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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2286808328-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated July 24, 2026 12:27PM Sepp Kuss came agonizingly close to a blockbuster win on Alpe d’Huez, in contention for victory until the last two kilometers. The last American to win a Tour de France stage, back in Andorra in 2021, nearly ended the five-year wait. He was part of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/stage-20.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 24, 2026 11:56AM Le Bourg-d’Oisans to Alpe d’Huez: 170.9km/5400m  Just in case the peloton hasn’t suffered enough, ASO’s course designers pile on 5,400m vertical meters for the Tour de France‘s “queen stage.” The 2026 Tour’s final mountain stage strings together three of the most iconic climbs in the French…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2286808385.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 25, 2026 07:51AM Remco Evenepoel tightened his grip on second place but said massive crowds prevented him from launching his attack on Alpe d’Huez when he wanted to. The Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe star said a line of motorcycles squeezed in by throngs of fans delayed his acceleration in the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2287482515-e1784914817642.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 24, 2026 11:53AM Tadej Pogačar all-but sealed a record-equaling fifth Tour de France title with a 35-minute, 7 w/kg attack on Alpe d’Huez that reaffirmed who is the GOAT. Per estimates from data guru Na1chaca, Pogačar’s sledgehammer attack Friday on stage 19 of the Tour de France averaged…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284384982.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 24, 2026 12:45PM Movistar rider Einer Rubio is out of the Tour de France after smashing face-first into the back of a team car in chaos on the final Alpe d’Huez climb. Video showed Rubio striking the back of a UAE Emirates-XRG car that was braking quickly as…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2286806829.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 24, 2026 09:13PM Tadej Pogačar blew away his rivals and brushed off questions of sickness with a total annihilation of Alpe d’Huez on stage 19 of the Tour de France. The yellow jersey stomped away from the GC group in the early bends of the infamous switchback climb,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284861748-scaled-e1784280408433.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 24, 2026 07:23AM Jonas Vingegaard has received successful surgery to fix the damage that took him out of the Tour de France, but team Visma-Lease a Bike is still reeling from the loss of its leader. Speaking Friday to IDL, team boss Richard Plugge didn’t hold back in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2287169115.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 23, 2026 03:31PM Could Remco Evenepoel be the beneficiary of an unexpected UAE Emirates-XRG meltdown right at the end of this Tour de France? The race is poised for two extremely important stages to Alpe d’Huez, with the races on Friday and Saturday tough enough to potentially reshuffle…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/4491c.jpeg”] Andrew Hood Published July 23, 2026 12:13PM Stage 19 — Gap to Alpe d’Huez: 127.9km/3500m START: 5:20 A.M. ET EST. FINISH: 10:11 A.M. ET This year’s Tour de France ends with a unique twist of a double dish serving of Alpe d’Huez, with the iconic climb closing out the final two mountain…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2287330853.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 23, 2026 12:02PM Richard Carapaz turned EF Education-EasyPost’s Tour de France around on Thursday, winning stage 18 of the race. The Ecuadorian rider was part of the day’s break and was one of six to push ahead inside the final 46km of racing. He unleashed two surges inside…