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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2285184403.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 12, 2026 11:09AM Mathieu van der Poel reignited his Classics mojo Sunday, pulling off the third Tour de France stage win of his career in taking a small breakaway sprint into Ussel. The Dutch Alpecin-Premier Tech rider outgalloped Tobias Hallan Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility), Tom Pidcock (Pinarello Q36.5 Pro…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2285665433.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 12, 2026 06:14AM The first sprint beef of the Tour de France bubbled up Saturday when tempers boiled as hot as the temperatures in the stage 8 bunch kick. Two riders were cited by UCI officials for “intimidation” in the sprint while a third blew his top at…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/CORE_Q365.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 12, 2026 09:48AM Heat training has become the latest non-negotiable of the Tour de France training plan. Whether training in the basement wearing a hazmat suit or steaming out in a sauna, the importance of tuning the body for extreme heat can no longer be ignored. As this…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284877772.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 11, 2026 04:30PM Starting Sunday, Paul Seixas is going where he’s never gone before. The 19 year old is already riding his first Tour de France and, indeed, the first grand tour of his career. But when he lines out on Sunday he’ll be forging new ground: specifically,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bianchi-Specialissima-10.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated July 11, 2026 03:15PM A new and improved Bianchi Specialissima was released last month, and yet the bike has only been raced once by one rider at the Tour de France. The lightweight climbing-oriented bike is available to Bahrain Victorious, but through the Pyrenees, only Damiano Caruso raced the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/sepp-kuss-missing-tooth-tour-de-france.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published July 11, 2026 12:30PM Sepp Kuss rocked up to the start line at the Tour de France Friday with his trademark smile. Though Tadej Pogačar gave the peloton a drubbing the previous day, the Colorado climber sounded much like his usual self, and ready to empty the tank for…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2285618346.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 11, 2026 11:31AM Despite headlines proclaiming that this Tour de France is over, no one’s waving the white flag at Visma-Lease a Bike. The mood around the Visma bus was lighter than what you might expect after Jonas Vingegaard received a drubbing at the hands of Tadej Pogačar…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284331617-1-scaled.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 11, 2026 10:44AM Extreme heat is forcing Tour de France organizers to shorten Sunday’s ninth stage across central France after officials issued a health alert. In an extraordinary step, Tour organizers will cut 30km from the hilly route after authorities placed the Corrèze region under its highest level…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2285034963.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 11, 2026 10:27AM Tim Merlier took his second consecutive stage win at the Tour de France on Saturday, coming from a long way back to win a frenzied bunch gallop into Bergerac. The Belgian became the first rider to win in the city since Marcel Kittel took another…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/stage-9.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published July 11, 2026 09:15AM Malemore – Ussel: 185.5km / 3300m+ Tour de France stages are always aggressive affairs but this is even more so the case just before a rest day. Riders know they can empty the tank a little more than usual, with caution thrown to the wind. Sore…