The tour’s left-field turn

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

Naysayers silenced as crowds roar for the Tour

AVEC ZWIFT

FIGHTING ALL THE WAY TO THE FINISH

As Tadej Pogačar turned the screw in the Alps, there was still plenty of intrigue in the final week

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