Tag: TdF

40 Never Looked So Good: The Dadbod

For some, their 40s are a chance to relax. The kids have grown up a bit and one’s career is established and livelihood secured, it’s an opportunity to start winding down and settle comfortably. For others, it’s the exact opposite. Take Richard Price for example,…

UCLA Worker Leads the Way – Changing the World One Step at a Time

Not all journeys to work are created equal. The stereotypical image that comes to mind is a frustrated business person trying not to spill coffee all over the console while they swerve to avoid an erratic driver. This is not what everyone’s morning looks like,…

Personal Experience: What It’s Like to Win a Trip to See the Tour de France

“You’ve just won a place in the Škoda Hospitality Programme on the Tour de France.” Infinite time is not long enough to let the information fully sink in because you can never imagine the storm of awesomeness that is about to follow after you found…

Tour de France: The Pro-Team Tactics Explained

Whether you’re going for the general classification of Yellow Jersey, the King of the Mountain Dots, or you’re taking stages for the Green, you need your team to keep you going. Here is an overview of Le Tour tactics.

Le Tour is here! Which Riders Have Something to Prove?

Chris Froome dominated Le Tour in 2015. Having missed out on a back to back win in 2014, Froome made a stunning effort in 2015 – to such an extent that Team Sky decided to release data showing improvements in Froome’s power output, hoping to…

You don’t want to miss these stages of Tour de France 2016

This year’s route is going to be visually stunning – it will juxtapose history and brutality, with some of the most beautiful stages we’ve seen.

Tour de France – 10 Fascinating Facts

The Tour de France was founded in 1903 to promote L’Auto – a sports magazine with a particular interest in car racing. Cars and bicycles have been happily sharing the zeitgeist for a very long time. Today it’s without a doubt the biggest celebration of…

Cars of the Tour de France

The Tour de France’s support vehicles are the unsung heroes of the world’s most famous bike race. Without them the Tour would collapse into a chaos of blowouts, crashes and exhausted riders. Let’s take a look at the most important of them.