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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
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...
Men's Cycling
A brief history of Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa
The Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa is one of those races that explains itself through the road.
It is not a Monument, but it often feels...
Men's Cycling
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
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...
Men's Cycling
Rabobank men team history: Dutch consistency, Classics depth & years of reinvention
Rabobank was never the loudest superteam in men’s cycling, but it was one of the most recognisable. For more than 15 years, the orange-and-blue...
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
ONCE team history: Spain’s bold yellow team and its Grand Tour ambition
ONCE was one of the defining cycling teams of the 1990s. Bright yellow, tactically sharp and unmistakably Spanish, it became a Grand Tour force...
Men's Cycling
Team Banesto team history – Indurain, control and the team behind a Tour dynasty
Team Banesto is remembered above all through Miguel Indurain, and understandably so. Five consecutive Tour de France victories, two Giro d’Italia titles, time trial...
Men's Cycling
A brief history of Tour Auvergne – Rhône-Alpes
Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes is a new name for one of cycling’s oldest and most revealing stage races. Before its 2026 rebrand, the race...
Men's Cycling
Miguel Indurain – economy of effort, huge engines and a very particular kind of dominance
Miguel Indurain’s dominance did not look like Bernard Hinault’s. It was not built around intimidation in the same obvious way, and it did not...
