After a dominant performance throughout the whole race, the 22-year-old secured the general classification, young rider, and mountains classifications again. Last year he became the only rider to win these simultaneously. He is now the only rider to do it twice in a row. One…
With only three stages left – and no mountains – it’s time to pay tribute to 36-year-old Mark Cavendish who returned from years of cycling frustration to light up this year’s Tour de France with a spectacular performance. Barring accident or illness, Cavendish will win…
When did cyclists start carb loading? When were energy gels and drinks first used? How did eating habits change at the Tour de France after teams started hiring chefs to cook for their riders? Let’s take a look at the evolution of cycling nutrition from…
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.…
Have you seen those crazy Tour de France pros’ legs with bulging veins? How does that even happen? Can any cyclist train their muscles to look like that? There’s a perfectly logical and normal explanation for this phenomenon. But don’t get your hopes up! It’s…
What did nutrition at the Tour de France look like before team chefs, nutritionists, and soigneurs arrived on the scene? Why did riders drink beer and champagne? Why did they organise picnics along the way? Let’s take a trip into the past.
God, save my soul! I crashed the Tour de France director’s famed red Škoda SUPERB iV. Strictly speaking, I didn’t hit it with my own car. I was driving the ‘Red One’ myself. Sitting behind the wheel, I tried to find a vacant parking spot…
If you watched the whole spectacle that is the Tour de France launch from Brest in northwest France, the sheer amount of colourful team cars surely did not escape your attention. It’s no secret that these vehicles are indispensable to troubleshooting, comfort, and even success…
