Tadej Pogačar

Mobbed by fans on Tuesday, Healy and EF Education-EasyPost embrace unexpected spell in yellow

Can Evenepoel stun the Tour de France big two in the Pyrénées? 'It's good for me they are focused on each other ... I'm going to let them play their games.'

Pogačar wants to roar back into yellow with big GC gains in Tour's first major mountain suffer-fest finales: 'We are ready to attack.'

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A new top team emerges at the Tour — but is it enough to beat the top rider?

'We have to be realistic': Red Bull redoubles podium push after off-radar Roglič survives the first half of the Tour without crashing.

Pogačar and Vingegaard cross line together after late attack from GC group, gain precious seconds on Evenepoel, Vauquelin, Roglič.

Pogačar, Vingegaard and Evenepoel poised for chaos and opportunity as Tour de France hits the mountains.

Crash injuries prove too much for João Almeida, who rolls to a halt and leaves UAE a key man down.

Two super-flat sprint stages on a Tour de France weekend? WTF? Race officials push back against bubbling discontent from a peloton of keyboard critics.

Tour de France leader says teammate has trouble breathing, applauds his resolve: ‘He is a true warrior’.

Water bottle incident in feed zone is latest flare up in UAE-Visma super team rivalry: 'I also read the whole peloton hates us now.'

Giant Italian wins first Tour stage of his career, beating Wout Van Aert and Kaden Groves into Laval; Pogačar retains yellow.

Almeida banged up and hoping to survive through to Tuesday's rest day after fracturing rib and smashing hand in high speed fall on Friday.

Breaking down stage 4-7 of the Tour de France.

There's no off days in the GC race this year.

No team celebrates second, but Vingegaard taking it straight to Pogačar is just what they needed: 'Jonas is eager to take this on.'

Sudden crash close to the finish puts Almeida and Healy out of the top ten overall, sees Jack Haig withdraw from Tour.

'We had a plan, we stuck to it': UAE Emirates controls finale like PlayStation but Pogačar can't gap Vingegaard in final hilltop kick.

Yellow jersey drama: Late collapse from Van der Poel prompts Visma-Lease a Bike to viciously up the pace to try in vain to keep Pogačar in the maillot jaune.

Healy solos clear from day’s breakaway, Simmons and Storer scrap for second place while Van der Poel digs deep.

No panic (yet) from Visma-Lease a Bike's Kuss: ‘We’re not going to be talking about 1 minute in Paris.'

Former world number one Kelly tells Velo why he anticipates a huge week 3 battle in the Tour de France.

UAE overhauled Pogačar’s setup after Dauphiné TT disaster: 'I was looking at every detail about what I did wrong.'

We got a result we expected — and one we didn't quite.

Visma searching for answers after Vingegaard bleeds time to Pogačar in TT blowout.

'This is a very good day': Pogačar goes one minute faster than Vingegaard and claims yellow in huge GC shakeup, Evenepoel uncorks world champion-status winning performance.

Barring disaster at the Tour de France, UAE boss Mauro Gianetti suggested that Pogačar will return to the Spanish grand tour this year.

Vingegaard and Pogačar blew the doors off the peloton Tuesday in a 24kph romp up the cruelest climb of the Tour de France so far. We unpack the performance.

High drama in Caen: Pogačar zeroing in on yellow in Tour TT clash, but Evenepoel, Vingegaard might have something to say about that.

'All the team has shown that we are strong and committed for Tadej.'

'You get adrenaline, it's pure racing.' Pogačar claims landmark victory, Van der Poel retains yellow as Roglič, Mas, and many more GC hopefuls lose time.

UAE plays hot potato with the polka-dot jersey, giving Pogačar a post-stage podium break and hard-working Wellens some podium love.

What's the red stuff riders are swigging at the end of Tour stages? 'It’s probably a rather marginal gain, but everything counts.'

Visma-Lease a Bike forced to douse wildfire comments from Vingegaard's wife before they become ugly distraction from his sensational start to the Tour: 'It's out of proportion.'

It was another breathless day of racing at the Tour de France that threw all the peloton's biggest players into the mix.

Promising early indicators from Vingegaard, Matteo Jorgenson and Visma Lease a Bike, with aggressive start to Tour campaign.

Van der Poel takes yellow jersey from teammate Philispen after gruelling, classics-style final, Vingegaard third after another day of aggression from Visma-Lease a Bike.

Why does the Tour de France keep producing one unstoppable champion who bends the world’s toughest race to their will? Pogačar is just the latest tyrant to rule the Tour.

Defending champion Pogačar and archrival Vingegaard animate finale and take early gains in hazardous opening stage: 'I'm just happy day one is done.'

GC riders and sprinters dropped after Vingegaard and Pogačar help force late echelons in high-tension grand départ.

Podium chasers or yellow contenders? Roglič, Evenepoel look to challenge Pogačar and Vingegaard whenever opportunities arise at the Tour.

The Double winner has put in the work and believes in his prospects: ‘If we were afraid of Tadej, we wouldn’t be here’.

Tour de Hoody: Will this Tour de France be the pivot point of the Pogačar era or Vingegaard’s revenge? All I want is a race that burns into week three.

Defending Tour champ Pogačar talks Netflix drama, competition, respect, rivalries. ‘I hope I can live up to the expectation’.

The Tour de France offers the biggest purse in pro cycling, but the reward for yellow is like pocket money in other sports. We break down what's up for grabs this summer.

Everything you need to know about the 2025 Tour de France: GC favorites, maps, start list, TV times. Who brings home yellow?

The Tour de France peloton eats more than ever before, both on and off the bike. It has fueled an upward spiral of training, recovery, and racing performance.

Who has a better support crew, Pogačar or Vingegaard? Here are the stats, stakes, and hot takes underlying the biggest Tour de France team brawl of the century.

Every rider comes into the Tour with different goals — their vastly different training plans reflect that.

After a few crash-marred DNFs, the Red Bull super team is tempering its ambitions with its star Slovenian: 'Roglič is focused, motivated, in top form.'

UAE Emirates-XRG confirms powerhouse backing band for Pogačar's quest for a fourth yellow jersey: 'I’m ready to give everything.'

Power data reveals who’s really ready for the 2025 Tour de France. Pogačar leads, but his direct rivals are refusing to buckle.

João Almeida climbs the Tour de France power rankings after an impressive Tour de Suisse comeback confirms his podium possibilities.

Is it possible to bring a rider to the level of Pogačar? Performance gurus across the WorldTour are still searching for the solution on the eve of the Tour de France.

Almeida overcomes huge deficit to win big Tour de France warmup race, but others also have reason to smile.

Remco Evenepoel enters the Tour de France with questions over his form and little support from an injury-plagued Quick-Step squad. Can he turn it around in time?

Bobby J muses on which of Critérium du Dauphiné and Tour de Suisse works best, and recounts some juicy intra-team rivalries in the chase for Tour de France selection.

Trying to puzzle out what we learned about the top GC contenders from their final pre-Tour tune-up race requires some reading between the lines.

Tour de Hoody: Pogacar’s Dauphiné domination scrambles the Tour de France pecking order. Now it's not if he will win, but rather by how much.

Remco Evenepoel identifies two factors behind challenging Critérium du Dauphiné performance.

Tour de France favorites Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard drop other GC riders on final climb.

Closer time gaps between Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard as the Dauphiné’s climbing battles rage.

Pogačar again drops Jonas Vingegaard but Danish rider limits his losses compared to Friday’s first summit finish.

The Tour de France is cycling’s Super Bowl, but the Critérium du Dauphiné offers a more relaxed way to get closer to the biggest stars.

Pogačar humiliates rivals to take control of the Critérium du Dauphiné and telegraph a message to the peloton ahead of the Tour de France: 'He showed he is the best in the world.'

American talent Jorgenson braces for GC fight in three straight summit finales that will decide the Dauphiné and set the stage for the Tour de France: 'We want to move up.'

'It's nothing, just some skin off': Race leader Evenepoel comes down in sprint 'safe zone' and pedals to finish, retains GC lead ahead of mountain triple-header starting Friday.

Warning signs are blinking red after Pogačar gives up big swaths of time to Evenepoel and Vingegaard, but was there something else to it than ‘pacing’? Ex-pro Tom Danielson raises some interesting points.

Evenepoel carves out stunning gaps to Vingegaard and Pogačar in the 17.4km time trial to surge into lead at Dauphiné: 'The time differences are a bit of a surprise.'

Romeo attacks out of power-packed breakaway to thwart top favorite Van der Poel; Pogačar, Evenepoel, Vingegaard cool their jets in the peloton.

In a rare superstar alignment, Pogačar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel square off only for the sixth time in their careers in pre-Tour de France tug-of-war of egos and form. Here's why it matters.

Critérium du Dauphiné: Lidl-Trek's Milan is dropped, battles back to beat Mathieu van der Poel and snatch yellow to prove he's ready for the Tour de France.

Opening day of Critérium du Dauphiné gives strong encouragement to Pogačar’s Tour de France rivals as well as Van der Poel.

Pogačar outsprints Vingegaard and Van der Poel as the race’s top names steal the win from the sprinters.

Huge battle with Pogačar and Vingegaard in store, with Remco Evenepoel in a determined mood: ‘I’m here with ambition.’

Tour de France champion Pogačar speaks on eve of Critérium du Dauphiné, talking Vingegaard, Evenepoel, reinvention and form.

Van der Poel cleared to race Dauphiné despite wrist injury from MTB crash, Picnic-PostNL loses two key riders for Tour de France as relegation battle heats up.

After a stunning Giro setback, UAE Emirates-XRG barrels into Dauphiné to remind the peloton who's boss with powerful team to support Pogačar.