2010 Tour de France contenders (l-r): Andy Schleck, Bradley Wiggins, Alberto Contador and Cadel Evans. (Image credit: Jesse Wild)
July means one thing and one thing only to cycling aficionados: it's Tour de France time. The Grand Boucle is professional cycling's marquee event and Cyclingnews is the place to be to catch all the drama from the first pedal stroke in anger out of the Rotterdam start house on July 3 through to the peloton's triumphant arrival on the Champs-Élysées in Paris 22 days later.
Will Alberto Contador win his third Tour? How many stages will Mark Cavendish claim in 2010? Does Lance Armstrong have another podium performance in him? The answers to those and many, many more questions are awaiting on the roads of the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
Who's riding the 2010 Tour de France? Official start list
In addition to comprehensive stage reports, abundant photography and news from each day's racing, Cyclingnews is your source for in-depth Features by our crack crew of editors and reporters. Pre-Tour content has already been created to whet the appetite, and expect more to come while the race is in progress.
For those of you enamoured by our audio insights and witticisms, Podcasts will be on tap daily from the Tour. Check out our archive of previous podcasts here, or you can subscribe to the podcasts on iTunes.
Five Tour de France insiders will be writing Blogs for Cyclingnews, providing key insights to the unfolding action throughout the race.
Scott Sunderland Scott competed in all of the Grand Tours and was a director sportif for both Ivan Basso and Carlos Sastre during two Grand Tour wins. Every day Scott will give his insight into the Tour tactics.
Andy Schleck Second last year, can Schleck the younger usurp Alberto Contador and win his first Tour de France? A Cyclingnewsblogger for nearly two years, Andy will continue to bring us his witty, entertaining blogs during the race. July 2: My thoughts on my Tour de France rivals
