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Tour de France 2021 Stage 11 Preview - Double Ventoux

Tour de France 2021 Stage 11 Preview - Double Ventoux

Rouleur previews stage eleven of the 2021 Tour de France. The Tour will ascend the revered Mont Ventoux on two occasions for the first time...

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Tour de France 2021 Stage 10 Preview - Cavendish's Next Chance

Tour de France 2021 Stage 10 Preview - Cavendish's Next Chance

Rouleur previews stage ten of the 2021 Tour de France. Sprinters return to the fore following Alpine showdown

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The Green Jersey at the Tour de France - A Brief History

The Green Jersey at the Tour de France - A Brief History

The best sprinter at the Tour de France is given the green jersey. But how long has the green jersey been around?

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Tour de France 2021 Stage 9 Preview - The longest climb so far

Tour de France 2021 Stage 9 Preview - The longest climb so far

Rouleur previews stage nine of the 2021 Tour de France. The race soars above 2,000 metres altitude for the first time.

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Tour de France 2021 Stage 8 Preview - The Arrival of the Mountains

Tour de France 2021 Stage 8 Preview - The Arrival of the Mountains

Rouleur previews stage eight of the 2021 Tour de France. The race reaches the Alps and the first mountains of the race.

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Tour de France 2021 Stage 7 Preview - The Longest Stage

Tour de France 2021 Stage 7 Preview - The Longest Stage

Rouleur previews stage seven of the 2021 Tour de France. The longest stage of the 2021 Tour de France will be a day of attrition.

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Are you being served? A domestique’s guide to the Tour de France

Are you being served? A domestique’s guide to the Tour de France

Previously Romain Bardet’s right-hand man, Axel Domont talks us through the high and lows of being a Tour de France super-domestique

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Inside Slovenia’s astonishing rise to the very top of cycling

Inside Slovenia’s astonishing rise to the very top of cycling

Slovenian riders are dominating all aspects of professional cycling. In 2018, we went to find out how a nation the size of Wales became cycling’s smallest...

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Tour de France 2021 Stage 6 Preview - The Tour Returns to Châteauroux

Tour de France 2021 Stage 6 Preview - The Tour Returns to Châteauroux

Rouleur previews stage six of the 2021 Tour de France. Following the first time-trial of the race, the sprinters look set to return to the...

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The last ever La Course: Debrief

The last ever La Course: Debrief

Saturday's race is likely to be the final edition of the one-day event before the Tour de France Femmes takes over in 2022, but how did it...

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Eraser Men: censoring the roads of the Tour de France

Eraser Men: censoring the roads of the Tour de France

Deep in their own personal race against the clock and armed with just a few brushes and pots of paint, they criss-cross the route of...

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The Polka-Dot Jersey at the Tour de France - A Brief History

The Polka-Dot Jersey at the Tour de France - A Brief History

The polka-dot jersey is handed to the best climber of the Tour de France. But how long has it been around, and does it achieve...

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Tour de France 2021 Stage 5 Preview - The Race Against the Clock

Tour de France 2021 Stage 5 Preview - The Race Against the Clock

Rouleur previews stage five of the 2021 Tour de France. It’s a crucial stage for the GC, with a 27km time-trial on the cards.

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The greatest jerseys of the Tour de France

The greatest jerseys of the Tour de France

Special jerseys for the Tour de France often turn heads, we take a look back at some of the best in the race's 108 year...

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Fairytale final chapter: why we're all rooting for Mark Cavendish at the Tour de France

Fairytale final chapter: why we're all rooting for Mark Cavendish at the Tour de France

Cavendish’s summer of love: exploring cycling’s greatest sprinter’s shift from maverick to the people's hero

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Tour de France 2021 Stage 4 Preview - Sprint Showdown in Fougères

Tour de France 2021 Stage 4 Preview - Sprint Showdown in Fougères

Rouleur previews stage four of the 2021 Tour de France, where the sprinters start as the primary contenders.

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Polka Dot Duel: Ide Schelling’s sublime Tour debut

Polka Dot Duel: Ide Schelling’s sublime Tour debut

The 23-year-old Dutch rider gave us all a spectacle with his passionate fight for the King of the Mountains classification, even if it meant just a few...

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The Yellow Jersey at the Tour de France - A Brief History

The Yellow Jersey at the Tour de France - A Brief History

The yellow jersey has become a mythical accomplishment in pro cycling. But how, when and why did it come about?

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Tour de France 2021 Stage 3 Preview - The Sprinter's First Chance

Tour de France 2021 Stage 3 Preview - The Sprinter's First Chance

Rouleur previews stage three of the 2021 Tour de France, where the sprinters will have their first chance to shine.

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Tour de France 2021 Stage 2 Preview - The Battle of the Mûr de Bretagne

Tour de France 2021 Stage 2 Preview - The Battle of the Mûr de Bretagne

Rouleur previews stage two of the 2021 Tour de France which will conclude on the revered Mûr de Bretagne.

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Lachlan Morton’s riding his own 5,510km Tour de France

Lachlan Morton’s riding his own 5,510km Tour de France

No support vehicles, no wheels to sit on and 5,510 kilometers to cover across France, will the Australian rider beat the pro peloton to Paris?

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Tour de France 2021 Stage 1 Preview – Who will take the yellow jersey?

Tour de France 2021 Stage 1 Preview – Who will take the yellow jersey?

The 2021 Tour de France gets underway with a bang. A hilly, 200 kilometre route with an uphill finish in Landerneau will decide the first yellow...

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Tour de France newsletter with Zwift

Tour de France newsletter with Zwift

Produced in association with Zwift, our daily newsletter delivers all the latest Tour news from the greatest bike race in the world, each morning from...

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Six Tour de France debutants to look out for

Six Tour de France debutants to look out for

The Tour de France debutants to keep an eye on over the next three weeks in France

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What the Tour de Suisse means for the Tour de France

What the Tour de Suisse means for the Tour de France

The Tour de Suisse was the final WorldTour stage race before the 2021 Tour de France. We analyse the potential implications that the race in...

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What does Critérium du Dauphiné tell us about the Tour de France?

What does Critérium du Dauphiné tell us about the Tour de France?

The 73rd edition of this iconic race has given us food for thought on how the Tour de France may unfold

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Under the Radar: Riders to watch at the Tour de France

Under the Radar: Riders to watch at the Tour de France

Some of the riders that may not immediately spring to mind ahead of the 2021 Tour de France, but could have a serious impact…

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The Column: How Chris Froome can win the Tour de France… 2021

The Column: How Chris Froome can win the Tour de France… 2021

Don't write him off just yet. Why Chris Froome's chances of winning another Tour de France are higher than most people seem to believe

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