ROME (AFP) -- Tadej Pogacar will race the Giro d'Italia for the first time in his career in 2024, the double Tour de France champion announced on Sunday, Dec. 17. Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar (AFP) In a video published on social media by the organisers of the Italian Grand Tour, Pogacar is shown...
VERSAILLES (AFP) -- The route for the Paris-Nice eight-day bike race unveiled on Tuesday, Dec. 12, has the added draw of resembling more than ever a mini Tour de France, which also ends on the Riviera in 2024 so as to avoid the Olympic Games in Paris. Tour de France general director Christian...
LILLE (AFP) -- Tour de France organizers unveiled the first three stages of the 2025 edition on Thursday, Nov. 30, with race director Christian Prudhomme saying it was tailor-made for the sprinters. Tour de France general director Christian Prudhomme (AFP) After hilly stages in 2020, 2021, 2023 and...
PARIS (AFP) -- The 2025 Tour de France will start in the northern city of Lille, the organizers of cycling's most famous race announced on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The opening stage has been held in Lille, near the Belgian border, twice before in 1960 and 1994. The past two editions of the Tour, which...
SINGAPORE (AFP) -- Belgian cyclist Jasper Philipsen outsprinted tough competition in a scorching finish at the second Tour de France Singapore Criterium on Sunday, Oct. 29. Belgium's Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin-Deceuninck celebrates as he crosses the finish line during the second Tour de France...
PARIS (AFP) -- British veteran Geraint Thomas, winner of the Tour de France in 2018, said he wanted to have a "positive impact" on the Ineos team as they announced on Monday, Oct. 23, that he had extended his contract with them for a further two seasons at the age of 37. British veteran...
PARIS (AFP) -- Belgian cyclist Nathan Van Hooydonck has been forced to retire aged 27 due to a heart condition discovered after losing control of his car, his team announced on Wednesday, Sept. 20. Belgian cyclist Nathan Van Hooydonck (AFP) "After a series of tests we've diagnosed a heart...
PARIS (AFP) -- Demi Vollering powered through the mountain-top fog on Saturday, July 29, to win the most demanding stage in the women's Tour de France and grab the leader's yellow jersey. *Team SD Worx's Dutch rider Demi Vollering celebrates on the podium wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey...
ALBI (AFP) -- Rookie Ricarda Bauernfeind broke away to take the fifth stage of the Women's Tour de France on Thursday, July 27, while Demi Vollering, one of the race favorites, slid down the standings after being hit with a 20-second penalty. *Canyon-SRAM Racing's German rider Ricarda Bauernfeind...
COPENHAGEN (AFP) -- Jonas Vingegaard made a triumphant return to Denmark on Wednesday, July 26, following his second successive Tour de France victory, as thousands lined the streets to welcome him home. *Jonas Vingegaard. (AFP)* "Vingegaard!, Vingegaard!, Vingegaard!" echoed from the crowd of tens...
RODEZ (AFP) -- Yara Kastelijn escaped in the hilly final 20 kilometers to win the fourth stage of the Women's Tour de France on Wednesday, July 26, in Rodez as Lotte Kopecky kept the yellow jersey. *Fenix-Deceuninck's Dutch rider Yara Kastelijn reacts as she crosses the finish line to win the 4th...
MONTIGNAC (AFP) -- Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes sprinted to victory in Tuesday's third stage of the women's Tour de France with Belgian teammate Lotte Kopecky holding onto the leader's yellow jersey. *Team SD Worx's Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes celebrates on the podium after winning the third stage (out...
