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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8A_0043.jpg”] Shane Stokes Published July 4, 2026 02:21PM The prospect of one or more Tour de France stages being cancelled has just become a whole lot more possible. That’s the takeaway from a decision by France’s Interior Ministry, which has given a green light for regional governments to scrap stages if they feel…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8A_1775.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated July 4, 2026 02:36PM Jonas Vingegaard in the yellow jersey and Tadej Pogačar left chasing — no one expected to see that in the opening stage of the 2026 Tour de France. The Tour’s experimental team time trial did exactly what organizers hoped for Saturday in steamy Barcelona. It…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/stage-2.jpg”] Jim Cotton Published July 4, 2026 11:41AM Tarragona – Barcelona: 168.5km / 2,500m+ The Tour de France remains in Spain for the true road stage of the race. Stage 2 into Barcelona will be steep, explosive, and a prime opportunity for the puncheurs. The testing finale features three loops of the gruesome…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2284056900-1.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 4, 2026 12:16PM Jonas Vingegaard blasted to the stage win and stepped into his first yellow jersey since 2023 as Visma-Lease a Bike crushed the stage 1 team time trial of the Tour de France. The two-time Tour de France champion scored just a slim advantage but big…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2283770851-scaled.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated July 4, 2026 05:59AM Remco Evenepoel has had to put up with questions about his controversial Tour de France preparation program and his relationship with team co-leader Florian Lipowitz. And now he’s having to fend off questions about his extreme weight loss, too. Evenepoel revealed Thursday he lost “almost…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2283853436-scaled.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated July 4, 2026 01:36AM It’s unlikely but not impossible that Paul Seixas could triumph in his first Tour de France. Since World War Two, a total of nine riders have pulled off that feat. Jean Robic, Fausto Coppi and Hugo Koblet each did it two years apart between 1947…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TDF-2026-Tech-Gallery-Part-Two-Look-4.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Published July 3, 2026 05:12PM At the Tour de France Grand Depart, getting everything is a losing game. Especially in a big, bustling, hectic city like Barcelona, Spain. All the teams are just spread too far with too many different schedules. Nevertheless, across two days, we made it to a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Velo-Podcast-thumbnail-copy.jpg”] Josh Ross Published July 3, 2026 03:00PM Table of Contents •Get right to the audio episode! This week is a big one for me. Logan Jones-Wilkins is out doing the Tour de France thing, and Mike Levy is nursing his wounds somewhere. That leaves just myself and Lisa Charlebois running the studio,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Sexias-TDF-2026-Bike-Check-Cover.jpg”] Logan Jones-Wilkins Updated July 3, 2026 05:10PM Paul Sexias, the biggest French hope of his generation, will ride the 2026 Tour de France on a prototype Van Rysel bike that looks set to bring an all-around platform to the brand’s lineup. We got to take a close look at the unreleased bike…