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Jonas Vingegaard's painfully perfect Tour de France
Jonas Vingegaard is set to win his second Tour de France title but the Danish rider still manages to duck out of the spotlight
Thibaut Pinot: Once More, With Feeling
France’s favourite cycling son tried hard to achieve a stage win on home ground in his penultimate day in the Tour, but despite passionate support,...
Annemiek van Vleuten: Demi Vollering favourite to win the Tour de France Femmes and I hope others make it difficult
The defending champion hopes for a competition rather than a two-horse race
Tour de France 2023 stage 21 preview - the grand finale in Paris
The closing stage of this year's Tour de France will be the last chance for a sprinter to claim a stage win
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2023 stage one preview - an unpredictable opening day
The Côte de Durtol will be the final decider as to who will be the first rider to wear the yellow jersey
The Tour de France Femmes uncorked: Cokie Ponikvar’s stage-by-stage wine recommendations
Sommelier and cyclist Cokie Ponikvar shares her favourite wines for you to enjoy during the 2023 Tour de France Femmes
'Gino gives us that extra bit of motivation': Matej Mohorič continues Bahrain-Victorious' Tour of emotions
Mohorič claimed Bahrain-Victorious's third win of the Tour de France after winning an unlikely sprint against Kasper Asgreen
Tour de France 2023 stage 20 preview - a penultimate test in the Vosges
This year's Tour de France does not feature its usual time trial on the penultimate stage, instead, it is a day in the mountains
'I had kind of come from nowhere' - Claire Steels is just getting started at 36 years old
The British rider on her debut WorldTour season, keeping perspective and the Tour de France Femmes
Dominique Powers: Beyond the lens
There’s much more to taking a photograph than just pushing the shutter button. Dominique Powers tells Rouleur about her unique journey to becoming one of...
‘I’m going to shoot my shot on the Tourmalet’ - Veronica Ewers aims high at the 2023 Tour de France Femmes
The EF Education-TIBCO-SVB rider talks Tour de France Femmes goals, Giro Donne success, and lessons learned in the past year
Canyon//SRAM launch new Tour de France Femmes special edition jersey
It's a fresh new jersey for the German squad this July
Nothing but relief: Kasper Asgreen ends Soudal–Quick-Step's misery
It's positive headlines at last for the Belgian team
Friends forever… almost
The break held off the chasing peloton in Bourg-en-Bresse. Rouleur looks at the temporary alliances which win and lose bike races
Opinion: Jasper Philipsen’s loss on stage 18 was karma
The sprinter’s teams failed to bring back a four-man break, and it almost felt like Philipsen wouldn’t have deserved the victory anyway
Tour de France 2023 stage 19 preview - a tight contest between the sprinters and the breakaway
The hilly terrain in the opening kilometres provides a perfect springboard for any riders looking to get in the early breakaway
Does the Tour de France need to start taking crowd control more seriously?
It seems like a ticking time bomb until the race is decided by a mishap on a climb packed with fans
Tour de France Femmes 2023 favourites - who will in the second edition?
The biggest stage race of the year for the women’s peloton is back. Who will win yellow? Who will secure stage wins?
Getting the shot: The collapse of Pogačar
Photographer James Startt describes witnessing Tadej Pogačar's moment of struggle in the Alps from a motorbike on stage 17 of the Tour de France
'I’m gone. I’m dead.' - Where did it go wrong for Tadej Pogačar? And what’s next?
It’s been a tough last two days at the Tour de France for Pogačar as he waves goodbye to the chance of another yellow jersey
Tadej Pogačar's Tour de France dream dies for another year
The first time it was shocking, this time it was expectant
Vingegaard twists the knife
In an implacable show of dominance, Jonas Vingegaard killed off the 2023 Tour de France, and for good measure psychologically crushed Tadej Pogačar
‘I could never have imagined this’ - Felix Gall deserves the spotlight
The Austrian rider emerged from the chaos victorious and should be applauded for his performance in his debut Tour de France
Tour de France 2023 stage 18 preview - an opportunity for the sprinters
While stage 18 looks like an opportunity for the sprinters, some of the early climbs makes it slightly more complicated for them
A dramatic turn of events
The story of the 2023 Tour de France took a surprising twist in the stage 16 time trial to Combloux
Is there any way back for Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates?
“It’s definitely not over,” the two-time champion said after losing significant time to Jonas Vingegaard on stage 16's time trial
In pictures: Vingegaard decimates the competition
James Startt captures the Tour de France stage 16 time trial, where Jonas Vingegaard stamped his authority on the general classification
‘Show the world you are the strongest' – The day Jonas Vingegaard finally prevailed
It was the performance of a lifetime from the Danish rider during stage 16 of the Tour de France

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