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EXPLAINED: Christian prudhomme - The Real Truth

With fans wanting fireworks from day one, there are many ingredients needed for a great Tour de France Grand Depart

Still buzzing from the Tour's Barcelona bonanza, we look at all the elements that need to come together for an unforgettable opening weekend

Cycling Weekly

Tour de France director hits back at Uno-X hotel criticism and reveals how hotels are shared out fairly

'At the end of the Tour all the teams will have the same number of hotel stars' says Christian Prudhomme

Cycling News

All that glitters is not gold – Half of Tour de France teams searching for title sponsors to fund rising rider salaries

'The market value of the top 5% of riders is so high that cycling is no longer the bargain value proposition that it was 10 years ago' says one team manager

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'The most promising cyclists need to go to numerous, different teams' - Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme in favour of a salary cap to increase excitement

With year's Tour de France GC all but decided after stage six, could a salary cap help create suspense?

Cycling Weekly

Tadej Pogacar urges radical overhaul of Tour de France amid stifling heatwave

Tadej Pogacar called for radical change to the professional racing calendar after another day of stifling temperatures, as Mathieu van der Poel won the ninth stage

The Guardian - UK

'The three or four richest teams hoover up all the best young riders' – Tour de France director backs salary cap for professional cycling

Christian Prudhomme weighs in on question of salary regulation in interview with The Athletic, saying 'it is necessary to rebalance' the spread of talent in the peloton

Cycling News

Heatwave forces Tour de France to shorten stage for first time

Tour de France organisers have shortened Sunday's stage by 30km due to extreme heat, the first time in the history of the cycling race that high temperatures have forced a change to the route.

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'Not a lot of other things they can do' – Tour de France stage winner Merlier welcomes shortening of stage 9 amid extreme heat

Christian Prudhomme says when race director Gouvenou 'announced it to Pogačar earlier, he thanked him'

Cycling News

Tour de France 2026 stage 9 preview - Shortened by 30km but four climbs remain on breakaway-friendly route to Ussel

July 12, 2026; Malemort - Ussel, 154.6km, hilly

Cycling News

The Tour de France organisers wanted 'suspense to the end' but the Tourmalet stage design backfired dramatically – and they should have seen it coming

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

Cycling News

Sports quiz of the week: England v Norway, Wimbledon and Alexia Putellas

Have you followed the big stories in football, tennis, rugby union, cricket, cycling, rugby league and swimming?

The Guardian - UK

Tour de France enters the Extreme Weather Protocol red zone but the show will go on

Temperatures up to 35°C and a risk of thunderstorms forecast for stage 6, which takes race over Col du Tourmalet

Cycling News

Cooling down a 'logistical nightmare' at Tour de France, champ Tadej Pogacar says

Beyond just the heat, Monday's third stage from Granollers in Spain, over the border into Les Angles in France, was threatened by wildfires which had broken out around 70km from the finish.

Euronews

'Uncharted terrain' builds on the legend of Alpe d'Huez at this year's Tour de France - A retrospect of two sides to one mountain

Stages 19 and 20 lead to the top of famous ski resort with first-time ascent of La Sarenne

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The Independent UK

French wildfire forces 10,000 from homes as fans banned from Tour de France stage

The Trevillach ⁠fire was burning near the third ‌stage of the Tour de France

The Guardian - UK

Tour de France 2026: Pogacar surges clear to win stage three and take yellow jersey – as it happened

The defending champion powered away at the deserted finish to a stage with wildfire threats hanging over it

Radio France Internationale

Tour de France bans spectators from third stage as fire burns in French Pyrenees

Spectators have been banned from the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race through the Pyrenees Monday, which will be adapted as a forest fire burns the area.

The Guardian - UK

Tour de France 2026: third stage to go ahead without spectators; Del Toro wins stage two

The third stage of the Tour de France will take place without spectators due to wildfires in the eastern Pyrenees

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Tour de France stage 3 to go ahead but spectators asked not to attend finish due to forest fires in 'exceptional decision'

Publicity caravan won't complete the final 40km of the 196-kilometre route to Les Angles

Cycling Weekly

Fans told not to go to Tour de France stage three due to wildfires – and further changes may come

At the moment there are no plans to shorten the stage – but the situation remains fluid.

Cycling News

Tour de France stages 3 and 4 at risk of cancellation due to wildfires, heat

'We will make a decision by the end of the day' says regional governor

Cycling News

'You may decide to cancel a stage' –French regions will be authorised to call off Tour de France stages if extreme heatwaves hit the race

Minister of the Interior issues message to department prefects as more high temperatures are forecast in France this July

France 24

Five 2026 Tour de France key stages to watch out for

The 2026 Tour de France will open with a short, fast, team time-trial in Barcelona on Saturday, the first round of the battle to decide who will wear the coveted yellow jersey on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Many of the tougher mountainous stages are packed into the final week, but…

The Guardian - UK

Tour de France braced for historic stage cancellations amid 44C European heatwave

‘It’s something very much on our mind,’ said Thierry Gouvenou, the Tour’s technical director, with extreme weather likely to affect the peloton on Sunday

Cycling News

Storms spark mudslides on controversial Tour de France stage route to Col de Sarenne near Alpe d'Huez

Heat and humidity among weather challenges at Tour de France that bring UCI 'High Temperature Protocol' to forefront

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