

Alberto Contador says the real Tour de France has begun, and he promises to continue his attacks on race leader Vincenzo Nibali

Cheng Ji started his athletic career as a runner, moved into cycling, and since has become the first Chinese to start all three grand tours

Photos from stage 8 of the 2014 Tour de France

Richie Porte made his way into third overall Saturday, with a persevering ride in the Vosges. What's up next for the new captain?

Alberto Contador and his Tinkoff-Saxo bank attacked to reshuffle the GC deck in the first of three hard days across the soggy Vosges

Results from stage 8 of the 2014 Tour de France

Talansky tangled with Simon Gerrans at the finish of stage 7. Who's to blame remains up for debate

With two grand tour victories to his name and a never-say-die attitude, Nibali has become the latest in a long line of Italian cycling stars

The peloton faced their second longest day of this year's Tour, and several key GC players were caught out in crashes

Usually playing the role of attacking instigator, Nibali will instead assume a defensive posture as the Tour heads to the mountains

Sky rider Chris Froome confirmed Wednesday that he abandoned stage 5 of the Tour de France with fractures to both his left wrist and right hand

Suffering his fourth crash of the Tour on stage 7, it's been a rough and tumble week for young BMC leader Tejay van Garderen

Though he leads the green jersey competition by a wide margin, Sagan needs a stage win to be satisfied with his Tour

Results from the second longest day of the Tour, stage 7, from Épernay to Nancy

Stage 6 was a mostly flat 194 kilometers from Arras to Reims, and it was a day for the sprinters

After blitzing the cobblestones, the Tour's yellow jersey needs to look no further for attacks than the climbing stages looming in the Vosges Mountains

Stage 5 of the 2014 Tour de France delivered rain, cobblestones, crashes, and chaos, and saw defending champion Chris Froome abandon

With rain, rough roads and multiple crashes, organizer ASO risked losing more than it gained Wednesday by including a cobbled stage in the Tour de France

Porte went from domestique to leader in seconds during a disastrous stage 6. Can he carry the hopes of Sky at the Tour?

Results from the 194km stage from Arras to Reims

Teams are scrambling to pull together deals to secure their futures, with a possible link between the Garmin and Cannondale teams

André Greipel is hoping to revive his sprint in the coming stages, following a dismal start to the 2014 Tour de France

On a day that felt more like a spring classic than a July Tour stage, Boom and Nibali took control

Alberto Contador lost considerable time on stage 5 in the battle for the GC at the Tour de France, while Alejandro Valverde fared slightly better

Vincenzo Nibali delivered the promised psychological blow to his rivals on a wet, muddy cobbled stage of the Tour de France, building on his GC lead

Stage 5 was a wet and wild mini Paris-Roubaix that did what most teams cannot: rattle the Team Sky machine

Young Americans keep GC hopes alive after surviving a brutal day of racing across the cobblestones of northern France and Belgium

Results from stage 5 of the Tour de France, a 155.5km stage from a 155.5km Ypres to Arenberg, Belgium

Belkin's Lars Boom solos to win, Astana's Vincenzo Nibali gains time on GC rivals, as Froome withdraws from Tour de France

Sky captain Chris Froome crashes twice in stage 5, abandons, and will not defend Tour title

Confidence is high at BMC Racing after captain Tejay van Garderen made it through the opening stages relatively unscathed

BrakeThrough Media brings you all the action from the 2014 Tour de France's Grand Départ in England

Tour de France leader Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) said that any of the overall favorites risks losing a minute or more in Wednesday's stage over the cobbles

Stage 5 of the Tour de France is finally here, offering up a hefty serving of cobblestones, putting the GC riders on edge

Riders will employ special equipment for the 15.4km of pavé in stage 5, relying on their teams' Paris-Roubaix equipment and expertise

The land cannot tell its stories, and so the Tour does its part; bit by bit and year by year it reminds the sport and its viewers of wars and things past

Results from stage 4 of the 2014 Tour de France

Exiting with a knee injury, the Trek Factory Racing rider didn't even make it to France in the 2014 edition of the race he was once a favorite to win

The Team Sky leader ended up with ripped shorts, grazes on his elbow and leg, and spent the rest of the stage wearing a wrist brace

Tour de France favorites Vincenzo Nibali, Chris Froome, and Alberto Contador admit the hectic nature of racing in Britain has rattled their nerves

American Andrew Talansky's chance meeting with Jonathan Vaughters set him on his way to leading Garmin's Tour team

The Tour de France finished its stint in England with a stage from Cambridge to London

Lefevre: “I think we are a top team. We have 42 victories with 13 different riders. We tried to select the nine best riders possible to get here in the Tour”

Results from stage 3 of the 2014 Tour de France

American Chris Horner talks about his chances on the cobblestones and sitting in this first week

Tejay van Garderen, others, crashed due to overzealous Tour de France fans

The Team Sky leader recently rode from the Eurotunnel Terminal in Folkestone, on England’s south-east coast, to Calais in France

Photos from stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France

Tejay van Garderen and Andrew Talansky find themselves sitting pretty at the Tour after a brutal second stage

The Manx Missile may require surgery, and certainly needs recovery time, but it's unclear if he can regain his once-stellar form

Garmin's Alex Howes got his first Tour de France nod, and he's off and pedaling through the biggest show in pro cycling

Results from stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France

Omega Pharma boss Patrick Lefevere explains why he brought director Brian Holm, acquitted on a sex charge regarding a minor, to the Tour

Cavendish abandons the Tour after stage 1 and may face surgery, but maintains perspective about the crash that he says was his fault

Photos from stage 1 of the 2014 Tour de France

Bike racing sometimes goes according to the book, but there are days when it respects neither plot nor narrative

The GC favorites got their first glimpse at what awaits them in a harrowing first week of the Tour de France in Saturday's hilly first stage

The stage winner and his colleagues marvel at the crowds, but say spectators need to take more care on course