During the first Tour, each rider was on his own. Outside help was banned and riders had to mend their bikes themselves. Now Tour race leaders are backed by other riders and dozens of coaches, assistants and mechanics. This is how the teams evolved in a hundred years…
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If the recent Tour Auvergne–Rhône-Alpes is anything to go by, three of the five stages of the Tour de Suisse, which starts on Wednesday, will be dominated by breakaways. That’s right, five stages and not the traditional eight. Organisers have reduced the time and distance…
Sometimes the most important victory of an athlete’s career is a loss. It’s much too early to make such a judgment about Paul Seixas’ crash and astonishing but futile fightback in Saturday’s stage 7 of the Tour Auvergne–Rhône-Alpes, but it was a comeback of legend.…
Just weeks after winning La Vuelta Femenina and after dominating the queen stage over the Tourmalet, the 23-year-old secured overall victory at the Tour Féminin des Pyrénées, continuing what is rapidly becoming one of the breakout seasons in women’s cycling.
So far, 2026 has not been a banner year for the best cycling team in the world, UAE Team Emirates–XRG. Yes, they lead the UCI’s technical rankings with 15,059 points, but Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe and Visma–Lease a Bike are close behind. And while the team has…
