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Tour de France race bikes aren't as light as you might think – and it largely comes down to sponsor obligations and team budgetsAlthough the UCI weight limit is 6.8kg, relatively few bikes actually meet this mark. We explain the ins and outs of Grand Tour race bike weights and how teams optimise their setups
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'We keep hold of our ownership': Soudal Quick-Step bank on traditional approach to sponsorship to fuel future successFlooring company Quick-Step will no longer lend its name to one of cycling's most successful teams from next season. Is that a worry?
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'Luckily, it's only a broken collarbone' – Jonas Vingegaard on crashing out of Tour de FranceTwo-time winner rues mistake which led to crash
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"We marked this stage since the beginning": Tadej Pogačar wins solo on Tour de France stage 14Pogačar's fourth stage win of this year's Tour has given him a lead of four-and-a-half minutes on his closest rival, Jonas Vingegaard
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'Effective testing must be capable to occur outside daytime hours' – Anti-doping body defends nighttime tests at Tour de FranceInternational Testing Agency confirms testing Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard early on Sunday morning
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‘We were not flying at altitude’ – Remco Evenepoel stuns even his teammates with mountain victory at Tour de FranceThe Belgian star out-sprinted Tadej Pogačar and Isaac Del Toro at the top of Plateau de Solaison to record his biggest ever win in the Tour de France
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Tom Pidcock fined and docked 20 seconds in general classification at Tour de FranceBriton goes into second rest day ninth overall
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'If this is necessary to prove that we are riding clean, then I totally accept it' – Tadej Pogačar on 'strange' anti-doping testing at Tour de FrancePogačar and Jonas Vingegaard were woken in early hours before stage 15
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'Bike racing sucks some times' – Visma-Lease a Bike count cost of Jonas Vingegaard crashing out at Tour de FranceDane crashed out of race on stage 15 and broke his collarbone
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'I’m literally trembling from emotion' – Remco Evenepoel wins first Tour de France road stage atop Plateau de SolaisonBelgian promoted to second on GC after Jonas Vingegaard crashes out
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Jonas Vingegaard crashes out of the Tour de France on stage 15, breaks collarboneDane crashes on descent on stage 15
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'I got four hours of sleep today' – Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard faced early morning anti-doping tests at Tour de FranceThe riders first and second in general classification were awoken in the middle of the night by testers
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'Probably a mistake' – Tom Pidcock falls down Tour de France GC after breakaway escapadeBrit is now ninth overall and nearly three minutes off a podium place
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‘Beat The Final Whistle’ – cyclist completes his mission to ride from Mexico City to New York in time for the FIFA World Cup finalJoe Dick has cycled 5000km across North America in 39 days, raising money for a suicide prevention program
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'I'm living a dream' – 19-year-old Paul Seixas is closing in on the podium at the Tour de FranceTeenager dropped two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard to finish third on stage 14 to Le Markstein
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'I couldn't waste good legs today' – Tadej Pogačar puts in another dominant display at Tour de France, argues race isn't overWorld champion says he's back to being confident after tricky days, still leads race by 4:30
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‘We have the mindset that we want to win’: Jonas Vingegaard continues to believe he can beat Tadej Pogačar at Tour de FranceThe Dane lost time to both Tadej Pogačar and other GC riders on Le Markstein, but he remains second overall
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'It's not possible, the Tour de France is July': Race director rejects Tadej Pogačar's wishThe reigning champion's desire for the Tour de France to move to an earlier or later spot in the calendar looks unlikely to be fufilled.
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'I don't go for records' – Tadej Pogačar refuses to be drawn on Lance Armstrong's claim he needs to win seven Tours de FranceSlovenian is on the cusp of history with a fifth yellow jersey – but does he need more?
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'I think there will be a cost, a bill will come' – rivals unworried by Tom Pidcock's GC leap at Tour de FranceBriton is now nine seconds off podium, but Lidl-Trek and Red Bull profess calm
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'You shouldn't ever underestimate him': Tom Pidcock's team declare him a Tour de France podium contenderThe Briton is now just a few seconds off the podium spots as the race heads into the major mountains.
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'I'm straight back in there with the podium fight' – Tom Pidcock bursts into GC battle at Tour de France on stage 13Briton propels himself from 10th to fourth overall, but tempers expectations with time trial coming up
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'It was full-gas from the first minute' – Mauro Schmid outguns breakaway partner to win Tour de France stage 13He beat Harold Tejada in a two-up sprint on the longest stage of this year's Tour
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Cyclists have fewer options for safe riding in US national monuments as Trump removes protectionsChanges made will put the squeeze on trail riders and bikepacking routes
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Team budgets are approaching €60 million, and Visma-Lease a Bike is still hunting for a title sponsor at the Tour de FranceChief business officer isn't concerned and says 'being a first title sponsor of one of the biggest teams in the world could benefit a company a lot'
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'The animals don't know what you've won' – inside Thibaut Pinot's farm life as the Tour de France visits his hometownFrenchman says farming 'teaches you to let go'
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'It had its head swinging around' – Australian bike rider bitten by deadly snake that became entangled in her drivechainCyclist survives bite from an eastern brown, one of the world’s most poisonous snakes
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'They won't stop me as long as I'm here' – the hero of the Tour de France is a rider nobody saw comingGrand Tour debutant Baptiste Veistroffer has stolen French hearts with his solo breakaways
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'We've lost our most important riders': Tour de France's smallest team counts the cost of crashesFernando Gaviria joins Alex Molenaar in crashing out of the Tour de France on Caja Rural-Seguros RGA's debut
