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Did you know? Talking shop Lille is home to Decathlon, the biggest sports retailer in the world, which sponsors a men’s WorldTour team One to watch Milan magic? Young Italian Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek

The Tour de France is still the only race that counts for ‘them’

The Tour de France is skewing younger than ever, but can the peloton’s elder statesmen still cut it at the sharp end? James Shrubsall explores what it takes to age gracefully as a Grand Tour racer

Did you know? Rising star Champion Kasia Nieuwadoma (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) won the 2016 European U23 Championship road race in Plumelec One to watch Breggen rights Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Pro

Baffled by all those signs, symbols and jerseys? Here's your one-stop guide to decoding the Tour de France

Being tasked with selecting an image gallery of the Tour de France when you have well over a century of history to play with seemed an impossible job. Tens of thousands of evocative pictures to squeez