Encore: the early breakaway of 15 riders was kept close, it never had more than two minutes. Romain Bardet lasted the longest ...

Wildcards A reminder too that teams outside of the World Tour rely on invitations to take part in the top events. The best ...

For Yates a lesson in patience, whether over the years or the duration of a grand tour. Sacked on the Finestre in 2018 by ...

The Dauphiné goes into the Alps but this is a taster before the weekend, some sharp punchy climbs rather than long mountain passes.

At least one team looks likely to vanish next year, while some others might undergo big changes. Indeed because a lot of this is conditional it makes for an uncertain summer ahead. There’s no news yet ...

The Dauphiné goes into the Alps but this is a taster before the weekend, some sharp punchy climbs rather than long mountain passes. You win Saone, you lose Saone: a lively stage, the breakaway never ...

Sprint or breakaway? Today’s stage has the least amount of vertical gain outside the time trial but it’s the last chance for everyone before the Alps tomorrow. Mind the gap: a predictable stage win ...

Jonathan Milan’s already got one stage and is in the yellow jersey but has a challenge to repeat today. Milan does the business : a scare for Milan on the penultimate climb but he got back with help ...

Every day is a GC stage in the Dauphiné but today is a real fitness test, we’ll get a close-up look at the form of Evenepoel, Pogačar and Vingegaard. Max Romeo: a tribute to Romain Bardet and while he ...

Want to know who made your bike? Which companies dominate the sector? Who owns a particular brand? Here’s a guide that shows most of the main companies in the sector with a few surprises. Note ...

Do rankings and points matter in cycling? Demonstrably not as the points tables are hard to find, they’re 70 pages into a 394 page PDF linked to on the regulations page of the UCI website. But they do ...