Tour de France

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The climbs that made Tour stage 11 a thriller for the GC proved too much for sprinters Mark Cavendish and Marcel Kittel

It is business as usual at the Tour de France for Peter Sagan. But behind the scenes, he is getting a divorce.

So who Sky's leader? We'll get this sorted out on today's roundtable and discuss how rivals can shake up the race.

After a few minutes of looking like he was cooked, Dan Martin is quickly back in the GC conversation at the Tour.

Geraint Thomas says that he not just towing some PR line from Team Sky. Chris Froome remains his leader in the Tour.

Movistar’s daring tactic to try to derail Team Sky’s train backfires in the first summit finale of the 2018 Tour de France.

Although Chris Froome is defending champ at the Tour, he finds himself well behind in the overall — to his teammate.

Romain Bardet wishes he had followed Dan Martin on mountaintop finish. The Frenchman is three minutes behind on GC.

The squad is targeting stage wins following Richie Porte's exit and Tejay van Garderen's GC struggles.

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Mikel Landa and his Movistar teammates are waiting for the right moment to attack Froome at the Tour.

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Dan Martin's late attack in stage 10 amounts to nothing, but it was a shot across the bow as more big climbs loom.

Rigoberto Uran is now well behind in the overall after a crash on the cobbles and time lost in the first day in the Alps.

Vincenzo Nibali says precise training has led to boring racing. He suggests budget caps on teams to liven up the action.

BrakeThrough Media captures the drama of the Tour de France's hectic first week with sprints, a TTT, and some cobbles.

Although Greg Van Avermaet won't keep the Tour lead much longer, he's happy to go down swinging in the Alps.

Chris Froome finds himself off the back in Tour's first mountain stage but chases back and gears up for Alpine attacks.

A mountain biker jumped over the Tour's breakaway group on the second climb of stage 10 through the Alps.

Following stage 8 crash Toms Skujins is the subject of a bizarre video that some believe shows mechanical cheating.

Lennard Zinn addresses a mysterious spinning wheel at the Tour de France and the benefits of an aero bike in sprints.

Cobblestones add some much-needed excitement to the Tour de France, writes Fred Dreier.

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Take a closer look at the power data of Mitchelton-Scott captain Mat Hayman over the pavé of stage 9.

Despite a team time trial, a punchy uphill finale, and a cobbled stage to Roubaix, the race for yellow is still close.

Egan Bernal has an ill-fated day on the Tour's cobbles, but he's prepared to race into the mountains Tuesday.

Now lacking two key teammates in the Tour de France, Romain Bardet downplays his chances to win the overall.

Can you believe that crazy stage 9? We discuss the Tour's trip across the Roubaix cobblestones.

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Craddock clears major hurdle, finishing Tour's cobbled stage. Now he's recovering for this week's mountain stages.

Froome and Thomas say there is no intra-team rivalry at Sky. Froome says they have the tactical upper-hand.

The American-registered squad was facing closure over a lack of sponsor dollars but will live on.

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Cobblestone chaos! Pavé pandemonium! The Tour de France's stage 9 was billed as a wildcard — did it deliver the drama we wanted?

Romain Bardet miraculously avoids major time loss in Tour stage 9, despite three flat tires on the cobblestones.

Rigoberto Urán's perfect tour was blemished on stage 9 to Roubaix, but he still heads into the Alps with a shot at overall victory.

After three seasons of injuries and setbacks, John Degenkolb finally won a WorldTour race

Peter Sagan says the Tour's ninth stage was a crazy ride across Northern France's cobblestones. He could only manage fifth.

BMC suffered a major blow to their overall aspirations on the Tour de France's brutal ninth stage

Chris Froome is "relieved to get the Paris-Roubaix stage" behind him so he can focus on the mountains and a fifth Tour de France title.

Australian cyclist Richie Porte pulled out of the Tour de France on Sunday after falling heavily on a shoulder early in stage nine.

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Let’s suppose you, big Koen, were instead tiny Koen, a little climber type. Let’s suppose you were aiming for yellow in Paris. How would you feel about Sunday’s cobblestones? How would you approach them?

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Chad Haga and Ian Boswell have made it into the second week at the Tour de France, and it's so far so good for the pair of American Tour debutants.

Romain Bardet is putting his Tour destiny into the hands of his teammates ahead of Sunday’s clash on the cobbles.

The relegation of Fernando Gaviria in Saturday’s finale could prove decisive in Sagan’s quest for a sixth green points jersey.

Dan Martin's Stage 8 crash validates the Irishman's win-some-lose-some Tour mantra.

Team Sky sport director Servais Knaven is pulling out all the stops to make sure his team has full Roubaix roadside support during the Tour de France version of a Sunday in hell.

While riders like Nairo Quintana and Mikel Landa can turn mountains into molehills, it’s the fist-sized stones of the jutting pavé of northern France that have become their Mount Everest.

Mark Cavendish is quickly running out of time to equal Eddy Merckx's Tour de France stage win record.

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Quick-Step boss Patrick Lefevere is fuming over the negative fallout from the Chris Froome case.

Sprinters, GC riders, and opportunists alike agreed that a long, flat stage made for a boring day of racing. 

Is the first week of fast racing revealing fracture lines inside teams that brought multi-pronged attacks to the Tour de France?

This Sunday we'll see one of the weirdest spectacles in cycling: GC guys and skinny climbers trying to survive the Roubaix cobblestones.

In the 2014 Tour, Vincenzo Nibali took time on the cobblestone stage. This year, his team is ready to support another raid.

Chris Froome is the top grand tour rider at the moment, but taking on the role of the peloton's boss is not something he wants.

The Slovenian is riding for team captain Steven Kruijswijk, but he is showing signs of GC potential.

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Have a close look at Dan Martin's Champion System jersey at the Tour de France and you'll notice something unusual.

What was Quick-Step thinking? Is Romain Bardet in trouble? Should Dumoulin have drafted his team car? Those questions and more.

With a late-race mechanical, Romain Bardet loses time in the Tour de France's first uphill finish, another blow after a poor TTT ride.

Geraint Thomas was hoping for a shot at a stage win or yellow. Chris Froome wanted to avoid time losses. Neither happened in stage 6.

Martin's victory validated UAE Team Emirates's decision to hire Martin during the 2017 offseason to lead its efforts at the Tour.

How will the Tour's top GC favorites fare on the dusty, rough pavé of Paris-Roubaix? We rate their cobble-worthiness.

Take a deep dive into Lawson Craddock's physiological data from the Tour de France — recovery, sleep, and strain.