Tour de France 2024 Archives

Tour de France 2024

Check out Vincenzo Nibali’s Tour de France-winning Specialized Tarmac from 2014 – complete with shark paint job

Rim brakes, mechanical shifting, external routing… bikes were very different 10 years ago when Astana’s Nibali took his Tour title

Tue, Jun 18, 2024 20:45

Cyclists in London talking in cycle lane – copyright Simon MacMichael

“Why don’t we look at what’s causing the incidents?”: BBC asks ‘should helmets be mandatory for cyclists’; Pro cyclist jokes about sleeping in suitcase to avoid “rough” French hotels; 2026 Tour de France to start from Barcelona + more on the live blog

It’s Tuesday and Adwitiya is your live blogger-in-chief bringing you all the latest news, views and general chit-chat from the cycling world

Tue, Jun 18, 2024 08:43

Mad bum-massaging saddles special: Is THIS the craziest bike seat ever? Plus the “lightest and fastest” tubeless-plugging tool, a new Zwift climb and tech news from DT Swiss, Xpedo, Zwift + more

If you thought we were done with weird saddles in 2024, we have not one, but two more eccentric seats to show you! We also take a look at some ENVE wheels, Xpedo's new SPD-SL-compatible pedals, a super compact tubeless tyre plugger and loads more

Sat, Jun 08, 2024 11:00

Mark Cavendish’s top 10 Tour de France wins

“The Tour de France is bigger than cycling. And we’ve done it”: Record-breaker Mark Cavendish’s greatest ever Tour de France stage wins

To celebrate the Greatest Sprinter of All Time winning a record-breaking 35th Tour stage, we delve into 16 years of groundbreaking success and pick our favourite Cav moments at the Tour

Mon, Jul 03, 2023 14:54

Tour de France 2024 to start in Italy for first time in history of race (+ video)

Florence will host start of opening stage, while Stage 2 begins in Cesenatico, home town of 1998 winner Marco Pantani

Wed, Dec 21, 2022 20:21

Tour de France 2022 stage 12 (Zac Williams/SWpix.com)

You know the Tour de France is about to start when…

Oh come on. We’re all guilty of some of these! From trying to drop your oblivious fellow commuters to post-stage interviews in the shower, here's how you know you're all in on Le Tour

Thu, Jun 30, 2022 10:46