The origins of the yellow jersey – the iconic Tour de France leader’s jersey – are often disputed. One rider from the 1913 Tour, Phillipe Thys, told Champions et Vedettes that Henri Desgrange, the father of Le Tour, asked him to wear a yellow jersey…
The crash in the Liège-Bastogne-Liège one-day race on April 24 that sidelined French double world champion Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) was just as bad as it looked.
With the Tour de France knocking on our door, it’s high time to take a look at the heroes that make this event the biggest spectacle in the two-wheeled world. While for most people, those are yellow jersey owners, the winners of the Škoda Green…
There was a big reason to celebrate after the Mercan’Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes for the Israel-Premier Tech team. Jakob Fuglsang and Michael Woods scored a one-two finish. And Chris Froome scored his best result since the summer of 2019 with an 11th place finish.
Creating a stellar Grand Départ has become a big business for ASO and RCS: it provides a much-needed revenue stream, takes their races to new audiences and even creates some fascinating racing. But how do you pick where to go next?
Back when it started, the Tour de France was a race of resilience. It was one man, one bike, and one road. There were no teammates and no 3,000-member crew to ensure you would get to the finish line. There were only 6 stages with…
The world’s largest sports community announced on Tuesday a three-year partnership with the Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. A special content hub will be created inside the Strava app dedicated to telling the story of the riders through their…
Today marks exactly 100 days before the 109th edition of the world-famous Tour de France starts. The 2022 Tour launch in Denmark was more than 25 years in the making as many convoluted historical events and logistic problems kept popping up, preventing it from happening.…
