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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2287117677.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 26, 2026 01:53PM Mathieu van der Poel took an incredible victory on the final stage of the Tour de France, going clear with Tadej Pogačar on the last of three ascents of the Montmartre climb and just about holding off the chasing bunch at the line. The stage…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2160197150.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 26, 2026 11:40AM Amid the hullabaloo about controversial night time testing at the Tour de France, there was much talk about when the results of those tests would be made publicly known. The answer is, they might never be. In the early hours of July 19 Jonas Vingegaard…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2285815189-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated July 26, 2026 07:40AM Tadej Pogačar is about to make it five Tour de France wins, but Christian Prudhomme is on a good run too – about to finish his 20th Tour de France as the directeur. Politician meets organizer, spokesperson and charmer; he is the man behind the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/simmons-quinn-tour-de-france.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 26, 2026 08:16AM Quinn Simmons didn’t win a stage, but his red-white-and-blue Tour de France ends with a fitting prize. The American headed into Paris on Sunday resplendent in a full Ricky Bobby tracksuit. Huh? On Saturday, Simmons spotted a fan waiting outside the Lidl-Trek bus and traded…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2286066616-scaled.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 26, 2026 10:50AM Tadej Pogačar is a physiological phenom, an athletic one-of-a-kind. And we’re not only saying that because he’s just won a fifth yellow jersey at the Tour de France. A new study suggests Pogačar might have one of the highest VO2 Max scores in the history…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2280566379.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 25, 2026 06:17PM Third on the podium and the white jersey of best young rider: not a bad reward at all for Isaac Del Toro, riding his first Tour de France. The Mexican rider had key support on Saturday from the Tour’s strongest rider, with yellow jersey Tadej…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2287602724.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 25, 2026 01:18PM Remco Evenepoel crossed the finish line on stage 20 of the Tour de France shaking his head in show of regret. The Belgian rider had just sealed his second place overall in the race but had the feeling he’d chucked away an important opportunity. Evenepoel…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8A_1588-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated July 25, 2026 02:46PM Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike) had insult added to injury after his Alpe d’Huez heartbreak on stage 20 of the Tour de France. Two late crashes while leading the race were the difference between victory and third place. That pain was compounded by a total…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/stage-21.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 25, 2026 09:38AM Update: Stage 21 has been shortened in order to redirect safety resources to help combat wildfires. It will now start in Paris from the finish line with an extra lap of the Champs Élysées. Full details here. Thoiry to Paris Champs-Élysées: 133km/1000m The Tour de…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2286928954.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 25, 2026 10:43AM Richard Carapaz won his second stage of the 2026 Tour de France on Saturday after Sepp Kuss suffered a heart-breaking near miss in a nail-biting high-mountain finale. Kuss was solo at the front of Saturday’s 20th stage through the Alps when he crashed twice inside…