A final stage and abbreviated to Paris only but this won’t alter the sport. A prestigious stage win awaits and potentially a duel between Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel.
Tour de France Stage 20 Preview
The last day in the Alps and a ferocious stage with hardly a metre of flat road.
If you want to watch it live, note the early finish.
Tour de France Stage 19 Preview
Alpe d’Huez awaits, the classic climb but this time with a more gentle approach. Can UAE keep a lid on things so that Tadej Pogačar gets a prestige win for his palmarès?
Postcard from the Champsaur
Alps or Pyrenees? The two mountain ranges are often juxtaposed by the Tour de France. Do you prefer one over the other?
Tour de France Stage 18 Preview
The Tour heads into the Alps for a ski station summit finish. Tadej Pogačar got beaten the last time the race came here and he remembers it but this should be for the breakaways given the bigger Alpine stages to come.
Tour de France Stage 17 Preview
Eight teams have a stage win, 14 don’t and this should make for a lively start as this is the last stage open to half the peloton.
Postcard from Evian
Thirsty? Today’s stage starts in Evian-les-Bains to give it the full name, but as Evian it’s one of those places more famous as a consumer brand of than a town.
Tour de France Stage 15 Preview
After the Vosges, now the Jura and into the Alps for the Tour de France with a summit finish.
Roads to Ride: Mont Salève
One of the most selective climbs in this year’s the Tour de France. If it’s not as fierce as the Angliru or Zoncolan, it still sits in a category of steep climbs that deserves to be explored in this series and ought to be raced more. So far it’s played a greater part in art history than the Tour de France.