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[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…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284354189-scaled.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 11, 2026 06:15AM The footage is in: there’s no beef between Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz at the Tour de France. Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe moved fast to present a united front between its two co-leaders Friday after Evenepoel threw shade at Lipowitz in the aftermath of Thursday’s stage. Evenepoel…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8A_4216.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 11, 2026 01:05AM Neilson Powless made up for missing the Tour de France for the first time in 6 years by winning his first race in 5 months. The U.S. racer outsprinted Igor Arrieta (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) at the Tour of Austria on Friday for a huge comeback…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Velo-Podcast-thumbnail.jpg”] Josh Ross Updated July 10, 2026 02:52PM Table of Contents •Get right to the audio player And we’re back, everyone. Mike Levy is back from the wilderness, and Lisa Charlebois and I join him to talk about where he’s been. Before we can get into that, though, the Tour de France is…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284845447.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published July 10, 2026 02:41PM Jasper Philipsen took a leaf out of Mark Cavendish’s book on Friday, but not in terms of taking a Tour de France stage win. Back in 2010 the Briton finished 12th on stage 4 of the Tour, and subsequently hurled his helmet out of the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/stage-8.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published July 10, 2026 11:21AM Périgueux – Bergerac: 180.4km /  1150m+ As was the case the day before, the sprinters will fancy their chances on this 180km dash to Bergerac, famed for its many vineyards. Just like the wine producers, the race organizers will hope for a fine vintage. Marcel…