Tour de France Stage 21 recap: Sea change
Congratulations Tadej!#TDF2020 pic.twitter.com/zH3vOZtp6y— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) September 20, 2020 The Tour de France often unfolds lugubriously, like a...
Tour de France Stage 20 recap: "I think I'm dreaming"
"I think I'm dreaming." Shortly after erasing a 57-second deficit and winning the yellow jersey on Stage 20, Tadej Pogacar succinctly stated how we all felt....
Tour de France Stage 19 recap: A good day
I won't lie, I missed most of today's stage. HOWEVER, I had good reason. You know the independent quarterly I've hollered about a few times in this...
Tour de France Stage 18 recap: Today's winner was the friends we made
Stage 18, the Tour's last mountain day, was supposed to be brutal, dragout GC brawl. And though the profile was punishing, the lasting image was one of...
Tour de France Stage 17 recap: Only Superman can save us now
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Tour de France Stage 16 recap: Another great one-day stage, another young star
Yet another fun one-day profile in the midst of the Tour gave yet another brilliant up-and-comer a chance to announce himself on cycling's biggest stage....
Tour de France Stage 15 recap: Ineos' day of reckoning
As Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic battled out a summit finish for the third time this Tour, Egan Bernal and Team Ineos were nowhere to be seen. The...
Tour de France Stage 14 recap: Sunweb are the Tour's bare knuckle brawlers
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Tour de France Stage 13 recap: Duel of the Slovenians
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Tour de France Stage 12: A star is born
Marc Hirschi finally got his stage win. Stage 12 featured what have now become the 22-year-old's trademarks: A fierce acceleration at the top of a late...
Tour de France Stage 11 recap: Peter Sagan finally makes an impact a little too literally
What a lovely amuse-bouche of a stage. It was classically boring for the most part, which felt refreshing after several straight stages of end-to-end crashes...
Tour de France Stage 10 recap: The green jersey competition is ... good?
Stage 10 threatened to erupt into chaos at several moments, thanks to crosswinds and road furniture-induced crashes. But in the end we were treated to a...
6 things I'll remember from Week 1 of the Tour de France
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Tour de France Stage 9 recap: I still love you, Marc Hirschi
A 153-kilometer stage highlighted by a heroic ride and back-breaking attacks ended in a near-photo finish. Marc Hirschi spent 90 kilometers alone at the...
Tour de France Stage 8 recap: Racing bliss (I'm out of breath)
Some stages, nothing happens. Other stages, EVERYTHING happens. Stage 8 was the latter. Let's break it down piece by piece, starting with the winner: Hello,...
Tour de France Stage 7 recap: I don't know anything anymore
When I previewed this stage yesterday I said it would be boring. I am a stupid, stupid man. The peloton split apart at several points of the course, sending...
Tour de France Stage 6 recap: Is the peloton bored?
Alexey Lutsenko became the 2020 Tour de France's first breakaway winner with a self-assured climb out of a talented group of riders. He went solo with just...
Tour de France Stage 5 recap: What the hell was that? (Brought to you by Haiku)
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Tour de France Stage 4 recap: A glimpse into the future
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Tour de France Stage 3 recap: A sprinting masterclass, and a requiem for Anthony Perez (PLUS previewing the first mountain finish)
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Tour de France Stage 2 recap: Julian Alaphilippe is the purest form of joy (PLUS previewing Stage 3)
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The meanest Tour de France: All the chaos of Stage 1, plus a preview of Stage 2's MOUNTAINS
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Let's have a Nice time: 2020 Tour de France predictions and Stage 1 preview
From Monday: The Tour de France is taking place in 2020, against all sense From Tuesday: Your 2020 Tour de France rooting guide From Thursday: The 2020 Tour...
The 2020 Tour de France watchability guide ... this course is mean as hell
From Monday: The Tour de France is taking place in 2020, against all sense From Tuesday: Your 2020 Tour de France rooting guide Programming note: Tomorrow...
Your 2020 Tour de France rooting guide
Previously: The Tour de France is taking place in 2020, against all sense There is so much ephemera on every Tour de France stage — sweeping views,...
The Tour de France is taking place in 2020, against all sense
I'm tapping on a keyboard, about to tell you about cycling just ahead of the Tour de France, like I might any other year. I look forward to what has become a...