Features and Tests

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Start list Official starters of the 2025 edition

Carbon bikes made in the factories that produce major brand names, groupset disruptors like L-Twoo, and a different world of labour and material are preparing to transform the bike market

Feature 'I want to take it as far as I can go' Fount Cycling rider says about athletic career as she juggles racing with move to full-time active duty

Analysis 'Magnificent seven' emerge on the toughest day yet to Guéret, though bigger tests lie ahead

Analysis UAE Team Emirates-XRG earn almost twice as much as any other team in Tour de France prizes

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Feature Cédrine Kerbaol, Marie Le Net and the Tour's Breton racers discuss 'magical', 'crazy' home Grand Départ

A comprehensive tech wrap-up from the men's lap of France

Feature 'Marlies lives at the intersection of performance and purpose, and she's just getting started' says team director

Analysis From Tadej Pogačar's refinement of his domination of Jonas Vingegaard to the worst Spanish Tour in nearly half a century, here's what we found out in this year's Grand Boucle

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And why have pro cyclists been seen wearing painters' coveralls on the indoor trainer?

Pro Bike An in-depth look at Tadej Pogačar's all-yellow Colnago Y1Rs, as well as a look back at his past race bikes too

Tech A history of the most successful bike brands at the Tour de France

Analysis Triple ascent of tricky, narrow, short climb eliminates virtually any chance of traditional bunch sprint on Champs-Élysées

Start list Official starters for the fourth edition include defending champion Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney

Abandons 2025 edition set to finish with 160 riders

Feature From GC contender Niamh Fisher-Black to climber Sarah Gigante and the fast finishing Ally Wollaston, both nations have every reason to expect to be in the thick of the action

Analysis Dramatic backdrop of rising levels, shuffled teams and a tough course stoke anticipation for the nine days of racing ahead

Analysis Fast finishers and puncheurs in the spotlight as nine-day race begins in Brittany