Don’t call it a sprint stage, today’s route has been revised to add more climbs and a series of steep roads, including some unmarked climbs await. Watch out for the Tramontane wind today too.
Rest Day Review
Who needs the Alps and the Pyrenees? The Tour’s reached the first rest day in the city of Toulouse and the time gaps are wide. It’s been a lively, long week.
Christian Prudhomme called these opening stages a trompe l’œil, an “optical illusion” as to glance at them was to imagine them as flat days for sprinters but several have proved to be GC days. Is the general classification with Tadej Pogačar over a minute clear of Jonas Vingegaard an illusion or a settled fact? We’ll get answers in the coming days.
Tour de France Stage 10 Preview
A big day for the breakaway but if the move can’t get clear then it risks being caught by the GC contenders. Today’s course is hard, and harder than the profile and its labels suggest.
Tour de France Stage 9 Preview
A sprint stage and with it some pressure as this is the last chance for the sprinters before the mountains.
Tour de France Stage 8 Preview
The first of two sprint stages this weekend. Today’s stage is flat in the totality but the finish is slightly uphill.
Tour de France Stage 7 Preview
A stage in Brittany, the region of France where cycling as a sport is the most popular. There’s the now familiar finish at Mûr-de-Bretagne, two times up like the last time.
Tour de France Stage 5 Preview
It’s only Wednesday and there are only eight riders within a minute of the yellow jersey. Today’s time trial will shake things up further. Remco Evenepoel wants the stage win and as much time as he can get.
Tour de France Stage 4 Preview
Another hectic hilly finish where we could see Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel in action.
Pro Team Sponsors Explained
The annual look at pro team sponsors and what they do. Many of the sponsors are the same as last year but their situation has changed.