France

We hear a lot of the French terms in cycling. Traditionally, it was the language of the peloton although English has started to win over in recent years. It hasn't taken long to use the first French loan word either - peloton! Often its misspelling is a sign of who follows professional cycling year-round and who might only tune into ITV4 over the summer to watch Le Tour.

The French government said on Tuesday whilst renewing its four-year "Plan Vélo" that it would boost state support for cycling in 2023. By doing so, France is hoping to...

The Arenberg Forest or Trouée d'Arenberg in French is a stretch of road in Northern France. It's famous for its brutal cobbles and for forming the crunch point in...

For the 2018 La Course by the Tour de France, a similar mountainous race was put forward for 2018. The first 3 editions had been run on the same...

London to Paris was something on my bucket list for a while. Especially once I worked out it was a cheap way to go somewhere for a holiday. The...

Saturday sees the Women's WorldTour take on the GP de Plouay or the GP de Plouay - Lorient Agglomération Trophée WNT to give the race its full, catchy, made-up...

Each year there's a huge prize money pot for riders and teams to lay claim to. Obviously the biggest prize goes to the winner of the yellow jersey in...

I managed to get myself over to Paris to watch the final stage of the Tour de France for the first time. Definitely one of my cycling bucket list...

The Yellow Jersey is the pinnacle of cycling, the well-known symbol that transcends from cycling fans to everyone else. Starting life as an excellent marketing gimmick in 1919 by...

The 1999 Tour de France was labelled 'the Tour of Renewal' in reaction to the Festina Affair the year before. The 1999 Tour was supposed to be a new...

The Tour de France has seen plenty of family connections over the years. You don't have to go too far back to find the Schleck brothers, or 2017 polka...

I've been lucky enough to catch a lot of races abroad this spring, my trips to Spring Classics ended with a visit to Paris Roubaix to see the pros...