The suspense has gone out the window for the yellow jersey but it should be close for the stage win.
Tour de France Stage 20 Preview
Paris-Nice? Familiar roads from March’s race but this will be hotter twice over, the temperature and the ferocity for the stage win.
Tour de France Stage 19 Preview
This year’s Tour reaches new heights with the mighty Bonette, altitude and attitude combined. Don’t miss the early finish.
Tour de France Stage 18 Preview
Another breakaway world championships day, the last chance for many riders and teams to take an elusive win.
Tour Shorts
Having looked at why there are no attacks on some of the sprint stages, a trend rather than a quirk, there’s still value in the good old doomed breakaway according to Le Télégramme. The newspaper cites Cofidis public relations staff have said that having Anthony Perez up the road in a long breakaway got them more media value than Victor Lafay’s stage win last year because Lafay only attacked in the final kilometre.
Tour de France Stage 17 Preview
The race returns to the Alps with an intriguing stage that’s open to many, assuming UAE agrees to them stay away.
Tour de France Stage 16 Preview
The last chance for the sprinters. When the route came out last year this one had the “watch out if there are crosswinds” label. It still applies in the conditional because the weather forecast looks uncertain.
Tour de France Stage 15 Preview
A big day in the Pyrenees and a big day in France as it’s le 14 Juillet, France’s national day.
Tour de France Stage 14 Preview
The Tour heads into the Pyrenees for the weekend. Today is the sprint version, tomorrow the marathon.
Tour de France Roadside Tips
If you want to go and see the Tour de France here are some tips and suggestions.
If you are hesitating, go. It is really different from what you see on TV, there are so many details to observe and remember. And France is glorious in July.