As Škoda celebrates its 20th year with the Tour de France, we look back on the most prominent changes that happened on pro road racing scene in the past two decades. Le Tour in particular reflects it like no other. Each year, we expect more dynamic racing, earlier breakaways or more intense head-to-head stage finishes. The featured articles below explore the most significant shifts and challenges "La Grande Boucle" has been through since 2004.
20th year of Škoda and Tour de France
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Wiebes’ Illness Puts Lotte Kopecky Into the Škoda Green Jersey
Stomach problems forced Škoda Green Jersey favorite Lorena Wiebes (SD Workx) to drop out of 2023 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift before stage 5, putting her leadout rider, Lotte Kopecky, into pole position in the points competition. Kopecky had been leading the Škoda Green…
Opinion: Pogačar vs. Vingegaard Is Already the Tour’s Greatest-Ever Rivalry
If you think that the rivalry between the two-time Tour de France winners Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) is something special, you’re correct. In the long history of the Tour, there has never been anything quite like this mano-a-mano, involving two…
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