Women's Cycling
Emma Pooley – brilliance uphill, precision against the clock and a very British kind of career
Emma Pooley was one of those riders who made cycling look like a problem she had already solved. On a long climb, she could...
Men's Cycling
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...
Women's Cycling
Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka extends with Canyon SRAM through 2028
Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka has signed a two-year contract extension with Canyon SRAM, keeping the Polish rider with the team until the end of 2028.
The 29-year-old...
Men's Cycling
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...
Men's Cycling
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...
Men's Cycling
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...
Women's Cycling
Yvonne Reynders: the Belgian champion women’s cycling should remember better
Yvonne Reynders did not build a modern, media-friendly legend. She built a hard one, forged in an era when women’s cycling asked for far...
Men's Cycling
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...
