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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
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
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
US Postal team history: dominance, myth-making and the cost of an era
The US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team became one of the most recognisable teams in cycling history because it seemed to represent a new...
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
Peugeot team history – one of the oldest names in pro cycling, and one of the most important
Few team names carry the same weight in cycling history as Peugeot. Long before modern WorldTour structures, co-sponsors, performance departments and rotating team identities,...
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...
Men's Cycling
La Vie Claire team history – innovation, ego and the Hinault-LeMond years
La Vie Claire was never just another 1980s cycling team. It looked different, sounded different and carried itself with a kind of modern confidence...
Men's Cycling
Greg LeMond – talent, trauma and the American who changed the Tour story
Greg LeMond’s place in cycling history is secure on results alone. He won the Tour de France three times, took two elite men’s world...
