Tour de France on verge of official postponement or cancellation after Emmanuel Macron announcement
4 years, 8 months ago

Tour de France on verge of official postponement or cancellation after Emmanuel Macron announcement

The Telegraph  

The 2020 Tour de France faces being officially postponed or cancelled after the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, declared on Monday night that that there would be no large public gatherings in the country before mid-July in an effort to halt the spread of coronavirus. Tour organisers ASO last month ruled out the idea of the race taking place 'behind closed doors'. A postponement or a cancellation was already looking inevitable even before Macron’s announcement, with ASO understood to have investigated the possibility of pushing the race back by a month, starting on July 27 and ending on August 18. The week-long Critérium du Dauphiné is traditionally seen as the Tour’s big warm-up race, and is looking for a new date having already been pushed back from its original May 31 start.

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French Climbs Mont Ventoux in 2025 Tour de France Route
2 months, 1 week ago

French Climbs Mont Ventoux in 2025 Tour de France Route

Associated Press  

The 2025 Tour de France will feature a traditional route with a focus on climbing in the last 10 stages. The race starts in Lille and ends in the Alps, with three mountain-top finishes at Mont Ventoux, the Col de la Loze, and La Plagne. The 2025 edition also marks the 50th anniversary of the polka-dot jersey for best climber …

Tour de France 2025 routes revealed with brutal Pyrenean treble set to stage Pogacar-Vingegaard rivalry
2 months, 1 week ago

Tour de France 2025 routes revealed with brutal Pyrenean treble set to stage Pogacar-Vingegaard rivalry

The Independent  

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Tour de France 2024 stage-by-stage guide: Route maps and profiles for all 21 days
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Tour de France 2024 stage-by-stage guide: Route maps and profiles for all 21 days

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Tour de France 2024 stage 3 preview: Map and profile of 231km route set for bunch sprint in Turin
6 months, 1 week ago

Tour de France 2024 stage 3 preview: Map and profile of 231km route set for bunch sprint in Turin

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Tour de France 2024 riders and teams: Every cyclist at this year’s race
6 months, 1 week ago

Tour de France 2024 riders and teams: Every cyclist at this year’s race

The Independent  

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Tour de France 2024: Five yellow jersey contenders and five more riders to watch
6 months, 1 week ago

Tour de France 2024: Five yellow jersey contenders and five more riders to watch

The Independent  

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Chris Froome to miss Tour de France as Israel-Premier Tech selection revealed
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Chris Froome to miss Tour de France as Israel-Premier Tech selection revealed

The Independent  

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Tour de France 2024 route map and stages from Florence to Nice
1 year, 2 months ago

Tour de France 2024 route map and stages from Florence to Nice

The Independent  

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Tour de France won’t finish in Paris for first time in more than a century because of the Olympics
1 year, 2 months ago

Tour de France won’t finish in Paris for first time in more than a century because of the Olympics

Associated Press  

PARIS — The final stage of next year’s Tour de France will be held outside Paris for the first time since 1905 because of a clash with the Olympics, moving instead to the French Riviera. The next big moment for two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard and his rivals will be Stage 7 for the first time trial in the Bourgogne …

Tour de France 2023: All you need to know about the race, timings, stages, live streaming info
1 year, 6 months ago

Tour de France 2023: All you need to know about the race, timings, stages, live streaming info

The Hindu  

The Tour de France – starting out as a sheer business strategy, with a little over 60 entrants and 12,000 francs as its prize money – has now flourished into creating history. The Tour de France 2023 has the following stages: 4 hilly stages 8 flat stages 8 mountain stages 4 summits 1 individual time trial 2 rest days Where …

Tour de France 2024 to finish with time trial between Monaco and Nice
1 year, 9 months ago

Tour de France 2024 to finish with time trial between Monaco and Nice

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Tour de France reveal brutally mountainous route for 2023 race
2 years, 2 months ago

Tour de France reveal brutally mountainous route for 2023 race

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Former champion Chris Froome gets nod for Tour de France
2 years, 6 months ago

Former champion Chris Froome gets nod for Tour de France

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Tour de France organisers reveal women’s race will start at Eiffel Tower in 2022
3 years, 2 months ago

Tour de France organisers reveal women’s race will start at Eiffel Tower in 2022

The Hindu  

The route for the inaugural women's Tour de France was unveiled on Thursday with eight stages, embarking from the Eiffel Tower on July 24 next year. The first complete edition of the women's version of cycling's iconic race starts on the day the 109th edition of the men's Tour ends. Race director Marion Rousse, a former French cycling champion and …

'Focused on Just Returning Back to my Former Level': Chris Froom Doesn't Think He Can Win Tour de France 2021
3 years, 7 months ago

'Focused on Just Returning Back to my Former Level': Chris Froom Doesn't Think He Can Win Tour de France 2021

News 18  

Chris Froome has ruled himself out of contention for a record-equalling fifth Tour de France title later this month, saying he needs more time to rediscover the form needed to battle for the yellow jersey. In a long road to recovery, Froome had hoped to gather momentum this week but Wednesday’s disappointing showing in the time trial stage left him …

Tour de France: Yates in yellow, Sagan attacking on Stage 7 - sports news
4 years, 4 months ago

Tour de France: Yates in yellow, Sagan attacking on Stage 7 - sports news

The Hindu  

Stage 7 of the Tour de France started on Friday with British rider Adam Yates wearing the race leader’s yellow jersey and the team of three-time world champion Peter Sagan causing havoc by setting a furious pace at the start of the 168-kilometre route into southwest France. Other rivals to Sagan in the trailing group included 11-time stage winner Andre …

Delayed but alive, Tour de France sets off from Nice
4 years, 4 months ago

Delayed but alive, Tour de France sets off from Nice

India TV News  

The strangest Tour de France ever finally set off on Saturday from the Riviera city of Nice in an extraordinarily subdued atmosphere, amid fears the race could be stopped well before it reaches Paris. The sight of the 176 riders on the starting line was already seen as a big win by organizers and French government officials relieved the mega-event …

Cycling: Tour de France Teams to be Expelled for Two Covid-19 Positives in Entourage
4 years, 4 months ago

Cycling: Tour de France Teams to be Expelled for Two Covid-19 Positives in Entourage

News 18  

Teams will be expelled from the Tour de France if at least two members, including staff, test positive for the coronavirus, Christian Prudhomme told AFP Saturday. The announcement comes on the opening day of the 21-stage slog around France and reinforces a growing sense of doom for the 2020 Tour with positive PCR swab test numbers growing by the day …

Delayed by COVID-19 pandemic, Tour de France sets off from Nice
4 years, 4 months ago

Delayed by COVID-19 pandemic, Tour de France sets off from Nice

LA Times  

The strangest Tour de France ever finally set off Saturday from the Riviera city of Nice in an extraordinarily subdued atmosphere, amid fears the race could be stopped well before it reaches Paris. Instead of the usual pulsating crowds, riders were greeted by an eerie silence as their names were read out on a stage where they were presented to …

Tour de France 2020: Grappling with staging the world’s toughest bike race in a pandemic
4 years, 4 months ago

Tour de France 2020: Grappling with staging the world’s toughest bike race in a pandemic

CNN  

CNN — It’s set to be a Tour de France like no other. “The Tour de France will not stop if there’s a positive case, even if nobody knows whether it will be completed or not,” International Cycling Union president David Lappartient told Reuters. Documents obtained by cycling website VeloNews – which were confirmed to CNN as accurate by race …

Sports in Europe adjust to new reality
4 years, 4 months ago

Sports in Europe adjust to new reality

China Daily  

Residents resume exercising in Barcelona, Spain, on May 2 after the government eased lockdown measures. Cycling's governing body, Union Cycliste Internationale, or UCI, has released guidelines to serve as a template for teams, organizers, race officials, the media and fans of men's and women's road racing. Cycling website VeloNews reported that the general aim is to test everyone before a …

Sports in Europe adjust to new reality
4 years, 4 months ago

Sports in Europe adjust to new reality

China Daily  

Residents resume exercising in Barcelona, Spain, on May 2 after the government eased lockdown measures. Cycling's governing body, Union Cycliste Internationale, or UCI, has released guidelines to serve as a template for teams, organizers, race officials, the media and fans of men's and women's road racing. Cycling website VeloNews reported that the general aim is to test everyone before a …

Cycling: Tour de France Ready to Roll Out After a Delay of Two Months
4 years, 4 months ago

Cycling: Tour de France Ready to Roll Out After a Delay of Two Months

News 18  

The Tour de France rolls out of the French Riviera next Saturday with peaks, plains and rigid coronavirus protocols standing between the 176 riders and the final dash along the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Colombia's 23-year-old defending champion Egan Bernal will defend his title as sole captain of Ineos, who ruthlessly axed both four-time winner Chris Froome and 2018 champion Geraint …

Tour de France 2021 brought forward one week to avoid clash with Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
4 years, 5 months ago

Tour de France 2021 brought forward one week to avoid clash with Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

The Independent  

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Virtual Tour de France in July to include women
4 years, 6 months ago

Virtual Tour de France in July to include women

The Hindu  

Elite women riders still lack an actual Tour de France in which to showcase their talent but over the next three weekends they will achieve equality in the inaugural “virtual” version of the event. RELATED| In all, 23 men's and 17 women's professional teams are confirmed with four-times Tour champion Chris Froome joined by his Team Ineos colleagues Egan Bernal, …

Chris Froome: Tour de France may struggle to keep fans away
4 years, 8 months ago

Chris Froome: Tour de France may struggle to keep fans away

The Hindu  

Chris Froome fears Tour de France organisers could struggle to prevent fans gathering to watch the race even if it is not open to the public because of the coronavirus. However, Team Ineos rider Froome, a four-time Tour de France winner, believes it will be hard to control whether crowds turn up. “For sure we can put the race on …

Chris Froome trusts Tour de France safety measures
4 years, 8 months ago

Chris Froome trusts Tour de France safety measures

The Hindu  

Chris Froome’s hunger for a fifth Tour de France victory remains undiminished although he is unsure the race can go ahead this year due to the coronavirus. RELATED| “It’s an advantage for me, the race being put back, but it’s not something to celebrate,” Froome told French daily L’Equipe in an interview published on Tuesday. “I’m confident I’ll be 100 …

Focused on Le Tour, Froome not wasting time in lockdown
4 years, 8 months ago

Focused on Le Tour, Froome not wasting time in lockdown

The Hindu  

Delaying the Tour de France is good for four-time champion Chris Froome, his team manager Dave Brailsford said. Professional cycling has been shut down for more than a month, but Brailsford said Froome hasn’t wasted time while in lockdown. He is working so hard and, to work through this period, I don’t think there is any doubt that he is …

Tour de France postponed to August 29-September 20
4 years, 8 months ago

Tour de France postponed to August 29-September 20

The Hindu  

The Tour de France will take place from August 29 to September 20, organisers announced on Wednesday, postponing the race originally slated to start on June 27 due to the coronavirus pandemic. READ: Tour de France cancellation could cause cycling an economic 'meltdown' While the news comes as a relief to professional cycling teams and fans, it moves the three-week …

Tour de France organisers eager to save cycling's crown jewel
4 years, 8 months ago

Tour de France organisers eager to save cycling's crown jewel

The Hindu  

Tour de France organisers are working to find a new start date for cycling's biggest race after large public gatherings were banned until mid-July in the latest extension of the French coronavirus lockdown. “We won't run a Tour de France without the fans.” - Between a rock and a hard place - Macron's announcement may have caught the organisers short. …

Tour de France given new provisional autumn date but doubts grow for Vuelta a Espana
4 years, 8 months ago

Tour de France given new provisional autumn date but doubts grow for Vuelta a Espana

The Telegraph  

This year’s Tour de France has been given a new provisional slot of August 29 to September 20, with the 2020 Vuelta a Espana in danger of falling by the wayside as organisers ASO try to protect their flagship event. Speculation as to whether this year’s Tour would be postponed or cancelled intensified on Monday night after France president Emmanuel …

Tour de France champion Egan Bernal's Team Ineos withdraws from all races over next three weeks amid coronavirus outbreak
4 years, 10 months ago

Tour de France champion Egan Bernal's Team Ineos withdraws from all races over next three weeks amid coronavirus outbreak

Firstpost  

Ineos riders had been scheduled to compete at six races before 23 March, including the prestigious Strade Bianche, the week-long Paris-Nice and the famed one-day classic Milan-San Remo. Bernal was set to defend his Paris-Nice title from 8 March Brussels: The team of Tour de France champion Egan Bernal has withdrawn from all races over the next three weeks amid …

Tour de France 2020 route is hardest I've seen in years, says Chris Froome
5 years, 2 months ago

Tour de France 2020 route is hardest I've seen in years, says Chris Froome

The Telegraph  

The battle for the yellow jersey at next year's Tour de France will conclude with a time trial at La Planche des Belles Filles before the traditional sprint stage in Paris. Organisers ASO on Tuesday unveiled a route which visits all five mountain ranges in France, short on sprint opportunities and designed to favour attacking riders. Chris Froome was in …

Tour de France 2019: All you need to know, statistics and facts
5 years, 6 months ago

Tour de France 2019: All you need to know, statistics and facts

The Hindu  

The Tour de France gets underway on Saturday, with Geraint Thomas aiming to defend his crown. This year's Tour begins in Brussels, with Belgian cycling great Eddy Merckx - a five-time winner of the race - having been honoured during the team presentation. The heavyweight outfit is now known as Team INEOS following a change in sponsor but will again …

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