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2019 Tour de France, Features, Matteo Trentin, Mitchelton-Scott, Opinion and analysis, Racing, Toms Skujins - July 25, 2019

Tour de Furnace: how to win in the heat

It was hot today at the Tour. Too hot. Salt blooming across clothing hot. Can’t touch the steering wheel hot. Hot. Yesterday was hot, too. That’s all anyone was talking about, and all that was on anybody’s mind. The conditions forced an immediate primal kind of response – a desperation to get away from it, …

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Charting the Tour: What the data show us as the race heads for the Alps

We’re well into the third week of the Tour de France and still we have no idea who’s going to win the race — we’ve got a few more mountain stages before that will become clear. Throughout this year’s race VeloClub member Cameron Harris has been turning Tour de France results data into interesting charts …

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Jack Haig’s Tour de France Diary: Rest day legs and breakaway wins

We’re into the third week of the Tour de France and, to be honest, I feel the best I’ve ever felt at this point in a Grand Tour. Maybe it’s because I took a lot of time off with my knee injury so I was fresher coming into the race. Or maybe it was just …

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Toulouse, Nimes, Paris?: Caleb Ewan’s growing confidence

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NIMES, France (CT): Backing up his stage 11 victory, Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) again showed his formidable pace and tactical smarts to overcome both the heat and a hectic finish in Nimes on Tuesday. On a mostly flat parcours in stifling conditions, stage 16 was predestined for a sprint finish. Despite the bravest efforts of a …

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Today at the Tour: Six riders, one yellow jersey

With 15 stages completed, and six stages remaining, one thing is certain — no one knows who will win this Tour de France. And we should all be thankful for that. As the most important race in pro cycling, the Tour de France has taken on such significance that it’s largely been targeted and controlled …

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Tour de Furnace: how to win in the heat

Charting the Tour: What the data show us as the race heads for the Alps

Jack Haig’s Tour de France Diary: Rest day legs and breakaway wins

Toulouse, Nimes, Paris?: Caleb Ewan’s growing confidence

Today at the Tour: Six riders, one yellow jersey

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