Tour de France

Words: John Wilcockson/Images: James Startt

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From issue 65 • Words: James Startt with images by Startt and Yuzuru Sunada

Quick thinking, good teamwork, and hard effort helped save Rigoberto Urán from losing time after crash in stage 4 of Tour de France.

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Take a closer look at the power data of EF Education First-Drapac captain Simon Clarke and Mitchelton-Scott captain Mat Hayman.

Mark Cavendish said he was chasing Eddy Merckx's all-time stage win record at the Tour. So far, his results have been dismal.

In the pandemonium of stage 4's sprint finale, Zakarin goes down, his team unaware, and he loses time to Tour rivals.

Tejay van Garderen is oh-so-close to the Tour's yellow jersey, but it isn't meant to be this year with classics-style stages on tap.

Although Egan Bernal is touted as Colombia's next big thing, he's content to play a support role to Chris Froome in Tour de France.

How do riders and team doctors decide when an injury is too severe to continue racing the Tour de France?

Team time trials are boring, right? Wrong! The Tour de France's stage 3 TTT was an important part of the battle for the yellow jersey.

Are Tour de France teams stacking their squads with classics riders for stage 9's cobblestone Roubaix stage? Not exactly.

Lennard Zinn addresses questions pertaining to the Tour de France, which kicked off July 7.

While fans have been awed by Lawson Craddock's heroics after crashing hard on stage 1, the ethics of his continued participation are complicated.

The fourth stage of the Tour de France is expected to end in a bunch sprint along the Brittany coast.

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Whatever advantage Romain Bardet carried into Monday's team time trial evaporated on the hot tarmac surrounding Cholet, France.

The Tour de France decided to put a TTT early in this year's race. Does it make the battle for yellow more exciting?

Although Movistar was well off the pace of BMC and Team Sky, Alejandro Valverde and Mikel Landa are still in the hunt.

Rigoberto Uran's EF Education First-Drapac team delivers a solid sixth-place result to keep him in touch on Tour GC.

Vincenzo Nibali and his Bahrain-Merida team are content to have the Tour's team time trial behind them with minimal time lost.

Quietly cruising through the Tour de France's first three days, Tom Dumoulin is well-positioned to ride for GC after racing the Giro.

Chris Froome says his stage 1 crash wasn't as bad as it looked. Sky's performance in team time trial puts him back in the mix for yellow.

After disastrous first stage, Adam Yates is back in GC conversation after a strong showing in the team time trial by Mitchelton-Scott.

Monday's team time trial could also shake up the general classification standings.

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Monday’s stage 3 team time trial was meant to be a race-breaker in this year’s Tour de France, but early setbacks to major favorites have muted the stage's significance.

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Words: John Wilcockson | Images: James Startt

“F---------ck,” Lawson Craddock screamed, or cried maybe, every time the pack slowed and a fistful of brake threw his weight forward onto a scapula that screamed back.

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Who would have guessed that a simple sprint stage could mix up the Tour de France's GC race more than a summit finish?

Andrew Hood and Dane Cash have the rundown on the crazy lead-up to the season's big race, as well as its chaotic first stage.

After months of dread and angst leading up to the Tour de France, Peter Sagan reminded everyone Sunday why July can be so much fun.

A team time trial that starts and finishes in Cholet could see several GC contenders take a tumble down the overall leaderboard.

Five riders across four teams are flying the American flag in this year’s Tour, which is about average for U.S. representation.

Tom Dumoulin is poised to emerge as the winner of the first three days of the Tour following the TTT on Monday.

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Take a look at the faces focused on day one of the 2018 Tour de France, check back as the race goes on to see how the race wears on the riders.

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Velonews caught all the tech worth talking about prior to the first stage of the 2018 Tour de France.

An opening-stage crash has thrown a wrench into Chris Froome's plans to win a record-tying fifth Tour title.

Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana are both bona-fide Grand Tour winners. Do they have what it takes to beat Chris Froome?

From issue 05 • Words by Ben Atkins with illustrations by Deborah Davis

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Agence France-Presse combs through the record books to find key benchmarks that have stood the test of time at the Grande Boucle.

A day after being booed by roadside fans, Tour de France favorite Chris Froome appealed for understanding from the French public.

With back-to-back sprint stages to start the Tour, fast finishers are in prime position to wear cycling's most coveted jersey.

Fernando Gaviria goes all-in with disc brakes on his new Specialized S-Works Venge for the tour de France.

Three-time world champion Peter Sagan will be racing on disc brakes throughout the 2018 Tour de France, with one exception.

We chat Tour dreams, an American-Russian alliance, marginal gains, and when your heroes are your colleagues

Chris Froome's fellow Brit, who rides for Mitchelton-Scott, is among the contenders to challenge him for yellow.

The 23-year-old Colombian sprinter will make his highly anticipated Tour de France debut this weekend.

One year after finishing second, Rigoberto Urán is a legitimate contender to win the yellow jersey.

If there is a Tao of Rigo, this feels like it. More bananas. Less stress.

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Some fans weren't too keen to see Chris Froome at the 2018 Tour de France teams presentation, booing the defending champ.

Cycling fans welcomed riders and teams to the start of the 2018 Tour de France in Vendee.

Do you like numbers? Facts and figures? Stats and metrics? Here is the 2018 Tour de France, by the numbers.

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A look at the marquee stages of the 2018 Tour de France — make sure to watch these nine pivotal days.

Team Sky's 21-year-old Egan Bernal lines up as the youngest rider on the 2018 Tour de France after a sensational rise to the top.

Mark Cavendish is chasing Eddy Merckx's all-time record of 34 stage wins at the Tour de France.

BMC Racing is still looking for a team sponsor for 2019, but Jim Ochowicz says that won't distract from the quest for a yellow jersey.

As far as lead-ups to the Tour de France are concerned, 2018 has been one of the craziest.

A closer look at the very top of the list of riders set to battle for yellow at this year's Tour de France

Despite an inconclusive B sample, Andre Cardoso finds himself steamrolled by UCI's anti-doping system, his career likely over.

This aero bike sports some features that likely won't be allowed in competition.

The American's role has shifted from targeting the yellow jersey to helping his teammate try to win it.

Richie Porte spoke Thursday about Chris Froome's chances of successfully completing the Giro-Tour double.

Richie Porte's Tour de France bike is decked out with Shimano Dura-Ace Di2.