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Taste of the Tour: A bend, a death and a personal...
SAINT-SEBASTIEN-D’AIGREFEUILLE: Because people die on roads, the sinuous route of the Tour de France inevitably passes the sites of family tragedies for someone, somewhere.
On...
After a Tour on TV, Pinot now looms large in the...
BRIOUDE: Like a lost love, the Tour de France gains in value for riders who can’t race in it.
That was the lesson Thibaut Pinot...
How the first week of the Tour de France unfolded
After an eventful first week on the Tour de France, AFP Sport takes a look back at each stage so far:
Stage one: Brussels -...
Tour de France: Viviani storms bunch sprint to win Stage 4
NANCY: Elia Viviani had left the Giro d’Italia utterly disappointed.
Two months later, the Italian rider left bitterness and his sprinting rivals in his wake...
Aiming high: Altitude is the acid test at Tour de France
PARIS: With each crank of their pedals, riders on the Tour de France will climb ever-higher into the unknown.
For the first time in its...
Mountains galore as 2019 Tour de France route unveiled
PARIS: Tour de France organisers threw down the gauntlet to the climbing specialists when they unveiled the most mountainous edition in the 106-year history of...
Thomas lashes out at ‘idiot’ who ‘hit’ him mid race
PARIS: Tour de France leader Geraint Thomas lashed out after falling victim to an "idiot" fan who almost brought him down at the end...
