Krasna Lipa: the Czech Republic’s long-running women’s race
The Tour de Feminin, based on the small Czech town of Krasna Lipa, celebrates its 30th edition this week. Our editor was on soigneur duties in 2012
Read moreAru takes the stage, Quintana loses time, Thomas loses yellow, Froome takes the biscuit
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Read moreVittel serves as the host of today’s Tour de France stage roll-out. But the little French spa town has a long history with the Tour that goes far d...
Read morePeter Sagan: expelled from the Tour. Mark Cavendish: out with a broken shoulder. Arnaud Démare: in the green jersey. We try to make sense of the ma...
Read moreGuillame Van Keirsbulck’s road to the Tour de France has been a long one. Now that he’s finally made it, he seems determined to enjoy every kilometre
Read moreComplete control from Peter Sagan, Dan Martin close, Michael Matthews closer
Read moreHeavy rain and anxious riders made for a nervy beginning to this year’s Tour de France, with several big-name contenders hitting the deck. Duncan F...
Read moreSo often overshadowed by his younger brother, or cropped out of shot altogether, Juraj Sagan deserves more than a little of the limelight for today...
Read moreTeeming rain, the break caught within sight of the line and a sprinters’ battle royale: Düsseldorf to Liège had it all
Read moreWhen the Tour de France inevitably begins to take its toll on the peloton, it is doctor Florence Pommerie who pieces it back together. The race doc...
Read moreAs is so often the case in the Tour, today’s fight at the back of the race was just as compelling as the one at the front
Read moreEighth Tour de France, first Tour stage win, first Grand Tour stage win, first maillot jaune. A landmark day for the Welshman
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