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Tour de France 2025 team ratings: The winners and losers from a week of mountains and breakaways
Rouleur analyses the performances of the 23 squads during the second week
A popped shoulder, a lost radio, and a broken dream - Julian Alaphilippe’s Tour de France tragedy
While the Frenchman looked almost back to his best in the breakaway of stage 15 of the Tour de France, the day ended in embarrassment...
No friends but plenty of wins: UAE Team Emirates’s Tour de France stranglehold leaves nothing for the rest
Stage 15 of the Tour de France brought yet another stage victory for the team, but this time it was thanks to a solo hit...
‘Bad day, bad performance, no explanation’ - Remco Evenepoel is being burned by the Tour de France
It was another sub-par performance from the Belgian, who hoped for more as the race hit the Pyrenees
Lipowitz, Vauquelin, Onley, Johannessen - The future of Grand Tour racing is bright
There is an exciting generation of new talent bursting through the ranks, ready to start winning as soon as Pogačar stops
Lost hope, broken dreams and perfect Pogačar - Is the Tour de France already over?
The world champion won stage 12 and reclaimed the yellow jersey in swashbuckling style on the Hautacam – and there was nothing his rivals could...
Yellow might have been decided, but what can other teams salvage from the Tour de France?
Pogačar’s domination has left his rivals scrambling to get whatever they can from a race that, barring a disaster, already seems decided
‘A crazy, crazy day’ - Professional cycling no longer has any rules
Stage 11 of the 2025 Tour de France was one of the wildest ever with non-stop attacks – this is bike racing in 2025
‘We are the underdogs, so we have to be creative’ - A tactical masterclass or blunder from Visma-Lease a Bike at the Tour de France?
The Dutch team rode an aggressive race on stage 10 which ultimately gave them the day’s victory with Simon Yates, but failed to crack an...
‘We put on a good show’ - Mathieu van der Poel and the beauty of losing
The Dutch rider spent over 170 kilometres in the breakaway during stage nine of the Tour de France with his teammate, Jonas Rickaert, and was...
Lighter, stiller, stronger - The making of Jonathan Milan’s sprint
How Lidl-Trek have moulded the Italian rider into a Tour de France stage winner
Tour de France 2025 stage nine preview: A classic sprint stage
The stage is set for a fast and nervous bunch finish in Châteauroux
‘Cycling is cruel’ - The broken dreams and broken hearts of the Tour de France
An unexpected crash on stage seven caused chaos for some of the race’s main protagonists
‘I don’t know what they were trying to do’ - The UAE-Visma mind games have started at the Tour de France
Subtle tactical choices from both teams during stage six give an insight into the mindsets of Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard
Romance and science: How EF Education-EasyPost pulled off Tour de France perfection
The crazy plan behind Ben Healy’s stunning solo victory on stage six of the Tour de France
Six years and 100 victories: Tadej Pogačar is peerless
Tadej Pogačar took his 100th win in stage four of the 2025 Tour de France, further cementing his breathtaking dominance among the current crop of...
Chaos reigns: Inside the mess of a Tour de France sprint stage
A bad route design? Nervousness in the first week? A headwind? This is why the finale of the Tour de France stage three was so...
The role reversal: Visma-Lease a Bike are trying to play Tadej Pogačar at his own game
The Dutch outfit are adopting an aggressive style early in the race, with Jonas Vingegaard making the types of attacks that we might have expected...
Tour de France 2025 stage three preview: A chance for the sprinters
A ride out to the north French coast looks like a certain sprint finish – but will crosswinds disrupt the fastmen once again?
'It was easier than we thought' - Welcome to the Alpecin-Deceuninck school of bike racing
The Belgian team won the opening stage of the 2025 Tour de France after a textbook lead out for sprinter Jasper Philipsen
Tour de France 2025 predictions: who will be the stand-out riders in the 112th edition?
Best guesses at who will come out on top during the three weeks in France
Giro d'Italia 2025 team ratings: The best and the worst performances
Assessing the success of the 23 teams that took to the start of the Giro d'Italia this year
‘Not a lot of teams will ever do this’ - The inside story of Lidl-Trek’s Giro greatness
Rouleur went behind the scenes with one of the most successful squads of this year’s race to find out how the magic happens
Let me entertain you: Are Grand Tours better without Tadej Pogačar?
After the Giro d'Italia has concluded, Rachel Jary analyses whether the absence of the world champion leads to more exciting racing
‘This is the pinnacle’ - Visma-Lease a Bike and an unwavering strive for perfection
A victory on the final stage for Olav Kooij alongside Simon Yates’ general classification win is a dream come true for the Dutch team –...
Courageous or crazy – Could different tactics have won Richard Carapaz the Giro d’Italia?
The EF Education-EasyPost rider made an attack early in the stage but failed to capitalise off his work, ending up third on the general classification
Opinion: UAE Team Emirates-XRG lost the Giro a long time before the Colle delle Finestre
Isaac del Toro loses the pink jersey to Simon Yates who attacked on the legendary Colle delle Finestre
How to win a Grand Tour – Inside Visma-Lease a Bike’s tactical Giro masterclass
Simon Yates took the pink jersey on the penultimate day of racing after his team executed a perfect performance
‘It was Finestre where he lost everything, and Finestre where he won it all back’ - Simon Yates proves fairytale endings exist
The Visma-Lease a Bike rider rode into the pink jersey after stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia, finally achieving redemption in the race which has...
Wind, fatigue and tactical blunders – Inside the Giro d’Italia attacks that never were
It was an anticlimactic stage 19 of La Corsa Rosa after many expected more explosive attacks to come on the mountainous route to Champoluc
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