Tour de France

Jonathan Milan at the Tour de France 2026: green jersey contender?

Edit: It now looks likely Milan will not be at this year's edition Jonathan Milan goes into the Tour de France 2026 as one of...

Why Barcelona is hosting the 2026 Tour de France Grand Départ

Barcelona is hosting the 2026 Tour de France Grand Départ because it offers the Tour almost everything a modern race start wants: a global...

Tour de France 2026 Alps guide: Orcières-Merlette, Alpe d’Huez and the final mountain showdown

The Tour de France 2026 saves its hardest mountain sequence for the final week. After the early Pyrenees, the Massif Central, the Vosges and...

Best time triallists at the Tour de France 2026

The Tour de France 2026 gives time-triallists two very different chances to shape the race. Stage 1 in Barcelona is a 19.6km team time-trial...

How the stage 1 team time-trial could change the Tour de France 2026

The Tour de France 2026 begins with something unusual enough to alter the entire opening week: a team time-trial in Barcelona. Not a short...

Tour de France 2026 route: best days for GC attacks

The Tour de France 2026 is not short of obvious GC battlegrounds. Five summit finishes, an early Pyrenean block, a late individual time-trial and...

Remco Evenepoel at the Tour de France 2026: time-trial hopes and GC questions

Remco Evenepoel arrives at the Tour de France 2026 with one of the most finely balanced cases among the main contenders. There is no...

Best French riders to watch at the Tour de France 2026

The Tour de France 2026 should have one of the most interesting French groups in years, not because there is one obvious home favourite...