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Getting the shot: Alpine redemption
James Startt explains how he captured his shot of Bob Jungels on stage nine of the 2022 Tour de France
'At some point, I’ll win a stage': Fred Wright’s breakaway of hope and disappointment at the Tour de France
The Brit worked hard to get into the move in stage eight of the Tour de France. He made it, but with only two other...
Getting The Shot : Power, Speed And Emotion
James Startt explains how he got his shot of Wout van Aert in full flight during the sprint in stage eight of the Tour de...
The perfect stage: what stage eight of the 2022 Tour de France says about modern cycling
The Lausanne stage of the Tour could have been won by anybody. So of course, Wout van Aert was the victor
Tour de France 2022 stage nine preview: to the mountains
A steady ramping up in intensity as the 2022 Tour tackles two first-category climbs in Switzerland before returning to France for a finish above Châtel
Too many cooks: is one team leader better than multiple at the Tour de France?
Pogačar is the only GC contender in UAE Team Emirates, meaning his team can give him full focus as the leader. Is this one of...
Getting The Shot : Mano a Mano On La Planche
James Startt on how he got his shot of Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard vying for stage victory atop La Super Planche des Belles Filles
Fine young cannibal: has Tadej Pogačar won the Tour?
Tadej Pogačar is inexorably bending the 2022 Tour de France to his will, with a second consecutive stage victory atop La Super Planche des Belles...
Tour de France 2022 stage eight preview: A punchy route to Lausanne
A lumpy and bumpy stage takes the Tour peloton through and over the Haut-Jura en route to an uphill finish in Lausanne on the shores...
How to make sure you never miss a second of the Tour de France 2022
Catch every moment of the Tour de France live and on demand with GCN+
Tour de France 2022 stage seven preview - the first summit finish
The first true summit finish of the 2022 Tour de France is also its steepest, with a testing last few hundred metres on gravel
Getting The Shot: Inspiration, Van Aert style
James Startt explains how he got his shot of the day on stage six of the 2022 Tour de France
Solo attacks: how the big riders are shaping the Tour de France
Today’s stage to Longwy was all about Wout van Aert, just like the day before that, and the day before that. Are fewer riders taking...
How can Tadej Pogačar be beaten?
Cobbles, mountains, time trials, he can do it all. Tadej Pogačar has been a cut above in this year’s Tour de France so far. Can...
EF Education-EasyPost try to move on after Tour de France cobbled chaos
The team blame miscommunication and broken radios on their questionable tactics yesterday
'I have the legs to win' Caleb Ewan laments lead-out train and bad luck at the Tour de France
The Australian sprinter hasn't had the start to the Tour he'd hoped for, but believes he can still compete for victory if luck is on...
Pogačar thrives as Jumbo-Visma’s strength-in-depth prevails: Analysing the Tour de France cobbles stage
A chaotic stage five on the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix proved mix fortunes for the GC contenders
Opinion: The cobbles were a day of wasted opportunity for EF Education-EasyPost
Strange tactics might have cost the team the yellow jersey and the stage win. What could have been?
A day in the dust: Tour de France 2022 Stage Five Gallery
A crazy day at the Tour de France in images
Panic, headless chickens and the God out of the machine: stage five of the 2022 Tour de France
The cobbles of northern France shook the Tour de France up, as expected. We look at how the race changed in a momentous day
Tour de France 2022 stage six preview – the longest stage
The 2022 Tour de France hits punchier terrain, starting in Belgium then crossing into France for the first uphill finish of the race in Longwy
Tour de France 2022 Bikes: Mathieu van der Poel's Canyon Aeroad
The fiery, sleek, aero bike that MVDP is riding in this year's Tour
Getting the shot: the peloton and Mont Cassel
James Startt explains how he went back to French cycling's roots to find a classic town shot of the Tour's stage four
Wout van Aert is the best cyclist in the world
The Belgian finally added a stage win to his run of second places - by dropping the entire Tour de France peloton on the Côte...
Tour de France 2022 stage five preview - The cobbles
The Tour de France meets Paris-Roubaix as the peloton tackle the dreaded cobbles of the Hell of the North
Who are the Tour de France commentators?
Find out who's behind the mic and reporting on the ground for the respective Tour de France broadcasters
The youngest and oldest riders at the Tour de France
Twenty-two teams and 176 riders lined up for the 2022 Tour de France. We look at the youngest and oldest riders at the race and their...
Philippe Gilbert aiming for swansong victory on Tour de France cobbles
The Belgian celebrates his 40th birthday at the Tour this year, and hopes to make his mark as the race crosses the cobbles of norther...
Tour de France 2022 stage four preview - A far from straightforward return to France
The first stage on French soil sees a punchy route between two of the country’s great port cities
Tour de France 2022 sprinters: Analysing the form of the fast-men so far
A closer look at the form of the key sprinters at the 2022 Tour de France

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