If exciting bike racing is about unpredictability, then the less we know, the better

The Doc muses on Del Toro and Carapaz’s self-defeating rivalry

Greg Lemond and Bernard Hinault. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali… some of the best rivalries in sport have been a clash of styles, cultures and temperaments. Rocky IV was

‘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

The Doc turns the tables on vicarious glory hunters

David Lappartient breezes into his office at UCI headquarters in Aigle, slaps a folder of paperwork on his desk and allows himself a wry smile when he’s asked about his failure in the recent Internati

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.