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'You can slowly savour Il Lombardia wins': Tadej Pogačar and the Race of the Falling Leaves
The last Monument Classic of the season spans eras, champions and landscapes. It is a journey through mountains and symbolic places where sport, culture and territory create a bond that has endured...
Tour de France Femmes 2025 team ratings: Who are the winners and losers?
Rouleur has a look at how each team performed over the nine days at this year's race
‘There is stigma that I am a drama queen’ - Demi Vollering vows to come back to the Tour de France Femmes – as she is
The FDJ-Suez rider was reflective and keen to look ahead following her second place in the Tour this year
‘I don’t want to be skin and bones’ - The Tour de France Femmes and a question of weight
Both Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Demi Vollering faced questions after stage nine regarding body image and the example being set for future generations
‘This is my life, I love what I am doing’ - Pauline Ferrand-Prévot’s Tour de France Femmes victory is just the beginning
The Visma-Lease a Bike rider has just taken the yellow jersey in her debut Tour participation, and she’s already looking to what comes next
‘Kim’s sacrifice gave me goosebumps’ - The selfless teamwork of AG Insurance-Soudal at the Tour de France Femmes
Sarah Gigante lit up the summit finish to the Col de la Madeleine, coming second behind Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
Dreams, dedication and the call of a nation - Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is perfect in yellow
The Frenchwoman delighted a nation with her victory atop the iconic Col de la Madeleine on Saturday's stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec...
‘This isn’t what we normally expect’ - Demi Vollering’s Tour de France Femmes dream has died
The FDJ-Suez rider lost over three minutes on stage eight after cracking on early slopes of the Col de la Madeleine
The spectre of the Madeleine: Has the Tour de France Femme's queen stage caused a cagey GC race?
The race's only summit finish has loomed large over the fight for the yellow jersey
'Every detail can make the difference': The Tour de France Femmes fight is wide open
Former Giro and Tour winner Fabiana Luperini assesses the closely-fought GC battle unfolding at this year's Tour
Risk or reward - Will bonus seconds end up making the difference in the Tour de France Femmes?
Some general classification riders believe that sprinting at intermediate points could prove crucial in the fight for yellow while others are skeptical of their importance
Four riders, freedom and Breton spirit: How UAE Team ADQ fought for success at the Tour de France Femmes
Maeva Squiban’s stunning solo victory on stage six was a product of her team’s determination to overcome setbacks
Vollering on the rise: How FDJ-Suez should approach the next stages of the Tour de France Femmes
Demi Vollering finished a close-second to Kim Le Court in the reduced bunch sprint in Guéret
‘I know about how to do this’ - Anna van der Breggen’s experience could win her the Tour de France Femmes
The 35-year-old says that the mountains will decide the winners and losers of this race
‘There is a group of us who are very close to each other’ - Is this the most competitive Tour de France Femmes ever?
The battle for the general classification race is still tighter than ever as the race tips over the halfway point
20 years at the top: How does Marianne Vos do it?
The Dutchwoman is wearing yellow jersey at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift again – an outfit befitting her two decades of domination in...
Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage five preview: A punchy finale
A hilly final 40km of the stage will certainly draw out late attacks for victory
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...
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
'I tried to follow the two gods of cycling': Filippo Ganna finishes second again at Milan-Sanremo
The Ineos Grenadiers star has now finished on the podium of the season's first Monument twice, and is wondering if he'll ever upgrade to top...
Closing in on a century of victories: Lorena Wiebes is unstoppable
SD Worx had multiple cards to play at Sanremo Women, but it was Lorena Wiebes who came out on top
'You cannot do magic': Tadej Pogačar and an unconquerable Milan-Sanremo dream
Tadej Pogačar "tried everything" to win Milan-Sanremo, but still the Italian Classic resists his advances
Heartache and frustration as Sanremo Women returns: 'Next time they're not gonna catch me'
Lorena Wiebes won the first women's Milan-Sanremo in 20 years, but it so could have been Elisa Longo Borghini celebrating
Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2025 preview: route, predictions, and contenders
Is Lidl-Trek’s four year dominance at the Lombardy race about to end?
Maddy Nutt: The less trodden path
In the past three years, Maddy Nutt has gone from being a City finance analyst to the winner of a UCI Gravel World Series race....
The Tour of Flanders: A tale of two races and two very different spectacles
Reporting from Oudenaarde, Rachel Jary analyses how the contrast between the men’s and women’s editions of the Tour of Flanders could not have been sharper...
Gallery: 2022 Women's Tour of Flanders
The best images from the 2022 Tour of Flanders women's race, won by Belgian champion Lotte Kopecky
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