The last dance

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

The 39-year-old Welshman is the oldest rider at this year’s Tour – can he bow out with a stage win?

Paul Double’s journey to the WorldTour may have taken a few extra years, but – as Chris Marshall- Bell finds out – his patience is paying off

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

When Jasper Philipsen was a child, long before he was winning Tour de France stages on a regular basis, he dreamed of becoming a professional footballer. Despite hailing from the same town as Belgian

Of the past 12 Grand Tours, Ineos Grenadiers have not won a single one. Can they withstand another Tour de France washout, asks Chris Marshall-Bell