Tour de France 2025

The 2012 Tour de France sees a plethora of pilups

A year after a France Television car forced him into a barbed wire, Hoogerland still seeking damages

Hincapie and Evans mix it up with the sprinters’ teams late in stage 2

Luxembourger dodged a bullet Sunday in Seraing and points to his history of honoring contracts when asked about rumors of a new German sponsor

Images from stage 2 of the 2012 Tour de France, through the lens of Graham Watson

Images of stage 2 at the 2012 Tour de France, through the lens of Casey B. Gibson

Mark Cavendish describes jumping into a gap left by Matt Goss to get onto Daryl Impey's wheel, then coming off André Greipel and Greg Henderson to win stage 2 of the 2012 Tour de France

Stage 2: Bernie Eisel describes Sunday's Tour de France finish in Seraing, says there is no normal morning at the 2012 Tour de France and tells us about those yellow helmets

Even on its biggest stage, cycling gives fans access to their heroes like no other in the world

1. Mark CAVENDISH, Sky, in 4:56:59 2. André GREIPEL, Lotto-Belisol, at 0 3. Matthew Harley GOSS, Orica-GreenEdge, at 0 4. Tom VEELERS, Argos-Shimano, at 0 5. Alessandro PETACCHI, Lampre-ISD, at 0

Over the weekend, Russian Denis Menchov reminded everyone that he's finished on the podium in Paris three times

World time trial champ suffers wrist fracture at the Tour de France, but stays in the race to aim at the stage 9 time trial

Peter Sagan has made quite a splash in his Tour debut, latching onto a surging Fabian Cancellara and beating him to the line

A chat with Garmin-Sharp's Tom Danielson following stage 1 of the 2012 Tour de France

Graham Watson captures the action during stage 1 of the 2012 Tour de France

Casey B. Gibson's collection of images from stage 1 of the 2012 Tour de France

Andrew Hood contributes a daily notebook from the 2012 Tour de France

1. Peter SAGAN, Liquigas-Cannondale, in 4:58:19 2. Fabian CANCELLARA, RadioShack-Nissan, at 0 3. Edvald BOASSON HAGEN, Sky, at 0 4. Philippe GILBERT, BMC Racing, at 0 5. Bauke MOLLEMA, Rabobank, at 0

Bernie Eisel describes waiting and waiting for the phone to ring before the race and the huge expectations at Team Sky

Garmin-Sharp's Jonathan Vaughters wants to inject a little chaos into the normally managed Tour

He's not in yellow, but Sky's Bradley Wiggins commands top spot amongst the favorites at the Tour de France after seven minutes of racing

Casey B. Gibson is on hand as the 2012 Tour de France gets under way in Liège, Belgium

Post-prologue analysis from the experts at Velo magazine and VeloNews.com

Andrew Hood compiles a daily notebook at the Tour de France

The Argos-Shimano rider has done well elsewhere and hopes to bring that success to the Tour

Tejay van Garderen is happy to hold the white jersey, but knows the race is about putting Cadel Evans in yellow

Graham Watson shoots the prologue to the 2012 Tour de France

Garmin-Sharp sprinter has had some near misses this season, but no victories

1. Fabian CANCELLARA, RadioShack-Nissan, in 7:13 2. Bradley WIGGINS, Sky, at :7 3. Sylvain CHAVANEL, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :7 4. Tejay VAN GARDEREN, BMC Racing, at :10 5. Edvald BOASSON HAGEN, Sky, at :11

American veteran gets a snazzy new bike for his final Tour, and says he plans to keep riding after retirement

Hesjedal is calm heading into the Tour, saying, "I'm going into the biggest bike race in the world, so it's all good"

Like him or not, Alberto Contador is always a factor in a race — and perhaps never more so than in the Tour he will be missing

Dan Wuori, author of Velo magazine's "At the Back" column, provides his insights on Le Tour 2012

Challenger Bradley Wiggins has the results this season, but Cadel Evans has the title — and he'll fight to defend it

Liquigas-Cannondale captain is a strong descender who hopes to catch the favorites off their guard

The boss of British Cycling and Team Sky fights a two-front war for Tour yellow and Olympic gold

The 2012 Tour de France, by the numbers

Aussie team brings sprinters and breakaway opportunists to its debut Tour

Movistar's Spaniard is no time trialist, but hopes to take advantage in other stages

Startlist for the 99th edition of the Tour de France

The big Swiss will face challenges from Martin, Wiggins and Sagan on tight, technical course

The Canadian's not flamboyant, but has the loyalty of his teammates and the tools to win, says Allan Peiper

Friction, schmiction, says Horner. "There's no problem with guys on the team. Everyone is professional."

Omega Pharma rider hopes to make the most out of Tour's long time trials

If Sagan can't get a grip on green, he'll work to help team captain Nibali

Despite bad luck and rumors, Schleck says he and RadioShack-Nissan are in it to win it

L'Equipe website says inquiry opened last year, but judicial site says otherwise

Sharp logo added to lightweight kit designed for hottest summer days

Defending Olympic champ has bounced back from Dauphiné crash and hopes to better 2011 finish

Breukink optimistic for stage wins, top GC result with Gesink and company, leaves Renshaw to freelance in the sprints

The “Green Bullet” is back in France and hoping he’s on the upswing in an up-and-down comeback season

Mechanic Craig Geater leads a tour of the Aussie outfit's service course in Varese, Italy

The last of the Tour de France's 22 teams confirmed their rosters Tuesday. Who's in for the 99th edition?

Tour de France director says Contador is uniquely capable of riding on instinct and making race-changing attacks

Aussie defending champ looks for answers to the question of how to beat back Wiggins' Sky train

Hincapie thinks it's a good thing that Evans has started off the season slower than last year and discusses working with young BMC talent

TV maker Sharp joins Garmin as new co-title sponsor, while Tinkoff Bank partners with Saxo Bank

Sicilian readies for the Tour at altitude after disappointing Critérium du Dauphiné

Arnold Jeannesson, 14th last year, will miss the 2012 edition due to health issues.

The first Aussie team to race the Tour will look to Goss, Gerrans, Weening and Albasini for stage victories

Nicolas Roche, of Irish-French lineage, is the half-Frenchman on the Tour team

In an exclusive interview, Tejay van Garderen tells VeloNews that he fits better in the Tour de France plans at BMC Racing than High Road and that he looks forward to learning to be a GC leader from defending champ Cadel Evans

RadioShack manager skips Tour after USADA allegations leak

The all-new 780g frame will will be in the Lotto stable for the Tour and available to the public this fall

Vinokourov aims for a Tour stage win, says he'll find his place in the team after a third likely retirement

Hesjedal is the point man, but Vande Velde is ready and willing to step in if need be

Arygle Armada will focus on yellow for Hesjedal while hunting stage wins for Farrar

Dutch hardman was struck by a car and thrown through a barbed-wire fence in 2011 Tour

Cavendish says hunt for green jersey will be more difficult with team focused on Wiggins and yellow

Lefevre selects balanced roster aimed at stage wins and the overall

Cadel Evans says he is better prepared for the 2012 Tour because of his slow start, not in spite of it, and carries a new confidence

BMC Racing heads to France with just one objective: to repeat Cadel Evans GC win from 2011

Milan-San Remo winner Simon Gerrans heads to France with an eye toward adding a fourth grand tour stage win