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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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Why the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is bigger than bike racing

Why the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is bigger than bike racing

The return of the women’s Tour de France is going to be game-changing. From inspiring young girls who ride, to getting closer to parity with...

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Tour de France stage 18 debrief: Alone at last

Tour de France stage 18 debrief: Alone at last

Jonas Vingegaard confirmed that he is the strongest rider in the Tour in winning at Hautacam

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'I tell everybody that I never give up, I also have to tell myself': Fabio Jakobsen suffers and survives mountains and time cut at Tour de France

'I tell everybody that I never give up, I also have to tell myself': Fabio Jakobsen suffers and survives mountains and time cut at Tour de France

The Dutch sprinter is now aiming for a second win from the two remaining chances at the Tour de France

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Tour de France 2022 stage 19 preview – a chance for the fast men?

Tour de France 2022 stage 19 preview – a chance for the fast men?

The peloton heads north away from the Pyrenees in a largely flat stage. On paper, it’s for the sprinters, but some late climbs may complicate...

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Tour de France Femmes 2025: Everything you need to know

Tour de France Femmes 2025: Everything you need to know

The fourth edition of the Tour de France Femmes will feature nine stages, starting in Vannes and ending in Châtel

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Tour de France Femmes 2022 favourites: Who will win the yellow jersey?

Tour de France Femmes 2022 favourites: Who will win the yellow jersey?

It’s a race which is set to change the game for women’s cycling and the winner will go down in the history books

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Tour de France Femmes 2022 route: everything you need to know about the stages of the first edition

Tour de France Femmes 2022 route: everything you need to know about the stages of the first edition

A stage-by-stage guide to the route of the inaugural Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift

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Super-domestiques: how Mikkel Bjerg and Brandon McNulty defied the odds at the Tour de France

Super-domestiques: how Mikkel Bjerg and Brandon McNulty defied the odds at the Tour de France

It’s a race which has been rife with mishaps for UAE Team Emirates, but this didn’t stop them from dominating stage 17 – one of...

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The clock is running down for Tadej Pogačar

The clock is running down for Tadej Pogačar

The Slovenian took his third stage win of the 2022 Tour de France at Peyragudes, but was unable to make significant inroads into his deficit...

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Tour de France 2022 stage 18 preview - The Hellish Hautacam

Tour de France 2022 stage 18 preview - The Hellish Hautacam

The final mountain stage of the 2022 Tour is one of the hardest of all, with three major climbs: the Aubisque, Spandelles and finishing climb...

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Who is out of the 2022 Tour de France so far?

Who is out of the 2022 Tour de France so far?

Be it due to injury, illness or a positive Covid-19 test, these are the riders who have abandoned the Tour so far in 2022

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Inside the life of a Tour de France team doctor

Inside the life of a Tour de France team doctor

Long hours, emergency post-crash assessments and making snap decisions about a rider’s racing fate: all in a day’s work for EF Education-EasyPost’s director of medicine...

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From the brink of relegation to Grand Tour stage winners: how this Tour de France has been a redemption ride for Israel-Premier Tech

From the brink of relegation to Grand Tour stage winners: how this Tour de France has been a redemption ride for Israel-Premier Tech

After a lacklustre start to the season, the experienced line-up the team has brought to the Tour have shown a refreshing eagerness to perform and...

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Why Hugo Houle keeps on riding

Why Hugo Houle keeps on riding

The Canadian rider took an emotional stage victory in Foix, dedicating it to his brother Pierrik, who died 10 years ago

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Lights, camera, Netflix: The flies on the wall at the Tour de France

Lights, camera, Netflix: The flies on the wall at the Tour de France

Team insiders explain what the Tour de France has been like with riders being followed by Netflix documentary crews

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Tour de France 2022 stage 17 preview - Peyragudes summit finish

Tour de France 2022 stage 17 preview - Peyragudes summit finish

The second Pyrenean stage takes the riders over three tough passes before the steep finishing climb to the summit finish at Peyragudes

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The state of play: can Jumbo-Visma defend yellow against Pogačar in the final week of the Tour de France?

The state of play: can Jumbo-Visma defend yellow against Pogačar in the final week of the Tour de France?

There are some extremely hard stages still to come and the yellow jersey is still very much up for grabs in this year's race

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It’s time for the Ineos Grenadiers to live up to Dave Brailsford’s promise at the Tour de France

It’s time for the Ineos Grenadiers to live up to Dave Brailsford’s promise at the Tour de France

The British team have a choice: race safely into third place, or risk that podium place, and everything, for a win

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Tour de France 2022 stage 16 preview - in the foothills of the Pyrenees

Tour de France 2022 stage 16 preview - in the foothills of the Pyrenees

The first of three days in the Pyrenees is a relatively gentle introduction, with just two cat-1 climbs, but the second, the Mur de Peguère,...

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Does Geraint Thomas still have a chance of winning the Tour de France?

Does Geraint Thomas still have a chance of winning the Tour de France?

The British rider still has his full contingent of support and riders and has been keeping his powder dry for the savage final week

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Six takeaways from the Tour de France week two

Six takeaways from the Tour de France week two

Talking points from a captivating second week at the 2022 Tour de France

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Jasper Disaster and the Tour de Chaos - Tour de France stage 15 debrief

Jasper Disaster and the Tour de Chaos - Tour de France stage 15 debrief

Stage 15 to Carcassonne was a day for the sprinters, but true to the form of the 2022 Tour de France, it was still unpredictable,...

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Two domestiques down and Van Aert gunning for stage wins: should Jumbo-Visma be worried?

Two domestiques down and Van Aert gunning for stage wins: should Jumbo-Visma be worried?

Stage 15 saw the Dutch team lose both Primož Roglič and Steven Kruijswijk, while Vingegaard only had Laporte for protection in the run-in to the...

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Getting the shot: Mark Cavendish at Carcassonne retrospective

Getting the shot: Mark Cavendish at Carcassonne retrospective

As the Tour de France revisits Carcassonne in 2022, James Startt looks back on Mark Cavendish's historic win in the town last year

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Bling when you’re winning

Bling when you’re winning

Sprinter Michael Matthews took a solo stage win on stage 14 of the 2022 Tour de France in Mende. It’s been that kind of Tour

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From battling Sagan, to battling two 'super-freaks': Michael Matthews adapts to change and has his day

From battling Sagan, to battling two 'super-freaks': Michael Matthews adapts to change and has his day

From burgeoning sprinter to a fast finishing puncheur, Matthews and those around him explain how he's had to adapt and overcome to find new routes...

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Tour de France 2022 stage 15 preview - up and down day to Carcassonne

Tour de France 2022 stage 15 preview - up and down day to Carcassonne

Another hot, lumpy, bumpy day riding south out of the Massif Central to the Languedoc region which is either a rare chance for the sprinters,...

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Stage 13 debrief: The Perfect Break

Stage 13 debrief: The Perfect Break

Mads Pedersen was the stage winner in Saint-Étienne, from a break which the peloton surely never had a chance of catching

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Tour de France 2022 stage 14 preview: an unrelenting day

Tour de France 2022 stage 14 preview: an unrelenting day

The Tour hits the Massif Central for a very hilly stage culminating in the spectacular steep climb to the airfield above Mende

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