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Key climbs of the Vuelta a España 2025

Key climbs of the Vuelta a España 2025

The ascents which we think will decide the final Grand Tour of the year

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Tour de France 2025 podium

The superteam divide grows: What two-tier GC system means for cycling

With Remco Evenepoel’s move to Red Bull, the GC talent is being even more concentrated within a handful of teams

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Tour de France Femmes

‘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

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Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage nine preview: A mountainous end to the Tour

Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage nine preview: A mountainous end to the Tour

The peloton faces three tough climbs including the Col de Joux Plane halfway through the stage

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Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage eight preview: The queen stage

Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage eight preview: The queen stage

The 18.6km at 8.1% Col de la Madeleine is going to decide the stage and possibly the whole Tour de France Femmes

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Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage seven preview: Downhill finale on first Alpine day

Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage seven preview: Downhill finale on first Alpine day

The category two Col du Granier tops out with 17km to go before a fast descent to Chambéry

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Demi Vollering

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

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Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage six preview: Testing stage in the Massif Central

Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage six preview: Testing stage in the Massif Central

The peloton faces a number of categorised climbs on a hilly route between Clermont and Ambert

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Tour de France Femmes

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

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Tour de France Femmes

Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage four preview: A flat run to Poitiers

A bunch finish looks likely with a flat profile throughout the day, save for one short climb

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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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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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‘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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Kasia Niewiadoma

How to watch and live stream the 2025 Tour de France Femmes

Starting in Brittany, the fourth edition of the women's Grand Tour is set to be an explosive race from start to finish

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Felix Gall and Primož Roglič at the Tour de France 2025

Yellow might have been decided, but what can other teams salvage from the Tour de France?

Pogačar’s domination has left his rivals scrambling to get whatever they can from a race that, barring a disaster, already seems decided

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EF Education-EasyPost riders at the Tour de France 2025

Tour de France 2025 team ratings: How all 23 squads stack up on the first rest day

Rouleur assesses the best and the worst-performing teams after 10 days of racing

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Tadej Pogacar

Powerplay: Tadej Pogačar puts on show of strength in the face of Visma's numerical force

World champion may have relinquished the race lead for the second time at this Tour, but he still remains in the driving seat

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Mathieu van der Poel

Defending, not chasing yellow: Mathieu van der Poel returns to Mûr-de-Bretagne

The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider is back in yellow but plays down ambitions for green  

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Kévin Vauquelin, the Norman conqueror, fighting his way onto the Tour de France podium

Kévin Vauquelin, the Norman conqueror, fighting his way onto the Tour de France podium

A storming time trial sees Arkéa-B&B Hotels rider defy the odds and remain in touching distance of the maillot jaune after five stages

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