Cycling fans looking to this year’s Critérium du Dauphiné for surprises or clues to the outcome of the upcoming Tour de France were left famished at the end. There was good racing and a few embarrassing mistakes but, as in a mediocre movie, you could see…
Though the Tour de France is six months away, it is still possible to speak with near certainty about who the favorites and their main rivals will be (barring an unexpected event, such as illness or injury).
There’s a rumour going around the pro-cycling circuit that two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar is Superman. Not always, of course. Only when he wants to be, as in the Tour de France. The ease with which Pogačar won the last two editions of…
Wow, what a breathtaking, dramatic Tour de France we have just witnessed. Everything about the three-week race was good for the soul: the racing was fast and hard, there were terrific performances by new stars and, best of all, the loud, aggressive crowds were back,…
Four more stages of this turbulent, surprising, crash-filled Tour de France are left to run and, despite all the drama and shocks, nothing essential has changed in the race for the yellow jersey, except a reshuffling of the runners-up and Tadej Pogačar increasing his lead.…
It would have been quite normal to expect that, after a first week filled with crashes, shocks and drama, the Tour de France would lose some of its excitement going into the second week. But not at all. This is a Tour de France that…
