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Tour de France Femmes

Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage three preview: One for the sprinters

An all-out sprint should take place after a flat run to Angers

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Tadej Pogacar

‘I’m not thinking of any other races’ - Tadej Pogačar is searching for peace

After securing his fourth Tour de France yellow in Paris on Sunday, the UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider is ready for some rest  

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Wout van Aert

A work of Aert: The Tour de France concludes with a worthy stage winner

Visma-Lease a Bike's Wout van Aert took victory on the rain-soaked tarmac in Paris on stage 21 of the 2025 Tour de France

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Pauline Ferrand-Prévot: Return of the Queen

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot: Return of the Queen

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot has achieved almost everything in cycling, the key word being ‘almost’. Following world or Olympic titles in road racing, mountain biking, cyclocross and gravel, she is...

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Tadej Pogacar

Tour de France 2025 standings: the final results

The final stage and classification results from the Tour de France 2025

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Mavi Garcia

Mavi Garcia and the uncertainty principle

The veteran Spaniard took an unlikely victory on stage two of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift after the bunch failed to bring her...

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Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage two preview: An explosive finale

Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage two preview: An explosive finale

The route of stage two of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift takes in a number of Breton climbs 

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Teamwork, tactics and timing: Visma's dream start to the Tour de France Femmes

Teamwork, tactics and timing: Visma's dream start to the Tour de France Femmes

Marianne Vos won the first stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift with her teammate Pauline Ferrand-Prévot coming third

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Stress or spectacle - Should the Montmartre climb be included in the Tour de France finale?

Stress or spectacle - Should the Montmartre climb be included in the Tour de France finale?

Does it take away from tradition or will it make for engaging racing until the very end?

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Tour de France

‘You’ve got to be willing to lose it to try and win’ - The Tour de Desperation

Aside from stage winner Kaden Groves, it was a day of chaos and disappointment for many on stage 20

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Tour de France 2025 stage 21 preview: The Montmartre circuit

Tour de France 2025 stage 21 preview: The Montmartre circuit

The final stage may still finish on the Champs-Élysées but not by the traditional route

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‘Normally I plan tactics well, but yesterday was a f*ck up’ - What is going on at Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe?

‘Normally I plan tactics well, but yesterday was a f*ck up’ - What is going on at Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe?

The team made questionable choices on stages 18 and 19 of this Tour de France – sports director Enrico Gasparotto explains why

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Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar

Where were the attacks? - Inside a GC stalemate at the Tour de France

Stage 19 of the Tour de France did not provide the fireworks many expected on the final climb – was this thanks to wise tactical...

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‘They're just kids, they're here to race their bikes’ - Fun and enjoyment the secrets behind Arensman’s Tour wins

‘They're just kids, they're here to race their bikes’ - Fun and enjoyment the secrets behind Arensman’s Tour wins

Thymen Arensman claimed his second win at this Tour de France, beating Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard to La Plagne summit finish

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Tour de France 2025 stage 20 preview: Attritional terrain favours break

Tour de France 2025 stage 20 preview: Attritional terrain favours break

A lumpy day in the Jura mountains provides a sting in the tail as the Tour nears its end 

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Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney

The Tour de France Femmes 2025 favourites: Who will win the yellow jersey?

Vollering, Niewiadoma-Phinney, Reusser and Longo Borghini line up for the most important showdown of the year

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Mischa Bredewold and Marianne Vos

Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage one preview: A punchy start

A tough uphill finish kicks off the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, where the first yellow jersey is up for grabs

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Jonas Vingegaard

‘I’ve never done such a hard stage’ - Is this the endgame for Visma-Lease a Bike?

The Dutch team failed to take time on race leader Tadej Pogačar again despite their best efforts across the brutally hard climbs on stage 18

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Red Bull, Oscar Onley and the Tour de France's complicated fight for the podium

Red Bull, Oscar Onley and the Tour de France's complicated fight for the podium

Oscar Onley put 1:39 into Florian Lipowitz on the Col de la Loze

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Brutal honesty, perfectionism and hard work: Ben O’Connor’s recipe for Tour success

Brutal honesty, perfectionism and hard work: Ben O’Connor’s recipe for Tour success

Rouleur speaks to Jayco-Alula sports director, Mat Hayman, about the Australian rider’s perfect day on stage 18 of the Tour de France

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Tour de France 2025 stage 19 preview: Final high mountain test

Tour de France 2025 stage 19 preview: Final high mountain test

The last Alpine day features five categorised climbs and finishes above 2,000m at La Plagne

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Sliding doors: the many cycling lives of Manon Lloyd

Sliding doors: the many cycling lives of Manon Lloyd

From being a European champion on the velodrome, to Global Cycling Network’s onlyfemale presenter, to a content creator trying to build a more inclusive future in her...

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Kasia Niewiadoma and Demi Vollering

'Demi Vollering and Kasia Niewiadoma will be a step above the rest at the Tour de France Femmes'

Fabiana Luperini, winner of the Giro–Tour double for three consecutive years (1995, 1996, and 1997), talks about what it meant to race the Tour in...

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Jonathan Milan versus Tadej Pogačar - Is the green jersey still fit for purpose at the Tour de France?

Jonathan Milan versus Tadej Pogačar - Is the green jersey still fit for purpose at the Tour de France?

Jonathan Milan leads Tadej Pogačar by 72 points in the green jersey competition, with a maximum of 200 still to be decided

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Jonathan Milan

‘Sprinting is not a PlayStation’ - How Lidl-Trek make their own luck at the Tour de France

It was a second stage victory at the 2025 Tour de France for the team’s Italian sprinter, Jonathan Milan, on a wet day at the...

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From Latvia to the Loze - The call of the mountains

From Latvia to the Loze - The call of the mountains

As the Tour de France enters the Alps for the final mountain stages of the race, Lidl-Trek rider and Latvian National Champion Toms Skujiņš discusses...

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Tour de France 2025 stage 18 preview: The queen stage

Tour de France 2025 stage 18 preview: The queen stage

It's crunch time at the Tour de France, as the race enters the high Alps with three hors catégorie climbs on the agenda for the...

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Entertainment, inspiration and visibility - the impact of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift

Entertainment, inspiration and visibility - the impact of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift

A report from Zwift sheds light on the Tour de France Femmes’ growing influence on sport, media, and participation

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‘You have to do it, you can’t give up’ - Valentin Paret-Peintre and the haunting magic of Mont Ventoux

‘You have to do it, you can’t give up’ - Valentin Paret-Peintre and the haunting magic of Mont Ventoux

Valentin Paret-Peintre delighted French fans with a victory atop the fabled mountain on stage 16 of the Tour de France. Rachel Jary recounts what it...

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Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar

‘Jonas is ready to go to battle – we are still confident’ - Visma-Lease a Bike are clinging to the Tour de France dream

Jonas Vingegaard continues to show he will not give up by attacking on Mont Ventoux despite his four-minute deficit to Tadej Pogačar on the general...

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