Stephen roche secures the double

In the early 1890s a young Victor Goddet was working at the Vélodrome de l’Est, Paris. Every day a twenty-something rider arrived and every day Goddet studiously checked his pass. One day the rider qu

Did you know? Talking shop Lille is home to Decathlon, the biggest sports retailer in the world, which sponsors a men’s WorldTour team One to watch Milan magic? Young Italian Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek

Being tasked with selecting an image gallery of the Tour de France when you have well over a century of history to play with seemed an impossible job. Tens of thousands of evocative pictures to squeez

Protecting the Tour’s 3,500km route from sabotage is almost impossible, and history reminds us of the race’s vulnerability. Patrick Fletcher looks back on an extraordinary day from 1982

The Tour de France is still the only race that counts for ‘them’

The 112th Tour de France begins with a wet and wild welcome from northern France