In focus

'Compared to the men's racing, where there are a few riders especially one who win most of the time, in the women's races it's much more open.' So says pro racing photographer Francesco Rachello, and

Vakoč and Neefjes win hotly-contested races

‘Who are the French guys who can win the Tour this year? It’s a subject that’s served at the table every July,’ says Romain Bardet, whose second place in 2016 is the closest a Frenchman has come to br

Cyclist: What are your earliest memories of the Tour? Serge Laget: I first discovered the Tour in my village of Langogne in the Cévennes in 1954, when I was seven. I remember as if it were yesterday.

ISLANDS IN THE STREAM Built on a man-made island originally terraformed for Montreal’s Expo 67, the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve sits perched in the St Lawrence River, surrounded by breezy parkland teemi

W hile the Tour of Britain no longer ...