Tour de France

The richest teams keep winning and ASO retains all the power — it's the smaller teams that pay the price.

End of a sprint era: Slowing legs and bloated rider market put illustrious speedsters Kristoff, Viviani, Démare into the archives.

Reports suggest world champion Pogačar may be considering a repeat of key elements of his 2024 program.

Can Kévin Vauquelin reignite the GC ambitions at Ineos Grenadiers and lead the team back to Tour de France glory?

There’s enough left in the tank to target a record fifth title at Il Lombardia, but Pogačar is looking forward to the beach: ‘I feel the arrival of new generations.’

Evenepoel thinks he knows how to crack the Pogačar code in 2026 - but can a super team transition make the difference vs. a physiological phenom?

Vingegaard not giving up on classics just yet, but how will he square one-day experimentation with his old-school approach to the Tour de France?

Analysis: They’ve drilled him, raced him, dodged him — nothing works. For the past 48 months, cycling’s best still can’t crack the Pogačar code.

Tour de Hoody: Tadej Pogačar absolutely dominates their head-to-head duels — here’s why Remco Evenepoel must win soon to take the rivalry to the next level.

It's only a week to go until the unveiling of the season's biggest stage races: Here's what we know and the juicy rumors floating around about the 2026 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes.

Barta seeks new challenges after four seasons at Movistar: 'The importance Tudor gives to innovation makes me excited.'

Lidl-Trek signs Ayuso through 2030 on long-term bet to win a grand tour: 'Change always brings new energy and ambitions.'

Analysis: UAE’s 86-win 2025 season to eclipse HTC’s 2009 record reveals how big changes in the modern peloton and unlimited budgets beat old-school sprint dominance.

UAE delivered Pogačar’s fourth Tour title, but Giro and Vuelta slipped away under Visma’s steady pressure to keep 'Killer Bees' ahead in grand tour count.

Is the hilly Kigali time trial steep enough for Pogačar to derail the defending 'aero bullet'? 'When Tadej sets his mind on something, it's a sign he feels ready.'

Pidcock and Q36.5 shock WorldTour super teams at Vuelta a España to deliver only the third wild-card grand tour top 3 in 25 years: 'This was always the dream.'

Power Analysis: Vingegaard wasn't even pushing his season-best power when he rode away from the pack to bring home red on stage 20 summit finish.

'No one thought we'd make it to Madrid:' With the 2026 Tour de France opening in Spain and IPT’s WorldTour return looming, anxiety shifts to next season.

23-year-old Arizonan joins LeMond, Hampsten and Van Garderen as the only the American males to crack a grand tour top 5 and win the white jersey.

Van der Poel cancels gravel world title defense and planned start at European champs after MTB title dream hits the dirt.

Pidcock's coach cracked the GC code to deliver a breakout Vuelta podium finish for the multi-discipine star. But now the Brit might face some tough choices.

Van Aert, Woods, Onley headline challengers at Montréal and Québec Grand Prixs this week as Pogačar targets world championship peak.

Vingegaard tells MARCA victories at the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España would be nice, but he can live without: 'I'm happy with what I've already achieved.'

Top agent Alex Carera speaks about finding the joy again, and how Tadej Pogačar can keep it: 'He was non-stop from January to July.'

Decathlon goes wild on transfer market with Kooij and four leadout men in push for 'super team' status with new backer CMA AGM.

Training algorithms, ultrasound scans, and hormone checks have turned the chase for 'race weight' from a hunger game to a sophisticated science.

Explainer: Why pro cycling’s biggest contracts are breaking — money, ambition, ownership shifts, and the race for the yellow jersey.

2018 Tour de France champion bows out on his 19-year career at the Tour of Britain, with an emotional farewell at home in Cardiff and a future at Ineos Grenadiers.

18-year-old Seixas tipped for French senior team at worlds after confirmatory win at Tour de l'Avenir, expected to make Tour de France debut in 2026.

Ben O’Connor pushes back at critics of Vuelta GC logjam: “No one has the right to comment on how we should race. Every day is full-on to win.”

‘There are always riders who want to be lighter than we advise': Teams strive to save riders from themselves in the chase for race-weight and shift the focus to raw power.

IPT confirms four-time Tour de France winner is 'in good spirits' after suffering long list of fractures and collapsed lung.

Matteo Jorgenson balances GC ambitions with loyalty to Jonas Vingegaard at the Vuelta a España in a rare Pogačar-free grand tour: 'This is a good opportunity.'

Frenchman Axel Zingle crashed, dislocated his shoulder twice, saw his bike go missing, yet still finished: 'If you can climb a climb like that with a dislocated shoulder, then it’s all good.'

Lidl-Trek secures Tour de France green jersey Milan through 2029 as wild rumor GC talent Juan Ayuso will join also surfaces.

Breakout rider of 2021 Tour de France Franck Bonnamour banned from competition by UCI due to abnormalities on biological passport.

No power vacuum this year: Visma enters the Vuelta a España with the strongest team and Vingegaard as the undisputed GC leader.

Can red-hot Uno-X sprint to WorldTour promotion in 2026? Four teams racing for one spot: 'We have a big chance.'

Images circulate of cycling's superstar wearing jersey requesting privacy while he attempts to reboot from post-Tour de France fatigue.

MVDP back racing on the road this week after Tour de France abandon, confirms plans to race MTB World Cup in Les Gets ahead of cross country worlds.

Kuss, Jorgenson bounce back from Tour de France to join Vingegaard as podium-potential superdomestiques at the Vuelta a España.

Tour de France stage winner and world championship medalist Woods announces impending retirement, has big plans for the future.

Too many cooks in the kitchen at Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe in 2026? Team insists leadership trio will collaborate after Evenepoel's big-hype arrival.

'I don't know if I'll continue or not': Froome acknowledges his long-spanning career may end this winter, speaks out on Pogačar and his recent ennui.

Winner of the 1948 Vuelta a España and third in the 1952 Tour de France, the pioneering Spanish rider had a front-row seat to Fausto Coppi’s golden era.

UAE Emirates-XRG is redefining super team dominance in 2025, winning across every terrain with unprecedented depth and firepower. How much is enough?

Pogačar in his first major interview since winning a fourth yellow jersey: ‘I’m counting the years until I’m retired.’

Who’s 'flying or dying' after the Tour de France? Bobby Julich reveals how riders shift gears for the rest of the racing season.

Who are Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel, really? We delve into the depths of social media to uncover the characters of cycling's two-of-a-kind.

Analysis: Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe just made cycling's biggest gamble. The pressure is on to see if Remco Evenepoel can deliver the yellow jersey jackpot.

Julich is highly impressed by the annual conference coinciding with the Tour de France.

The Belgian superstar breaks his contract with Quick-Step to join Red Bull for 2026 in a deal that will make him one of the world's highest-paid cyclists.

If you want to pedal like Pogačar, don't skip your sit-ups: The Tour de France champion crushed his core workouts to develop a new race-winning weapon.

Breaking down who won what at the Tour de France Femmes, and how it does – or doesn't – stack up to the men's race.

The Colnago Y1Rs could use more thoughtfulness around builds and details but it's a brilliant vision of what an aero bike can be.

We did some temperature testing to see if UAE Team Emirates-XRG might have a built in advantage because of team colors.

Pogačar blew up the leaderboards last month, but are his KOMs safe? Slovenian super-climber famously caught the ire of local riders last year at the Giro d'Italia.

UAE team sport director Matxin reveals how conservative strategy in the Alps killed Pogačar's mojo as questions arise over future motivations.

Visma's attacks fizzled as UAE's cool tactics delivered Pogačar the yellow jersey: 'Tactics are easier when you have the best rider in the world.'

From the Van Aert-Montmartre mash-up to the sucky queen stages: 5 hot takes from a hit 'n' miss Tour de France.

Seven-time Tour de France finisher Bobby explores how the race has evolved almost beyond recognition in the past 25 years.

‘Every Kind of Pain. Every Kind of Joy. That’s the Tour de France.’ 

We dive into the power numbers of Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, and more at the Tour.

What to do with unsightly artwork? Convert it into a billboard for Tour de France Femmes, duh.

The sudden departure of performance director Rolf Aldag is only heightening speculation about the imminent arrival of Remco Evenepoel: 'Now is the moment to take a new path.'

Tour de France winner Pogačar to target Canadian races, João Almeida to lead UAE in Vuelta.

'I don’t see myself continuing for too long': Grueling Tour de France campaign and reports of skipping Vuelta suggest Tadej Pogačar is mortal, after all.

Iconic climb which featured on final stage of the Tour could be a regular fixture in future editions.

Pogačar the superhero, Roglič’s socks, Alaphilippe's embarrassment, men in mankinis and a few curse words...

Peter Cossins talks with Mike Levy about Wout's hunt for a stage win, the best moments from the Tour, and more.

Wout van Aert victory brightens frustrating Tour de France campaign for Vingegaard and Visma.

'What goes around comes around': Tour veterans on the etiquette, broken codes and self-policing peloton that influences racing.

Exclusive data from the Tour de France shows how pros actually fuel, and what we can learn from the elites.

Jonas Vingegaard is inching closer to Tadej Pogačar, despite three off days in the Tour. Next stop the Vuelta.

UAE Emirates-XRG won the lion's share of the prize money during the 2025 Tour de France, with some surprising names at the bottom of the list.

With four yellow jerseys within six years, Pogačar is on top of the cycling world, but how long can it last? 'There are always doubts.'

Idahoan fifth in Paris after helping teammate Van Aert to pulsating stage win, even if he never felt Visma were close to cracking Pogačar.

Belgian Wout Van Aert takes win he had been seeking all race, blows Pogačar away on Montmartre climb.

A closer look at the Colnago Tadej Pogačar rode into Paris for the final stage of the Tour.

US champion Quinn Simmons and Irish breakaway master Ben Healy pick up two of the Tour's more niche awards ahead of stage 21 into Paris.