When the Tour’s leading car arrives, so does the anticipation. Everyone waits for the race director, Christian Prudhomme, to wave the flag from his ’mobile captain’s bridge’ and then the action is on. However, at the start of stage 5 of this year’s Tour, the…
The beginnings of the Tour de France were wild. It was getting harder every year and the riders had to deal with increasingly crazier challenges. In 1910, the organizers decided that the cyclists should cross the Pyrenees mountains. How did they do it considering there…
Teams with the talent to dominate the Tour de France and walk away with the yellow jersey usually go into the race with a distinct strategy. They can pick up a stage win or two during the first two weeks while keeping a close eye…
