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Men's Cycling
Tour of Britain Men 2026 preview: Cosnefroy heads an open GC battle as Kooij and Merlier target the sprints
The 2026 Lloyds Tour of Britain Men begins in Lincoln on Wednesday with a route that looks relatively straightforward until you examine where its...
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
Every British Tour de France stage winner
British riders have now won Tour de France stages in almost every possible way. They have won from sprints, breakaways, mountain attacks, prologues, individual...
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
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
A brief history of Men’s Tour de Suisse
The Men’s Tour de Suisse has always occupied a slightly unusual place in cycling. It is not a Grand Tour, but it has often...
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...
Women's Cycling
Cervelo-Bigla team history – how one ambitious project helped reshape modern women’s cycling
Cervelo-Bigla is easiest to remember through its most visible years, but the fuller story starts much earlier. The team began in 2005, ran through...
Men's Cycling
Men’s Paris-Roubaix 2026 team-by-team guide
Paris-Roubaix always has a way of making the field look smaller than it really is. By the time the race reaches the final sectors,...
Pro Cycling
Alpe d’Huez: why the Tour still fears the 21 bends and its history
Alpe d’Huez has never needed to be the steepest climb in the Tour de France to feel like the hardest. It simply has to...
