Sponsor photoshoots are a pain in the legs

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?

Naysayers silenced as crowds roar for the Tour

FIGHTING ALL THE WAY TO THE FINISH

Tadej Pogačar stamps his authority on the race in the second week, leaving his rivals for dust

The British Isles have two new Tour stars, Ireland’s Ben Healy and Scotland’s Oscar Onley . Can their contrasting talents take them all the way, asks Adam Becket

Picnic PostNL’s Scottish wonder sat in fourth on the first rest day, reports Adam Becket in Montpellier