features

The former French champion tells us why she quit cycling and what it's like running the biggest women's race on the calendar

By Tom Davidson Published 31 July 26

British rider Charles Hall finishes as the fastest amateur despite only winning his entry in a competition

By Vern Pitt Published 30 July 26

With heatwaves becoming ever more common, the importance of hydration creeps up the priorities list. But does this mean we need to add electrolytes, asks India Paine

By India Paine Published 29 July 26

A post-WW2 Paris-London stage race promised to revolutionise British cycling. Its founder risked everything to make it happen – only for bureaucracy, and history, to leave it behind

By Angela Mills-Bannon Published 28 July 26

Steve Shrubsall doesn't believe in visiting another country without turning a pedal stroke in it, a rule he regretted – at times – during this particular excursion

By Stephen Shrubsall Published 27 July 26

The Class of '26 includes two previous stage winners

By Tom Davidson Published 25 July 26

Ahead of the Tour de France's double serving of Alpe d'Huez, we remember seven of the climb's unforgettable moments

By Tom Davidson Published 24 July 26

The Yorkshireman’s Pinarello Dogma F is a very different machine to the one we covered at Opening Weekend

By Aaron Borrill Published 22 July 26

Altitude camps, living out of suitcases, restrictive diet – it all sounds like not a lot of fun

By Adam Becket Published 22 July 26

As today's stage 16 rolls out of Evian, we look back exactly a century to when the town hosted the historic 1926 Grand Départ – kicking off a 5,745km ordeal that remains the longest and most brutal edition in the race's history

By Pat Kinsella Published 21 July 26

A closer look at the double Olympic Champion's Tour de France race bike

By Aaron Borrill Published 20 July 26

Today's pros are going further than just hair-free legs

By Tom Davidson Published 20 July 26

For Tom Pidcock, this year's Tour was never about fighting for the GC or proving his talent – it's about restoring his childhood passion for the race

By Tom Davidson Published 18 July 26

We used to worry about damaging our bikes when they cost a quarter of what they do now - How can people afford taking any risk?

By Michael Hutchinson Published 18 July 26

Comfort is paramount to performance over three weeks of racing, so how do the pros optimise their equipment for the Tour de France?

By Andy Turner Published 17 July 26

Decathlon CMA CGM’s teenage prodigy spotted aboard an unreleased Van Rysel race bike

By Aaron Borrill Published 17 July 26

From stomach-tightening sprints to soul-crushing threshold blocks, these are the sessions PB-chasing riders love to loathe. We hear the gory details

By Rob Kemp Published 17 July 26

Ex-Visma coach Tim Heemskerk outlines the training philosophy behind Vingegaard's Tour de France victories

By Chris Marshall-Bell Published 16 July 26

Still buzzing from the Tour's Barcelona bonanza, we look at all the elements that need to come together for an unforgettable opening weekend

By Chris Marshall-Bell Published 15 July 26

A rapid late ’30s beauty, with shapely tubing and delicately flowing forks

By Simon Fellows Published 15 July 26

Three riders, three families, all brought together by the dream of riding the Tour de France

By Chris Marshall-Bell Published 10 July 26

The frameset was prepped and hand-painted by Ridley CEO Jochim Aerts before being escorted to Brussels Airport for an express flight to the Hautes-Pyrénées

By Jack Evans Published 9 July 26

Accumulating 8,848 meters without a single hill rep is the aim of the game

By Lisa Charlebois Published 8 July 26

The owner of Tom Pidcock's team is one of cycling's most mysterious power brokers - where has he come from, and what does he want?

By Chris Marshall-Bell Published 8 July 26

Custom paint, 55/44T chainrings and 30mm tyres headline national champion's Tour de France-ready Giant Propel race bike

By Aaron Borrill Published 8 July 26

Marathons might inflict greater impact, but riding a century requires a lot of fuel and some mechanical know-how. Steve Shrubsall has totted up the scores to determine which is really the greater endurance feat

By Stephen Shrubsall Published 7 July 26

Sometimes, Dr Hutch just wished Bradley Wiggins had been on a training camp, rather than crushing him in a time trial

By Michael Hutchinson Published 5 July 26