'It's nice to show them they are wrong': It's good to have you back, Mads

Stage four provides the evidence: get in the break or see the Tour wins disappear

After a Grand Départ dominated by the general classification riders, the Tour de France breakaway got their way on stage four and the Scandinavians were the bi…

'It was a dream to wear it one day': Bienvenue en France, Baudin

Frenchman Alex Baudin marked the Tour de France's return home with a mammoth effort in the break. The stage win would eventually go to Tadej Pogačar, but the E…

'If you see a Mexican flag it's for me': Isaac del Toro lands historic Tour de France stage win

Del Toro wins his country's first Tour stage since 1986 to the delight of adoring fans in Barcelona.

'It'll never go to plan': Ineos forced to settle for second after bad luck on stage one

Geraint Thomas had a stage one plan built around Kévin Vauquelin, but the Frenchman's back wheel had other ideas.

'The whole team will enjoy it': Strangely individualistic TTT won by the strongest collective

The opening TTT of the Tour de France delivered the excitement and jeopardy we wanted. Please can we have another?

Pogačar, Vingegaard and Seixas: A three, two, or one horse race?

Two men have shared first and second at the Tour for five years. This time, a teenager and a super-domestique are queuing up to break that duopoly

Over and out: First stage crashes

“Physically you’re at your best, you’ve been away preparing for months, and then it all ends. The Tour is a big beast that eats you up and you can’t compare it…

'Our own thing, in our own way': Can Red Bull leaders Evenepoel and Lipowitz share the Tour?

Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe's dual GC strategy faces its first real test. At the pre-race press conference, only one of its two leaders was talking. But doth Remco…

Montjuïc: Back in the Game