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

E ddy Merckx won the Tour de France ...

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

Naysayers silenced as crowds roar for the Tour

Frenchwoman earns dream win on debut, reports Tom Davidson in Châtel

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