Wanty-Groupe Gobert thrilled about wildcard for 2019 Tour de France

Wanty-Groupe Gobert has been invited to take part in the Tour de France for the third time in a row. Read more...

Tom Dumoulin: "2019 is not a good year for me to put everything on the Tour"

Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) has confirmed that he will ride the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France, but the focus will be solely on the Italian race. Read more...

Nairo Quintana's lucky charm for Tour de France victory

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) will centre his 2019 season once again in the Tour de France. Read more...

Chris Froome chooses diverse calendar for 2019 before facing Tour de France

Team Sky's Chris Froome will ride more in Britain in 2019. The rider will have an atypical season in which he will include South American, Middle Eastern and British races. Read more...

Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas to target Tour de France, Egan Bernal to lead at Giro d'Italia

Team Sky has confirmed that Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas will target the 2019 Tour de France, while Egan Bernal will be the Giro d'Italia leader. Read more...

Jumbo-Visma sets goals for 2019: Primoz Roglic to fight for Pink Jersey and Steven Kruijswijk for Tour de France podium

Jumbo-Visma has set its objectives for the 2019 season Read more...

Alejandro Valverde and Mikel Landa to ride two grand tours each in 2019

World Champion Alejandro Valverde will ride the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España in 2019 while Mikel Landa is set to do the Giro-Tour de France double. Read more...

Nairo Quintana sets eyes on 2019 Tour de France victory

Movistar's Nairo Quintana has confirmed that he will start at the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. Read more...

Emanuel Buchmann aims at top-ten spot at 2019 Tour de France

Bora-hansgrohe's Emanuel Buchmann will target a top-ten spot at the 2019 Tour de France. Read more...

Steven Kruijswijk to do Tour de France-Vuelta a España double in 2019

Steven Kruisjwijk (Team Jumbo-Visma) has chosen the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España as his main targets for 2019. Read more...

Tom Dumoulin to ride Giro d'Italia in 2019, Tour de France likely as well

Tom Dumoulin of Team Sunweb will ride the 2019 Giro d'Italia and believes a Tour de France participation is likely as well, the team confirmed. Read more...

Mikel Landa: "I would like to ride the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France"

Mikel Landa would want to start at the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in his second year at Movistar. Read more...

AG2R La Mondiale rules out Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double for Romain Bardet

AG2R La Mondiale has confirmed that Romain Bardet will focus solely on the Tour de France, ruling out the possibility of also doing the Giro d'Italia. Read more...

Euskadi-Murias applies for 2019 Tour de France wildcard

Euskadi-Murias has been given the green light to do the pre-inscription for the Tour de France. Read more...

Tom Dumoulin unsure of Tour de France participation: The Giro d'Italia is much better for me

Team Sunweb's Tom Dumoulin has shown doubts about his participation at the 2019 edition of the Tour de France. Read more...

Thomas De Gendt wants to ride all Grand Tours in 2019

Lotto Soudal's Thomas De Gendt has already his eyes set on the 2019 season and he has the objective of riding all three Grand Tours. Read more...

Chris Froome: It is not a secret that I would love to win a fifth Tour de France

Team Sky's Chris Froome hasn't decided yet his complete calendar for the 2019 season but has hinted that all the focus will be set on taking his fifth Tour de France victory. Read more...

Geraint Thomas considers Giro-Tour double in 2019

Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) wants to go back to defend his title at the Tour de France and he also wants to be at the Giro d'Italia. Read more...

Alejandro Valverde: I don't enjoy the Tour de France

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) is already preparing to show his rainbow jersey at the 2019 season, but he is skipping an important race. Read more...

Alexandre Geniez aims to return to Tour de France in 2019

AG2R-La Mondiale's Alexandre Geniez thinks the route of the 2019 Tour de France suit him well and stated that he will do everything he can to start at the race. Read more...

Wout Poels: The power meter is overrated

Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme has stated that he intends to promote a ban on power meters to make racing more exciting. Read more...

Mikel Landa: I want and have to go to the Tour de France

Mikel Landa (Movistar) expects to start at the 2019 Tour de France and combine it with one other grand tour that isn't decided yet. Read more...

Tour de France 2019 - Romain Bardet: It's a very beautiful course

The route of the 2019 Tour de France includes the region of the Auvergne, where AG2R La Mondiale's Romain Bardet was born. Read more...

Tour de France 2019 - Tom Dumoulin: It’s not an ideal course for me

Team Sunweb's Tom Dumoulin doesn't think the route of the 2019 Tour de France suit riders of his characteristics. Read more...

Tour de France 2019 - Chris Froome: I'll make sure I'm at my best in the mountains

Chris Froome (Team Sky) will attempt to take his fifth Tour de France victory at the 2019 edition of the race. Read more...

Tour de France 2019 - Geraint Thomas: You've got to be able to climb

The winner of the 2018 Tour de France Geraint Thomas looks with enthusiasm at the route of the 2019 edition of the race. Read more...

Route of 2019 Tour de France is presented in Paris: This is the highest Tour in history

The route of the 2019 Tour de France was presented in Paris. The Grande Boucle will be the highest in history, featuring 30 categorised climbs. Read more...

Vincenzo Nibali to meet with French Police to discuss Alpe d'Huez episode

Vincenzo Nibali is meeting with the French Police in November to address the situation of his crash at the Alpe d'Huez at the 2018 Tour de France, reports French news agency AFP. Read more...

Tom Dumoulin would like to start in Amstel Gold Race and Tour de France in 2019

Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) is already thinking of his 2019 season and his two first targets will be the Tour de France and the Amstel Gold Race. Read more...

Nairo Quintana about 2019 season: I will likely go to the Tour de France

The 2018 Vuelta a España was not the race Nairo Quintana (Movistar) was expecting but he is already thinking of the upcoming season. Read more...

Team Sunweb targets 2019 Tour de France with Tom Dumoulin

Team Sunweb will have one big goal for the 2019 season and it will be to win the Tour de France with Tom Dumoulin. Read more...

Gianni Moscon accepts suspension: It was never my intention to hit the rider

Team Sky has accepted the UCI's suspension of Gianni Moscon and continuous to support the rider after the Tour de France incident. Read more...

UCI suspends Gianni Moscon for Tour de France incident

Gianni Moscon (Team Sky) has been suspended by the Union Cycliste Internationale for the incident that took him out of the Tour de France. Read more...

UCI boss David Lappartient suggests six riders per team in grand tours

UCI President David Lappartent has suggested the option of reducing the amount of riders per team to six in grand tours, hoping that this would add excitement to the races. Read more...

Tour de France stage 21 reactions roundup: Chris Froome, Julian Alaphilippe, Dan Martin, Peter Sagan

The Tour de France has finished at the Champs-Elysees, where Alexander Kristoff took the stage victory and Geraint Thomas climbed to the highest step of the final podium. Read more...

Tour de France - Tom Dumoulin: The race was more than we had all hoped for

Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) has crossed safely the finish line at the Champs-Elysees and secured his second position at the overall classification at the 2018 Tour de France. Read more...

Tour de France - Geraint Thomas: It's unreal, it's the Tour de France

Geraint Thomas could not be happier after confirming his overall victory in the Tour de France, staying out of trouble on the final day in Paris. Read more...

Tour de France - Alexander Kristoff: I dreamed about this victory for many years

Alexander Kristoff of UAE Team Emirates got the win he was looking for as he defeated John Degenkolb and Arnaud Demare at the Champs-Elysees on Sunday. Read more...

Alexander Kristoff and Geraint Thomas celebrate at Champs-Elysees in Tour de France

Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) has won the last stage of the Tour de France. Read more...

Sylvain Chavanel confirms retirement on his last day in the Tour de France

Direct-Energie's Sylvain Chavanel has announced his retirement from professional cycling. The rider confirmed the decision on the day he finishes his 18th Tour de France. Read more...

Tour de France stage 20 reactions roundup: Romain Bardet, Dan Martin, Peter Sagan, Primoz Roglic, Lawson Craddock, Taylor Phinney

The penultimate stage of the Tour de France was an individual time trial that was won by Tom Dumoulin and allowed Chris Froome to return to a podium position. Read more...

Policeman causes time confusion between Chris Froome and Tom Dumoulin at Tour de France's time trial

The end of the Individual Time Trial of the 20th stage of the Tour de France had a moment of confusion with Chris Froome's and Tom Dumoulin's times at the finish line. Read more...

Tour de France - Geraint Thomas: I've won the Tour man!

Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) has secured his victory at the 2018 Tour de France with a good performance at the Individual Time Trial of the 20th stage. Read more...

Tour de France - Tom Dumoulin: It's amazing. Really, one second!

Tom Dumoulin could not be happier after winning the Individual Time Trial of the 2018 Tour de France, beating Chris Froome by one second. Read more...

Tom Dumoulin wins ITT, Chris Froome returns to the podium, Geraint Thomas secures title at Tour de France

Tom Dumoulin has won the 20th stage of the Tour de France. The Dutchman was the fastest at the individual time trial and Geraint Thomas secured the overall title. Read more...

Flory Hernandez, the woman that saved Tom Dumoulin's day at Tour de France

Just before the start of the penultimate stage of the Tour de France, Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) suffered a moment of panic when his skinsuit was nowhere to be found. Read more...

Tour de France stage 19 reactions roundup: Dan Martin, Rafal Majka, Peter Sagan, Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas

The 19th stage of the 2018 Tour de France was the last mountain stage in which several attacks happened and Primoz Roglic took the victory. Read more...

Tour de France - Romain Bardet: This Tour de France never quite smiled on me

Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) has finished in the third position at the 19th stage of the Tour de France. Read more...

Tour de France - Tom Dumoulin complains of race motorcycles: I'm really sick of it

Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) has finished the 18th stage of the Tour de France in the second position of the General Classification, despite other factors being at play. Read more...

Tour de France - Primoz Roglic: Obviously I had the legs today

Primoz Roglic secured a huge stage victory and gained valuable seconds on his direct rivals after attacking on the final descent of Tour de France stage 19. Read more...

Primoz Roglic takes stage victory and climbs to podium position at Tour de France

Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo) has won the 19th stage of the Tour de France. The rider attacked on the last descent of the day and moved into a podium position. Read more...

Tour de France stage 18 reactions roundup: Nairo Quintana, Tom Dumoulin, Peter Sagan, Alexander Kristoff

The 18th stage of the Tour de France has been won by Groupama-FDJ's Arnaud Demare on a day that included some minor crashes, heat and preparations for the next key stages. Read more...

Tour de France - Geraint Thomas: We're expecting the worst

Even though the 17th stage of the Tour de France was expected to be straightforward and calm, Geraint Thomas and the entire peloton had to be aware of the speed and the heat. Read more...

Arnaud Demare victorious at Tour de France, Geraint Thomas keeps GC lead

Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) has taken the victory at the 18th stage of the Tour de France. The Frenchman had the better team and the better legs at the final sprint. Read more...

Vincenzo Nibali to undergo surgery to treat fracture

Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) is set to undergo surgery next week in Italy to treat the vertebral fracture he suffered at the 2018 Tour de France. Read more...

Tour de France stage 17 reactions roundup: Tom Dumoulin, Chris Froome, Romain Bardet, Dan Martin

The 17th stage of the Tour de France has had the novelty of the start grid, which was followed by a day full of attacks and excitement. Read more...

Peter Sagan to decide continuation in Tour de France at start of stage 18

Bora-hansgrohe's Peter Sagan has suffered a heavy crash at the 17th stage of the Tour de France. The World Champion managed to finish the stage with the support of his teammates. Read more...

Chris Froome pulled off bike by French policeman

A policeman has pulled defending Tour de France champion Chris Froome off his bike as the rider descended from the Col du Portet following the conclusion of stage 18. Read more...

Tour de France - Geraint Thomas: Froome wasn't feeling too great towards the top

Geraint Thomas survived yet another day in the Tour de France and continued to lead the race with four stages left to go. Read more...

Tour de France - Nairo Quintana: It has been a great day for me

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) has won his second stage ever at the Tour de France on a day that suited his characteristics as a climber. Read more...

Nairo Quintana takes solo victory at Tour de France, Geraint Thomas remains in Yellow

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) has won the 17th stage of the Tour de France. The Colombian attacked at the last climb and crossed the finish line 28 seconds ahead of Dan Martin. Read more...

Tour de France stage 16 reactions roundup: Julian Alaphilippe, Gorka Izagirre, Adam Yates, Geraint Thomas, Chris Froome

The 16th stage of the Tour de France has been the first day in the Pyrenees and despite the lack of attacks in the peloton, the breakaway displayed a good performance. Read more...

Mixed feelings for Philippe Gilbert after Tour de France crash

Philippe Gilbert of Quick-Step Floors had mixed feelings following the crash that later forced him to abandon the Tour de France on Tuesday. Read more...

Tour de France - Tom Dumoulin: It wasn’t the moment to make a move

Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) has finished the 16th season of the Tour de France in the third position of the General Classification after an uneventful stage for the race contenders. Read more...

Julian Alaphilippe makes it two at Tour de France, Geraint Thomas keeps GC lead

Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) has won the 16th stage of the Tour de France. Read more...

Tour de France - Geraint Thomas: Winning is still not what I’m thinking about

Geraint Thomas is ready to start the third week of the Tour de France in an ideal position for himself and Team Sky. Read more...

Team Sky about Gianni Moscon: He is desperately disappointed in his behaviour

Team Sky has accepted the decision of the Tour de France organisation to disqualify Gianni Moscon from the race. Read more...

Tour de France stage 15 reactions roundup: Peter Sagan, Bauke Mollema, Ion Izagirre, Damien Howson, Tom Dumoulin

The 15th stage of the Tour de France has been won by Astana's Magnus Cort Nielsen on a day in which the breakaway was successful again. Read more...

Gianni Moscon disqualified from Tour de France after hitting Elie Gesbert

Gianni Moscon (Team Sky) has been disqualified from the Tour de France after hitting another rider at the start of the 15th stage of the race. Read more...

Late crash leaves Serge Pauwels out of Tour de France

Serge Pauwels (Dimension Data) has broken his elbow at the 15th stage of the Tour de France. The injury has left him out of the race. Read more...

Tour de France - Geraint Thomas: I'm just taking each day as it comes

Geraint Thomas (Sky) has finished the 15th stage of the Tour de France at the top of the General Classification. Read more...

Tour de France - Magnus Cort Nielsen: Everything worked out perfectly

Magnus Cort Nielsen of Astana took his first ever Tour de France stage win on Sunday, after already having won two stages in the Vuelta a España. Read more...

Magnus Cort Nielsen celebrates at Tour de France

Magnus Cort Nielsen (Astana) has taken the victory at the 15th stage of the Tour de France. Read more...

Tour de France stage 14 reactions roundup: Tom Dumoulin, Julian Alaphilippe, Geraint Thomas, Primoz Roglic

The 14th stage of the Tour de France was won by Omar Fraile on a day that GC contenders showed their weapons once again. Read more...

Tour de France - Omar Fraile: This is the biggest thing you can achieve

Omar Fraile attacked at the right moment to take his first ever stage win at the Tour de France on Saturday. Read more...

Omar Fraile takes maiden victory at Tour de France, Thomas remains in Yellow

Omar Fraile (Astana) has won the 14th stage of the Tour de France. The Spaniard survived from the breakaway of the day and a late attack gave him the victory. Read more...

Tour de France - Peter Sagan about Green Jersey: It's still important to get to Paris

Peter Sagan took his third stage win at the 2018 Tour de France, having recovered well from the difficult days in the mountains. Read more...

Third victory for Peter Sagan at Tour de France, Thomas keeps GC lead

Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe) has won the 13th stage of the Tour de France. The World Champion outsprinted Alexander Kristoff and Arnaud Demare. Read more...

Alpe d'Huez chaos forces Vincenzo Nibali out of Tour de France

Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) has been forced out of the Tour de France by a fracture in a vertebra, Italian newspaper Gazzetta Dello Sport has confirmed. Read more...

Tour de France - Chris Froome: Geraint Thomas fully deserves to be in Yellow

Team Sky's Chris Froome has finished the 12th stage of the Tour de France in the fourth position and maintains the second place in the General Classification. Read more...

Tour de France - Romain Bardet: I did my best and I have no regrets

AG2R La Mondiale's Romain Bardet has finished in the third position of the Alpe d'Huez stage at the Tour de France. Read more...

Tour de France - Tom Dumoulin: I could have had a chance to win if I did everything well

Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) has finished in the second position at the last mountain stage in the Alps on a tense day for the General Classification riders. Read more...

Tour de France - The other side of the Alpe d'Huez: Misbehaviour of the public

The ascent of the Alpe d'Huez has given a good cycling show but also has had many incidents with the public that affected the riders. Read more...

Tour de France - Geraint Thomas: I can be happy for sure now

Geraint Thomas had no words after taking his second stage win in a row at the Tour de France, extending his lead in the general classification. Read more...

Geraint Thomas wins Alpe d'Huez stage and extends GC lead at Tour de France

Geraint Thomas (Sky) has won the second stage in a row at the Tour de France. The rider sprinted at the last metres and crossed the finish line ahead of Tom Dumoulin. Read more...

Roubaix injuries force Rigoberto Uran out of Tour de France

Rigoberto Uran (EF Education First) has withdrawn from the Tour de France after being unable to recover from the injuries sustained at the Roubaix stage. Read more...

Video: Stage 11 summary of the Tour de France

Geraint Thomas has won the 11th stage of the Tour de France on the second day at the Alps. Here are two videos to look back on a day that left a few surprises. Read more...

Tour de France stage 11 reactions roundup: Van Avermaet, Nieve, Mollema, Martin, Nibali

The 11th stage of the Tour de France featured the second Alpine stage in which Geraint Thomas took the victory and seized the Yellow Jersey. Read more...

Tour de France - Chris Froome: Geraint Thomas' attack was a spur of the moment

Chris Froome (Sky) finished third on the second stage at the Alps and climbed to the third position of the General Classification at the Tour de France. Read more...

Tour de France - Tom Dumoulin: The attack was improvised, we went on intuition

Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) has climbed from the 11th to the second position in the General Classification of the Tour de France after a surprise attack at the last descent of the day. Read more...

Tour de France - Movistar riders react to 11th stage: We have to keep trying

Movistar team has been one of the teams that suffered the biggest consequences after the second Alpine stage of the Tour de France. Read more...

Tour de France - Geraint Thomas: It's unreal, I didn't expect it at all

Geraint Thomas took the stage victory and the Yellow Jersey after a powerful display by him and Team Sky in the 11th stage of the Tour de France. Read more...

Geraint Thomas takes stage and Yellow Jersey at Tour de France

Geraint Thomas (Sky) has won the 11th stage of the Tour de France. The rider attacked at the last climb and overtook Mikel Nieve at the last metres of the mountain finish. Read more...

Tour de France stage 10 reactions roundup: Izagirre, Nibali, Latour, Froome, Quintana, Uran

The tenth stage of the Tour de France took the riders to the Alps for the first time on a day in which Julian Alaphilippe took his first victory. Read more...

Tour de France - Julian Alaphilippe: Taking a stage in this race has always been a dream

Quick-Step Floors' Julian Alaphilippe has taken his maiden victory at the Tour de France and the Polka Dot Jersey in a strong and emotional day. Read more...

Tour de France - Greg van Avermaet extends GC lead with the feet on the ground: I think after tomorrow it will be over

Greg van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) has successfully defended the Yellow Jersey at the 10th stage of the Tour de France. Read more...

Julian Alaphilippe wins first Alpine stage at Tour de France, Greg Van Avermaet retains Yellow Jersey

Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) has won the tenth stage of the Tour de France. The rider attacked at the second climb of the day and remained in front until the last moment. Read more...

Video: Stage nine summary of the Tour de France

The ninth stage of the Tour de France took the riders through some of the cobbled sections of Paris-Roubaix on a dramatic day. Read more...

Tour de France cobbles medical update: Vuillermoz, Groenewegen, Smith, Keukeleire, Greipel, Rojas

The Tour de France has had an epic day at the ninth stage as the peloton hit the cobbles that left some riders in need of medical assistance Read more...

Tour de France - Richie Porte fractures right clavicle: For the second year in a row, I am ending the race like this

Richie Porte (BMC) has sustained a fracture in the right clavicle after crashing out of the Tour de France at the ninth stage. Read more...