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Last year, Mathieu van der Poel became the 295th man to don the jersey after winning Stage 2 on the Mur-de-Bretagne but despite his brilliance, his style and physique mean he is unlikely ever to win the race overall. In a similar vein, it may come as a surprise that Fabian Cancellara wore the yellow […]

The points classification featured one of sport’s greatest comeback stories as Mark Cavendish, a late inclusion for the Tour and without a stage win since 2016, took on all comers in the sprints to win four times. Cavendish’s quartet of victories saw him equal Eddy Merckx’s record and while he may have missed out in […]

Tadej Pogacar is surely heading for a place in cycling’s pantheon after successfully defending his Tour de France title with one of the most assured and one-sided demolitions of a world-class peloton seen in many a long year. The silky Slovenian turned the 2021 Tour into an absolute procession, grinding down his rivals one by […]

There are still 12 stages of this year’s Tour de France remaining but barring disaster the race for the yellow jersey is as good as over. Pogacar in Firm Control Defending champion Tadej Pogacar waited until the penultimate stage to take over the leadership of the 2020 Tour de France but, after just nine stages […]

We are three days into the 2021 Tour de France and already there have been plenty of fireworks as the peloton has thrashed its way around Brittany. Saturday and Sunday saw Julian Alaphilippe and Mathieu van der Poel each take yellow with brilliant late solo attacks, while Monday’s opening sprint stage failed to live up […]

With five stages of this year’s Vuelta a Espana remaining, defending champion Primoz Roglic is in pole position to reclaim his crown after winning Tuesday’s pivotal time-trial. Roglic went into stage 13 trailing Ineos Grenadiers rider Richard Carapaz by ten seconds but emerged from it with a 39-second buffer of his own. And with just […]

There will be a new winner of this year’s Tour following the withdrawal of defending champion Egan Bernal ahead of stage 17 on Wednesday and it is difficult to look beyond Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic, who is looking to add to his Grand Tour success at last year’s Vuelta a Espana. Team Effort Key to […]

This year’s Tour was of course delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the opening nine stages have certainly delivered on entertainment, with four different riders having led the way in the General Classification standings, while there have been eight separate stage winners. With 12 more gruelling stages to come between now and the end […]