Six days of paris

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.

‘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

To cycle up a mountain is to pedal into a world of paradoxes. Mountains are a playground and a torture chamber; a means of outdoor adventure and inner discovery; an opportunity for wonder, a guarantee

'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

Did you know? Rising star Champion Kasia Nieuwadoma (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) won the 2016 European U23 Championship road race in Plumelec One to watch Breggen rights Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Pro

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