Tour de France

Cyclocross and classics crushers Van Aert and Van der Poel face off again Sunday at CX worlds. But is it still fair to compare the decade-long foes?

Eurosport will cease operations in the UK and Ireland from February 28, 2025, when cycling coverage will be folded into TNT Sports.

Pidcock traded the sure bet of the WorldTour for the chance to start something new at Q36.5. How did the deal go down? ‘We all knew it was a game-changer.’

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.

What is 'One Cycling', and could it reshape professional cycling? We dive into the proposed overhaul to racing's economic model, its key backers, and whether it could become a reality by 2026.

Tour de Hoody: The stakes are high in the early season races, even if the prestige is not. Here are the hottest story lines and hype I'm most stoked about to open 2025.

Swiss star expects more freedom after leaving 'super team' UAE for upstart Tudor: 'Here there's no fight internally for any leadership.'

Lidl-Trek's mountain man reluctantly heads to France to face the 'Big 4' in wild reversal of team priority versus personal ambition.

After a breakout season, Jorgenson rebalances his goals and ambitions: 'Winning a grand tour is a perfect carrot to chase.'

After breaking his contract with Jayco-AlUla to join another team, Ineos offers late-hour one-year deal: 'I'm still only 30, I can rediscover my best form here.'

Chasing golden tickets: Audacious newbie ProTeams receive wildcards for Flèche and Liège as tension mounts ahead of must-have Tour de France invites.

Van Baarle's broken collarbone at the Tour Down Under continues a streak of utter calamity for cycling's cursed cobblestone contender.

Bruce Hildenbrand remembers cycling's 'Bullet,' a pioneering rider who blazed trails, won big races, and touched lives.

Van Aert maps out 2025 ambitions that include a Giro debut, a return to the Tour, and unfinished business in the monuments: 'That's what makes me hungry.'

Ecuadorian aggro-attacker debuts at Tour Down Under ahead of high-profile role as Pogačar's policeman at Flanders, Tour de France.

The Ineos Grenadiers re-boot has now become an annual ritual. Amid talk of an urgency to 'win races' and a hunt for new sponsors, Jeremy Whittle wonders how much time they really have left.

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.'

'He can still improve': UAE Emirates performance staff have tweaked the dials on Pogačar's training plan to find even more power for the supreme Slovene.

With Tour de France off the table, Q36.5 hoping Pidcock's star power will deliver Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España invites.

Vingegaard lays down some ambitious markers for 2025, with a return to the Tour and Vuelta. Nemesis Tadej Pogačar will be waiting.

Quick-Step is bucking the trend and will bring Belgian sprint demon Merlier to the Tour de France: 'We want to show the world it's possible.'

Belgian star still has not trained on the bike since December crash and hopes for Ardennes return: 'It's been a tough period for me.'

When Tudor Pro Cycling needed one more rider to fill out its roster, American ace Warbasse fit the bill.

Fabian Cancellara's Swiss project could be on the fast track to race the Tour de France in just its third season in the pro ranks. Will ASO deliver?

'It's in the process of being transformative': UAE Emirates is leading the WorldTour's race to decipher its data with an AI bot that could accelerate strategy decisions and open doors to 'micro-training'.

The ever-optimistic Savio helped nurture and extend pro careers since the 1980s, and gave Egan Bernal his first pro contract.

Rogla revenge, Pogi on the pavé, a French Tour de France winner: Here are 5 wacky race predictions for 2025 that might just happen.

Analysis: Gone are the heady days when British cycling ruled the pack. Jeremy Whittle dives into how the fizzle faded, and what might bring it back.

American Paris-Nice winner made a big leap forward, and believes more is to come in 2025.

Visma Lease a Bike team leader clear on challenge: ‘To beat him I need to reach a new level’.

From the Angliru and Bola del Mundo climbs, a start in Italy, and the likely return of Pogačar, what's not to love about La Vuelta 2025?

His victories across all five monuments and two world titles made him one of the superstars of the 1950s and 1960s. He died from a long illness at 90.

Canada's Gee continues on his extraordinary progression by targeting the podium at the 2025 Giro d'Italia: 'There is definitely a little more pressure.'

'We need to invest in the details': Roglič's crew leverages Red Bull's portfolio of performance experts in bid for 'super team' status.

UCI calls for ban on controversial use of carbon monoxide after revelations that Tour de France-toppers Visma-Lease a Bike and UAE Emirates were tinkering with the toxic gas.

Commentary: The troubles at ailing soccer juggernaut Manchester United echo those of Ineos Grenadiers as ‘periods of transition’ become cycles of failure within the Ratcliffe empire.

Pogačar targets Tour and Worlds defence after ‘perfect season’, decision to race Giro or Vuelta on hold.

Evenepoel received successful surgery and discharged from hospital after training crash but faces slow rehab for devastated shoulder.

Two-time Tour winner Vingegaard talks injuries, miracles, key rivals and a ‘crazy year.’

Double Tour winner left ‘smashed’ after turbulent and testing season.

Breaking down where each major grand tour contender stands as we slowly approach the 2025 season.

Jonas Vingegaard confirms he's mulling a run at the Giro but only if it makes sense for July: 'The Tour de France is the biggest thing in cycling.'

With the Italian monument and the Spanish grand tour next on Pogačar's career 'to-do list,' the 'Hell of the North' looms as an inevitable target: 'I might have to gain some weight.'

'I said to myself, don't screw it up, Thor': Some key life lessons from one of the top names of the modern era.

Pedersen’s 2025 calendar: At the center of Lidl-Trek's classics ambitions, questions remain about which grand tours he'll race.

Defending champ says bring it on after Tour organizers revisit scenes of his past weaknesses.

American GC contender assesses storming 2024 season while also discussing gap to top rivals.

Struggling Brit crew partners German Conti team Lotto Kern-Haus PSD Bank in hunt for its next Tour de France winner.

Routes and profiles about next year's Giro and Vuelta are still under wraps, with the Italian grand tour's big reveal postponed until January. Where will the 'Big 4' face off?

Pogačar is on a mission to be even more Merckxian while his rivals can only bow their heads: 'He makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong.'

Tour de Hoody: Today's generation has big ask to revive British cycling's dominance as Cavendish's retirement marks end of an era.

Visma-Lease a Bike bullish Vingegaard can return to top of grand tour hierarchy, but accepts it won't be easy: 'We need to step up in all areas.'

Girmay remembers the dominance of Philippe Gilbert and Peter Sagan in the classics. It’s something the African is keen to emulate.

Four-time Tour de France winner Froome is thinking about calling time on his storied career, aiming to compete in one last Grand Tour.

Can fresh access to a space-age performance center and an F1 expert bring Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe level to Pogačar and UAE Emirates?

If he gets another Tour snub, Belgian sprint king Merlier could be on the rider market when his current contract ends in 2025.

Evenepoel bullish on 2025 after key arrivals at Quick-Step: 'I want the feeling of winning a grand tour again.'

Cummings was not featured in the team's high-profile makeover released last month: 'I've reached the decision to step away from Ineos.'

Pidcock appears at Ineos Grenadiers' end-of-year camp to draw a close to long-running speculation he would split from the struggling 'super team.'

Roglič accepts he needs to adapt to Pogačar and his 'completely different way of cycling' – but time is running out for Red Bull's veteran leader.

Briton in action at the Saitama Criterium in Japan, receives most aggressive rider award.

Roglič overhauled at finish line while Cavendish and Philipsen are also to the fore in off-season event.

Ventoux chronicler Jeremy Whittle charts the history and challenges of the most notorious climb of the Tour de France.

A detailed course breakdown and a few initial takeaways from the recently released 2025 Tour de France route.

You know it's off-season when the year-end Asian exhibitions begin. Expect kimonos, martial arts, and very little racing.

The Tour goes 'back to the future' in 2025 with leg-sapping mountain sufferfests and few modern gimmicks - is that a good thing?

No risk of complacency for Slovenian star: ‘He has always been one of the best in motivating himself, finding new goals’

Next year's Tour is loaded with climbs where Vingegaard stomped on Pogačar – but Visma-Lease a Bike accepts it needs to 'close the gap'.

Cavendish appears to leave door open to another Tour ride, Evenepoel weighs up ‘mythical’ course, and more.

No cobbles or gravel, but plenty of drama should be delivered in a route heavy on uphill finals and explosive breakaway stages.

Will Van der Poel renew his rocky relationship with cross-country? Struggles at the Tour and a vert-packed road worlds are tempting him to shift disciplines.

On Tuesday, the long-awaited launch of next year’s Tour de France takes place in Paris, but the host nation seems to be becoming increasingly disenchanted with cyclists and cycling.

The relatively unknown DARE brand brings a brand new pure aero Tour De France bike to market this month.

Two-time Tour de France champion already back on the bike and ironing out the wrinkles ahead of a 2025 showdown with Tadej Pogačar.

The long-term contract extension ends when he's 32 and will make him the best-paid rider in the peloton: 'We have watched him blossom.'

Tadej Pogačar hints at targeting all three of the Giro, Tour, and Vuelta in one season, but it won't be any time soon.

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe launches new U23 team: 'The goal is to discover and groom talent for a career in the WorldTour.'

Can't wait for the official route reveal to see what Pogačar will face in the 2025 Tour de France? We dug through the French press to find out what's coming.

Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España: Here are the likely key grand tour showdowns for the ‘Big 4’ in 2025.

Promising US talent Jared Scott walked away from the dream of a pro life to chase a different kind of beat as a DJ: 'I miss 20-minute threshold efforts.'