Men's Cycling

Tour de France 2026 route: best days for breakaways

The Tour de France 2026 route gives breakaway riders a lot to work with. This is not a race shaped only by pure sprint...

Magnus Cort to retire at end of 2026 season after final Tour de France with Uno-X Mobility

Magnus Cort will retire at the end of the 2026 season, bringing down the curtain on one of Danish cycling’s most distinctive modern careers....

Carlos Rodríguez at the Tour de France 2026: can he return to the top five?

Carlos Rodríguez arrives at the 2026 Tour de France in a slightly awkward place. He is still young, still proven, still capable of riding...

Rabobank men team history: Dutch consistency, Classics depth & years of reinvention

Rabobank was never the loudest superteam in men’s cycling, but it was one of the most recognisable. For more than 15 years, the orange-and-blue...

Tour de France 2026 prize money: how much riders and teams can win

The Tour de France 2026 will award around €2.3 million in prize money across the three weeks of racing, with the overall winner of...

How fast do Tour de France riders go?

Tour de France riders are fast in almost every race situation. The overall average speed of a modern Tour is usually above 40km/h, flat...

How hard is the Tour de France?

The Tour de France is brutally hard. It is not just hard because the riders cover more than 3,000km, or because they climb mountains,...

Best places to watch the Tour de France 2026 in Barcelona

Barcelona will be one of the best places to watch the Tour de France 2026, not just because it hosts the Grand Départ, but...