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'All riders were included in the operation' – Entire Tour de France peloton provided blood samples to anti-doping organisation on rest day

The International Testing Agency confirmed to Cycling Weekly that they undertook a mass testing program on the Tour de France's second and final rest day

Cycling Weekly

Multiple riders have been subjected to night-time doping controls at Tour de France

Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard are not the only riders to have been woken up in the early hours

Cycling Weekly

'We keep hold of our ownership': Soudal Quick-Step bank on traditional approach to sponsorship to fuel future success

Flooring company Quick-Step will no longer lend its name to one of cycling's most successful teams from next season. Is that a worry?

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'It's not only for aero gains' – why are riders shaving their arms at the Tour de France?

Today's pros are going further than just hair-free legs

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Team budgets are approaching €60 million, and Visma-Lease a Bike is still hunting for a title sponsor at the Tour de France

Chief business officer isn't concerned and says 'being a first title sponsor of one of the biggest teams in the world could benefit a company a lot'

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'The animals don't know what you've won' – inside Thibaut Pinot's farm life as the Tour de France visits his hometown

Frenchman says farming 'teaches you to let go'

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Should you worry about a SRAM shifter stoppage after Tom Pidcock's Tour de France mishap?

The Brit's shifter became jammed on stage nine of the Tour de France, potentially costing him the win, but our expert called it a 'freak' occurrence

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'Smell of rot' and 'water basically running down the walls' – Tour de France riders are sleeping in nightmare hotels

No matter the team's budget, rider accommodation is a lottery at the Tour

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Backies, bucket hats, banana avatars, rowing riders and wacky World Cup conspiracy theories… The first nine stages of the 2026 Tour de France, as seen through social media

Nine social media spots, direct from the Tour

Cycling Weekly

From 27bpm to 185bpm: How a cyclist’s heart rate evolves during the Tour de France

A Tour de France cyclist’s resting heart rate is less than half that of a normal adult male’s. They need regular monitoring to ensure everything is running smoothly.

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End of an era as Quick-Step set to step down as Soudal Quick-Step title sponsor after 24 years

The team will be known as Soudal Safety Jogger for the 2027 season

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Why are riders at the Tour de France taping their noses?

Nasal strips are enjoying a resurgence in the peloton, but the science suggests they might not be worth wearing

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'It just feels airless' – what do the Tour de France riders make of the record-breaking heat?

The race is wrestling a heatwave, and the riders are feeling it

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'It'll never go to plan' – Netcompany-Ineos begin Tour de France with bittersweet second in team time trial

Geraint Thomas praises team for improvising after Kévin Vauquelin puncture

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Shouldering the hopes of a win-starved nation, can Paul Seixas bring home the yellow jersey at the Tour de France?

Meet the 19-year-old debutant already tipped as a future winner

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'Bikes are just too technical these days': Is the traditional 'Saturday job in a bike shop' entry route into the cycle trade dead and gone?

Leading cycle trade association says rising employment costs have made offering youngsters a Saturday job too hard

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'I want cycling to be a more welcoming space'– how a bike shop worker turned photographer rebelled against marketing imagery with this new exhibition

Londoner Becky Mursell is displaying her 'Everyday Cyclist' exhibition across the capital this summer

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Three years ago, Sarah Ruggins couldn’t ride a bike, now she has set two world records while cycling from southern Spain to the Arctic –here’s how she did it

How to cycle over 6,000km in 13 days, 20 hours and 27 minutes

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Cat Ferguson ruled out of Tour de France Femmes with double ankle fracture

Briton expected to need 'several weeks' to recover

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'Katie Archibald and Laura Kenny got me into cycling' – meet Madison world champion Maddie Leech

Great Britain's newest track star takes on Cycling Weekly's Q&A as she plots her route to the LA Olympics

Cycling Weekly

‘I couldn’t control the cancer, I could control doing my job well’: TV’s Rebecca Charlton on how cycling became her escape during the fight of her life

The journalist and commentator was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in July 2025, but says the cycling community helped her to stay positive

Cycling Weekly

Could the Tour de France Grand Départ change how Britain cycles?

With big hopes heading into the British stages next year, funding still remains a barrier to delivery

Cycling Weekly

Lael Wilcox to kick off Around the World Guinness World Record attempt on June 7: ‘We need more women to prove what's possible’

Leaving no stone unturned, the 39-year-old spent time in the wind tunnel at Specialized’s headquarters in Morgan Hill, optimised her equipment and even shaved her head

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Major UK cycling business Saddleback reportedly enters administration

Saddleback Limited, which distributes brands including Castelli and Sidi, has collapsed

Cycling Weekly

'I will be trying to do my best on the sprint stages' – Cat Ferguson eyes Grand Tour breakthrough on Giro d'Italia debut

Briton hopes to carry winning form into Giro, and onwards to the Tour de France Femmes, for which she is on Movistar's long list

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