RACING
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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 20 – Romain Bardet
Another podium place was a far lesser prize than Romain Bardet wanted from this year’s Tour, but for fighting right to the line, we award...
The Miracle of Marseille: Fabio Roscioli’s fabulous breakaway at the 1993 Tour de France
The domestique who had his day: Roscioli remembers his remarkable 185-kilometre solo escape to victory on the longest stage of the 1993 Tour de France.
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 19 – Thomas De Gendt
Three things are certain in life: death, taxes and a particular plucky Belgian rider in the breakaway. Thomas De Gendt, we salute you
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 18 – Darwin Atapuma
Darwin Atapuma has now come second in stages at each of the three Grand Tours. For putting in one heck of a fight on the...
Top Banana: La Course – Lizzie Deignan
Second place on the Izoard after many kilometres of domestique work: Deignan is the champion who can do it all
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 17 – Jarlinson Pantano
Hurting from a crash in the crosswinds, the Trek-Segafredo rider put in an incredible shift for captain Contador
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 16 – Simon Geschke
Windy stages promise danger, present opportunities, and call for hard riding by the hardest of men. Sunweb, and Michael Matthews, must be glad they have...
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 15 – Michal Kwiatkowski
The Polish domestique de luxe and his quick hands saved the day and the yellow jersey for Chris Froome
Gallery: Tour de France stage 14 – Matthews masterclass, while Fabio flounders
The ramp to Rodez provided last-minute drama as the yellow jersey changes hands once again
Tour de France: Caravan of Love part two
Will we go home with any freebies thrown out by the lovely people of the publicity caravan? Will our gyrating thespian Jonathan make it to...
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 14 – Warren Barguil
Another fine day for Team Sunweb, but it was Warren Barguil’s fine teamwork that stole the show
Tour de France: Robert Millar on form, feeling and the fundamentals of climbing
Robert Millar was the most successful British climber of his generation. Here, he shares the accumulated knowledge gleaned from a career spent up the road
Top Banana: stage 13 – Alberto Contador
Rather than rolling back the years, Alberto Contador found a new way to race. He remains a rider of relevance, one who can still excite and...
Coryn Rivera: Living the Dream
In her first full season, Coryn Rivera has made a real splash in the WomensTour. Still, with the World Championships on the horizon, she’s not...
Top Banana: stage 12 – Steve Cummings and his one-man tribute
The British champion goes it alone over the Port de Balès in memory of Tom Simpson. We enjoyed it immensely
Gallery: Tour de France stage 11 – Kittel takes five
A wing and a prayer: five stages for Kittel and three Hail Marys for any other sprinters hoping to land a win before Paris
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 11 – Maciej Bodnar
Pole vaulted after a valiant effort: with more insipid tactics from everyone but Quick Step, breakaway hot rod Bodnar deserves all the kudos
Nacer Bouhanni: A ‘Rough’ Guide
Fined and penalised for throwing a punch on stage 10. Wasn’t Sagan disqualified for a lesser infringement?
Gallery: Tour de France stage 10 – Kittel’s quartet
Four stages wins and counting for the dominant sprinter of this Tour – Marcel Kittel
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 10 – Julien Vermote
He’s done over 800 kilometres on the front of the Tour bunch already and has great hair. Here’s to Quick Step’s breakaway buster extraordinaire Julien...
Tour de France: Caravan of Love
The Tour can wait. There’s a carnival procession to be witnessed and freebies to be had. We join the publicity caravan, Henri Desgrange’s 1930 marketing...
Tour de France Week 1 – vital statistics, knowns and unknowns
Digging deeper to uncover the digits that other publications just can’t find: it’s the Tour de France Week 1 Alternative Facts
Gallery: Tour de France stage 9 – disaster for Porte, brilliance from Uran
Brilliance from Barguil, single-speed sprinting by Uran, sickening crash for Porte – stage 9 had everything and more
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 9 – Dan Martin
The Irishman has ridden a strong and smart first week at the Tour. Today’s crash was a setback, but he is still in contention
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 8 – Lilian Calmejane
No competition today. The excellent Lilian Calmejane rode brilliantly in a stage of non-stop action and constant attacking
Rouleur Cover Stories: issue 17.5 – Tom Simpson
A bon vivant who liked to drive fast and laugh hard, Simpson crammed many adventures and memorable moments into his 29 and a half years
Gallery: Tour de France stage 7 – Kittel by a whisker
Just six millimetres separated Marcel Kittel from Edvard Boasson Hagen in Nuits-Saint-Georges, apparently. Wafer thin.
Top Banana: Tour de France stage 7 – Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
With Cavendish out, Dimension Data should have been reduced to also-ran status in the sprints. Janse van Rensburg showed their train is still on the...
Tour de France: Matt Seaton on hopes, dreams and breakaways
The breakaway: natural home of cycling’s dreamers and romantics. Matt Seaton considers what it takes to succeed in the sport’s most kamikaze of spectacles.
A letter from the Editor
ITV4 has a new guest expert in the studio next week. Meet Philippa York
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