Rousing the lion

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?

The British Isles have two new Tour stars, Ireland’s Ben Healy and Scotland’s Oscar Onley . Can their contrasting talents take them all the way, asks Adam Becket

Slovenian wins fourth Tour, but hints at not going on forever, writes Chris Marshall-Bell in Paris

Naysayers silenced as crowds roar for the Tour

E ddy Merckx won the Tour de France ...

The first women’s Tour de France ran in 1955 – and then vanished. Stephanie Boland charts the long, winding road to its modern revival