Tour de France

Injuries and illness start to bite at the Tour de France peloton as 10 riders leave in the space of 48 hours.

'Mark is really upset and angry about the decision:' Race jury hands down controversial relegation to record-man in what could be one of Cavendish's final sprints in his storied Tour de France career.

Updated: Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe captain loses over two minutes after being involved in pile-up with 10km to go. 'He's hurt, we have different goals than fighting for podium,' says team manager Aldag.

Roglič comes down in a crash near end of stage, yellow jersey dream likely over for this year.

Valentin Anouilh previously leaped Tour in 2019, thought to be the first to repeat feat.

Stage 9 winner Anthony Turgis amongst those affected by overnight break in by criminals.

Momentum shift at the Tour de France puts renewed focus on Pogačar's unrelenting attacks: 'How many bullets does Tadej have left?'

Updated: Cavendish's leadout man Michael Mørkøv among many to exit Tour de France with sickness in recent days as health fears rattle through the peloton.

Vingegaard denied Pogačar for sensational stage victory Wednesday to change the tone of Le Tour, and he might only just be getting started.

Van Aert cleared of fractures but suffers wounds to forearm and leg ahead of pivotal final phase of the Tour de France.

Team directors rule out serious injury and highlight improving form for the Slovenian rider.

'I chose my own pace': Evenepoel continues to impress in this Tour de France, with the Pyrénées looming this weekend as the next big test.

'I really believed I was going to die three months ago': Vingegaard reacts after pegging back Pogačar and hopes stage win is turning point for him and Visma team.

'Jonas was 5cm faster than me today': Pogačar is seeing a renewed challenge from an old rival as Tour de France sees momentum shift.

Stage 11 results and the general classification, points, KOM, young rider, and team classification of the 2024 Tour de France.

Vingegaard closes GC gap on Pogačar, Evenepoel, after sensational comeback victory.

'Breakaway Ben' vows to leave it all out on the road in bid for Tour glory in attacker-suited second and third weeks.

Weight loss, altitude training gains and remarkable fatigue resistance: how Israel-Premier Tech are turning ‘exceptional’ Canadian riding high on Tour GC into a lean, keen grand tour machine.

Steff Cras has endured more crashes and setbacks in one year than most riders face in a whole career. The story of how the resilient TotalEnergies racer made it to the Tour against the odds.

Are the helmets in the 2024 Tour de France the best on the market or just the companies with the best marketing budget?

The Alpecin-Decuninck leadout train was near-perfect today.

'You’re better off saving your energy for when it counts': Too many sprint teams, flatter terrain doom breakaways on transition stages so far in this Tour de France.

The 2023 sprint king Philipsen back on top after frustrating early part of the Tour.

Stage 10 results and the general classification, points, KOM, young rider, and team classification of the 2024 Tour de France.

Doctors confirm no concussion and DS says post-crash wobbles caused by fractured ankle: 'That’s why he was not walking straight and tumbling.'

The most unexpected aspect of the Tour’s first phase was the high degree of stress—particularly on the so-called sprint stages.

Our calculations suggest that Pogačar’s Tour performances have been below the level he reached in May.

Evenepoel faces 'moment of truth' in the Pyrénées after making bulldozing start to his Tour de France debut.

Behind the scenes with Pedrono in her time-honored, fast-paced role of ardoisière, showing the time gaps to the peloton and breakaway, using chalk and a blackboard.

Jeremy Whittle hitches a ride with EF Education-EasyPost on the craziest stage of the Tour de France. Here's his gripping inside-the-dust account:

From ketones and carbs to cheat meals and candies, we break down the 8,000-calorie food plans that fuel the Tour de France.

Even with Pogačar looking imperious, this is still one of the most competitive and high-level GC battles in the sport's recent history.

The first nine stages of the Tour de France have been non-stop excitement. Catch up on all the story lines from the first week.

Podium favorite Roglič will face the decisive second half of the Tour de France without key mountain helper Aleksandr Vlasov: 'We will miss him.'

The first week of the 2024 Tour de France was filled with plenty of action and surprises. Velo photographers Chris Auld, Ashley Gruber, and Jered Gruber were out in the field capturing it all.

Defending champion defends negative racing in stage 9's gravel rumble, insists title defense isn't over: 'I'm getting better and better.'

Pogačar couldn't crack his rivals before meeting his kryptonite high mountains during an exhausting opening week on the attack.

Tour de Hoody: The wild dust-up was the best day of racing so far and confirms that Strade Bianche-inspired sector-based gravel stages deserve a place in the Tour de France. 

GC contenders critical of Jonas Vingegaard’s refusal to pull when clear in gravel stage breakaways.

Stage 9 of the 2024 Tour de France delivered wall to wall action over 200km, including 14 gravel sectors totaling 32km.

Defending champion finishes on flat tire and slams gravel sectors in Tour as ‘unnecessary risk’ after racing most of stage on bike of teammate Jan Tratnik.

In a sport where winning is the only thing that counts, Pidcock, Gee and Stuyven struggled to make sense of the finish-line disappointment: 'I saw the line, I saw clean air and I thought, I’ve got this.'

'Visma only focused on me': Pogačar irrepressible but can't make the difference in all-attacking assault on controversial gravel stage.

Stage 9 results and the general classification, points, KOM, young rider, and team classification of the 2024 Tour de France.

The GC riders were braced for carnage over Sunday's 32km of fine white dirt, and it happened as early as the second sector.

'I can't explain how devastated I am': Peloton reels from tragic news as Austria Tour replaces final stage with condolence ride.

'He was a late-bloomer': Drege won the 16th Tour of Rhodes in March to put him on the radar of the top WorldTour teams.

Belgian relishing chance to chase yellow across the 14 dirt road sectors in Sunday’s stage 9 of the Tour.

Australian sprinter and puncheur finishes a long, long way back on a stage he had targeted.

Stage 8 of the Tour de France came down to a bunch sprint on a slight uphill finish.

Rough road sectors around Troyes on stage 9 set to shake up race and nervous Tour de France contenders. 'Anything can happen,' says Remco Evenepoel.

Pogačar tamps down any hint of drama between his two ambitious UAE teammates Ayuso and Almeida: 'We all know why we are here.'

Green jersey leader Girmay boosts points advantage with victory over Philipsen and De Lie.

Stage 8 results and the general classification, points, KOM, young rider, and team classification of the 2024 Tour de France.

A fascinating interview with one of the most captivating personalities in cycling, who died on Friday.

Gravel world champion predicts nervous stage over 14 sectors and 32.2km of gravel: 'The most limiting factor is that it is narrow. The gravel itself is quite fast.'

Team loses stage-hunting ace to injuries sustained in sprint crash in another blow after Geoghegan Hart's DNS: 'We will work out a Plan B to race aggressively.'

'I tried to go all in': American talent up to 9th overall after flying TT despite suffering body aches and immune responses after heavy stage 2 crash.

Slovenian expects ongoing improvements in race, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe remain upbeat despite further time loss to Pogačar.

French rider Julien Bernard receives 200CHF fine for show of affection during the middle of Friday's time trial stage at the Tour de France.

Satisfied yellow jersey wearer rates his performance higher than Giro TT win and is happy to take time on rivals Vingegaard and Roglič.

Matteo Jorgenson roars to 7th while Van Aert loses nearly 2 minutes in warning ahead of Olympic Games: 'I hope for better legs during the Games.'

'Tadej is going to be pretty unreachable': Evenepoel delivers TT victory and trims Pogačar's lead from 45 seconds to 33 seconds to solidify podium position.

Stage 7 results and the general classification, points, KOM, young rider, and team classification of the 2024 Tour de France.

Evenepoel moves to 33 seconds back on Pogačar, Vingegaard resilient in first TT since injury, Roglič up to fourth overall.

The incident came with about 75km to go when the bunch split in crosswinds and briefly caught out yellow jersey Tadej Pogačar without teammates.

'Those days of Merckx are over. What Cavendish did is just insane:' Belgian pro Oliver Naesen says peloton holds deep respect for what the Manxman accomplished.

Philipsen issues apology to Wout van Aert, defends tactics amid growing concerns over Tour de France sprint safety.

Tadej Pogačar is able to attack for more than a minute, putting his rivals into the red and worse. Here's how to train like him.

The UCI momentarily banned aero-designed 'Batman' glasses until Groenewegen put them up for sale in his bike shop: 'Maybe it was the difference today.'

‘There will be five seconds between Evenepoel and Pogačar’: contenders and their teams talk confidence, homework and tech marginal gains ahead of 25km time trial.

Pedersen peeved at 'most aggressive' prize as green jersey battle heats up: 'I would prefer to shower and get the bandage off.'

Stage 6 results and the general classification, points, KOM, young rider, and team classification of the 2024 Tour de France.

Race leader Pogačar cruises home safe after being pressured in cross winds, Philipsen relegated after crossing line second behind Groenewegen.

Jorgenson, Powless, and Quinn give up barbecues and picnics to follow their racing dreams: 'Maybe I'd rather be at a lake with my friends, but I am living my dream.'

French artist invented some of the most fantastic vehicles ever seen in the Tour publicity caravan.

This Colnago V4Rs is a Tour de France bike that obsesses over the details. It's not just an off-the-shelf range-topper for the Tour's yellow jersey.

All the emotions, euphoria and reflections as Astana-Qazaqstan teammates and Cavendish confidants react to a fairytale 35th stage win.

Alex Zingle's fast-twitch muscle reaction saved Pedersen — and himself — from perhaps more serious injury: 'I was coming too fast to brake.'

Cavendish's career has spanned decades. Here's a look at every single one of his record 35 Tour de France stage wins.