The stage starts in Carcassonne, the eighth start or finish in ten years. Tim Wellens won Stage 15 here last year. But ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today’s stage finish is on the Montjuïc hill in Barcelona. Like yesterday’s stage, like the Volta a Catalunya’s final day and like plenty more. If you wanted to find the one location that has hosted ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

You know it’s July when you see the polka dot jersey. He’s a look at the riders who might be sporting it soon. This is different to recent years where the highest climb of the race got double points, ...

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 ...