This stage ought to go to the breakaway, and if not then end in a reduced bunch sprint. The flat finish doesn’t suit the ...

Montjuic is a hill in Barcelona with parks, museums and also several Olympic facilities from the 1992 Olympic games. It was ...

A scenic start and a sporting finish. We’ll see if Mathieu van der Poel can match Tadej Pogačar. Stage 1 Review: the sun was out and so was the public. Plenty of teams were trying new cooling methods ...

The competition should be lively from the start as the first week is a high-scoring one compared to the norm as there are ...

The Tour de France gets a new climb, the Col du Haag. A dilapidated forest road has been repurposed into a cycle path and now ...

Today’s stage should put the grand in the grand départ as a tour of Barcelona’s attractions and history with the yellow jersey up for grabs. The Route: a 19.6km team time trial, the first time the ...

A mountain stage of sorts but mainly gentle roads. The breakaway has a good chance and someone might be able to take the yellow jersey today and keep it for a while as long as UAE and Visma-LAB agree ...

What makes the ideal grand départ? Barcelona certainly adds grandeur to the Tour, and the Tour is of sufficient scale to bring something to the city as well. A grand départ is an expensive ticket.

Many national championships take place this week but often a country’s best rider is not taking part. Tadej Pogačar won’t ...

“the landscape, no matter how sumptuous it may be, doesn’t add much to a big race. The race is sufficient in itself, it finds greatness in its own means. It ennobles the scenery more than it borrows ...