Tour de France

Despite difficulties with his form, Katusha-Alpecin officials had not expected Marcel Kittel's sudden departure from professional cycling

Eight summits will offer increased time bonuses in the 2019 Tour with eight seconds on offer for the first rider atop each climb.

It's good news for French teams Arkea-Samsic and Direct Energie, but it means Pierre Rolland's Vital Concept-B&B Hotels team is left out.

Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France, does not want us sleeping anymore.

The 2020 Tour de France will stun the peloton with a day of climbing immediately after the first stage in Nice, including Col de Turini and Col d'Eze.

Each grand tour is distinct, and pro riders see this up close every season. Here's their perspective on the Giro vs. the Tour vs. the Vuelta.

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Copenhagen will host the opening stage of the 2021 Tour de France with two additional Danish stages to follow.

The Frenchman's Arkéa-Samsic squad is one of three Pro Continental teams vying for two wildcard spots.

ASO X PELOTON Team up for official Tour de France Guide in the USA

There are hundreds of races each year, but for us, a few stand out as must-watch events. Here are five days guaranteed to deliver drama.

Published this week in America, Geraint Thomas's new book takes readers inside the Tour. Here are three interesting points we learned from "The Tour According to G."

The Tour de France director says running a women's Tour de France on the same days as the men's race is not feasible.

Geraint Thomas confirms he will forgo another run at the pink jersey as he targets the Tour de France as defending champion.

The 28-year-old Frenchman finished third in the 2014 Tour de France and wants to record another podium finish this summer.

Nairo Quintana continues search for an answer to Team Sky, and he is unsure if he will remain Movistar's key leader for Tour de France.

French star Romain Bardet likes the 2019 Tour route and feels his chance for a career-defining victory is coming soon.

The Giro's impressive start list will make for a great race for pink, but it detracts from the Tour de France and Froome's bid for fifth yellow jersey.

Two invites remain for the 2019 Tour de France after Belgian team Wanty-Groupe Gobert and Cofidis earn spots in the grande boucle.

After taking runner-up honors in both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, Tom Dumoulin will again race the double in 2019.

Chris Froome opts out of defending Giro title in bid to win fifth Tour de France, opening door for 21-year-old Bernal to lead Team Sky in Italy.

A dismantling of 'Fortress Froome' would level peloton, though possibility of wealthy team purchasing a block of Sky and becoming new dominant force remains.

With less recovery time between the Giro and Tour in 2019, it is unlikely any heavy hitters will try to win the overall in both.

Movistar will discuss Landa's racing schedule at an upcoming team meeting.

Ending speculation that he'll race the Giro d'Italia in 2019, Romain Bardet confirms plan to again focus on Tour de France.

Bernal's brilliant ride at the Tour didn't come easily. Yet crashes, injuries, and an unexpected schedule change couldn't hold him back.

The Spaniard thinks Chris Froome will aim for a fifth Tour win next year, regardless of what 2018 champ Geraint Thomas wants to do.

Euskadi-Murias fighting for wildcard slot on the Tour after elevation to Professional Continental level.

After a spring season that he calls the low point of his entire career, John Degenkolb's Tour stage was exactly what he needed.

The 2018 Tour de France had its setbacks and frustrations, but some insiders believe the race is stronger than it has ever been.

Frank Vandenbroucke lived in a world of excesses, which was fitting for cycling's go-go doping era of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

The Spanish duo struggled this season at the French grand tour, but they'll return next year for another run.

Now that we know the 2019 Giro and Tour routes, what can we expect in 2019? What GC riders are favored? How many stages can Sagan win?

Next year's Tour route is a climbers paradise with five summit finishes and lots of high-altitude mountains, but it is short on TT kilometers.

In a wide-ranging interview, Geraint Thomas said communication between himself and Chris Froome was crucial to his TDF victory

Words and images by James Startt

Tour organizers hope to tame team Sky with a course designed to produce, oh happy day, the first French winner since 1985.

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The 2019 Tour route will be a climbers' delight — but does that mean it will be fun for the fans to watch?

Although he won't confirm his role as sole leader, Froome says another yellow jersey would be an ideal 10th-anniversary gift for Team Sky.

"It is impossible to win this Tour unless you are a great climber," Tour de France director Prudhomme says at the route unveiling.

Here are a few last-minute requests before the route of the 2019 Tour de France is announced this week.

Reckless fans, disappointing TV ratings, and controversy marred the 2018 Tour. We go inside the challenges facing cycling's biggest race.

After finishing second in both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in 2018, Dumoulin may focus solely on the yellow jersey in 2019.

With the route presentation coming up on October 25, officials say they don't design the Tour course with specific riders in mind.

The Italian crashed out of the Tour de France after getting tangled up with a fan on the Alpe d'Huez climb.

The trophy was taken at the end of The Cycle Show in Birmingham, England last month.

A key meeting this Wednesday in Madrid could create a rift between teams and cycling's governing body.

Samuel Abt remembers how the Tour de France awarded him for 20 years of service in the most French way possible.

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Chris Froome said he would like to join the elite club of riders who have won five Tours de France.

Thierry Gouvenou spends his days searching the roads of France and beyond to plan the routes for the Tour de France and other ASO races.

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Samuel Abt muses on the Tour's lack of French contenders — and organizer ASO's dogged efforts to favor its countrymen.

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Words: John Wilcockson. Images: James Startt

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After crashing out of the Tour de France for the second straight year, Richie Porte is anxious to get back to the race in 2019.

Egan Bernal and Jonathan Castroviejo spoke over the weekend about what went on behind the scenes during the Tour de France.

Laurens ten Dam says even teams like his with smaller budgets can challenge Team Sky at the Tour de France.

Photographer Brian Hodes went inside the Bora-Hansgrohe team bus at the Tour de France to follow Peter Sagan.

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Images: James Startt

The Welshman's Tour de France victory means he is in for a big payday — whether that's with Team Sky remains to be seen.

The Tour de France rides through the high Pyrenees with the yellow jersey on the line before the finale in Paris.

The 2018 Tour de France is over — did we cycling fans win this July? Were we rewarded with an exciting race?

Speaking at the end of the Tour in Paris, Andy Schleck believes cycling has been relatively clean since he was racing.

What is it like to finish the Tour de France on the Champs-Elysees? Fred Dreier is on the ground in Paris to hear from the riders.

The Italian will resume training on a stationary bike within days, his Bahrain-Merida team said Tuesday.

We spoke with a sports psychologist about the impact Sky riders may have felt from listening to boos and jeers on the roads of France.

Several top riders will compete in the Spanish grand tour that kicks off August 25 in Malaga.

Another season, another Tour de France in the books — so how does the 2018 vintage stack up?

The Americans in the Tour de France peloton rode through mixed fortunes this July, but all five finished the race in Paris

Images: James Startt | Words: John Wilcockson

Movistar did not land either of its three GC riders onto the Tour de France podium, so it will try the same tactic at the Vuelta a Espana.

Geraint Thomas was crowned the 2018 Tour de France winner on Sunday, and the British media is celebrating the victory.

Bradley Wiggins reacted to Geraint Thomas's Tour de France win by saying he could repeat next year.

VeloNews caught up with Lawson Craddock's mother Ellen about her son's dramatic Tour de France that began with a crash and ended in Paris.

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