Tour de France

Frenchman finishes 19 seconds behind fellow challengers, limiting his losses by riding at his own rhyhthm.

Sepp Kuss leads Jumbo-Visma lockdown on Alpe d'Huez summit as Jumbo-Visma switches gears from explosive ride to the Granon.

The real kicker? I spent almost as much time lying by the side of the road waiting to die as I did on my bike.

Pogačar can't shake Jonas Vingegaard on Alpe d'Huez: 'His team is very strong.'

'Where I’ve come from over the last three years, battling back from my accident to finish third on one of the hardest stages in the Tour, I can be really happy with that,' says four-time Tour winner.

Stage 12 of the Tour de France goes from Briançon to Alpe d'Huez, the last in a trio of stages in the French Alps.

UAE's Gianetti says it wasn't hunger or heat.

The Ineos Grenadiers rider soars away from the breakaway to take biggest road victory of his career.

Straight to your ears from the finish lines, press rooms, and restaurants of the Tour de France.

The four-time winner and talented Tour debutant combine down the Galibier with dazzling descent to get in front.

"If I don’t try I’m not going to win," said Vingegaard, after taking the fight to Pogačar.

Team boss points to over-aggressive racing and commitment to yellow rather than COVID or a hunger knock as cause of Wednesday's spectacular undoing.

Former Tour winner predicts fireworks on return to iconic climb where he won in 2018.

Colombian revs up climbing legs in blast from past to move up into top 5.

The Belgian suffered a puncture while riding to his team bus after the Col du Granon finish on stage 11 and gave away his green jersey to a fan who helped him.

The Grubers very nearly didn't get to the final climb on stage 11. We're glad they did.

U.S. rookie vows to keep attacking after all-action start to debut Tour.

Team DSM leader up to second overall and happy to be back in the GC game for first time since 2018.

Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault rode across the line on the Alpe d'Huez after sticking it to their rivals

Now in second overall, Romain Bardet looks well poised for a great GC result at the Tour.

In the Alps, Primož Roglič bent the Tour de France to his will.

'I cracked myself but I didn’t care,' says Roglič after an epic day at the Tour de France.

Alpe d'Huez on Bastille Day - it doesn't get much more Tour de France than this. Pogačar to take the stage?

While Jumbo-Visma took the race to Pogačar, Ineos hope they have positioned them to also enter the fight for yellow.

Stage 11 saw a dramatic shakeup in the GC top 10, with Jonas Vingegaard moving into yellow and Tadej Pogačar slipping to third.

The Slovenian dropped out of the yellow jersey on stage 11 and now trails Vingegaard by two and a half minutes.

Three hors categorie climbs on the menu, culminating in a crowd-packed Tour favorite. Will Vingegaard add to his lead, can Pogačar hit back, or might Bardet surprise again?

Remember this day. Stage 11 of the 2022 Tour de France, where Jonas Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma took control of the race.

'There's a big question over how Vingegaard will cope now that he has a big target on his back,' says Dan Martin in his exclusive column for VeloNews.

Watch back on the day's action here.

Historical TV clips, scouting on Zwift, and concerns over COVID – what Alpe newbies expect from the iconic 21 bends: 'It’s going to be crazy.'

The Giro-Tour double proves too much for Van der Poel who brings his second Tour de France to an end during stage 11.

American to turn his attention to stage wins after losing time in the Alps.

Fireworks on the legendary climb confirm that a new generation has forever buried the tactics of controlled racing.

Barguil pockets €5,000 for crossing Galibier first, but French wait for stage win continues after thwarted 60-kilometer solo bid.

Vingegaard, Jumbo-Visma seize control: 'It was nice last year to be second. But I think if we didn't try something, probably I would be second again.'

'We’ll see. I’ll keep fighting until the end. The Tour is far from finished,' says the defending champion.

Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) tumbled out of the top-20, and Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) dropped nine spots to 20th. 

The Welshman is just four seconds behind Tadej Pogačar after a dramatic showdown on stage 11.

Look, we're trying our best to stay positive.

The Tour de France passes its highest point on stage 11 (for the first time), but more importantly … cheese!

Two-time Tour de France champion cannot follow as Jumbo-Visma breaks open the race.

The Slovenian is distanced after Jonas Vingegaard launches stinging attack on the Col du Granon.

Dutch rider had been on back foot for entire race as Giro form eluded him.

Tadej Pogačar counters after Jumbo-Visma attacks on the approach to the Galibier in a preview of GC fireworks in the French Alps.

Straight to your ears from the finish lines, press rooms, and restaurants of the Tour de France.

Australian rider pipped by Magnus Cort on stage 10 in photo finish.

American Tour rookie confident breakaway wins will come when not playing 'MVP' for Movistar captain Enric Mas.

Stage 10 of the Tour de France was halted with 36k to go after protestors blocked the road.

It took all that Magnus Cort had to deny the Aussie a career-defining victory.

'It’s not just about riding around so we’ll use every trick in the book to try and tactically win the race,' says Rod Ellingworth.

11 seconds from yellow, Kämna was close to Tour de France glory again – but not quite close enough.

Our predictions for stage 11. A big old day of climbing with a tough uphill finish. One for the GC men?

Another likened the halting to when you stop at a cafe and then get going again.

Nobody, that's who.

Lennard Kämna comes close to yellow jersey but Tadej Pogačar defends lead by 11 seconds.

American talks chasing GC aims, climate change protests, and the environment

Cort wins all-action stage into Megève one week after wearing polka dots on home Danish soil: 'I couldn’t have dreamed of a better Tour so far.'

'“If the doctor and the UCI say that he can start then I suppose they know what they’re doing,' says Pogačar's team boss.

Protestors caused the race to stop with less than 40km remaining on stage 10.

Watch the best of the action on a day when dogged persistence prevailed

Stage 11 features monster climbs Galibier and Granon stacked up in the final 50km that will test the GC riders to their limits.

'I have to have better legs than I had today, otherwise I’m in big trouble,' says Australian sprinter.

Team's new focus on the break after opening week of woe comes up just short as Luis León Sánchez finishes third in Megève.

Two key climbing domestiques of Tadej Pogačar test positive yet only one leaves the race.

Pogačar points to huge crowds and mass contacts as problem after Bennett, Majka tested positive Tuesday.

Stage 10 of the 2022 Tour goes deep in the French Alps, home of some of Floyd Landis's most well-known race days back in 2006.

Welshman sits fourth overall as the race moves deeper into the Alps on stage 11.

Lennard Kämna comes close to yellow jersey but Tadej Pogačar defends lead by 11 seconds.

The stage was halted for about 15 minutes before it could resume.

Tour rookie says Ineos Grenadiers must be tactical in its numbers because 'we are not racing crap riders' at Tour de France.

Loader finally manages to extract the team bus after it becomes wedged into place.

What we see and how we see it.

France's tragic hero should have won stage 9 of the Tour, just like he should have won other races in the past.

UPDATED: UAE Team Emirates sees its second rider leave the Tour de France with COVID-19, Majka positive but stays for now.

The race will be run over five days and start two days after the 10-day men's competition has ended.

'He is not part of our project' — Patrick Lefevere says Manx sprinter won't feature in new-look Soudal-Quick-Step in 2023.

The Frenchman was also seen vomiting during Sunday's stage in what he described as the 'worst day' on his bike.

The Australian is the fourth rider to depart after contracting coronavirus during the Tour de France.

DSM climber captain keeps open playbook as he heads toward high ground in range of a GC top-three.