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Men's Cycling
Beginner’s guide to Il Lombardia 2026
Il Lombardia is the final Monument of the men’s road season and one of cycling’s most distinctive one-day races. The Italian Classic is built...
Men's Cycling
Tour de France 2026 in historical context
The Tour de France 2026 will be remembered first for Tadej Pogačar winning a fifth yellow jersey, but reducing the race to that one...
Men's Cycling
A brief history of the men’s Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España is the youngest of cycling's three men's Grand Tours, but nearly a century after its creation it has developed an...
Men's Cycling
The 21 hairpins of Alpe d’Huez: every bend and Tour de France winner explained
The 21 hairpins of Alpe d’Huez form the most recognisable countdown in professional cycling.
The bends begin with hairpin 21 at the bottom of the...
Men's Cycling
Alpe d’Huez: 10 greatest moments in Tour de France history
Alpe d’Huez is neither the longest nor consistently the steepest climb used by the Tour de France, but no summit finish has produced a...
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The greatest Tour de France winners
The Tour de France has never been a simple test of who can climb fastest or time trial hardest. It rewards dominance, but it...
Men's Cycling
Renault-Elf team history: the machine behind Hinault’s dominance
Bernard Hinault is usually remembered as a force of nature. The glare, the stubbornness, the attacks, the refusal to accept a race being ridden...
Men's Cycling
The greatest French riders at the Tour de France
French cycling and the Tour de France are almost impossible to separate. The race began as a French newspaper project in 1903, travelled first...
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The greatest British riders at the Tour de France
British cycling’s relationship with the Tour de France has changed completely over the last 70 years. What began with isolated pioneers trying to survive...
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A history of Alpe d’Huez at the Tour de France
Alpe d’Huez is not the longest climb in the Tour de France. It is not always the hardest. It is not even used every...
Men's Cycling
Festina team history: from major results to one of cycling’s biggest scandals
Festina should have been remembered as one of the defining teams of 1990s cycling. It had Richard Virenque, Laurent Dufaux, Laurent Brochard, Christophe Moreau,...
Men's Cycling
7-Eleven team history: how an American squad forced its way into Europe’s biggest races
7-Eleven did not arrive in European cycling quietly. It arrived brightly, awkwardly, ambitiously and unmistakably American. The kit looked like a convenience-store sign had...
