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  • Tour de France Riders Blast 2 A.M. Anti-Doping Controls, Even If Rules Allow It

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2285996176.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 19, 2026 11:49AM Tour de France riders criticized the timing of surprise anti-doping controls after Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard revealed they were woken at 5 a.m. and 2 a.m. ahead of Sunday’s decisive Alpine stage. Although anti-doping rules allow riders to be tested at any point during…

  • Pogačar and Vingegaard Woken Overnight for Surprise Anti-Doping Tests Before Decisive Tour de France Stage

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2285578740-2.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 19, 2026 08:10AM Tour de France rivals Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard both confirmed they were woken during the night by anti-doping controllers just hours before Sunday’s decisive Alpine mountain stage. The International Testing Agency has stepped up testing throughout the 2026 Tour and pledged to conduct more…

  • Pogačar Gobbling up Ground Between Himself and Cavendish Tour Stage Record

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8C_9111.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published July 19, 2026 01:52AM Saturday brought the fourth stage win of Tadej Pogačar’s 2026 Tour de France campaign and, with it, a career tally of 25 Tour victories. That’s a highly impressive haul and sees Pogačar share fourth place in the all-time standings. He’s now level with André Leducq,…

  • Pogačar: Vingegaard Did an Amazing Performance, Maybe He Will Drop Me on Alpe d’Huez

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2286641458-e1784390266783.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 19, 2026 07:07AM Saturday may have been the 125th win of Tadej Pogačar’s career and the 25th stage victory in the Tour de France, but the Slovenian is keeping a lid on any presumptions about the overall. He’s now a daunting 4:30 ahead of Jonas Vingegaard with a…

  • Tesla’s New “Balance Bike for Kids” Is a Futuristic Balance Bike for Kids

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Tesla-Balance-Bike.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Published July 18, 2026 12:27PM Tesla has released the “Balance Bike for Kids,” a balance bike that brings Tesla styling to a non-electric two-wheeled design for kids. The self-described “futuristic design,” presumably inspired by Elon Musk’s extensive history as a father, leans more Cybertruck than Roadster. It features a lightweight…

  • Paul Seixas Dreams, French Fans Scream as He Makes Tour Podium Push

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2286019329-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated July 18, 2026 12:46PM “Seixas! Seix-as! Seix-as! Seix-as!” Paul Seixas is making his push for the Tour de France podium — and they could probably hear the home crowd on Le Markstein all the way over in Paris. The sound of the finish line fans cheering and banging on…

  • Tour de France Stage 15 Preview: Will the True GC Contenders Please Stand Up

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/stage-15.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 19, 2026 02:09AM Champagnole to Plateau de Solaison: 183.9km/3950m  Stage 15 serves up one final mountain exam before the Tour de France‘s last rest day, and it could be where the race’s true GC contenders rise to the top. With a Tour rest day waiting on the other side,…

  • Tour de France Stage 14: Pogačar Swats Away Vingegaard in Brutal Show of Mountain Authority

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2286643007-e1784391479509.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 18, 2026 11:06AM Tadej Pogačar swatted away Jonas Vingegaard’s late aggression and romped to his fourth stage-win of the Tour de France on Saturday. Pogačar launched out of a small GC group near the summit of the final climb of stage 14 through the Vosges before he powered…

  • America’s Top Tour Rider Thought He Would Never Race Again Last Year

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284756411-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated July 18, 2026 09:26AM Sean Quinn is probably not the man you expected to be America’s leading GC hope at this year’s Tour de France. Matteo Jorgenson, Brandon McNulty or Sepp Kuss all have superior reputations and grand tour pedigree. But it is the EF-Education EasyPost rider having the…

  • Ranking the Biggest Team Feuds in Tour de France History

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-148772947.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 18, 2026 01:35PM Much ink is being spilt about the internal strain between Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz at the 2026 Tour de France. Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe’s simmering dynamic is kid’s stuff compared to some of the legendary team blowups and open civil wars across Tour history. The Tour…