Road 8 Jul 2026
Mathieu van der Poel’s Tour de France bike featured a Shimano XTR derailleur, 10-44 cassette, and 56-tooth 1x chainring in a rare Alpecin-Premier Tech setup.
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Road 7 Jul 2026
Mads Pedersen won Tour de France stage 4 from the breakaway in Foix, while Torstein Træen moved into the yellow jersey after the peloton finished 12:59 behind.
Road 7 Jul 2026
The Carcassonne to Foix route gives Tour de France stage hunters a major opening, with Pogačar in yellow and UAE Team Emirates-XRG unlikely to force the chase.
Road 7 Jul 2026
The UCI has relaxed feeding rules at the Tour de France, allowing teams to use bottle-only zones for feeding bags as extreme heat raises rider safety concerns.
Road 7 Jul 2026
Tadej Pogačar took the Tour de France yellow jersey after stage three, drawing level with Jonas Vingegaard on time but leading on countback.
Road 7 Jul 2026
Arnaud De Lie abandoned the Tour de France on stage three after a stomach infection and extreme heat ended his race.
Road 7 Jul 2026
Tadej Pogačar won stage 3 and reclaimed yellow, but warned that extreme Tour de France heat makes modern cooling essential for rider safety.
Road 6 Jul 2026
Riders inside the Tour de France peloton said Tadej Pogačar’s decision to let Isaac del Toro win in Barcelona was smart team racing, not an insult.
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