Ghosts of italy’s past haunt grand départ

E ddy Merckx won the Tour de France ...

Naysayers silenced as crowds roar for the Tour

Something occurred to me when reading Ned Boulting’s latest book – it was possible that ITV’s long-serving commentator and reporter has never watched the Tour de France on television. So, I put it to

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

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

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?