Social Digest: The Moments You Might Have Missed at the Tour de France
‘Every Kind of Pain. Every Kind of Joy. That’s the Tour de France.’
Simon Philip Yates is a British professional road and track racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla. His twin brother is Adam Yates, who is also a professional cyclist. He won the gold medal in the points race at the 2013 Track Cycling World Championships. Wikipedia
Simon Philip Yates is a British professional road and track racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla. His twin brother is Adam Yates, who is also a professional cyclist. He won the gold medal in the points race at the 2013 Track Cycling World Championships. Wikipedia
‘Every Kind of Pain. Every Kind of Joy. That’s the Tour de France.’
Jorgenson tumbles out of top 10, Kuss raid falls short, Vingegaard can't crack Pogačar in final bitter pill of Pyrénées: 'One of the hardest mountain stages I've ever done.'
The best images from stage 10 of the Tour de France.
A new top team emerges at the Tour — but is it enough to beat the top rider?
A solo win for Yates, a historic jersey for Healy, and the GC holds strong. Bastille Day delivered.
Pogačar and Vingegaard cross line together after late attack from GC group, gain precious seconds on Evenepoel, Vauquelin, Roglič.
A day of relentless ups and downs produces a new race leader.
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.
US stars Kuss, Jorgenson are key players in Visma's 'dream team' to support Jonas Vingegaard in bid for Tour de France supremacy.
Inside the incredible power numbers from Simon Yates and Co. in one of the biggest GC reversals in the history of the Giro d'Italia.
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.'
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.
What the heck happened Saturday on the Colle dell Finestre? Bobby J unpicks the historic raid and shocking standoff that decided the Giro d'Italia.
Here are the stats that make some sense of a crazy, chaotic Giro d'Italia.
Yates celebrates a spectacular GC revival Sunday in Rome, Del Toro and Carapaz scrape for answers in the ashes of their own disappointment: 'I gave everything I had.'
Yates’ well documented collapse on the Finestre in 2018 was just the start of a string of Giro misfortunes.
A few favorites crashed or faded, and rising stars like Del Toro and Gee confirmed GC promise in a wild three weeks at the Giro d'Italia.
Del Toro, Carapaz were left reeling after Yates and Visma-Lease a Bike unleashed a devastating tactical ambush on the Colle delle Finestre at the Giro d’Italia.
What the stars said: Top names try to make sense out of one of most gripping days in modern cycling history.
Chris Harper wins final mountain stage as Yates utterly outwits and outperforms Del Toro and Carapaz.
Del Toro survives attritional stage across the Italian Alps to carry pink into the final mountain showdown in a Giro d'Italia still too close to call.
Isaac del Toro bounces back to win stage and tighten grip on pink jersey in well-timed surge after surviving the Mortirolo: 'I have nothing to lose.'
UAE's near-perfect Giro in danger of unraveling as Ayuso cracks and Carapaz closes in on Del Toro: 'I hope to have better legs tomorrow.'
XDS-Astana go 1-2 on brutal mountain stage, UAE teammates Del Toro and Ayuso lose time, top-3 on GC separated by only 31 seconds after stage 16 showdown.
Giro week three primer: Historically hard final week puts pink jersey in peril as Del Toro takes on climbing veterans across 20,000 meters of mountain ascent.
VIDEO: Fans capture different angles of decisive crash at the Giro d'Italia that shakes up GC as Van Aert denies unfair advantage: 'We were here to win the stage.'
Giro GC in the balance: Del Toro leads, UAE dominates, and Roglič reeling as Week 2 brings time trial and big climbs in crunch time for maglia rosa.
Tour de Hoody: How the Giro d'Italia could be the most exciting race of the season without Tadej Pogačar to obliterate the field.
Filippo Ganna blows away Juan Ayuso with 56kph TT in warning shot ahead of San Remo, Roubaix.
'Different rules dominate the cycling world from before': The raw power and wild aggression of modern racing is pushing the fat-burning efficiency of low carb training down the agenda.
Opinion: The 'super team' stanglehold on grand tour racing means only superdomestiques have a chance at breaking the Pogačar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel, Roglič lockout.
Simon Yates opens up about cycling’s carbohydrate revolution and its transformative impact on his career as he hits re-set in high-profile transfer to Visma-Lease a Bike.
Colorado climber content to stay out of spotlight in return to Tour and Vuelta helper's role: 'If there's an opportunity I will take it.'
Yates, Campenaerts are key additions in Visma-Lease a Bike's bolstered lineup for this summer's epic 'super team' clash with Pogačar and UAE Emirates XRG.
Visma-Lease a Bike not forcing US sensation in any direction after breakout first season.
Forget the chatter about Tom Pidcock. These are the most dynamic-shifting transfers already confirmed for the off-seaon.
Visma-Lease a Bike management refuses to blame crashes and sickness for 2024 downturn as it maps out masterplan for 2025.
It's rare that these kind of horizontal moves — one rider out, another rider in — works out so well for all parties involved.
The past Vuelta a España champion's career has slowed in recent years but a team move could reinvent and reinvigorate Simon Yates.
Relentless aggression by US team pays off with Tour stage win, Vingegaard loses more time
Echoes of the Ardennes Classics will please the climbers, and should result in a dramatic finale to the Tour's second stage.
As the 2024 Giro d'Italia clicks into gear, we take a look back at one of the modern Giro's most remarkable and controversial stages with Froome's 80km breakaway to seize the pink jersey in 2018.
Echoes of the Ardennes Classics will please the climbers.
Jayco-AlUla star on racing as an underdog: 'I am still hungry to do more, to improve, and to do better.'
'It used to be about stuffing yourself, drinking, partying': The winter break was once a time to kick back and gain kilos. Here's why that changed.
Second year British professional lands first ever pro win, with Yates and Alaphilippe unable to snap elastic.
Sunday's summit finale at Mount Lofty will decide the overall GC at the Australian WorldTour stage race.
Sam Welsford completes hat-trick ahead of a pair of climbing stages that will decide the WorldTour opener across the weekend.
Julian Alaphilippe and Biniam Girmay might have something to say about that.
Ruth Edwards also returns with Human Powered Health, with Biniam Girmay, Caleb Ewan, Elia Viviani, and Filippo Ganna confirmed for the WorldTour opener next month.
Jayco-AlUla wants it all in 2024 – but can the Aussie team successfully balance the ambitions of all five of its leaders?
Top US road race set to sparkle on Sunday in one of the season highlights.
In his final diary entry, Lawson Craddock takes us inside the final stage on the Champs-Élysées and reflects after a hard month of racing.
From the Jumbo-Visma steamroller and Pogačar's panache, to polka perfection and Plan Bs: Here's a pick'n mix of talking points.
Cycling's most successful twins end the Tour on attacking high that mirrors how they opened the race in Bilbao nearly three weeks ago.
In his latest diary, Lawson talks about the Col de la Loze, pulling all day to bring back a breakaway, and what lies in store for Friday's firecracker stage.
Simon Yates revives podium hopes after long-distance break on stage 17.
In his latest race diary, Lawson Craddock talks about his dramatic breakaway, the crowds, and what it's like to race head-to-head with Wout van Aert and Thibaut Pinot.
Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard are riding away from the pack in this Tour – here's how their rivals plan to catch back.
Saturday's crash is just the latest in a long history of over-eager fans and too-close spectators causing chaos on the Tour de France.
Simon Yates drops from 4th to 6th, and Belgian rider Steff Cras who started 13th overall is evacuated by ambulance.
In his second diary entry, Lawson Craddock explains why stage 4 was so boring, how the team's balancing two captains, and what was behind his 'cry' during the team presentation.
Twins for the win: the Yates brothers' wild ride to chase the yellow jersey on stage 1 of the Tour de France.
Yates beats Yates in brotherly sprint in Bilbao to open Tour de France with exclamation point.
Our reporting team will be on the ground all month sharing insight, reporting, color, and the occasional barb: So who wins the yellow jersey, and how?
Riders pushing for more safety measures after Gino Mãder tragedy: 'I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little scared.'
Follow all the Tour de France hype ahead of the Bilbao 'grand départ' on July 1.
Winning a stage, hitting the podium, or claiming the 'maillot jaune' are at an absolute premier every July: Here are the leaders for every team and their chances of striking Tour gold.
Follow all the action as Bernal, Cavendish, Jorgenson and more spar in six day Swiss race.
Follow all the GC action as Jonas Vingegaard, Brandon McNulty, and Richard Carapaz face off at the six-stage race across Spain's Basque Country.
Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard face off for the first time in a stage race since July. Yet the 'Race to the Sun' is more than a two-horse race.
Vine brings home the overall after proving he was the strongest all week in victory in TDU debut.
The GC remains undecided with two stages left to go.
Here's the news making headlines on Saturday, December 17.
Aussie outfit fortifies sprint train, GC ambitions with key signings for 2023.
Hot off the back of the Tour de France 2023 route reveal, we pick through who's in the mix for the yellow jersey.
'I bet my house that Evenepoel will be on the startline next year. I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw Roglič there too,' Matt White tells VeloNews.
Yates posted one of his best seasons despite a crash and a case of COVID-19 knocking him out at the grand tours.
Rate of positives close to double that of the Tour de France.