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Tour’s Worst Road Graffiti Is Becoming Another Tour’s Best Billboard

Today at 7:24 am2 min reading

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There are certain things you can expect to see during the Tour de France: doomed breakaways, sunflower fields, spectacular châteaux and, sooner or later, an aerial shot containing a crudely drawn piece of male anatomy. The last of those is not part of the official…

Vingegaard Out of the Tour: “You Don’t Know What You’ve Got ’til It’s Gone”

Yesterday at 2:36 pm3 min reading

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The moment the television camera showed Jonas Vingegaard getting into an ambulance after his crash on Sunday’s stage 15, an odd feeling came over me: the feeling that the spectacle I was watching, the Tour de France, had suddenly, and brutally, changed. And I realised…

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Tour Shocks: Vingegaard Crashes Out on Stage 15 as Remco Beats Pogačar on Big Climb

Yesterday at 8:26 am3 min reading

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Two-time race Tour winner Jonas Vingegaard abandoned the 2026 Tour de France after crashing on a harmless-looking curve with 22km left to ride on Sunday’s stage 15, breaking his collarbone. The incident occurred as Visma–Lease a Bike had set up the stage to challenge race…

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Another “Pogačar Show” and Maybe the Last Two Bunch Sprints of the Race

July 17, 2026 at 10:03 am2 min reading

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Though everyone knew how Tuesday’s stage 10 of the Tour de France would end – with a victory by Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates–XRG) – it was dramatic enough to warrant its own series of takeaways.

Global Warming Threatens to Upend Cycling Calendar and Race Schedules

July 15, 2026 at 1:49 pm2 min reading

Road cycling

It’s hot almost everywhere in Europe, but especially on the roads of this year’s Tour de France, with temperatures on some early stages surpassing 40° Celsius (104°F), while most of the stages were run at 35°C and higher. That would make for difficult conditions on…

The Epiq Moments Only Cyclists Can Appreciate

July 14, 2026 at 8:06 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

Cycling is full of moments that make absolutely no sense to normal people. Try explaining to a colleague why you’re excited that a weather forecast predicting 80% rain somehow produced perfect sunshine. Tell your partner about the stranger who shared turns with you for 20…

Merlier Wins Two Bunch Sprints, van der Poel Wins His Stage and Pogačar Still Leads the Tour

July 13, 2026 at 9:30 am2 min reading

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After the premature climax of stage 6, when Tadej Pogačar effectively ended the competition for the yellow jersey, the three stages leading up to the first rest day were actually a welcome relief for the riders and, I presume, for fans, who were all still…

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Simply the Best: Pogačar Conquers the Col du Tourmalet and Vingegaard

July 10, 2026 at 12:48 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

There should be a word in the English language for people like me – and there are many of us – who refuse to acknowledge Tadej Pogačar’s greatness. How about Pogiphobe? And the condition itself will be known as pogiphobia. It’s not that we don’t…

“I just couldn’t let the yellow jersey slip away from me”: Chris Froome Looks Back on His Tour de France Career

July 8, 2026 at 3:36 pm2 min reading

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Chris Froome won the Tour de France four times, the Vuelta España twice, and the Giro d’Italia once. Between 2013 and 2018, he and his Team Sky dominated the sport perhaps to an even greater extent than UAE Team Emirates–XRG does today. But ask almost…

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Does Vingegaard Have a Master Plan or Is Pogačar Already the Master?

July 8, 2026 at 3:23 pm2 min reading

Road cycling

Something pretty weird is happening at the Tour de France (and I don’t mean the heat and the wildfires, which are, unfortunately, becoming less weird every year). It’s that some commentators have been saying, after Tadej Pogačar and his UAE Team Emirates won stages 2…

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Tour’s Worst Road Graffiti Is Becoming Another Tour’s Best Billboard

Vingegaard Out of the Tour: “You Don’t Know What You’ve Got ’til It’s Gone”

Tour Shocks: Vingegaard Crashes Out on Stage 15 as Remco Beats Pogačar on Big Climb

Another “Pogačar Show” and Maybe the Last Two Bunch Sprints of the Race

Global Warming Threatens to Upend Cycling Calendar and Race Schedules

The Epiq Moments Only Cyclists Can Appreciate

Merlier Wins Two Bunch Sprints, van der Poel Wins His Stage and Pogačar Still Leads the Tour

Simply the Best: Pogačar Conquers the Col du Tourmalet and Vingegaard

“I just couldn’t let the yellow jersey slip away from me”: Chris Froome Looks Back on His Tour de France Career

Does Vingegaard Have a Master Plan or Is Pogačar Already the Master?

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