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- August 11
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- 'Iconic Powerline not being part of the race is devastating but it's even more devastating that the mountain is on fire' - Melisa Rollins aims for second win at Leadville Trail 100 MTB
- Quinn Simmons returns to Leadville Trail 100 MTB seven years on from his extraordinary teenage debut
- 'A historic milestone' – Tour de France Femmes breaks French television viewing records once again amid calls for race to be broadcast in full
- 'In every Grand Tour we are breaking records' – Elisa Longo Borghini sees a high level at the top of women's cycling but not enough of a 'base'
- 'I wasn't as close as I thought I might be' - Paula Blasi recognises her first Tour de France Femmes was a tougher learning curve than expected
- From the dominant to the anonymous – Rating every team's Tour de France Femmes performance
- 'His best is yet to come' – NSN Cycling add much-needed climbing quality with signing of Santiago Buitrago
- 'I wasn't in front to play for victory like last year, but I think I did my job' – 2025 breakthrough star Maëva Squiban celebrates different kind of Tour de France Femmes success
- DT Swiss ARC 1100 65 wheel review: Excellent high-speed performance, but can they keep up with lighter competitors?
- Battle of the brands: Who won with what at the 2026 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift?
- August 10
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- Leadville Trail 100 MTB past winners
- 'My ambition is to become a consistent winner' - Picnic-PostNL lose their top rider Pavel Bittner for 2027
- Volta a Portugal: Julius Johansen wins stage 5 time trial for second victory the race
- Parent company of Lapierre and Raleigh initiates insolvency proceedings, putting major brands at risk
- Nicole Frain wins seventh race of season at Heathland Gravel, while fellow Australian sets FKT on Icelandic Divide - Gravel Bits
- 'Extending it to two weeks would be a great step' – France's lone Tour de France Femmes success story Cédrine Kerbaol excited for race's future expansion
- What experienced cyclists notice first about a high-performance road bike
- Roval Rapide CLX III wheel review: The road mullet approach delivers the goods
- Demi Vollering and FDJ the top earners as one team leaves penniless – Tour de France Femmes prize money wrapped
- Eight things we learnt from a spellbinding edition of the Tour de France Femmes
- 'We can make the race harder, but do we want to?' Tour de France Femmes director Marion Rousse backs variety over difficulty for future route design
- In Antonia Niedermaier, Canyon-SRAM have created the perfect successor to Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney
- 'You never should think you're 'there'' – Demi Vollering at her best and still improving with second Tour de France Femmes victory
- August 9
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- 'The road was always going to do the talking' – How UAE Team L'IMAD blocked out the noise to deliver Elisa Longo Borghini to Tour de France Femmes podium
- 'I felt stronger than in any other editions' – Why Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney can celebrate second at the Tour de France Femmes as much as her 2024 win
- Volta a Portugal: Double success for Alexis Guerin who takes over race lead after stage 4
- 'We can only lose it if we had it first' – Tour de France Femmes ends in tears for Marlen Reusser as she crashes off of podium
- 'I just want to sleep for a week' - Elisa Longo Borghini lands Tour de France Femmes podium on final stage
- 'Demi just motivates me to get stronger' – Kasia Niewiadoma already hungry for another tilt at the Tour de France Femmes yellow jersey
- Tour de France Femmes: Demi Vollering drops Niewiadoma-Phinney to seal overall with solo final stage victory in Nice
- 'My heart also sank' - Tadej Pogačar talks about his relationship with compatriot Primož Roglič and that 2020 Tour de France win
- Marlen Reusser dropped then crashes on descent as Tour de France Femmes podium hopes likely dashed on final stage in Nice
- Tour de Pologne: Stefan Küng takes a first win of the year while Marco Brenner wins the general classification with stunning time trial performance
- 'It's not that I make things up' – Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney stands by FDJ United-Suez frustrations at Tour de France Femmes
- As it happened: The favourites take control in final stage of the Tour de France Femmes
- Cycling is a tactical game that takes superhuman power – Brodie Chapman's Tour de France Femmes column
- Dorian Godon rode the final nine stages of the Tour de France with broken ribs
- UCI Gravel World Series: Marjolein van't Geloof and Eddy Le Huitouze snare victory at Latvia's Gravel Weekend
- 'Fans see my country and remember what is happening' – Yuliia Biriukova flies the flag for Ukraine at Tour de France Femmes
- 'We’re not just here to finish, but we also want to show ourselves' – Lotto-Intermarché fight through crashes and heatstroke at Tour de France Femmes to make it to Nice with three riders
- Volta a Portugal: Leangel Linarez dodges late crash to lead one-two finish for Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua on stage 3
- August 8
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- 'If she's on Demi's wheel, she gets over the top and nothing changes on GC' – Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney loses yellow as complaint about Gery goes nowhere at Tour de France Femmes
- 'Today was just a new day' – Demi Vollering brushes aside Mont Ventoux disappointment to 'live the dream' back in Tour de France Femmes yellow jersey
- 'Kasia knows deep in her heart that that kind of thing just happens' – Demi Vollering defends Célia Gery after complaints from Niewiadoma-Phinney
- 'I think it's more and more difficult to win' - Movistar look to defend Marlen Reusser's Tour de France Femmes podium spot in Nice
- 'I lost all respect for them’ – Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney accuses Demi Vollering's teammate Célia Gery of lack of 'fair play' after Tour de France Femmes stage 8
- Tour de France Femmes: Demi Vollering seizes maillot jaune on stage 8 with searing late attack
- Maëva Squiban crashes out of the breakaway during stage 8 of the Tour de France Femmes
- Vuelta a Burgos: Felix Gall seals overall victory as Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe take out final stage
- Tour de Pologne: Louis Barré takes a maiden pro win in stage 6, taking a second win for Visma-Lease a Bike
- Defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot will not start stage 8 of the Tour de France Femmes
- As it happened: GC riders battle it out as race lead changes yet again on Tour de France Femmes stage 8
- Charlotte Kool leaves Tour de France Femmes after finishing outside the time limit on punishing stage to Mont Ventoux
- 'We were hoping to make more of a dent' – Mont Ventoux effort leaves Cédrine Kerbaol moving up Tour de France Femmes GC but still aiming higher
- Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney reigns as queen of Mont Ventoux, but the Tour de France Femmes crown is still up for grabs – Analysis
- 'It just became a massive ball of stress' – Paula Blasi and UAE Team L'IMAD united on Mont Ventoux after challenging week at Tour de France Femmes
- 'A payback for all the second and third places' – Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney pulls out all the stops to move within reach of second Tour de France Femmes title
- August 7
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- Leadville Trail 100 MTB
- Volta a Portugal: Santiago Mesa awarded stage 2 victory in photo-finish sprint
- 'I really should have closed the gap straight away' – Demi Vollering harbours Mont Ventoux regrets as Niewiadoma-Phinney soars into Tour de France Femmes lead
- No fairytale Mont Ventoux comeback for Pauline Ferrand-Prévot as team still without answers on underwhelming Tour de France Femmes
- 'I did a decent race, I can't complain' - Elisa Longo Borghini underlines team collaboration after outpowering Tour de France Femmes race leader Marlen Reusser for third on Ventoux
- 'Really stupid from both of us' – Marlen Reusser regrets mark-out tactics with Demi Vollering as yellow jersey sails away at Tour de France Femmes
- Tour de France Femmes: Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney launches vicious long-range solo attack to claim stage and yellow jersey atop Mont Ventoux
- Vuelta a Burgos: Matthew Brennan doubles up with stunning late sprint to narrowly win stage 4
- Tour de Pologne: Jan Christen overcomes late acceleration by Marco Brenner to win stage 5 to Kocierz Resort summit
- Paris-Roubaix remains primary goal for Tadej Pogačar as he details ambitions for coming seasons
- Major changes of crunch 2026 Vuelta a España mountain stage set to test Tadej Pogačar and other top GC contenders
- Gianni Moscon disqualified from Vuelta a Burgos in latest disciplinary incident, Red Bull say 'We respect the jury's decision'
- Anna van der Breggen abandons the Tour de France Femmes
- João Almeida pulls out of Tour de Pologne after bad crash on stage 4 as season of setbacks continues
- As it happened: Mont Ventoux inspires a historic solo win and shakes-up the 2026 Tour de France Femmes GC battle
- 'So many riders now are able to ride at a high level, it's crazy' – Pauline Ferrand-Prévot reveals she hit a power PB as she was being put to the sword at Tour de France Femmes
- 'Hot burning knife blades on our wheels' – The controversial story of disc brake adoption in the peloton, 10 years on
- 'It's just a mind trip' – Riders from the Tour de France Femmes peloton recount their racing experiences of Mont Ventoux
- August 6
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- A proposal, a baptism of fire and an MTB ride at 10 years old – Everyone at the Tour de France Femmes has a Mont Ventoux story
- Volta a Portugal: Francisco Campos claims three-up sprint to win stage 1 in Sintra
- Despite 'all the noise', UAE Team L'IMAD's multi-leader approach working but Mont Ventoux could change everything at the Tour de France Femmes
- From a late-night text to another stage win – Kim Le Court-Pienaar back on top in the hills at the Tour de France Femmes
- Leadville Trail 100 MTB loses iconic Powerline climb due to wildfire but 2026 route 'closely follows the traditional course'
- 'We are where we want to be' – All going according to plan for Demi Vollering and FDJ United-SUEZ ahead of Tour de France Femmes Mont Ventoux showdown
- 'We're going to try to win the stage' – Marlen Reusser ready to go big on Mont Ventoux in search of Tour de France Femmes victory
- Tour de France Femmes: Kim Le Court-Pienaar surges from small pack for stunning win on stage 6
- Tour de Pologne: Bart Lemmen holds off Christian Scaroni for victory on shortened stage 4 clouded by major crash
- 'The Kärcher OC3 pressure washer is so useful that I can’t imagine life without it' – It's also at a best-ever price with 34% off at Amazon
- Vuelta a Burgos: Felix Gall solos to victory on stage 3
- Four-year ban for Giovanni Carboni in biological passport doping case
- Tour de Pologne stage 4 neutralised for nearly 40 minutes after major crash in peloton
- 'Back to work' – Tadej Pogačar returns to training mode after plain-clothes gravel rides and Tour de France recovery
- Visma-Lease a Bike rewrite Tour de France Femmes GC strategy after Pauline Ferrand-Prévot loses more time
- 'Things are moving in the right direction' – Tour de France Femmes director Marion Rousse says full-length TV broadcasts of stages are under consideration for future editions
- 'I was a big fan of Mark Cavendish when he raced for this team' – Soudal-QuickStep sign versatile Tim Torn Teutenberg from Lidl-Trek
- As it happened: Tour de France Femmes stage 6 sparks attacks, a GC chase and close sprint finish
- Isaac del Toro commits his future to UAE Team Emirates-XRG with new long-term contract extension
- 'It was the first-ever climb I did' – Demi Vollering ready to head back to where it all began as Tour de France Femmes prepares for Mont Ventoux queen stage
- 'We still believe that we can turn it around' – Cédrine Kerbaol slides off Tour de France Femmes GC podium on stage 5 but there is no giving up the fight
- August 5
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- Volta a Portugal - UAE Team Emirates XRG 1-2 prologue time trial in team's race debut
- ASO announces fan restrictions on some sections of Tour de France Femmes queen stage to Mont Ventoux due to wildfire risk
- 'I was really annoyed with myself, but I'm in yellow still' – Tour de France Femmes leader Marlen Reusser narrowly misses second stage win on a massive day through the Jura
- 'Hopefully, we will celebrate big on Sunday' - Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney bullish despite missing out on Tour de France Femmes victory on stage 5
- 'I had to try' – Demi Vollering's late roll of the dice pays off as the Tour de France Femmes hits the hills on stage 5
- 'I think it's over' – Pauline Ferrand-Prévot admits defeat in Tour de France Femmes title defence after struggles on stage 5
- Tour de France Femmes: Demi Vollering wins climbing skirmish on stage 5 in three-rider sprint
- Shimano neutral service motorbike knocks Noemi Rüegg off bike amid the chaos of Tour de France Femmes stage 5 - Video
- Zipp 202 NSW wheel review: Lively, light, but ever so expensive for what’s on the table
- Vuelta a Burgos: Oscar Onley takes first victory with Netcompany Ineos on stage 2
- Tour de Pologne stage 3: Unstoppable Jonathan Milan claims hat-trick of bunch sprint victories
- 'Salaries are being paid that defy all logic' – As the Tour de France Femmes booms, there are warnings about the economics of women's cycling
- Two riders disqualified after getting caught holding onto team car as cheating controversy hits Tour de Guadeloupe again – Video
- How does padding out your bra make you faster on a bike?
- As it happened: Attacks in the Beaujolais hills shake up stage 5 and the GC as 2025 Tour winner falls out of contention
- Eddy Merckx out riding a bike again as lengthy recovery from hip operation progresses
- Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is nowhere near done, but don't underestimate Marlen Reusser in yellow – Tour de France Femmes analysis
- 'We don't expect that Marlen will explode' – FDJ United-SUEZ focus on keeping up the pressure after Demi Vollering moves into second overall at Tour de France Femmes
- 'We need to change the plan' – Anna van der Breggen's Tour de France Femmes GC hopes thwarted as usual strength exposes weakness
- August 4
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- 'I was maxing out the gears' - Zoe Bäckstedt falls short trying for first Tour de France Femmes stage win
- From 'Project Dijon' to 'Project Nice' – New Tour de France Femmes leader Marlen Reusser ready to defend yellow to the end following time trial triumph
- Despite being 10 years younger than the 'big kids', multi-discipline U23 talent Kylee Hanel thriving in 'long, grueling races of gravel' with Leadville looming
- 'I quite like this scenario of having to go after them rather than being the favourite' – Pauline Ferrand-Prévot down but not out after Tour de France Femmes time trial
- 'I found my flow' - Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney pulls out one of her best TTs ever to gain on several rivals at Tour de France Femmes
- Late mechanical costs Elisa Longo Borghini seconds in strong Tour de France Femmes TT
- On the back foot: defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot suffers major GC setback in Tour de France Femmes time trial
- Tour de France Femmes: Marlen Reusser rockets into yellow jersey with victory in Dijon on stage 4 time trial
- Vuelta a Burgos: Matthew Brennan wins uphill sprint to Alto del Castillo on opening stage
- Tour de Pologne: Jonathan Milan wins fast and furious sprint on stage 2
- As it happened: Tour de France Femmes stage 4 time trial sparks big time gaps and creates a new GC battle
- Canyon-SRAM announce European bank Scalable Capital as new team backer
- A very Swiss start to the Tour de France Femmes, but what next for women's cycling in Switzerland?
- 'A tool in this fight' – UCI president David Lappartient backs night-time anti-doping testing in men's Tour de France
- Tour de France Femmes Tech Gallery: Lightweight parts, custom paint and a host of clever tech tricks
- 'If there are points up for grabs, then I’m not going to let them slip by' – Puck Pieterse remains focussed on original Tour de France Femmes goal despite taking polka dot jersey
- UCI Gravel World Series: Oceania champion Nicole Frain and Jonas Lindberg celebrate solo wins at Hlinsko gravel
- 'So far, everything is going according to plan' – Pauline Ferrand-Prévot on track after first three Tour de France Femmes stages but now it's time to head into the great unknown
- August 3
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- Extra clothing checks at Tour de France Femmes after reports riders may be padding bras for aero gains
- Tour de France Femmes stage 4 time trial start times – Bäckstedt, Reusser, Vollering among second half of starters taking on 21km ITT
- 'The goal is to minimise the loss' – Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney fully realistic about Tour de France Femmes time trial abilities
- A plan months in the making and 'a very hard worker' – How Uno-X Mobility grabbed double success at the Tour de France Femmes
- 'We have to do a checkup this evening and see how it goes tomorrow' – Demi Vollering suffers early crash on challenging stage 3 of Tour de France Femmes
- 'If I pushed any harder, my legs would have gone straight' - Lone pursuit of Sigrid Haugset at Tour de France Femmes falls painfully short for Lotte Kopecky
- How to choose Halfords road cycling shoes for comfort, efficiency and performance
- Tour de France Femmes: Sigrid Haugset stuns field with long-range solo attack to land signature stage 3 victory and swipe yellow jersey
- Fabio Jakobsen leaves Picnic PostNL mid-season, reportedly set for surprising move to Visma-Lease a Bike
- UCI Gravel World Series: Simon Pellaud and Natalia Franco solo to wins at high-elevation Bogotá Gravel
- Tour de Pologne: Jonathan Milan powers to victory in stage 1 bunch sprint
- Unstoppable? The five biggest challenges that Tadej Pogačar will face at this year's Vuelta a España
- 'At my very best, I certainly have a chance' – Wout van Aert confident in World Championships road race bid after rediscovering top form before Vuelta a España
- As it happened: An 85km solo attack is rewarded with the stage victory and the leader's yellow jersey
- Tadej Pogačar confirmed for first return to Vuelta a España since 2019 Grand Tour debut
- 'My longest race was seven minutes and now it's three or four hours' – Sandrine Tas trades ice skates for a road bike at debut Tour de France Femmes
- Charlie Aldridge and Sina Frei add XCO mountain bike title to tally at European championships
- Gravel Earth Series: Marjolein van’t Geloof and Rait Arm win Lithuania's Megre Gravel
- 'Less stressful, less sickness, less injury' – A year on from disastrous Tour de France Femmes debut Australia's Lucie Fityus embraces new role at Picnic-PostNL
- August 2
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- 'Quite shy' and 'an absolute killer' – The two sides of Tour de France Femmes sprint dominator Lorena Wiebes
- 'Sitting in the wheels could be a bit boring' – Célia Gery on the attack as FDJ United-Suez balance yellow goals and opportunism at Tour de France Femmes
- 'I never expected to come this close' – Riejanne Markus and Lidl-Trek 450 metres from glory as the Tour de France Femmes' great disruptors
- 'I was trying to surf wheels' – Pauline Ferrand-Prévot supports Marianne Vos through Tour de France Femmes Geneva sprint finish
- 'We could not let this slip through our fingers' – SD Worx-Protime face burden of favourites as they burn through whole team on Tour de France Femmes sprint stage
- Tour de France Femmes: Lorena Wiebes powers to stage 2 sprint victory as late-race soloist Riejanne Markus is caught close to the line
- Circuito de Getxo-Memorial Hermanos Otxoa: Natnael Tesfatsion fastest in select-group uphill sprint to take the victory in Getxo
- 'We can learn from these situations' - Einer Rubio calls for better Tour de France safety regulations following his Alpe d'Huez crash
- Why is Paula Blasi in white? - Tour de France Femmes quietly changes under-23 jersey to under-24
- Tour of Denmark: Wout van Aert seals overall victory as Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen wins crash-marred stage 5 sprint
- 'We will see on Monday' - Tadej Pogačar teases Vuelta a España decision announcement as he wins home criterium in Komenda
- As it happened: SD Worx strike again on Tour de France Femmes stage 2 with a perfect chase and unbeatable sprint
- Top Belgian prospect Jarno Widar agrees contract extension with Lotto-Intermarché ahead of Grand Tour debut
- Ashleigh Moolman Pasio to become general manager of Team Amani as African team seeks to race Tour de France Femmes in 2028
- What's in a warning? – Looking into the consequences of a caution after Tour de France Femmes stage 1 report delivers lengthy list
- 'It's less about finding a few more watts, more about understanding the strategy' – Kate Courtney's road discovery continues with Tour de France Femmes special appearance
- UCI Gravel World Series: Lisa Bone takes solo win at Around the Pot, Matt Beers darts ahead of Cape Epic teammate Tristan Nortje
- 'Created the less stressful situation' - Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney's 'legs are good' as she slots in with best of rest after Tour de France Femmes opening stage
- Tour de France Femmes 2026: All the yellow cards, fines, and penalties from across the nine days of racing
- August 1
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- 'With the parcours, I want to race more to my strengths' – Niamh Fisher-Black adjusts expectations for Tour de France Femmes
- First yellow, but what about green? Lorena Wiebes cautious about points jersey ambitions in ultra tough Tour de France Femmes
- 'A little personal win for me' – Kim Le Court-Pienaar's Tour de France Femmes GC quest off to a good start as 'best of the rest' behind unbeatable Wiebes
- 'I think this whole Tour is going to be like this' – Demi Vollering's less intense Tour de France Femmes preparation already paying dividends with opening stage time gain
- 'We never panicked' – Well-gelled Movistar avoid any repeat of first-day drama for Marlen Reusser at Tour de France Femmes after crash
- The GC final standings at the Tour de France Femmes 2026 – after a valiant fight to overcome the deficit, the yellow jersey is finally confirmed
- Tour de France Femmes 2026 abandons: 32 riders leave the race before the final finish line in Nice
- Tour de France Femmes: Lorena Wiebes claims stage 1 victory and first yellow jersey with commanding uphill sprint
- Tour of Denmark: Storm Ingebritsen holds off chasing pack to steal a sensational early breakaway victory on stage 4
- Scare for favourite Marlen Reusser after a crash during the opening stage of the Tour de France Femmes
- Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa: Remco Evenepoel wins Spanish classic for a fourth time in a two-up sprint with Richard Carapaz
- 'The body is an amazing thing' – Urška Žigart back in action at the Tour de France Femmes, six weeks on from Tour de Suisse horror crash
- 'I haven't reached my full potential' - Tour de France stage winner Mauro Schmid signs for Pinarello-Q36.5
- Zwift Tour de France Femmes sale sees Zwift Ride with Kickr Core 2 discounted by 23%
- 'We're all really united' – After much speculation, UAE Team L'IMAD confirm dual leadership strategy at Tour de France Femmes
- FDJ United-Suez welcome Red Bull as new major partner in milestone move for team and brand
- As it happened: The GC riders fight for the stage 1 win in Lausanne but nobody can stop the fastest sprinter in the world
- Victor Langellotti makes mid-season transfer from Netcompany-Ineos to XDS-Astana
- ‘Coming full circle’ - Mikel Landa leaves Soudal-QuickStep and returns home to Euskaltel-Euskadi
- 'Ventoux will definitely go ahead' – Despite wildfires, Tour de France Femmes director Marion Rousse confident that legendary climb will remain on the route
- Cycling transfers – All the latest news and announcements for the 2027 season
- Is there Tour de France Femmes tension brewing at UAE Team L'IMAD?
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