AvatarVeloAvatarAvatarRemember When Tour de France Wild-Card Selection was a Surprise? Uno-X, TotalEnergies Return for 2024Outside Magazine - Andrew HoodAnalysis: Points and rankings dictate the Tour de France wild-card selection process that's now almost devoid of drama and intrigue. Tour de France officials confirmed the 22 starting teams for the 2024 edition on Thursday, and almost no one noticed. Uno-X and TotalEnergies are back in what’s a …
AvatarVeloAvatarAvatarTour de France to Start on Home Roads in 2025Outside Magazine - Jim CottonLille and northern France to host opening stages of 2025 Tour de France in first start since 2021. The Tour de France will roll out on home roads in 2025. Tour organizers ASO confirmed Tuesday that the Hauts-de-France Region, Nord Department, and Lille European Metropolis will host the start of the …
AvatarVeloAvatarAvatarTom Pidcock Confirms ‘Full Focus’ on Tour De France GCOutside Magazine - Shane StokesTalented Briton doesn’t disclose goal but is aiming higher than a solid showing: ‘Top ten is not really my motivation.’ Tom Pidcock began a belated and shortened cyclocross campaign on Saturday, allocating himself just ten events because of a clear season goal. Stage winner at Alpe d’Huez in 2022 and …
AvatarVeloAvatarAvatar‘It’s a New Chapter in More Ways Than One’: Tao Geoghegan Hart and His Tour de France QuestOutside Magazine - Updated Andrew HoodLeap of Faith: Just months after breaking his hip, the 2020 Giro d'Italia winner will be at an unknown level in his Lidl-Trek debut. CALPE, Spain (Velo) — Tao Geoghegan Hart still looks and talks like an elite WorldTour professional. It’s only the two-foot-long rod of titanium drilled into his left …
AvatarVeloAvatarAvatarBradley Wiggins Says Father’s Taunting Gave Him Drive to SucceedOutside Magazine - Shane StokesBriton says he has ‘no memory’ of Tour de France victory moment or Olympic podiums in emotional interview. 2012 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins has said that a humiliating exchange with his long-absent father Gary lay behind his drive to succeed in cycling, with an encounter at 19 years of age …
AvatarVeloAvatarAvatarTour De France Director: ‘Remco Evenepoel Has That X-Factor, That Unexpected and Brilliant Thing’Outside Magazine - Shane StokesFrenchman lauds Remco Evenepoel’s defiance in Vuelta a España, says debut Tour win is possible. Remco Evenepoel is set to make his Tour de France debut in 2024 and race director Christian Prudhomme is predicting fireworks. Evenepoel is one of the most talented young riders in the sport and is seen by …
AvatarVeloAvatarAvatarA Return to Home Soil: Details Revealed of Lille’s Tour De France Grand Départ 2025Outside Magazine - Shane StokesNo cobble sectors appear to feature, but wind could be a big factor. The peloton’s sprinters and puncheurs will be in contention for the yellow jersey in the opening days of the 2025 Tour de France, with details emerging Thursday of the grand départ in Lille. The race will commence in this region for …
AvatarVeloAvatarAvatarMerlier to Plead Case Amid Reports Soudal Quick-Step Won’t Bring a Sprinter to 2024 Tour De FranceOutside Magazine - Shane StokesWith Remco Evenepoel to target GC, Belgian insists there should be room for him. Belgian sprinter Tim Merlier has indicated unhappiness with reports that Soudal Quick-Step’s GC ambitions for Remco Evenepoel could see him left out of the 2024 Tour de France squad. The Belgian won stage 3 in 2021 while …
AvatarVeloAvatarAvatarThese Are the 5 Stages That Will Decide the 2024 Tour de FranceOutside Magazine - Jim CottonA savage start, some crushing climbs, and yes, some gravel, will decide the Pogačar-Vingegaard-Roglič-Evenepoel battle. What’s better than Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogačar, Primož Roglič, and Remco Evenepoel squaring off at the Tour de France? Watching the “big four” go full “royal rumble” on a course …
AvatarVeloAvatarAvatarDoes Gravel Belong at the Tour de France? Favorites Fear Disaster in the DirtOutside Magazine - Jim Cottons the day when you can lose the Tours hope for on the 2024 Tour's gravel stage a risk too far? It may still be nine months from the 2024 Tour de France, but a controversial gravel stage is already grinding a lot of gears in the peloton. Riders and staffers from across pro cycling’s first echelon fear …
AvatarVeloAvatarAvatarTadej Pogačar Says Gravel in 2024 Tour de France is ‘Pretty Risky’Outside Magazine - Andrew HoodUAE star rates the 111th Tour route a but says the gravel stage is for the GC favorites. Tadej Pogačar likes what he sees in the 2024 Tour de France route, but wondered how much impact the hyped up gravel sectors will have in the fight for the overall. Tour organizers unveiled the 2024 route this …
AvatarVeloAvatarAvatarJumbo-Visma Bracing for Face Off Against Primož Roglič at Tour de France: ‘We Know How Strong He Is’Outside Magazine - Andrew HoodThe 2024 Tour de France will see Roglič square off against his longtime team after his high-voltage move to Bora-Hansgrohe: If the Tour de France matchup of Tadej Pogačar versus Jonas Vingegaard wasn’t enough already, the 2024 edition will see Primož Roglič enter the fray as another five-star …