Tour de France

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.

Ineos Grenadiers pulls 2018 Tour de France champ out of Swiss tour in a 'precautionary measure' after Thomas crashed Tuesday.

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.

Roglič will be the Tour's ultimate wild-card while Uno-X leaves veteran sprinter Kristoff off its Tour 8 in a bid for a stage win: 'Hardest selection we’ve ever made.'

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.

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

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.

Neilson Powless soloed to victory at GP Gippingen in a preview of Tour de France form: 'It was good old-school bike racing.'

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.'

Matthews' absence will leave a hole in Jayco-AlUla's Tour de France lineup built around O'Connor and Groenewegen.

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.'

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.

'Measuring ventilation in the field will provide us massive learnings': V-LAB confirms it will start racing with pioneering sensors that provide best possible measure of physiological strain.

After missing last year's Tour de France, Kuss needs to shine this weekend in the Critérium du Dauphiné: 'The hardest stages of the Tour are still some weeks away.'

Vollering, Thomas, Niewiadoma, Powless headline Tour de France primers as officials roll out long-sought safety feature: 'We can fly to the moon, but we don’t know where a cyclist is.'

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.

Dutch superstars in the headlines: Van der Poel still chasing the fat-tire rainbow and Vollering handed a rare relegation in too-early celebration.

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

We got the lowdown on Campagnolo's latest from the only pros racing on it.

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.

Grand tour mastermind Brailsford is stepping away from soccer. Could he and retiring Thomas salvage the Ineos Sport empire with a new-look Grenadiers?

Vingegaard expected to be joined by Jorgenson, Kuss, Van Aert, Yates for box office brawl with Pogačar. UAE Emirates isn't intimidated: 'We're not afraid of anyone.'

Third and final series of hit Tour de France documentary to premiere early July – here's a look at what to expect.

Tour de Hoody: Simon Yates' raid elevates Visma-Lease a Bike into class of its own and saves the 2025 Giro d’Italia from itself.

Dauphiné brawl between Vingegaard, Evenepoel, Pogačar will paint only half the picture of Tour de France form: 'Nicer to need to make one more step.'

The bulking Belgian ex-pro hit a career highlight when he won a stage in the 1999 Tour de France in the national champion's jersey. He died Thursday at 60.

Visma-Lease a Bike boss Richard Plugge comes out swinging ahead of Dauphiné-Tour slugfest with Pogačar: 'I have no reason to believe we can't go for yellow again.'

No Giro stage win so far, but a top-10 is within reach for Pidcock, and maybe a bigger grand tour future: 'GC is harder than anything else I’ve done.'

Tour de France titans Pogačar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel face off in all-star dress rehearsal in June's Dauphiné.

The 2018 yellow jersey champ Thomas eyes one last big ride, hints at future role at Ineos Grenadiers: 'I've got a lot to offer.'

Slovenian star loses 1:30 to del Toro and drops to 10th, and Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe faces tough call ahead of final week: 'The team doctor will decide.'

Van der Poel to miss opening days of road altitude camp after spectacular falls in Nové Město cross country race, in race to recover for Dauphiné and Tour de France.

MVDP makes long-awaited return to cross country this weekend in Nové Město in build toward world title dream in September. Oh, and he's racing the Tour before that, too.

'I expect chaos ... safety is being ignored': Peloton protests against a high-stress, high-stakes final while ASO chief defends hilly twist on Champs-Élysées procession.

Organizers put a radical spin on traditional Paris finale with three climbs of Montmartre before 7km dash toward the Champs. Will we see GC action on the very final day of racing?

A Frenchman hasn't won the men's Tour de France in 40 years. Rod Ellingworth is making it his mission to put that right with the nation's 21-year-old phenom Lenny Martinez.

News nuggets: Vingegaard not overawed by Pogačar's 2025 rampage: 'Just because you’re the best in the spring, doesn’t mean you’re going to be the best in the Tour de France.'

Tour de Hoody: This Giro won’t give us the fireworks-a-minute Pogi Show we’ve grown accustomed to, but it will deliver tension, suspense, tactics, a hard-fought race, and maybe even a surprise winner.

We dive into the the inflection points that have led to the speeds we see today, and why 2020 marks the new era for pro cycling as we know it.

Tour de France organizers throw a firework into love-or-hate traditional sprint stage with inclusion of paved climb used in 2024 Olympics.

Footage emerges of Pogačar and Vingegaard laying the founations for the next chapter in their sprawling Tour de France rivalry.

Wiggins breaks silence on addiction, rehab, and finding peace: 'My son thought I’d be found dead.'

Tour de Hoody: Roglič hits new milestone, Vollering reclaims GC throne, Pedersen sprints into record books, plus yellow cards, goats, and chaos in Albania.

Plus, Tobin Heath is a confirmed Zwiftie, and Matteo Jorgenson is coming in hot.

Van Aert reveals viral infection derailed two weeks of training and leaves him unsure of form: 'Pink has become more of a dream than reality.'

Roglič rides into Giro d'Italia with Pogačar as a reference and the pressure to paper over Bora-Bull's miserable spring: ‘He can totally turn around our season.’

Remco Evenepoel more upbeat as he ends the Tour de Romandie with a TT win: 'Finishing off on a strong note was important.'

'Any rider who has children is considering what risks they take.' Vingegaard is healed from devastating injuries in Basque, concussion in Paris-Nice, but are there mental scars?

Analysis: WorldTour relegation/promotion tightens up as the action shifts into the points-rich grand tours. For teams on the bubble, every sprint is now a race for survival.

Trainer backs controversial altitude-heavy, race-lite approach as Vingegaard scrambles back from concussion: 'We know this works.'

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After crashing out of Paris-Nice with a concussion, Vingegaard says he's fully recovered and focused on a Tadej Pogačar rematch: 'Leaving nothing to chance.'

Powless began his pro career in 2018 thinking he would become a GC rider, then one brutal day across the cobblestones of northern France upended everything.

A shock upset for Pogačar at Amstel and a golden Easter resurrection by Evenepoel throw kinks into the narratives of their 'Big 4' brawl this summer with Vingegaard, Roglič.

Evenepoel reveals nerve damage in the same shoulder he injured at Itzulia last year will require heavy taping: 'I'm for sure behind my top shape.'

Posh crowd in Monaco jeer Pogačar after tardiness to tennis match, Allan Peiper says Paris-Roubaix the ultimate challenge for former pupil: 'Better suited for Van der Poel.'

Commentary: Jeremy Whittle is among those wondering if starting the Tour de France in so many foreign countries is taking things just a bit too far.

Team Lotto questions struggling speedster De Lie's commitment after cutting Dwars and Flanders from his program in hopes of stalling a slide in performance.

Q36.5 and Tom Pidcock land Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España bids as UCI expands grand tour fields to 23 squads for 2025 to give teams and races more flexibility.

Red Bull captain schools Giro d'Italia rival Ayuso with brutal coup on Catalunya, but can he keep a leash on Pogačar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel at the Tour?

Lidl-Trek star celebrates Gent-Wevelgem to emerge as top threat for MVDP and Pogačar at Flanders and Roubaix: 'We believe we can win.'

Another pothole in the path toward the Tour: Visma-Lease a Bike leader missed nine days of training and remains uncertain if he'll race again before June.

Tour de Hoody: Crashes, comebacks, and questions — Roglič is last man standing in the Big 4’s rocky start to 2025.

'How we handle that is something we need to discuss': Will Lidl-Trek's double-threat derail its own chances against Pogačar and Van der Poel in a TdF selection spat?

Men’s race to start in Edinburgh, Scotland, with women’s race also slated for the UK in historic first ‘dual départ.’

Lappartient's IOC candidacy is one of the biggest backroom power plays in cycling history. What will it mean for cycling in the Olympics and beyond? We dive in.

Two-time yellow jersey 'not yet recovered sufficiently' after recent crash at Paris-Nice, not scheduled to race again until June. Will he be ready for his showdown Pogačar?