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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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‘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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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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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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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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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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Tour de France 2025 stage 16

‘Just chaos and completely bananas’ - The changing nature of breakaways at the Tour de France

Valentin Paret-Peintre and the breakaway prevail on the Mont Ventoux to claim stage 16 of the Tour de France

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Demi Vollering

‘I struggled in the past because I could not be myself’ - Demi Vollering on controversy, new chapters and shouldering pressure

Signing for a new team, becoming a Nike athlete, being the favourite for yellow at this year’s Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift – it’s...

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Tour de France 2025 team ratings: The winners and losers from a week of mountains and breakaways

Tour de France 2025 team ratings: The winners and losers from a week of mountains and breakaways

Rouleur analyses the performances of the 23 squads during the second week

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Roger Legeay

Everyone should be active in the fight against doping, by MPCC president Roger Legeay

Roger Legeay is the president of the Movement for Credible Cycling (MPCC), a voluntary organisation created in 2007 following a series of high-profile doping cases....

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Meandering of the soul - Stubbleman on his Mont Ventoux-inspired album

Meandering of the soul - Stubbleman on his Mont Ventoux-inspired album

Stubbleman is the alter ego of music producer Pascal Gabriel, who had a number-one hit in the UK in 1988 with The Theme from S’Express,...

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Kim Le Court

All or nothing: Kim Le Court’s meteoric ascent through the pro cycling peloton

After just two years in the WorldTour, Kim Le Court has shot to stardom, taking her biggest win so far at Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes earlier this...

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Exploring Mont Ventoux, cycling's eternal icon

Exploring Mont Ventoux, cycling's eternal icon

The ‘Giant of Provence’ has inspired poets, walkers and cyclists for generations. What it is about Mont Ventoux that has such a hold on our sport? 

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Tour de France 2025 stage 15 sprint

A popped shoulder, a lost radio, and a broken dream - Julian Alaphilippe’s Tour de France tragedy

While the Frenchman looked almost back to his best in the breakaway of stage 15 of the Tour de France, the day ended in embarrassment...

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No friends but plenty of wins: UAE Team Emirates’s Tour de France stranglehold leaves nothing for the rest

No friends but plenty of wins: UAE Team Emirates’s Tour de France stranglehold leaves nothing for the rest

Stage 15 of the Tour de France brought yet another stage victory for the team, but this time it was thanks to a solo hit...

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The greatest race ever: The stories behind Kasia Niewiadoma's 2024 Tour triumph

The greatest race ever: The stories behind Kasia Niewiadoma's 2024 Tour triumph

The final stage of last year’s Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift saw one of the most exciting and engaging finishes of a Grand Tour...

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Remco Evenepoel

Remco Evenepoel's Tour de France dream is over - Where did it go wrong and what comes next?

The Soudal-Quickstep rider abandoned the Tour de France on stage 14

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‘We’ve stepped up’ - How Shimano’s neutral service is saving dreams at the Tour de France

‘We’ve stepped up’ - How Shimano’s neutral service is saving dreams at the Tour de France

Rouleur spent a day inside the Shimano car alongside Servais Knaven to find out how he's implementing changes that make the service better than ever

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Bold and brave: How Ineos Grenadiers got ahead of ‘those two freaks’ at the Tour de France

Bold and brave: How Ineos Grenadiers got ahead of ‘those two freaks’ at the Tour de France

Thymen Arensman won stage 14 to Luchon-Superbagnères with an audacious solo hit out from the breakaway, managing to hold off a chasing Tadej Pogačar

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