Where is Gavarnie-Gèdre? The Tour de France summit finish explained

Gavarnie-Gèdre is a mountain commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department of south-west France, deep in the French Pyrenees near the Spanish border. In Tour de...

Tour de France heat protocol explained: why riders are getting extra feeds in extreme temperatures

The Tour de France heat protocol is the set of UCI and race-organiser measures used when extreme temperatures create a risk to rider health,...

Tour de France 2026 stage 6 live viewing and start time update

Stage 6 of the Tour de France 2026 takes the race from Pau to Gavarnie-Gèdre on Thursday 9 July, with the Col d’Aspin, Col...

Alex Molenaar out of Tour de France 2026 after Pau crash

Alex Molenaar will not start stage 6 of the Tour de France 2026 after suffering a fractured right hand in his crash on the...

Tour de France 2026 penalties and jury decisions after stage 5: yellow cards, fines & running tally

The Tour de France 2026 jury issued another yellow card after stage 5, with Lotto Intermarché sports director Pieter Vanspeybrouck sanctioned for a breach...

GC and jerseys after Tour de France 2026 stage 5

Torstein Træen kept the yellow jersey after stage 5 of the Tour de France 2026, as Olav Kooij won the race’s first proper bunch...

Why Olav Kooij’s Pau win changes the Tour de France sprint picture

Olav Kooij did not just win a stage in Pau. He changed the shape of the Tour de France sprint contest at the first...

Tour de France 2026 stage 6 preview: Pau to Gavarnie-Gèdre

Stage 6 of the Tour de France 2026 is the first major test of Torstein Træen’s yellow jersey and the hardest day of the...