Tour de France

Did Saturday's battle on the Col du Tourmalet live up to the hype? Which GC riders excelled and fell back in the Tour's first summit finish?

Julian Alaphilippe again defied expectations to take second place on the stage, while his GC rival Geraint Thomas cracked on the final slopes of the first high mountain of the race.

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The high mountains of the Tour de France deliver both ecstasy and agony to the peloton. We spoke to the riders to hear their stories of triumph and woe on the race's highest roads

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Geraint Thomas and other GC riders now believe Julian Alaphilippe is a serious threat to win the Tour de France overall

Julian Alaphilippe won Friday's individual time trial at the Tour de France, holding off defending champion Geraint Thomas

Representatives from McLaren, partners in the Bahrain-Merida team, say there are no easy answers in a complicated situation concerning Rohan Dennis's abandonment from the Tour.

Despite a promising first week, hopes of a tightly bound GC battle have succumbed to the suffocating dominance of Team Ineos.

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Ketones, a popular supplement, have made their way to the WorldTour peloton, and some question whether they have a place in pro cycling.

Yates won the three-man sprint after being in the breakaway all day. Behind, the GC contenders called a truce before tomorrow's decisive time trial.

Rohan Dennis abandoned the Tour de France midway through Thursday's stage; Bahrain-Merida plans to investigate why he quit

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What's it like for a Tour de France journalist to watch the race from the couch? Andy Hood and Fred Dreier link up to discuss

Stage 12 features two major climbs and a long, fast descent to the finish. Teams and riders are preparing for anything and everything.

Jonathan Vaughters's new book "One-Way Ticket: Nine Lives on Two Wheels" sheds new light on pro cycling's 'EPO era'

The pint-sized Australian narrowly beat Dylan Groenewegen to win the first Tour stage of his career.

Aero is everything for Mitchelton-Scott's fast man Matteo Trentin. The Italian is racing the Tour de France this year aboard a Scott Addict that has plenty of aerodynamic touches

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Nine years after his thrilling ride on the Tourmalet, Andy Schleck sat down with Rupert Guinness to talk about his career, his retroactive Tour victory, and how he wants to help the new generation of riders

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Thibaut Pinot took the blame for his disastrous ride during Monday's stage 10. "I have a bit of anger about what happened yesterday," he says

Daredevil mountain biker Valentin Anouilh jumped the Tour de France peloton on his mountain bike on Monday

The French superstar is realistic about his chances to defend the yellow jersey as the race finally tilts into the longer climbs looming in the Pyrenees and the TT challenge

There are more than 3,500 obstacles in this year's Tour de France route—more than one for every kilometer of racing. Each of these impediments represents an opportunity for a crash or a split in the action

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This year the Tour de France's first rest day falls a day later than normal, and after an opening week of challenging stages

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It was a day that many expected would be mellow, and end in a mass gallop. Nope. Stage 10 dished up chaos, and the GC battle was blown apart.

While several of his main rivals stayed in the lead group, a number of others lost significant time. Thomas now sits atop the virtual GC lead.

Crosswinds and a brutal pace ripped the peloton apart on stage 10, and completely upended the battle for the Tour de France's general classification

Stage 10 dished up chaos, as five of the top GC riders were caught out in the crosswinds. Van Aert sprinted to the win from a reduced lead group.

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French fans have embraced Julian Alaphilippe throughout this year's Tour de France. Alaphilippe's yellow jersey on Bastille Day boosted his popularity even further

A second-by-second look at a world-class wheel change in the age of discs, thru-axles, and battery-powered impact drivers

The success of a team's whole season can be defined at the Tour de France. Some teams opt to change their goals for the race over a number of seasons, while some are forced into action by misfortune or poor form. We spoke to riders about how it's done.

The favorites for the overall enjoyed an easy day and came home together in the peloton, with no changes in the GC standings.

After powerful performances in the key stages of the Tour so far, team boss says there's 'no limit' to what Pinot can achieve.

French fans are celebrating Bastille Day with Alaphilippe in the yellow jersey and Pinot moving up.

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Inside the Mindset of Yoann Offredo's First Week Tour breakaways

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Follow these four easy steps and you'll be winning Tour de France stages solo in no time.

Is Team Ineos's 2019 Tour de France lineup as strong as the Team Sky squads that won pro cycling's biggest race six of the last seven years? We asked riders, managers, and team directors

Geraint Thomas crashed at a crucial moment in Saturday's stage 8, however quick thinking by his Ineos teammates helped him regain the peloton before the finale

We’re not in the mountains but the general classification had a significant shake-up because of 200km over difficult terrain in stage 8.

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On this episode of PYSO Gus and Bobby talk with Dr. Allen Lim about recovery and preparation

Tejay van Garderen abandons the Tour de France after breaking his left hand in a crash on Friday

Just three flat stages remain at this year's Tour de France, and the race's pure sprinters must survive the hills and hight mountains to reach them

With Landa and Quintana showing signs of life, Movistar enters the second week of the Tour de France with growing confidence.

The UCI is asking fans to take a survey for how to improve professional road racing. We appreciate the gesture, and have some not-so serious improvements we'd like to make