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Tour de France bikes 2024: who’s riding what?

All the bikes and tech on display at the 2024 Tour De France

Paul Norman

The 2024 Tour de France starts on 29 June in Florence, making a loop through Cesenatico, home of 1998 winner Marco Pantani before heading to France.

This year’s route is unusual, looping anticlockwise past Paris before crossing the Pyrenees and finishing after 3,493km in Nice.

There are two time trials – 25.3km on stage 7 in Burgundy and the final 33.7km stage from Monaco to Nice, which will see the riders on their fast, specialist equipment. 

As usual, there’s some very flashy tech on show throughout the race and we can expect more to be announced in the run-up to the Grand Depart. This will probably include Trek’s new skinny-tubed Madone look-alike, the unreleased updated Pinarello Dogma F and the refreshed Canyon Aeroad .

More will certainly be unearthed by the sharp-eyed tech nerds at BikeRadar as the race proceeds.

Read on for a complete list of the bikes in this year’s Tour de France, along with the components they’re fitted with and our pick of some of the new bikes and tech to keep an eye out for.

Tour de France 2024 bike brands

The 2024 Tour de France peloton consists of 22 teams of eight, making 176 riders in total.

The 18 WorldTour squads receive an automatic invitation to compete, while four second-tier Pro Continental teams receive a wildcard invitation. Between them, 19 bike brands are represented. 

New brands this year are ENVE with its Melee, which costs over £10,000 in a consumer build with Ultegra. This is ridden by Team TotalEnergies.

Van Rysel's £9,000 RCR Pro bike – the most affordable in the pro peloton – is used by Decathlon-AG2R. 

A notable leaver is Lapierre, which had been a feature of top-level men’s cycling for 22 years. Its place as bike provider to the Groupama-FDJ team has been taken by Wilier, now one of three brands to sponsor two teams, along with Specialized and Canyon.

Lotto-Dstny has changed from Ridley to Orbea bikes this year.

Bike brands represented at the 2024 Tour de France:

• Bianchi: Arkéa-B&B Hotels
• Cannondale: EF Education-EasyPost
• Canyon: Alpecin-Deceuninck, Movistar Team
• Cervélo: Visma-Lease a Bike
• Colnago: UAE Team Emirates 
• Cube: Intermarché-Wanty
• Dare: Uno-X Mobility
• ENVE: Team TotalEnergies
• Factor: Israel-Premier Tech
• Giant: Team Jayco-AlUla
• Look: Cofidis
• Merida: Bahrain Victorious
• Pinarello: Ineos Grenadiers
• Orbea: Lotto-Dstny
• Scott: Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL
• Specialized: Bora-Hansgrohe, Soudal-QuickStep
• Trek: Lidl-Trek
• Van Rysel: Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale
• Wilier Triestina: Astana-Qazaqstan, Groupama-FDJ

What’s new in tech?

The all-rounder reigns.

While a few years ago, many teams had a separate aero bike for flat stages, then climbed on a lightweight bike when the road pointed uphill, most teams now have one bike for all stages. 

Lightweight bikes are now almost as aero as the aero bikes of a few years ago. In some cases, such as the Cannondale SuperSix, they're claimed to be more so.

With most pro bikes close to the 6.8kg UCI bike weight limit , there’s no reason to have a separate climbing bike, so one bike can now do it all.

No Campagnolo

Campagnolo has been a feature of the Tour for almost 100 years, but in the last few the number of teams using its groupsets has dwindled. Last year, there was one, this year there are none.  

That means all teams at the 2024 Tour de France will use Shimano Dura-Ace or the latest SRAM Red AXS groupset on their bikes. 

There are no wheels from Campagnolo or its Fulcrum companion brand either.  

Will Campagnolo return to the pro peloton? Time will tell, but for now, its momentum appears to be in gravel, with a new second-tier Ekar GT groupset joining the original Ekar in February.

1x will become even more important

The first outing of single-chainring only bikes on the race circuit a few years ago with Aqua Blue Sport ended unhappily, but 1x hasn’t died in the pro peloton.

Jonas Vingegaard rode a 1x bike on two road stages of last year’s Tour and there have been several other notable instances of riders using the tech – not least Primoz Roglič, when he won the penultimate-stage time trial at the 2023 Giro d’Italia to clinch the overall victory. 

Will 1x go mainstream at the Tour? For pro riders, a major issue is the potentially larger jumps between gear ratios than with a 2x setup.

The increasing number of sprockets available makes this less of a problem though, with 12-speed cassettes providing one- or two-tooth jumps between the most-used ratios.

Now, a new 13-speed SRAM Red XPLR groupset has been spotted on gravel bikes ridden at Unbound. Having 13 ratios to choose from could help to increase acceptance of 1x setups in the Tour, with their simplicity, aero benefits and lower weight making them attractive.

Riders will take risks with tyre choices

As with disc brakes, it’s taken a while for the pros to see the benefits of tubeless tyres . But almost all teams have now swapped to these from glued-on tubular.

While inopportune flats were a fact of life with tubs, the sealant in tubeless tyres provides some protection to help keep you riding. Wheel and bike changes with thru-axles have become much slicker too.

That looks to have led some riders to swap to lightweight time trial tyres in place of their sponsors’ standard road tyres at the 2023 Tour. At the expense of reduced puncture resistance, most time trial tyres are lighter and faster-rolling than their road equivalents. We expect more riders to follow suit this year.

Tour de France 2024 bikes

All 18 WorldTour teams ride the Tour de France and every one of them gets the pick of the best bikes from their sponsors’ ranges. That includes all teams using 12-speed wireless/semi-wireless electronic groupsets on their road bikes and a choice of top-spec carbon wheels.

The invited Pro Continental teams (Israel-Premier Tech, Lotto-Dstny, TotalEnergies, Uno-X Mobility) too are on top-spec bikes and equipment – there’s no second-best here.

Alpecin-Deceuninck (ADC)

• Bikes: Canyon Aeroad CFR / Speedmax CFR Disc (TT)
• Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: Shimano
• Finishing kit: Canyon, Shimano, Vittoria, Selle Italia, Elite, Wahoo

Arkéa-B&B Hotels (ARK)

• Bikes: Bianchi Specialissima RC / Oltre RC / Aquila (TT)
• Wheels: Vision
• Finishing kit: Bianchi, Continental, Selle Italia, Elite, Wahoo

Astana-Qazaqstan (AST)

• Bikes: Wilier Triestina Filante SLR / 0 SLR / Turbine (TT)
• Finishing kit: Wilier, Look, Vittoria, Prologo, Tacx, Garmin

Bahrain Victorious (TBV)

• Bikes: Merida Scultura Disc Team / Reacto Disc Team / Time Warp (TT)
• Wheels: Vision Metron
• Finishing kit: FSA/Vision, Continental, Prologo, Elite, Garmin

Bora-Hansgrohe (BOH)

• Bikes: Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8 / Shiv (TT)
• Groupset: SRAM Red AXS
• Wheels: Roval
• Finishing kit: Roval, Specialized, Hammerhead

Cofidis (COF)

• Bikes: Look 795 Blade RS / 796 Monoblade RS (TT)
• Wheels: Corima
• Finishing kit: Look, SRM, Michelin, Selle Italia, Elite, Wahoo

Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale Team (DAT)

• Bikes: Van Rysel RCR Pro / XCR (TT)
• Wheels: Swiss Side Hadron 2 Ultimate
• Finishing kit: Deda, Look, Continental, Fizik, Elite, Wahoo

EF Education-EasyPost (EFE)

• Bikes: Cannondale SuperSix EVO LAB71 / SuperSlice (TT)
• Finishing kit: FSA/Vision, Wahoo Speedplay, Vittoria, Prologo, Elite, Wahoo

Groupama-FDJ (GFC)

• Bikes: Wilier Filante SLR / 0 SLR / Turbine (TT)
• Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Finishing kit: Wilier, Continental, Prologo, Elite, Garmin

Ineos Grenadiers (IGD)

• Bikes: Pinarello Dogma F / Bolide (TT)
• Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace / Princeton CarbonWorks
• Finishing kit: MOST, Continental, Prologo, Elite, Garmin

Intermarché-Wanty (IWA)

• Bikes: Cube Litening C:68X Pro / Aerium (TT)
• Wheels: Newmen Advanced SL
• Finishing kit: Cube, Look, Continental, Prologo, Elite, CeramicSpeed, Bryton

Israel-Premier Tech (IPT)

• Bikes: Factor Ostro VAM / Hanzo (TT)
• Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace/FSA chainset
• Wheels: Black Inc
• Finishing kit: Black Inc, Rotor, Continental, Selle Italia, CeramicSpeed, SwissStop, Elite, Hammerhead

Lidl-Trek (LTK)

• Bikes: Trek Émonda SLR / Madone SLR / Speed Concept (TT)
• Wheels: Bontrager Aeolus
• Finishing kit: Bontrager, Time, Pirelli, Wahoo

Lotto-Dstny (LTD)

• Bikes: Orbea Orca Aero, Orca / Ordu (TT)
• Wheels: Oquo
• Finishing kit: Vision, Vittoria, Selle Italia, Tacx, Lizard Skins, Garmin

Movistar Team (MOV)

• Bikes: Canyon Aeroad CFR / Speedmax CF SLX (TT)
• Wheels: Zipp
• Finishing kit: Canyon, Time, Continental, Fizik, Lizard Skins, Garmin

Soudal-QuickStep (SOQ)

• Bikes: Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8 / Roubaix / Shiv (TT)
• Finishing kit: Roval, Specialized, CeramicSpeed, Tacx, Supercaz, Garmin

Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL (DFP)

• Bikes: Scott Foil RC / Plasma 5 (TT)
• Finishing kit: Syncros, Vittoria, Elite, Wahoo

Team Jayco-AlUla (JAY)

• Bikes: Giant Propel Advanced SL Disc / TCR Advanced SL Disc / Trinity Advanced Pro (TT)
• Wheels: Cadex 36, 42, 65
• Finishing kit: Cadex, Giant

Team Visma-Lease a Bike (TVL)

• Bikes: Cervélo R5 Disc / S5 / P5 (TT)
• Wheels: Reserve 52/63
• Finishing kit: Cervélo, Wahoo Speedplay, Vittoria, Fizik, Tacx, Garmin

TotalEnergies (TEN)

• Bikes: ENVE Melee / Specialized Shiv (TT)
• Wheels: ENVE
• Finishing kit: ENVE, Selle Italia, Continental, Tacx, Garmin

UAE Team Emirates (UAD)

• Bikes: Colnago V4Rs / TT1 (TT)
• Finishing kit: Colnago, Continental, Prologo, Elite, Wahoo

Uno-X Mobility (UXM)

• Bikes : Dare VSRu / TSRf (TT)
• Wheels: DT Swiss
• Finishing kit: Dare, Schwalbe, Pro, CeramicSpeed, Elite, Garmin

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Motorbikes and falls - Tour de France talking points after week two

Saint-Gervais (France) (AFP) – Mass falls, wayward motorbikes, mountainside hordes and the unrelenting duel for supremacy between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar all marked the Tour de France's second week.

Issued on: 16/07/2023 - 21:12

With Pogacar trailing Vingegaard by just 10 seconds, AFP Sport takes a look at the main talking points after a pulsating week of action in the world's greatest bike race.

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Although he crashed out of the Tour de France in such agonising fashion last week, British sprinter Mark Cavendish waited several days before making his first public comments about his broken collarbone and broken dreams, saying his fall on stage eight was "part of the beauty and brutality of cycling".

With the death of Gino Maeder during June's Tour de Suisse fresh in the memories of professional cyclists, Saturday's stage 14 as the Tour de France climbed and descended a string of Alps, had more than a few riders taking a deep breath.

On the day, rain, which made even flat roads treacherous, was the main culprit, as five riders said goodbye to the Tour with broken bones or concussion.

Young gun Carlos Rodriguez won the stage with a flying downhill finale.

"My BMX past gave me the win today. My descending skills are one of my strong points," said the 22-year-old.

On Sunday, a spectator stepped into the road and took out half the peloton. Those caught up were all able to remount, albeit shaken.

Race leader Jonas Vingegaard was asked about the risks of high-speed downhill finishes.

"It's as dangerous as you make it. If you go too hard it's dangerous, if you don't, it's not," he said.

The final word goes to Maeder's teammate Pello Bilbao.

"I was afraid of course on some of the downhill sections," Bilbao said after winning the hot and hilly stage 10. "But Gino's death has changed me, not just in cycling but in all aspects of my life."

"In the end I realised you cannot live in fear. This realisation has changed the way I live."

Six seconds

Pogacar's late attack on Vingegaard in the mountains on stage 14 was foiled by a motorbike carrying a photographer that failed to match the acceleration and blocked a path already narrowed by hordes of fans at absolute fever-pitch.

At stake were six seconds, three more for one rider, three less for the other.

Pogacar was the loser but refused to criticise.

"It is what it is," he said. "The guy couldn't move because of the fans."

Vingegaard said he did not know if the motorbike had changed anything.

"Talking about what might have been is useless," he said.

The photographer offered a full apology.

"I cannot defend the indefensible, I should have moved forward."

Others have noted the lack of policemen on the climbs and the lack of barriers on the final 500m when the stakes are highest.

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What do the Yellow, Green, and Polka-Dot Jerseys mean? How do you win? How do cycling teams work? Who are the favorites? We explain the basics of bike racing in this guide to the Tour de France.

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We’ll cover the fundamentals of how this “game” is played. Also, we’ll delve into cycling’s paradoxical balance between being simultaneously a team sport and an individual sport, and many ways riders and teams play to win. 

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What is the Tour de France?

• The Tour de France is the world's most prestigious bike race which has been running for over 100 years. 
• The Tour takes riders all across France, through the Alps and the Pyranees, and finishes in Paris. 
• This year it will take place: June 29 - July 21, 2024
• The total race distance this year: 3,492 Km / 2,170 Mi 
• The Grand Départ - The Tour de France often starts somewhere outside of France so other cities and countries can experience the excitement of the Tour. This year, the Tour will start in Florence, Italy. The first 3 stages will head north, back into France. 

Key Details 

• 22 pro cycling teams will compete with 8 riders each ( 176 riders total )
• The race is split into 21 stages
• Riders race 1 stage per day
• Each stage has a stage winner. Winning a single stage at the Tour is a big deal. 
• On average, racers will ride over 100 miles per stage .
• Riders will get 2 rest days , one after the first week, and another after the second week.  
• The overall winner of the Tour de France is the rider with the fastest time after all 21 stages . 

How To Win The Tour de France - the Yellow Jersey

The winner of the Tour de France is the rider who has the fastest time after all 21 stages. Every stage is timed from start to finish, and every second counts toward the race's General Classification (GC). Every day, the current leader of the race will wear the Yellow Jersey so they are easy to spot. The rider wearing the Yellow Jersey when the race reaches the last stage Paris is the winner . 

Yellow Jersey Favorites & Riders to Watch:

The big favorite this year is  2020 & 2021 winner Tadej Pogačar. He is on good form and his top rival,  2022 & 2023 winner Jonas Vingegaard , suffered a bad crash/injury this spring that affected his preparation. 

The two other main favorites this year are Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel .  Carlos Rodriguez is also looking very good, but has yet win or podium a 3 week Grand Tour. This could be his breakout year and he's my dark horse pick. 

Outside contenders include Jonas Vinegaard's teamates, Sepp Kuss  (edit: Sepp won't be going due to illness) and Matteo Jorgenson , and Tadej Pogačar 's teammates, Juan Ayuso and Adam Yates . They'll really only have a chance at Yellow if their team leaders struggle or drop out.  

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The Yellow Jersey is the biggest prize, but there are multiple secondary prizes on offer too. Some teams and riders don’t even bother racing for the Yellow Jersey and instead focus on these prizes . 

Just like the Yellow Jersey, the current leader in each classification wears a special jersey color so they're easy to spot.

Points Classification - the Green Jersey

Also known as the sprinter’s jersey , this award goes to the rider who scores the most points throughout the race. Points are earned by finishing in the top-15 in a stage.

This classification favors “pure” sprinters (riders who don't compete on mountain stages), and more points are offered for winning flat stages. Riders can also earn points in mid-stage "intermediate sprints" that are usually stationed in towns to please the fans.

Green Jersey Favorites & Riders to Watch:

Jasper Philipsen dominated the sprint stages last year and he is currently the fastest sprinter in the world. He's already taken some big wins this spring, showing that he's in great form. I wouldn't bet against Philipsen, but t he best-ranked sprinters behind him are Arnaud De Lie and Dylan Groenewegen .

Other contenders include all-rounders like Mads Pedersen , who could go for green by nabbing consistent finishes on hilly and mountain stages where pure sprinters might struggle and stealing points throughout the race in  intermediate sprints.  Wout van Aert  is similar, and he has also won green before (and 9 stages), but his form is unknown after a major crash/injury sidelined him this spring. 

One sprinter to watch is Mark Cavendish . He is currently tied with Eddy Merckx for the all-time Tour de France stage win record (34 wins) and is coming back for one last year to try and score a record-breaking 35th win. 

King of the Mountains Classification - the Polka-Dot Jersey

The Tour gives the Polka-Dot “ King of the Mountains ” Jersey to the rider who collects the most points over the course of the race by reaching the summit of categorized climbs first.

The climb categorization system is opaque and subjective. What you need to know is that there are five climb categories. From easiest to hardest they are: category 4,  category 3,  category 2,  category 1, and hors category (HC - French for “beyond categorization”). Riders get more points on harder climbs. Riders also get more points on mountaintop stage finishes, especially if they win.

Polka-Dot Jersey Favorites & Riders to Watch:

Giulio Ciccone beat Neilson Powless last year for the Polka-Dots. Photo: A.S.O./Pauline Ballet

This one is tough to call until you reach the high mountains. Because the Yellow Jersey winner tends to gain the most time on climbs, anyone who’s in contention for the Yellow Jersey is a good bet. I'd put my money on Tadej Pogacar .

However, some riders might specifically target the Polka-Dot Jersey — 2023 winner,  Giulio Ciccone,  battled over the Polka-Dots with Neilson Powless last year. Maybe they will go for it again. 

Other Prizes

Best Young Rider Classification - White Jersey

This classification works the same way as the Yellow Jersey but is awarded to the highest-placed rider under 26 years of age. On rare occasions, a phenomenal young rider will win both the Yellow and White Jerseys. 

White Jersey Favorites & Riders to Watch:

Tadej Pogačar . This is an easy pick. Tadej is still 25, and as the favorite for the  overall win, it's doubtful anyone else can challenge him. 

Time to pick a new favorite since Tadej is finally too old! (The rule is " cyclists who will remain below 26 in the year the race is held are eligible" and Tadej turns 26 in September.)  In that case, Remco Evenepoel , Carlos Rodriguez , and Juan Ayuso are likely candidates. 

If the White Jersey leader also happens to be the overall leader (this happened in previous years when Tadej was in Yellow), then the next highest placed rider under 26 will generally wear the jersey during the race (this is mainly ceremonial).

Best Team Classification - Yellow Helmets

Like the Yellow or White Jerseys, this award is given based on overall time in the race and the team with the lowest overall time wins this prize . Each team tabulates the finish times of its three best riders on every stage. The team leading this classification usually wears yellow helmets, helping them stand out in the bunch.

Teams don't necessarily target this, but if a team realizes they're leading in week two or three, they definitely fight to try and hang on to it. 

Most Aggressive Rider - Red Number

Also known as the Combativity Award , this is likely the most mysterious prize in the Tour. In every stage (except time trials), a jury decides which rider in the race was most aggressive — usually, that means attacking a lot or gambling on a breakaway. Late in the broadcast, the announcers usually note which rider was given the combativity prize. If you spot a rider with a red number on their jersey, then he was named most aggressive the stage prior. At the end of the Tour, one rider gets the Super Combativity award.

Why are there teams if only one rider can win the Tour de France? Professional road cycling has a curious tension between the team and the individual. The key thing to remember is this: If a cyclist wins a stage or holds one of the leader’s jersey for a single stage, it is viewed as a team success . 

So if only one rider “wins,” what do the other seven riders on the team do to contribute to this elusive concept of teamwork? Here are some ways a group of individual cyclists comes together as a team to support their leader:

• Getting into breakaways (small groups that attack off the front of the main group) — that way his team doesn’t have to work to chase the breakaway down.
• Chasing down breakaways — to give the leader a chance to win or place well.
• Retrieving food and water for the leader or other key riders — bottle service on the road … what could be more luxurious!
• Pacing the leader up key climbs — although drafting isn’t as crucial, it can be a psychological advantage to have a teammate at your side.
• Pacing the leader back to the peloton in the event of a crash, mechanical, or split in the group — without teammates to draft, it might be nearly impossible to rejoin the peloton on some fast-paced stages.
• Giving the leader their bike or a wheel in the event of a mechanical — this can often be quicker than waiting for a team car or neutral support to show up with a spare.

What Types of Riders Make Up a Team? 

GC (general classification) riders - These are the riders vying for the Tour de France overall win. They need to be solid all-rounders who are also good climbers and time trialists. They are usually the team leader and the rest of the team works to support them. 

Sprinters - Sprinters don’t contend for the overall win, and are more interested in winning individual stages. They often wait to attack at intermediate sprints and the finish line of each stage. Some teams are built entirely around a sprinter and focus on winning stages or the Green Jersey. 

Climbers - Climbing specialists excel at going uphill. Climbers compete for stage wins on the tough mountain stages or work to support their GC leader in the mountains. 

Domestiques - Most riders on the team will work as “domestiques” to support their team leader. They allow their leaders to draft behind them to conserve energy, pace them up climbs, cover attacks from competitors, keep them in a good position, bring them food and water, and provide support in case of crashes or mechanicals. Good domestiques are essential for success. 

Time Trialists - Some riders specialize in time trialing. They can compete for wins on time trial stages or work as powerful domestiques on flat and hilly stages.  

The Tour de France route is different every year. Each stage is unique and offers different challenges to the riders. Here are the types of stages riders will contend with over three weeks:

Flat Stages - Flat stages are the ideal hunting ground for sprinters. Teams with sprinters will often work to keep the peloton together on flat stages, to ensure it ends in a bunch sprint where their sprinter has the best chance of winning. 

Hilly Stages - Hilly stages mix it up with rolling hills that make it more difficult for the peloton to stay together. These types of stages can be won by sprinters, climbers, or breakaway specialists. 

Mountain Stages - This is often where the Tour de France is won and lost. Mountain stages climb up into the high mountains in the Alps and the Pyrenees and it's where GC contenders will fight to gain time on their rivals.  

Time Trials - The Tour de France always features at least a couple of time trial stages. Riders set off individually to set the fastest time on a set course. With no riders to draft, it’s less about race tactics and more about pure speed and power.

So we just covered some team dynamics, rider types, and stage types. How does it all fit together? Teams often settle on strategies prior to the race. They assess their strengths and weaknesses and find ways to succeed — whether that means winning the yellow jersey or simply wearing a King of the Mountains jersey for just one stage. Here are some examples of how teams might set their strategies, and how they might execute them with the right tactics:

Team with a top GC rider: Naturally, they’ll try to win the yellow jersey. This means surviving inconsequential flat and rolling stages to conserve energy for key mountain stages and individual time trials. The leader’s teammates will try to get into breakaways so that their team won’t spend energy chasing all day. They’ll also set up the team leader to attack on key climbs or at least follow his rivals to defend his position.

Team with top sprinter: To win the green jersey, they’ll target the flat stages. This means controlling the peloton and chasing down breakaways to set up a sprint finish. Like the GC team, they might also put a rider in the breakaway to ease the burden on the team, forcing rival sprint teams to chase. On mountain stages, the team might have to call riders back from the peloton to help pace their sprinter to the finish so he doesn’t get time-cut.

Team with top climber: Winning the King of the Mountains (KOM) classification is often less of an obvious team effort. These pretenders to the throne tend to be opportunistic. However, it is advantageous to have a teammate in the breakaway on a key mountain stage when points are up for grabs. Also, when defending the polka-dot jersey, teammates can contest the climbs and finish ahead of KOM rivals to spoil their attempt to take over the classification lead by scoring points.

Smaller team without top leader: These are the teams that always try to put a rider in the day’s breakaway. This could earn them the Combativity Prize, or if they play their cards right, a stint in a leader’s jersey or even a stage win. This strategy requires constant attacking in the early kilometers of the race — something most fans rarely see on the broadcast. It is a hectic, painful part of the stage, but it’s crucial in establishing a break. Meanwhile, a breakaway rider’s teammates might patrol the front of the peloton to disrupt the chase.

Now that you understand the basics of how the Tour de France is raced, what do you, the new cycling fan do? There are daily stages for three weeks. That’s a lot of cycling!

Even if you don't have a way to watch the TV broadcast, it's easy to find highlights and extended highlights on YouTube. Fortunately, you don’t have to put your life on hold to watch the Tour de France. There are some reliably important stages you can focus on to catch the key action.

Can’t watch daily? Pick the key mountain stages. There are usually about 5-8 key mountain stages when the overall race is won and lost. Most of them are summit finishes, and they’re split between France’s two key mountain ranges: the Alps and Pyrenees. The first few ordinarily come in stages 6-9 before the first rest day, and the second round is often scheduled for the final week of racing. Occasionally, another summit finish, such as Mont Ventoux in Provence, will be on the list of important stages.

Watching daily? Tune in when things really heat up. On most flat stages, you can wait until the final 20 kilometers to tune in and see the sprinters fight it out. Some rolling stages might be entertaining in the final 50-60 kilometers if late breakaways occur. On mountain stages, it’s best to start watching as early as possible because sometimes, crazy things happen on the day’s first climbs.

Watching a LOT of TDF? Look for the nuances. If you’re going to have the race on all day, every day, you’ll need to dig a little deeper to enjoy the subtleties of the race. Try keeping track of riders who are often making the breakaway. Watch the sprint teams work together — or not — to chase an escape. Who looks to have strength in numbers, and who is not present at the front of the race? Are the GC riders staying out of trouble or tail-gunning at the dangerous back of the peloton? Usually, at any given time in the race, any given rider is positioned where they are for a specific reason. Look for clues to sort out what is happening.

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Wash away some jetlag, have a walk to the nearby lake, wander in the old streets and shaded parks, delight yourself in the hot pool… By the end of the day, enjoy your first evening filled with familiarizing yourself with the excitement of what lays ahead whilst enjoying a taste of the Alpine Cuisine.

Day 2 : Aix-les-Bains → Monts d'Ardèche

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Your motorcycle day starts with a breathtaking ride through the Cirque de Navacelles . Keep heading South and cross the wild Region of Camargue , ranked as biosphere reserve by the UNESCO . Stuck between the Mediterranean Sea and the Rhone Delta , enjoy its tiny roads throughout its rice plantations, salt marshes and lagoons. Admire white horses, black bulls and pink flamingos in these unique and preserved landscapes . Overnight in the colourful harbour of Cassis , in the middle of the Calanques National Park …

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2023 Tour de France bikes — your definitive guide to what the top pro cycling teams are riding this year

First Published Jun 28, 2023

Let’s check out the bikes and equipment that the world’s best road cyclists will be riding in the Tour de France.

There are 18 WorldTour men's teams in 2023. All of these will race the Tour de France along with four wildcard teams that have been invited to compete.

Of the WorldTour men's teams, 12 use Shimano groupsets, only one runs Campagnolo and the rest are on SRAM. Perhaps the most unexpected shift (no pun intended) for this season was made by UAE Team Emirates, which dropped Campagnolo as its component sponsor along with other Italian components from its bikes. This might have left quite a few Italians mortified, as the UAE team are now running very Italian Colnago bikes with very much not Italian Shimano groupsets...

In terms of the teams themselves, the men’s WorldTour roster has seen two new teams in 2023: Alpecin-Deceuninck and Arkéa-Samsic. Both Israel-PremierTech and Lotto–Dstny have left the World Tour but they take part in the Tour de France as wildcards alongside TotalEnergies and Uno-X.

Without further ado, let's have a look at the bikes... 

AG2R Citroën Team

We also spotted a new BMC bike being used by team members at the Criterium du Dauphine, and it's likely to see more action in the Tour de France.

> BMC prototype aero superbike spotted at Dauphine

We can also spot something that has become a rarity in the WorldTour: Campagnolo groupsets and wheels.

Yes, AG2R Citroen is the only WorldTour team that is running a Campag groupset in 2023. It'll be interesting to see if all of the riders are on the brand-new version of Super Record.

> Campagnolo ditches iconic thumb shifter and goes wireless with new Super Record Wireless electronic groupset... and it'll cost you £4.5k

The team bikes also feature Italian-quality components, with Pirelli tyres and Fizik saddles.

Alpecin–Deceuninck

Alpecin-Deceuninck were only promoted to the WorldTour level this year, which might come as a surprise given riders like Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen are in its line-up. 

Spec-wise, the team run Shimano’s Dura-Ace Di2 groupset and wheels. The tyres are Vittoria – usually the new Vittoria Corsa Pro – and the team sit on Selle Italia saddles. 

Arkéa–Samsic

French team Arkéa-Samsic have welcomed Bianchi  as their bike sponsor to replace Canyon, having the Oltre RC, Specialissima and Aquilla TT at their disposal.

The bikes come with Shimano groupsets and wheels, except for TTs where the wheels are Vision. The team uses Continental tyres and Selle Italia saddles.

Astana Qazaqstan

Mark Cavendish's Kazakh team is continuing with Wilier Triestina bikes: the Zero SLR and Filante SLR models, equipped with Shimano groupsets and Corima wheels...

...although they've also used wheels from HED, which isn't a sponsor, this year. Those huge blue logos are hardly subtle.

For time trials, the team swaps onto the Wilier Turbine. The fresh “chrome-painted graphite” paintwork of the Wilier frames has impressed art lovers and bike enthusiasts alike. 

Bahrain Victorious

Bahrain Victorious are using the same trusted Merida bikes as last year, with the Reacto, Scultura and Warp TT models forming the line-up – but in a Pearl finish especially for the Tour de France. It's a "homage to Bahrain’s rich pearling history", apparently.

Shimano Dura-Ace remains the groupset, the wheels are Vision, the saddles Prologo and finishing kit is handled by FSA.

Bora-Hansgrohe

Even though they’ve been a World team since 2017, it was only last year we saw Bora-Hansgrohe win their first Grand Tour when Jai Hindley smashed the Giro d’Italia  and became the first Aussie to win the Giro. 

The German team rides Specialized bikes, the US brand being a key sponsor. Specialized supplies it all: the Tarmac SL7 for the road, Shiv TT for the time trials, Roval wheels and Specialized tyres. Groupsets are Shimano Dura-Ace Di2, and the saddles and the finishing kit come from both Specialized and Shimano subsidiary PRO. 

> Look unveils lightened 795 Blade RS road bike and disc brake-equipped 796 Monoblade RS time trial bike

Cofidis has moved from Campagnolo to Shimano this year, which means they had an opportunity to introduce yet another French brand, Corima, as the wheel sponsor. The tyres on those wheels are from Michelin.  

EF Education-Easypost

The American team, well known for their bold kit designs, sticks to the same bunch of sponsors as before: Cannondale bikes with Shimano groups, Vision wheels and Prologo saddles.

The riders are on the Cannondale SuperSix Evo (above) which was updated earlier this year.

> Cannondale launches new aero-optimised SuperSix Evo 4 with threaded bottom bracket — all the details + first ride review

They also have the SystemSix aero road bike which, launched back in 2018, must surely be the next Cannondale bike to get a refresh.

Groupama-FDJ

The French team entering its 28th season is continuing its long-lasting partnership with Lapierre bikes, which come equipped with Shimano groupsets and wheels.

In terms of models, the Xelius and Aircode framesets are the go-to options.

Ineos Grenadiers

Another team with very few changes: Ineos Grenadiers continues to ride the Pinarello Dogma F and the refreshed Bolide TT.

The groupsets are Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 and the wheels are usually from Shimano too – although the team has been known to dip into the Lightweight and Princeton ranges in its search for those famous marginal gains. 

The tyres are Continental, the saddles Fizik and the finishing kit is from Pinarello's MOST brand. 

Intermarché–Circus–Wanty

The Belgian team continues to ride Cube bikes equipped with Shimano groupsets, Newmen wheels and Prologo saddles.

Riders can choose either the superlight Cube Litening Air C:68X or the Litening C:68X Aero for lower drag. The Aerium C:68 TT is there for time trials. 

> Cube launches Litening AIR C:68X Series road bikes with a claimed frame weight of 799g

Israel - Premier Tech

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UCI ProTeam Israel Premier Tech rides bikes from Factor, usually the Ostro VAM (above). However, we know that Factor is releasing a new bike on 10th July 2023, the first Tour de France rest day, which suggests it’s a road race model that’ll play a part in this year’s race. We’ll be keeping our eyes peeled.

Israel Premier Tech use wheels from Factor’s Black Inc brand fitted with Maxxis tyres.

Although the riders use FSA chainsets, the shifters and derailleurs are Shimano Dura-Ace Di2.

Jayco Alula

Team BikeExchange-Jayco has had a slight name change to Jayco AluIa but the team’s bikes stay the same with riders on Giant’s Propel Advanced SL, TCR Advanced SL (above) and Trinity TT.

Wheels are from Giant's Cadex brand and Shimano is the main equipment partner. 

Jumbo-Visma

Jumbo-Visma won the Tour de France last year with Jonas Vingegaard and the team roster for this year's race includes huge names like Wout Van Aert and Christophe Laporte, as well as the defending champion.

Cervelo is still the bike supplier to both the men's and women's teams, although the S5 (above), R5 and P5 models are now equipped with SRAM groupsets instead of Shimano. Vingegaard used a 1x (single chainring) setup for some stages of the Criterium du Dauphine. It'll be interesting to see if he takes the same approach in the Tour.

> Is Vingegaard going 1x for the Tour de France?

Wheels are new too, with the teams riding on Reserve hoops. 

Trek-Segafredo has just changed its name to Lidl-Trek. At the time of writing, it remains to be seen whether the riders will be racing immediately on bikes with updated livery.

The Trek Madone and Emonda road bikes are the usual weapons of choice, with the Speed Concept for time trials. 

SRAM supplies the groupsets while Trek's Bontrager brand provides pretty much everything else.

Lotto–Dstny

Lotto–Dstny use bikes from Ridley, usually the lightweight Helium or the aero Noah. However, we spotted a prototype being ridden by Maxim Van Gils in the Criterium du Dauphine, and it doesn’t look like any bike from the existing range.

> New Ridley road bike breaks cover at Critérium du Dauphiné 

We don’t have a name or a launch date yet but it looks like Ridley is combining light weight with aero features – which has been a big trend in the road bike market over the past few years.

Lotto–Dstny uses Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupsets, DT Swiss wheels and Vittoria tyres.

Movistar Team

Movistar continues to ride Canyon bikes – the lightweight Ultimate (above) and the aero-optimised Aeroad (below). 

The team uses SRAM Red eTap groupsets, Zipp wheels and Fizik saddles. 

Soudal Quick-Step

After yet another name change (the eighth, if you’re counting), Soudal Quick-Step races the 2023 season with trusty Specialized bikes and Roval wheels, saddles, tyres and finishing kit. Groupsets are still from Shimano.

Scott returns to provide the DSM men's and women's teams with bikes, the Foil RC being the popular choice for most stages. 

> Check out our review of the Scott Foil RC Pro 2023

The groupsets are Shimano Dura-Ace Di2, the wheels are Shimano and wrapped on them are Vittoria tyres. Scott’s subsidiary Syncros is providing all of the finishing kit, including the saddles. 

TotalEnergies

Although it’s a UCI ProTeam rather than a WorldTeam, TotalEnergies boasts riders of the calibre of Edvard Boasson Hagen and Peter Sagan on the Tour de France start list.

The team is sponsored by Specialized so uses Tarmac SL7 road bikes and Royal wheels.

This is yet another team that uses Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupsets.

UAE Team Emirates

The UAE Team Emirates riders have used the Colnago V4RS road bike this year after Tadej Pogačar raced on the prototype version in 2022.

It's all change regarding the groupset, UAE Team Emirates switching from Campagnolo to Shimano.

Pirelli tyres have been swapped to  Continental , and the wheels are now Enve.

UNO-X Pro Cycling Team

Uno-X has changed little for 2023. Norway's Dare continues to be the bike and finishing kit sponsor – a brand that's little known in the UK. The bikes come equipped with Shimano groupsets and DT Swiss wheels.

What's your favourite bike in this year's Tour de France? Let us know in the comments...

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Checked on the TV guide last night.

Pleased to see that ITV still get to show it.

I wonder for how much longer?

No Tarmac SL8 this summer then...

Really sad to see Bianchi making such ugly bikes.

Scoob_84 wrote: Really sad to see Bianchi making such ugly bikes.

They only had an image of the Oltre RC. I am biased, I think the Specialissima looks fine.

philsinclair wrote: Scoob_84 wrote: Really sad to see Bianchi making such ugly bikes.

That is a lovely looking bike to be fair. Probably their only decent looking tour level bike in the last 10 years though. The aria also looks good, but not tour level. 

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2024 Tour de France: Results from Stage 11

SEE DAILY RESULTS AND OVERALL STANDINGS OF THE FRENCH GRAND TOUR.

Stage 10 Results

Stage 9 results, stage 8 results, stage 7 results, stage 6 results, stage 5 results, stage 4 results, stage 3 results, stage 2 results, stage 1 results.

Here are the results from each stage of the Tour de France.

Stage 11 Results

Stage 11 - top 10 results.

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• Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step)

Primož Roglič (Red Bull Bora-hansgrohe)

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• Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates)
• Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step)
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Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 10

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Stage 10 - Top 10 Results

• Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Biniam Girmay (Intermaché-Wanty)
• Pascal Ackermann (Premiere Tech)
• Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike)
• Fernando Gaviria (Movistar)
• Sam Bennett (Decathalon AG2R La Mondiale)
• John Degenkolb (dsm-firmenich PostNL)
• Phil Bahaus (Bahrain Victorious)
• Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Alula)
• Axel Zingle (Cofidis)
• Derek Gee (Premiere Tech)
• Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike)

Stage 9 - Top 10 Results

• Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies)
• Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Alex Aranburu (Astana Qazaqstan)
• Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan)
• Javier Romo (Movistar)
• Jasper Stuyvan (Lidl-Trek)
• Biniam Girmay (Intermaché Wanty)
• Michael Matthews (Jayco Alula)

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 9

Stage 8 - top 10 results.

• Biniam Girmay (Intermarché–Wanty)
• Arnaud De Lie (Lotto–Dstny)
• Pascal Ackermann (Israel–Premier Tech)
• Marijn van den Berg (EF Education - EasyPost)
• Ryan Gibbons (Lidl-Trek)
• Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious)
• Alexander Aranburu (Movistar Team)

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 8

• Alexander Vlasov (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)

Stage 7 - Top 10 Results

• Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Dstny)
• Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
• Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ)

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 7

Stage 6 - top 10 results.

• Fernando Gavoria (Movistar)
• Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious)
• Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny)
• Arnaud Démare (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
• Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility)

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 6

• Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers)

Stage 5 - Top 10 Results

• Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan)
• Arnaud de Lie (Lotto Dstny)
• Fabio Jakobsen (dsm-firmenich Post-NL)
• Arnaud Demare (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
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• Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost)

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Stage 4 - top 10 results.

• Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious)

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 4

• Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates)

Stage 3 - Top 10 Results

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• Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Dstny)
• Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)
• Fabio Jakobsen (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL)
• Davide Ballerini (Astana-Qazaqstan)
• Sam Bennett (Decathlon-AG2R)
• Bryan Coquard (Cofidis)

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 3

• Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) 15:21:41
• Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep)
• Romain Bardet (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) 0:00:06
• Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) 0:00:21
• Guillaume Martin (Cofidis)
• Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe)
• Aleksandr Vlasov (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe)

Stage 2 - Top 10 Results

• Kevin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels): 4:43:42
• Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility): +:36
• Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ): +:49
• Cristian Rodríguez (Arkéa-B&B Hotels): +:49
• Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan): +:49
• Nelson Oliveira (Movistar Team): +:50
• Axel Laurance (Alpecin - Deceuninck): +1:12
• Mike Teunissen (Intermarché–Wanty): +1:33
• Hugo Houle (Premier Tech): +1:36
• Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost): +2:21

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 2

• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 9:53:30
• Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step): +:00
• Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike): +:00
• Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost): +:00
• Romain Bardet (dsm–firmenich PostNL): +:06

Stage 1 - Top 10 Results

• Romain Bardet (dsm–firmenich PostNL): 5:07:22
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• Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike): -:05
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• Alberto Bettiol (EF Education–EasyPost): -:05

Yellow Jersey Standings After Stage 1

• Romain Bardet (Team dsm–firmenich PostNL): 5:07:12
• Frank van den Broek (Team dsm–firmenich PostNL): -:04
• Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike): -:11
• Tadej Pogačar (Team UAE Emirates): -:15
• Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny): -:15

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Bocca d'Ominanda

Borgata Pamparato

Borgata Silio

Brennerpass

Bruncu Spina

Cabeco da Calcedonia

Cagigas Plantadas

Cala Gonone

Caltabellotta

Cap de Formentor

Cap de Long

Carretera de la Cabra

Castel Viscardo

Castellar de n'Hug

Castellina in Chianti

Castello di Brolio

Castelnuovo

Castelnuovo Nigra

Casteltermini

Castillejos

Cava de Fanna

Cerdeirinhas

Četena Ravan

Chalet du Lac Besson

Champagny-en-Vanoise

Charmant Som

Chinaillon Le Grand-Bornand

Cima Sappada

Cirque de Troumouse

Col Bagargiak

Col d'Agnel

Col d'Agnes

Col d'Allos

Col d'Aspin

Col d'Aubisque

Col de Bacinu

Col de Bagargui

Col de Bavella

Col de Belle Granaje

Col de Braus

Col de Buis

Col de Celaccia

Col de Chateauneuf

Col de Chaud Clapier

Col de Cornille

Col de Elgol

Col de Fontbelle

Col de Fouchure

Col de Foureyssasse Sud

Col de Granon

Col de Grosse Pierre

Col de Joux Plane

Col de la Biche

Col de la Bonette

Col de la Cayolle

Col de la Chaine

Col de la Chaudiere

Col de la Clarté

Col de la Colmiane

Col de la Colombiere

Col de la Core

Col de la Couillole

Col de la Creueta

Col de la Croix Blanche

Col de la Croix de Fer

Col de la Croix des Moinats

Col de la Croix

Col de la Croix Fry

Col de la Croix Morand

Col de la Croix Rouge

Col de la Croix St Robert

Col de la Forclaz de Montmin

Col de la Forclaz de Quiege

Col de la Joux Verte

Col de la Ligne

Col de la Lombarde

Col de la Loze

Col de la Machine

Col de la Madeleine

Col de la Madone

Col de la Mort d'Imbert

Col de la Pertie

Col de la Pierre Saint Martin

Col de la Ramaz

Col de la Sausse

Col de la Schlucht

Col de la Sentinelle

Col de la Sinne

Col de la Vaccia

Col de la Vayède

Col de Latrape

Col de Lautaret

Col de Lauwy

Col de L'Avernaz

Col de L'Echelle

Col de L'Encrenaz

Col de L'Epine

Col de Leschaux

Col de Lingous

Col de L'Iseran

Col de Lizarieta

Col de Luitel

Col de Marie-Blanque

Col de Marmare

Col de Marocaz

Col de Mente

Col de Meyrol

Col de Montfuron

Col de Murs

Col de Notre Dame des Abeilles

Col de Palomieres

Col de Peguere

Col de Perty

Col de Peyresourde

Col de Plainpalais

Col de Plan-Bois

Col de Port de Tarascon

Col de Porte

Col de Portech

Col de Portet d'Aspet

Col de Portet

Col de Quatre Chemins

Col de Richemond

Col de Romme

Col de Sabot

Col de Sainte Anne

Col de Salvi

Col de Santa Lucia

Col de Sapois

Col de Saraille

Col de Sarenne

Col de Seize

Col de Sorba

Col de Soulor

Col de Spandelles

Col de St Ignace

Col de St Raphaël

Col de Tamie

Col de Tarter

Col de Tentes

Col de Terramont

Col de Turini

Col de Val Louron-Azet

Col de Valouse

Col de Vars

Col de Vence

Col de Verde

Col de Vergio

Col des Aravis

Col des Ares

Col des Borderes

Col des Champs

Col des Glieres

Col des Hares

Col des Hayes

Col des Pres

Col des Saisies

Col des Trois Termes

Col d'Ichere from

Col d'Ichere

Col d'Ispeguy

Col d'Izoard

Col du Ballon d'Alsace

Col du Calvaire

Col du Chat

Col du Chaussy

Col du Chioula

Col du Corbier

Col du Corobin

Col du Firstplan

Col du Frêne

Col du Galibier

Col du Glandon

Col du Grand Ballon

Col du Grand Colombier

Col du Grand Cucheron

Col du Grand Taillet

Col du Granier

Col du Granon

Col du Lautaret

Col du Maquisard

Col du Marais

Col du Marocaz

Col du Mollard

Col du Mont Bel-Air

Col du Petit Ballon

Col du Pillon

Col du Platzerwasel

Col du Portillon

Col du Rosier

Col du Tamie

Col du Telegraphe

Col du Tourmalet

Col du Trébuchet

Col La Roque-Alric

Col le Debat

Col St Anne

Coll d'Alforja

Coll de Bracons

Coll de Bucs

Coll de Burgueres

Coll de Canes

Coll de Caselles

Coll de Collfred

Coll de Comadevaques

Coll de Condreu

Coll de Fores

Coll de Josa

Coll de la Batallola

Coll de la Buixeda

Coll de la Creueta

Coll de la Gallina

Coll de la Garga

Coll de Pal

Coll De Puymorens

Coll de Porrera

Coll de Pradell

Coll de Prades

Coll de Rates

Coll de sa Batalla

Coll de Sa Gramola

Coll de Sentigosa

Coll de Serra Seca

Coll de Sobirana

Coll de Soller

Coll de Subirana

Coll dels Reis

Coll den Bleda

Coll des Grau

Coll des Pi / Es Grau

Coll d'Orient and Coll d'Honor

Coll Fornic

Coll Ordino

Collá de Arniciu

Collada de Beixalis

Collada de Moandi

Collada Mohandi

Collado de Carmona

Collado de Hoz

Collado de Igena

Collado de Ozalba

Collado de Zardon

Colle del Lys

Colle del Nivolet

Colle dell' Agnello

Colle della Fauniera

Colle della Maddalena

Colle della Scala

Colle delle Finestre

Colle di Lana

Colle di Sampeyre

Colle di Valmala

Colle Gallo

Colle San Carlo

Colle Santa Lucia

Colletto Basso di Isasca

Colli di San Fermo

Collsuspina

Colma di Sormano

Cormet de Roselend

Corso Principi Di Piemonte

Cortals d'Encamp

Cote au Roux

Côte d'Auribeau

Cote de Bellaire

Cote de Bohissau

Cote de Buisson

Cote de Cherave

Côte de Colombiès

Cote de la Haute-Levee

Cote de la Redoute

Cote de la Roche-aux-Faucons

Cote de La Vernaz

Cote de Langueux

Cote de Laoul

Côte de Moyrazès

Côte de Peyrouse

Cote de Plérin

Cote de Razal

Cote de Saint-Nicolas

Cote de Stockeu

Cote d'Ereffe

Crieff Road

Cruce Bailadero

Cruce Pico del Inglés

Crucero San Jose

Cruz de Tejeda

Cruz del Carmen

Cruz San Antonio

De Buisson Rond

Degollada de La Aldea

Degollada de las Yeguas

Dervaig Hill

Dientner Sattel

Donji Humac

Drynie Hill

Duke's Pass

Dunning Glen

Edinbane Climb

El Chagualo

Encinas Borrachas

Era Artiga de Lin

Ermita del Cristo de Balaguer

Eyserbosweg

Falla Lobos

Faschinajoch

Filzen Sattel

Fontana Sa Mela from Sologo

Forcella Aurine

Forcella di Monte Rest

Forcella di Pala Barzana

Forcella di Priuso

Forcella Franche

Forest of Alyth

Fornos de Algodres

Fuentes de Cesna

Gairn Sheel

Gairo from Riu Sant Andrea

Garajonay Cruce

Geulhemmerweg

Glaubenbielenpass

Glen Quaich

Glen Salach

Glen Tarbert

Gorges de la Nesque

Gornji Humac

Gornji Majkovi

Grimpée de Venon

Grimpee d'Hery

Grimselpass

Grosse Scheidegg

Grossglockner-Edelweissspitze

Grossglockner

Gualan Dubh

Guia de Isora

Gurnigelpass

Hahntennjoch

Heiligenschwendi

Hinterwaldberg

Hochtannbergpass

Hourquette d'Ancizan

Iacu Piu from SP18

Justistalstrasse

Kanarieberg

Kranjski Rak

Kuna Peljeska

Kuthai Sattel

La Catedral

La Chambotte

La Cobertoria

La Ensillada

La Escalona

La Fatarella

La Fredonia

La Morera de Montsant

La Super Planche des Belles Filles

La Victoria

Lac d'Aumar

Lac de Bise

Lacets de Monvernier

Lago di Cancano

Lagos de Covadonga

Lake Misurina

Lanusei from Bari Sardo

Las Lagunillas

Le Grand Margès

Le Toit du Var

Lenzerheidepass

Les Alpilles Sud

Les Bossons

Les Deux Alpes

Llanos de la Pez

Llosa de Camacho

Loch Dhugaill

Loch na Draipe

Los Cierros

Los Machucos

Lugar De Pereira

Luz-Ardiden

Madonna del Coletto

Marquetalia

Masca Summit

Mata de Albergaria

Miradoiro do Ézaro

Mirador del Fitu

Mont Colombis

Mont de Lans

Mont du Chat

Mont Revard

Mont Saxonnex

Mont Semnoz

Mont Ventoux

Montagne de Lure

Montant de Tost

Monte Amiata

Monte Calderaro

Monte Crostis

Monte Del Agua

Monte Grappa

Monte Padrio

Monte Ragogna

Monte Rufeno

Monte S'Ospile

Monte Teide

Monte Tuttavista

Monte Zoncolan

Montée Boyat

Montee de Bisanne

Montee de Bourdeaux

Montee de Charlaval

Montee de la Selle de Fromentel

Montee de Lancon

Montée de Peille

Montee de Puget

Montee d'Ilhan

Montée du Pont St Nicolas

Montée St Laurent

Montée St Michel

Monti Cimini

Coll de Obac

Mount Teide

Mûr De Bretagne

Muro de Aia

Muro di Sormano

Notre Dames des Graces

Nufenenpass

Oberalppass

Odcep Pavlič

Orune from Ponte Marreri

Ostanfahrt pass

Oude Kwaremont

Oz-en-Oisans

Panex Plambuit

Panzano in Chianti

Partidas Guaico

Pas de la Figuière

Pas de Souloumbrie

Pasja Ravan

Pasja ravan

Passo Brocon

Passo Campolongo

Passo Cereda

Passo Cibiana

Passo Colla

Passo Costalunga

Passo Croce Boi from Nuraghe Gilorthi

Passo del Bratello

Passo del Cason di Lanza

Passo del Chiodo

Passo del Cirone

Passo del Giogo

Passo del Silara

Passo Del Tomarlo

Passo della Presolana

Passo della Raticosa

Passo delle Erbe

Passo di Correboi

Passo di Monte Croce Carnico

Passo di San Bernardino

Passo di Zambla

Passo di Zucca Trinita

Passo Duran

Passo Duron

Passo Falzarego

Passo Fedaia

Passo Gardena

Passo Gavia

Passo Genna Ramene from Santa Maria Navarrese

Passo Ghenna Silana from Urzulei

Passo Ghisallo

Passo Gobbera

Passo Incrociati

Passo Lavaze

Passo Manghen

Passo Mortirolo

Passo Pinei

Passo Pordoi

Passo Praderadego

Passo Presolana

Passo Raticosa

Passo Rolle

Passo San Antonio

Passo San Boldo

Passo San Marco

Passo San Pellegrino

Passo Santa Donna

Passo Sella

Passo Staulanza

Passo Stelvio

Passo Tre Croci

Passo Valles

Passo Valparola

Passo Valparolo

Passo Vivione

Passo Zambla

Pavlicevo Sedlo

Peña Cabarga

Peñas de Aya

Penhas Douradas

Petra Longa Salvini

Peyrusse-le-Roc

Pian del Lupo

Pian delle Merie

Piancavallo

Piano Battaglia

Piau-Engaly

Pico de las Nieves

Pico del Inglés

Pico Veleta

Picón Blanco

Pino do Val

Pinos de Galdar

Pizzu Silixi from Gairo

Poggio di Sugame

Poggio Rosa

Port de Balès

Port de Bérnia

Port de Cabus

Port de Confidres

Port de la Bonaigua

Port de la Mussara

Port de Lers

Port de Llo

Port de Pailheres

Port de Ransol

Port de Sa Creueta

Port de Tollos

Port de Tudons

Port del Cantó

Port d'Envalira

Port des Canonge

Portella Del Morto

Portillo de Lunada

Postalmstrasse

Pousada Caniçada-Gerês

Pré Richard

Presa del Paralillo

Puente Aures

Puerto Alto del Garajonay

Puerto de Alisas

Puerto de Azazeta

Puerto de Azpegi

Puerto de Boyar

Puerto de Canencia

Puerto de Connio

Puerto de Cotos

Puerto de Erjos

Puerto de Izpegi

Puerto de La Aldea

Puerto de la Braguia

Puerto de la Cruz de Linares

Puerto de la Magdalena

Puerto de la Morcuera

Puerto de la Rasa

Puerto de la Sia

Puerto de la Ventilla

Puerto de Larrau

Puerto de las Abejas

Puerto de Las Estacas de Trueba

Puerto De Las Palomas

Puerto de Lunada

Puerto de Navacerrada

Puerto de Navafria

Puerto de Orduña

Puerto de Otxondo

Puerto de Palombera

Puerto de Panderrueda

Puerto de Panderruedas

Puerto de Pandetrave

Puerto de Peña Negra

Puerto de Peñas Blancas

Puerto de Peñas Blancas & Los Reales

Puerto de Pozo de Mujeres Muertas

Puerto de San Glorio

Puerto de San Lorenzo

Puerto de Torvizcón

Puerto de Zaldiaran

Puerto del Boyar

Puerto del Mazuco

Puerto del Sol

Puerto del Viento

Puerto d'Otxondo

Puerto El Dormio

Puerto El Ponton

Puerto Encinas Borrachas

Puerto Herrera

Puerto Jimena de Libar

Puerto La Braguia

Puerto Los Alazores - Cara Alfarnate

Puerto Martinez

Puerto Montejaque

Puerto Vitoria

Pupnatska Luka

Ratagan Pass

Rocca di Papa

Rocca Priora

Rocca Romana

Romanyà de la Selva

Route de Saint Savin

Rovt Pod Menino

Sa Pedra Bianca from Piras

Sa Pedrissa

Sal Radicofani

Salita Gino Bartali

Salita Louison Bobet

Salita Marco Pantani

Salita Verduno

San Benedetto da Certalda

San Cristobal

San Francesco di Lula

San Gimignano

San Giorgio from Gairo

San Martin de Bada

San Martino di Castrozza

San Pantaleo from Mulino di Arzachena

Santa Barbara

Santa Elisabetta

Santa Isabel do Monte

Santa Isabel

Santa Mariña

Santa Pellaia

Santiago del Teide

Santuari Mare de Deu del Mon

Santuario de Acebo

Sao Cosmado

Saut deth Pish

Schallenberg

Scollino Badia Coltibuono

Seebergsattel

Sella Cereschiatis

Sella Chianzutan

Sella Ciampigotto

Sella Valcalda

Senhora da Graca

Serra de Alvelos

Serra Vermelha

Sheriffmuir

Soriska Klanec

Spomenik Borcu Nob

St Gervais Mont Blanc Le Bettex

St Gotthardpass

Steenbeekdries

Strevčeva Peč

Superbagneres

Talana from Riu Mortorinai

Taquisara from Riu San Girolamo

Tavertet - L'Avenc

The Goat's Path

The Lecht Road

The Schiehallion

Tierra del Trigo Mirador

Timmelsjoch

Top of the World

Topol Pri Medvodah

Torre de la Bastilla

Torrinheiras

Tossal dels Diners

Tre Cime di Lavaredo

Truc d'Arbe

Tunel Cumbre

Turó del Home

Tuttavista from Galtelli

Umbrailpass

Val d'Enfer

Valico Arcuerì from Seui

Valico del Morellino

Valley of the Tears

Vallombrosa

Valter 2000

Via Dogliani

Vico d'Elsa

Vidova Gora

Villa Belvedere

Villars-sur-Ollon

Zillertaller Hohenstrasse

July 15 2024

2024 TDF K/QOM Challenge – Ventoux, Alps & NICE

A unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience the Finish of the Tour de France in NICE. Experience the Grand Finale LIVE in Nice, conquer Mont Ventoux, witness the penultimate stage LIVE on the last climb, and stay in luxury 5-star hotels throughout.

2024 TDF K/QOM Challenge – Ventoux, Alps & NICE (Riders ONLY)

A unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience the Finish of the Tour de France in NICE. Experience the Grand Finale LIVE in Nice, conquer Mont Ventoux, witness the penultimate stage LIVE on the last climb, and stay in a luxury 5-star hotel for the final 3 nights in Nice.

2024 TDF by E-BIKE – Provence, Alps & NICE

July 19 2024

2024 TDF K/QOM Challenge – NICE Weekend

A unique, 4-day trip to experience the Final Weekend of the Tour de France in NICE. Watch the penultimate stage LIVE on the Col de la Couillole, witness the Final Stage Time Trial and stay in a luxury 5-star hotel just 100m from the Finish Line!

2024 TDF by E-BIKE – NICE Weekend

August 10 2024

EPIC Trans Cantabrian Mountains

Conquer the legendary climbs of the Vuelta a España in this incredible week of cycling in the Cordillera Cantabrica. Includes Lagos de Covadonga and the Angliru, the toughest climb in pro cycling.

August 11 2024

2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift

LIVE race-viewing of 5 stages including the Opening Stages in Rotterdam and the Queen Stage Finish in ALPE D’HUEZ!

August 18 2024

Gravel Iceland Westfjords

Ready for a real adventure? Join us on this gravel trip to Iceland and feel the power of raw nature.

August 31 2024

EPIC Trans Swiss

It’s really hard to match Switzerland for it’s incredible scenery, unique charm and the sheer volume of iconic and challenging climbs. An absolute must for any avid cyclist who loves to climb.

EPIC Trans Dolomites

Discover the breathtaking landscapes and majestic mountain passes that have featured in so many epic Giro d’Italia stages. Includes the Stelvio, Mortirolo, Gavia, Zoncolan, Giau, Pordoi, Fedaia and many more!

Trans Dolomites

Discover the breathtaking landscapes and majestic mountain passes that have featured in so many epic Giro d’Italia stages. Includes the Stelvio, Mortirolo, Zoncolan, Giau, Sella, Gardena and many more!

September 02 2024

Vuelta a España

Welcome to the heart of Spain, where the Vuelta a España 2024 promises an unforgettable experience. Dive into the renowned world of Spanish cycling with breathtaking climbs, thrilling race action, and the allure of Asturias, Basque Country, and Rioja’s Northern regions. Cap it off with the Grand Finale in Madrid.

September 07 2024

EPIC Trans Pyrenees

Discover the natural beauty of one of Europe’s most celebrated cycling terrains. Cross the highest peaks in the Pyrenees, conquering legendary Tour de France climbs every day. Includes Tourmalet, Aubisque, Aspin, Peyresourde, Pierre St Martin, Jaizkibel and many more!

Trans Pyrenees

September 08 2024

EPIC Trans French Alps

Test yourself on the battleground of the world’s greatest race. Includes the newest paved climb in the Alps, the massive Col de la Loze, first introduced at the 2020 Tour de France and now rated the toughest climb in the French Alps.

Trans French Alps

You’ve seen the pros do battle on the most famous climbs of the Tour de France. This is your opportunity to conquer the very same climbs as you ride this magnificent route across the French Alps.

September 21 2024

EPIC Trans Provence-Alpes

Featuring the Col de la Bonette, the highest paved through road in the Alps, and Mont Ventoux, the Giant of Provence, this is not a trip for the faint of heart. In addition to being one of our toughest challenges, it’s also one of the most spectacular with an incredible mix of high mountain passes, river gorges, high Alpine and Provençale terrain. A must-ride for the avid cyclist!

VIP Porto to Costa da Morte

Our latest VIP trip features a sensational ride from the mountains of Northern Portugal and Galicia to the spectacular Costa da Morte.

Please note: this trip is only open to repeat guests and their friends.

September 28 2024

Gravel BALI

From beaches to jungles, mountains, and active volcanoes, we take you away from the crowded tourist areas to the seemingly untouched Bali, and through villages where time appears to have stood still.

September 29 2024

Gravel Girona with BWR

While Girona is a mecca for road cyclists, the true allure lies beyond the popular paved routes frequented by many PRO cyclists. Experience the authentic beauty of this captivating region by going Beyond Tarmac. Discover hidden gems and embrace the charm of Girona and its surrounding Catalan countryside for a cycling adventure that goes off the beaten path.

October 06 2024

Trans Tuscany

The quintessential Italy, Tuscany is famous for hilltop towns, Chianti, cypress trees, great food and the ultimate in Italian style. But it’s also home to some of the most spectacular cycling in Europe.

Gravel Tuscany with BWR

Famous for it’s hilltop towns, Chianti wine, cypress trees, great food and Italian style, Tuscany is also home to the strade bianche and some of the best gravel and Beyond Tarmac rides in Europe.

October 12 2024

Trans Andalusia

The quintessential Spain, Andalusia is famous for flamenco, fiestas, bulls and “pueblos blancos”. But it’s also home to some of the most stunning and challenging rides in Europe.

EPIC Trans Andalusia

October 20 2024

EPIC Trans Portugal

Take the high road across this quiet country’s wondrously diverse terrain. Enjoy the magnificent scenery, historic villages and traffic-free roads – and of course it wouldn’t be Thomson terrain without a few big climbs.

Gravel Portugal with BWR

A spectacular ride  on the cliffs high above the Atlantic Ocean and through the Monchique mountains,  the Algarve, in the south of Portugal, has some of the best Beyond Tarmac riding in Europe.

November 02 2024

Gran Canaria Cycling Camp

Gran Canaria has it all: big mountains, endless sunshine, perfect temperatures and wonderful 4-star hotels to rest and recharge at the end of the day. Little wonder that so many pro riders spend the early winter months training here.

Canary Islands 2-week Cycling Camp

Not sure whether to choose the Gran Canaria Camp or the Tenerife & La Gomera Camp? Then why not do both.

November 09 2024

Gravel Morocco

Embark on an exotic adventure with a guaranteed epic journey across the mountains and desert plains of Morocco.

November 10 2024

Tenerife & La Gomera Cycling Camp

Tenerife has become the preferred training destination of pro riders and this is your opportunity to discover just what is so special about this island.

November 30 2024

Colombia Cycling Camp

Colombia is fast becoming the Mecca of road cycling and the mountain range above Medellin in Colombia’s Antioquia region is the favourite training spot for pro riders.

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Tech check: every tire used in the 2024 tour de france, tubes, tubeless, and all kinds of width: all of the nerdy details you ever wanted about what tires teams are riding in the tour de france..

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More and more gear is standardized across the teams in the Tour de France . Everyone is using either SRAM or Shimano. Most use the same gearing too. And while the teams have largely seemed to settle on 28 mm tires, there are a few exceptions. We searched the team paddocks to take a closer look at what everyone is riding.

What road bike tires do the best teams in the Tour de France ride? What width do they use, and why? We dive into all of that and more below.

Continental: Nine teams

What is the most commonly used bike tire at the Tour de France? That crown belongs Continental. For those using the German tire manufacturer, they’re going with the Continental Grand Prix 5000, and almost always in a 28 mm width.

That said, there are several permutations to this rule. A number of teams have elected to use the lighter GP 5000 TT TR tire. The TT model features both a thinner casing and thinner tread thickness than the S, resulting in a tire that offers 30-40 grams less rotational weight.

Interestingly, we haven’t yet seen an entire team run the GP 5000 TT TR across the team. UAE Team Emirates comes close, though notably Tadej Pogacar’s bikes feature the standard S model. The same goes with Ineos Grenadiers, with a select few riders not using the lighter tire.

There’s another variation with Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale using what looks like a front wheel–specific aero tire made by Continental. We talk more about the new Conti aero tire here . This new front tire is paired with a GP5000 S TR tire out back.

All of these 28 mm tires measure about 29 mm, give or take a 0.1 mm here or there. The exception is that of UAE Team Emirates and Team Total Energies, which use a 28 mm tire mounted to Enve’s rims. There, the tire measures at roughly 30 mm.

The seeming exception to the 28 mm Conti tire choice has to be Movistar, as they use a 30 mm tire across the board. Why’s that? It’s the narrowest tire recommended for use by Zipp with its wheels.

As you guessed, all of these tires are set up tubeless.

Vittoria: Eight Teams

Vittoria  is hot on Continental’s heels with eight teams. There is a bit more variation with this venerable Italian brand with regard to tire width, however.

Teams like EF Education-EasyPost and Arkea-B&B Hotels will almost always go with the standard Corsa Pro 28 mm tire paired with Vision Metron wheels. Astana-Qazaqstan generally specs a 28 mm or 30 mm tire. All of these tires are set up tubeless.

As you’d expect, a 28 mm Corsa Pro tire measures out to just about 29 mm mounted to the Vision Metron wheels.

Lotto-Dstny, however? They use a 30 mm Vittoria Corsa Pro tire mounted to Zipp wheels, again likely due to Zipp’s minimum tire width requirement. Interestingly, they’ve swapped tubeless installation for tubes, a notable change after Thomas De Gendt’s high-profile crash .

Team Dsm-Firmenich Post NL has chosen to use a 26 mm-wide Vittoria Corsa Pro across its rider lineup. The team tells Velo it found it to be the fastest tire in its testing; we suspect it’s the fastest width in combination with Shimano Dura-Ace wheels that feature a somewhat narrower 26 mm external width.

Then there’s Team Visma-Lease a Bike. The team uses a combination of Corsa Pro tires in a 28 mm width or what appears to be an unreleased Vittoria Corsa Pro optimized for 25 mm width rims. It features a 29 mm labeled width and printing on the sidewall indicating its optimization for a 25 mm inner rim width. We wrote more about this tire here .

Outside of Lotto-Dstny, all other Vittoria Corsa Pro tires are set up tubeless.

Specialized: Two teams

The two Specialized-sponsored teams — Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe and Soudal-Quickstep — both usually use the Specialized Turbo Cotton tire. They usually go for a 26 mm wide tire on either Roval’s Rapide CLX II Team wheels or Alpinist climbing wheels with latex tubes. Why? “Because it’s faster,” or so they tell me.

Soudal-Quickstep has started to mix it up a bit, however, with some riders using the Turbo Cotton tires, while others use the S-Works Turbo setup tubeless.

Their 26 mm tires measure to about 27 mm on the rim, based on our calipers.

Schwalbe, Pirelli, and Michelin each have a team

Team Uno-X Mobility is the only team aboard Schwalbe, using the Pro One tire in a 28 mm width set up tubeless.

Lidl-Trek, is the sole Pirelli team, using the new Pirelli P Zero Race TLR RS tire in a 28 mm width set up tubeless.

Finally, comes Cofidis using a Michelin Power Cup 28 mm wide tire, set up with tubes.

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2024 Tour de France Stage 7 results, standings: Remco Evenepoel wins time trial

Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel proved why he is the reigning World Time Trial Champion as he edged general classification leader Tadej Pogačar to win the Stage 7 individual time trial and cut into Pogačar’s lead. 

Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) completed Friday’s 15.7-mile route from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin 12 seconds faster than yellow jersey wearer Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), narrowing Pogačar’s overall lead to 33 seconds. Evenepoel leads the contest for the white jersey, awarded to the best young rider under 26, and sits in second place in the general classification standings.

Stage 7 was the first of the 2024 Tour de France's two individual time trial stages. The next time trial will be the last stage of the race, which means the leader could be determined in the final leg.

This victory marked Evenepoel’s first career Tour de France stage win. 

“We wanted a stage win, and that is done. It's a perfect day for me and my team. Mission accomplished,” Evenepoel said . 

Although Pogačar saw his lead shrink, he said he still considered Friday’s outing a win. 

“To lose against Remco, World Champion, the best time trialist right now, it’s still a pretty good feeling,” Pogačar said . 

Nevertheless, the heavy favorite acknowledged that the battle for the top spot is intensifying, adding that he needs to “keep an eye on” Evenepoel, as well as Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) as the race progresses. Roglic and Vingegaard finished in third and fourth place, 34 and 37 seconds behind Evenepoel, respectively. 

“Right now it’s really close and for me, it’s better to be in the lead than be chasing,” Pogačar said.

As for his own prospects, Evenepoel remains cautiously optimistic.

“I believe Tadej is going to be unreachable,” Evenepoel said. “But this is cycling, you never know what can happen. I think the further into the race we go, the better I will feel, so I’ll focus more on the podium because I feel I have the legs for it.”

American rider Matteo Jorgenson (UCI WorldTeam Visma-Lease a Bike) also recorded a seventh-place finish, enough to move him into ninth place overall in the general classification standings. 

Here's a full look at the 2024 Tour de France standings after seven competition stages.

Tour de France Stage 7 results

TOUR DE FRANCE: Recap, results and standings after Stage 6

Tour de France general classification standings after Stage 7

Tour de france jersey standings after stage 7.

• Yellow ( general classification ) : Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
• Green ( points classification ):  Biniam Girmay (Intermarché - Wanty)
• Polka dot ( mountains classification ):  Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility)
• White (young rider classification ):  Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep)
• Yellow numbers ( teams classification) :  UAE Team Emirates
• Golden numbers ( combativity award ):  N/A

Tour de France Stage 8: How to watch, schedule, distance

Date : Saturday, July 6, 2024

Location : Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-Les-Deux-Eglise (France)

Distance : 114 miles (183.5 km kilometers)

Type : Flat stage 

Streaming : Peacock, FuboTV

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'I really believed I was going to die' – Jonas Vingegaard caps crash comeback with dramatic Tour de France stage win

Dane strikes weighty psychological blow by catching and beating Tadej Pogačar on breathless day in Massif Central

Jonas Vingegaard was already back aboard his bike and conducting his warm-down during his flash interview at Le Lioran, but he couldn’t pretend that this had been just another day among many at the sharp end of the Tour de France . This was a moment apart.

The Dane has won this race twice, but surely nothing he has experienced at the Tour to date – and he has experienced much, from a home Grand Départ to his first yellow jersey atop the Col du Granon – could have inspired a riot of emotions quite like this one.

Dropped by Tadej Pogačar on the climb of Puy Mary with 31km to go, Vingegaard somehow made up a 35-second deficit on the following Col de Pertus before outsprinting the  maillot jaune  at Le Lioran, but the drama of the day’s action was only a detail in the bigger picture. Barely three months ago, Vingegaard lay in a hospital bed in Vitoria, fearing for his career and, he said, even his life.

Tour speaker Sebastien Piquet has a penchant for making stage winners cry, like ASO’s very own Barbara Walters, but he didn’t have to probe very hard here. Vingegaard only made it about halfway through his first answer before tears started to trickle down his gaunt face.

“It’s, of course, very, very emotional for me. Coming back from the crash… Sorry,” Vingegaard said before pausing to catch himself. “It means a lot. All the things I went through in the last three months… Yeah, it makes you think of that. I would never have been able to do this without my family.”

On April 4, Vingegaard suffered a punctured lung and a broken collarbone in the mass crash on the Alto de Olaeta on stage 4 of Itzulia Basque Country. Fellow Tour contenders Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglič were also among the fallers, but Vingegaard was the worst affected.

He spent twelve days in hospital in Vitoria, with Visma-Lease a Bike providing notably few concrete details about his condition. The concern heightened when Vingegaard’s father told Danish media that he, too, was utterly in the dark about the situation amid Visma’s information vacuum.

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Yet by early May, Vingegaard was already back in training, first in Denmark and later in Mallorca. By the time he joined his Visma teammates for a training camp in Tignes in June, it seemed clear he would ride the Tour, but nobody, perhaps not even Vingegaard himself, could have known precisely in what state. Those doubts, already fading after an assured first week, have surely disappeared now.

“I mean, with the crash I had, I really believed I was going to die three months ago,” Vingegaard said when he took a seat in the press conference truck. “Now, sitting here with a stage victory in the biggest race of the world is really unbelievable. I would never have believed it would be possible for me to get this far.”

He wasn’t the only one, though he was later asked about a different form of incredulity. It was put to Vingegaard that his rivals at UAE Team Emirates felt he had been over-egging his doubts about his condition in the lead-up to this Tour. Pogačar, for instance, had always insisted his rival would reach the Tour in peak condition, and on Wednesday, he suggested Vingegaard was in the form of his life.

“I don’t think you can be in the best shape of your career with one and a half weeks of training,” said Vingegaard, who lies 1:14 off Pogačar in third overall and eight seconds behind Evenepoel.

“If I’m playing a bit the ‘victim card’ it’s because I am. Seeing where I came from, I don’t think a lot of guys would have made it to the Tour. Making the Tour was a big, big victory. I said back then that I’d take it day by day. I don’t know how the second and third week will be, but we’ll keep going.

“I think that’s a question for Tadej, if he can believe how good I am. It is what it is. To be honest, I just cannot believe how I made it to this level. I only had a month and a half of proper training before this race. My injuries were so bad I had to take a lot of rest before I could start real training. But I’m here now and I’m just super happy with this stage win and how it’s going. It’s more than I would ever have expected.”

In the Massif Central on Wednesday, as on the Galibier on stage 4, Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates set out to probe the true state of Vingegaard’s form. In past generations, the long run to Le Lioran would have lent itself to a break, but in the Pogačar-Vingegaard era, every day is a potential GC day.

UAE Team Emirates spelled out their intentions by setting a blistering pace on the Puy Mary that whittled the front group down to its bare bones, and when Pogačar attacked near the summit, it briefly looked as though the Slovenian was in the process of wrapping up the Tour as it reached its midpoint.

After surging clear in the final 800m of the climb, Pogačar opened a gap of 35 seconds over the other side, and though Vingegaard, Evenepoel and Roglič found common cause in their pursuit, theirs seemed to be an exercise in damage limitation. Once Vingegaard pulled clear of his fellow chasers on the following Col de Pertus, however, the complexion of the day changed. His earpiece crackled with encouraging information from directeur sportif Grischa Niermann. The gap was shrinking, and rapidly.

“I was actually really surprised I could close the gap,” Vingegaard said. “From the moment he dropped me, I just thought I’d do a TT, do my own pace, and limit my losses. Then, all of as sudden, on the next climb, he was before me. I heard the time was going down, then suddenly he was 10 seconds in front of me and I believed I could catch him back.”

Although Pogačar won the sprint for the time bonus at the summit with 14km remaining, he was betraying clear signs of flagging, and on the following Col de Font de Cère, Vingegaard looked significantly smoother of pedal stroke. In the uphill sprint at Le Lioran, Vingegaard somehow pipped his usually more explosive rival, striking a weighty psychological blow to accompany his stage win.

“I hope that it’s the turning point, not only for this race but for our whole season,” Vingegaard said. “Hopefully, it’s the turning point, and we can do what we normally do – but it’s pretty hard to do what we normally do with all the bad luck we’ve had.”

He made it look strikingly easy at Le Lioran.

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Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation , published by Gill Books.

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