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Tour de France Femmes 2022 pro bikes: Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig's Lapierre Xelius SL

Tour de France Femmes 2022 pro bikes: Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig's Lapierre Xelius SL

A closer look at the Danish champion's Tour de France Femmes stage winning bike

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The Tour de France Femmes is showing that it’s getting harder and harder to win in women’s cycling

The Tour de France Femmes is showing that it’s getting harder and harder to win in women’s cycling

The stages so far have been an indication of the big developments in the sport

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Marlen Reusser’s win at the Tour de France Femmes is a lesson to us all that you’re never too old to learn

Marlen Reusser’s win at the Tour de France Femmes is a lesson to us all that you’re never too old to learn

Only in the WorldTour peloton for three seasons yet the Swiss rider has won on the biggest stage, and she’s done through determination and an...

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Tour de France Femmes 2022 stage five debrief – cagey racing and Marlen Reusser's raw power

Tour de France Femmes 2022 stage five debrief – cagey racing and Marlen Reusser's raw power

We analyse all the action from a dramatic stage on the gravel roads

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Tour de France Femmes 2022 stage five preview - the longest day

Tour de France Femmes 2022 stage five preview - the longest day

Stage five is the longest of this year's race and a sprint finish could be on the cards

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How do riders train to peak for the Tour de France Femmes?

How do riders train to peak for the Tour de France Femmes?

How do the likes of Lorena Wiebes prepare to peak at races? Good question…

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Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig: The flamboyant fighter

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig: The flamboyant fighter

The Danish champion was a popular winner in stage three of the Tour de France Femmes, overcoming setback after setback to take the biggest victory...

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Tour de France Femmes stage three debrief: the favourites emerge

Tour de France Femmes stage three debrief: the favourites emerge

A look back at the events of stage three of the Tour de France Femmes 2022

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Tour de France Femmes 2022 stage four preview - time for the gravel

Tour de France Femmes 2022 stage four preview - time for the gravel

The peloton will face some steep gravel inclines as the race steps up in difficulty at the halfway point

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Opinion: Individuals aren’t to blame for crashes at the Tour de France Femmes, it is part of bike-racing

Opinion: Individuals aren’t to blame for crashes at the Tour de France Femmes, it is part of bike-racing

Drawing conclusions about particular riders or the structure of women’s cycling from the mass pile-ups in stage two is unfair

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Tour de France Femmes pro bikes: Marianne Vos's new Cervélo S5

Tour de France Femmes pro bikes: Marianne Vos's new Cervélo S5

A closer look at the legendary Dutchwoman's new Cervélo S5

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Tour de France Femmes 2022 stage two debrief: Carnage and crosswinds

Tour de France Femmes 2022 stage two debrief: Carnage and crosswinds

A look back at how events unfolded on a thrilling stage two of the Tour de France Femmes

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How do you solve a problem like Annemiek van Vleuten? Looking ahead to the mountains at the Tour de France Femmes

How do you solve a problem like Annemiek van Vleuten? Looking ahead to the mountains at the Tour de France Femmes

Van Vleuten is virtually unstoppable when the road starts to go up. What can other teams do about it?

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Emerging through chaos: Marianne Vos

Emerging through chaos: Marianne Vos

Widely thought of as one of the greatest cyclists of this century, Vos adds a Tour de France Femmes stage win to her glittering palmares

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Tour de France Femmes 2022 stage three preview - a taste of the hills

Tour de France Femmes 2022 stage three preview - a taste of the hills

Stage three is the toughest stage of the race so far

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Pictures from Paris: Images from a historic day at the Tours

Pictures from Paris: Images from a historic day at the Tours

Gallery of images from the Tour de France Femmes and Tour de France 2022 in Paris

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Tour de France 2022: where the race was won and lost

Tour de France 2022: where the race was won and lost

Analysis of where an how the general classification fight was decided at the 2022 Tour de France

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‘It’s a sh*t question’: Is it time for cycling to move on?

‘It’s a sh*t question’: Is it time for cycling to move on?

Sophie Smith asks whether Tour de France champions should still face questions drawn from cycling's dark past

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How does Lorena Wiebes keep on winning?

How does Lorena Wiebes keep on winning?

The Dutchwoman took the first yellow jersey in the Tour de France Femmes, unfazed by the pressure on her to perform

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'No more daydreaming of racing in Paris one day' - Tour de France Femmes 2022, a momentous day for cycling

'No more daydreaming of racing in Paris one day' - Tour de France Femmes 2022, a momentous day for cycling

The women’s peloton was finally given the chance to race on the iconic Champs- Élysées and experience the magic of Le Tour

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Tour de France Femmes 2022 stage two preview - a day for the puncheurs

Tour de France Femmes 2022 stage two preview - a day for the puncheurs

Rouleur previews stage two of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift – a few lumps and bumps could put some of the pure sprinters...

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Tour de France 2022 stage 21 preview - Champs-Élysées sprint showdown

Tour de France 2022 stage 21 preview - Champs-Élysées sprint showdown

The final stage of the Tour de France sees the peloton riding laps of the greatest road circuit in professional cycling

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Tour de France standings: the results after stage 20

Tour de France standings: the results after stage 20

The latest standings from the 109th edition of the Tour de France

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There has been a vibe shift at the 2022 Tour de France

There has been a vibe shift at the 2022 Tour de France

Christophe Laporte won in Cahors by escaping from the sprinters at the last minute, just the latest surprising stage win of a crazy Tour

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Three wins in 19 stages – does this Tour de France mark the end of the pure bunch sprinter?

Three wins in 19 stages – does this Tour de France mark the end of the pure bunch sprinter?

As racing becomes harder to control and more riders can do it all, are the fast men running out of chances to win?

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Tour de France 2022 stage 20 preview - a race against the clock

Tour de France 2022 stage 20 preview - a race against the clock

The penultimate stage of the Tour sees a gently rolling parcours over 40.7km, with a nasty sting in the tail

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Tour de France Femmes 2022 stage one preview - Champs-Élysées sprint

Tour de France Femmes 2022 stage one preview - Champs-Élysées sprint

Stage one of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is going to be historic, Rouleur previews who could don the first yellow jersey of...

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Le Col-Wahoo offer 10,000 free GCN+ passes for fans to watch the Tour de France Femmes

Le Col-Wahoo offer 10,000 free GCN+ passes for fans to watch the Tour de France Femmes

The British team have purchased the passes to give to fans across the UK in order to raise awareness of the race

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