Postcard from Paris The 1947 Tour de France saw the race relaunched after the war. It started in Paris and headed north to ...

The last mountain stage and a sprint, 130km 95km to La Plagne. Boomerang moves: little changed but a lot happened. After Lidl-Trek chaperoned the bunch to the first intermediate sprint the racing ...

The biggest mountain stage of the Tour, with three big climbs, altitude and bad weather too. Géant Vert: a lively stage with Jonas Abrahamsen going in the early breakaway with Quentin Pacher, Mathieu ...

The chance for the sprinters. The way many stages have been ridden there’s a chance of breakaway. Pas un peintre, Paret-Peintre: the stage refused to submit to the siesta, early breakaway attempts ...

Weather: 28°C and a light Mistral wind, 20km/h from the NW meaning a 3/4 tailwind. TV: KM0 is at 12.40pm the finish is forecast for 5.00pm CEST. Postcard from Bédoin Is there another climb in the Tour ...

Weather: sunshine and 26°C. The tramontane will blow but the forecast says 20km/h but look out for gusts. TV: KM0 is at 1.30pm and the finish is forecast for 5.20pm CEST. Tune in early to watch the ...

Here are the tables showing how many UCI points are available in each road race. It’s not riveting but normally if you want to know how many points are on offer then you visit the UCI website, find ...

The bike market according to SRAM If you want more detail on this subject, see previous items like “ Who Made Your Bike ” which looks at the factories in Asia who produce frames and more for the big ...

Here’s the 2025 Tour de France guide starting with the profiles of every stage with a quick summary of the day’s course. There’s also the race rules like time bonuses, the points scale for the green ...

The biggest mountain stage of the Tour, with three big climbs, altitude and bad weather too ...

Time for an update on the wealthiest people in pro cycling. If you thought this meant Tadej Pogačar, Remco Evenepoel or Egan Bernal, think again because this is about the people rich enough to hire ...

A look at the team finances of the Ag2r Citroën team from 2022. It’s back in the days when the squad had brown shorts, Greg van Avermaet and more but these are the latest set of published accounts so ...