Latest articles by Patrick Fletcher
'It's my Achilles heel, some of us just aren't built for it' – Ben Healy's attacking exploits have been stifled at the Tour de France, but he senses the moment to strike
News With several hilly stages in the days to come, Irish breakaway specialist is hoping to replicate his 2025 stage triumph
Tadej Pogačar's Tour de France tour of revenge is almost complete – Which demons are still left to slay?
Analysis Winning at Le Lioran on stage 10 saw the Slovenian tick off victory at another site of previous defeat
'I wasn't happy, we had to change something' – Jonas Vingegaard reveals he considered stepping away from pro cycling last year
News Dane opens up about the pressures and strains of the sport
The Tour de France organisers wanted 'suspense to the end' but the Tourmalet stage design backfired dramatically – and they should have seen it coming
Analysis Including such a big climbing day so early has ensured that Tadej Pogačar is already in the lead by a healthy margin, with two weeks of racing still to go
'That's just not how it should be' – Jasper Philipsen well short of sprinting speed as Alpecin-Premier Tech roll out old-fashioned lead-out train at Tour de France
News Team dominated the run-in to Bordeaux but Belgian is clearly short of his best
Tour de France: Tim Merlier banishes bunch in Bordeaux for stage 7 sprint victory
Results Søren Wærenskjold goes second, Biniam Girmay third
'You went too fast' – Tadej Pogačar debriefs Isaac del Toro in remarkable behind-the-scenes footage
News Del Toro notes that Jonas Vingegaard didn't even try to follow
Torstein Træen suffers heavy crash on Tourmalet descent, loses Tour de France yellow jersey
News Norwegian continues racing after fall, but loses over 15 minutes and counting to Tadej Pogačar
Huub Artz drops out of Tour de France breakaway after being pulled up on illegal position on the bike
News 'What's the limit? Can you explain what's wrong? Everybody does it' bemoans Dutchman in discussions with race official
'I don’t understand why I was alone, we have an amazing chance to race the Tour de France' – A pat on the back from Pogačar as Baptiste Veistroffer saves the day
News 'If I hadn’t done it, the day could have been very very long for the fans' says lone breakaway rider on stage 5
How to watch Tour de France Stage 6: All the broadcasters and live streams for key day in Pyrenees
How to watch Here's how you can watch Stage 6 of the Tour de France for free from anywhere in the world as the peloton heads from Pau to Gavarnie-Gèdre via the Col du Tourmalet.
As it happened: First bunch sprint of Tour de France ends with a dominant win after chaotic run-in
All the action on a flat stage that's expected to produce the first bunch sprint of the 2026 edition
Why going in the breakaway is actually a crafty way to beat the heat at the Tour de France
News Stage 4 winner Mads Pedersen explains the advantage of being waited upon despite the extra watts
Jonas Vingegaard rides to stage start under police escort as Visma-Lease a Bike's team bus suffers air-con failure in Tour de France heatwave
News The team are tying to fix the issue but have reportedly dispatched a replacement bus from their HQ in the Netherlands
'We have to question the common sense of that' – Tadej Pogačar and UAE's breakaway-killing tactics criticised in French TV debate
News UAE Team Emirates-XRG controlled stage 3 to set up Pogačar for an early stage win
After links to rival teams, Jai Hindley commits 'long-term' future to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
News 'I believe this is the right environment to continue to grow and progress' says Australian
Jonas Vingegaard says 'it's a shame' to lose the yellow jersey, but expected to be worse off after opening Tour de France stages
News Dane says time tie with Pogačar is 'a good starting point'
Arnaud De Lie out of Tour de France after brutal day of suffering
News Belgian has been dealing with sickness since the build-up to the race – just like he did at the Giro
A near miss with a car and race radio mix-up as young Paul Seixas tastes the chaos of the Tour de France
News 19-year-old Frenchman gets through a pulse-raising first road stage of his debut Tour de France relatively unscathed
Our Tour de France predictions – The Cyclingnews team's best guesses for how the race will play out
Roundtable We predict the podium and jersey winners, as well as our wildcard guesses for what will happen on the road between Barcelona and Paris
Altitude top-ups, recons, and down time – What are the yellow jersey hopefuls up to ahead of the Tour de France?
Features Final training camps and tune-ups on the cards for those hoping to hit the ground running in Barcelona
Tadej Pogačar's final Tour de France altitude camp on hold as family comes first
News World champion heads home to Monaco with Isola 2000 visit still up in the air
'Let's go one by one' – Tadej Pogačar wants to fill the gaps in his palmarès, but which races are left to conquer?
Analysis With the Tour de Romandie and Tour de Suisse, the Slovenian is on a campaign to tick off the sport's top races and 'complete' cycling
