Cycling 23 april, 1980

Naysayers silenced as crowds roar for the Tour

In an era dominated by Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard, how do the underdogs of the peloton summon the courage to keep hoping and attacking?

... Tom Davidson asks riders if it’s what they really want

FIGHTING ALL THE WAY TO THE FINISH

FAVOURITE Tour de France moment “The stage 20 time trial in 2020, on La Planche des Belles Filles [between Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar]. I’d never seen a stage 20 reversal on GC and I didn’t see t

Around 60km remained on Stage 11 of the 1985 Tour de France when Bernard Hinault decided to go to the front of the race. Hinault, who had taken yellow three days earlier after winning the 75km time-tr