Carapaz wins Tour de France stage 18 with late attack, Pogacar keeps yellow
Ecuador's Richard Carapaz attacked 3.5 km from the summit of Orcières-Merlette to win stage 18 solo, while Tadej Pogacar finished safely in the peloton and retained his 4:32 overall lead.
Richard Carapaz wins Tour de France stage 18 solo at Orcières Merlette
Ecuadorian rider attacks from breakaway group 3.5 km from summit finish, securing his second Tour stage victory. Tadej Pogacar retains 4-minute overall lead with three stages remaining.
Mauro Schmid outsprints Harold Tejada to win Tour de France stage 13; Tom Pidcock moves to fourth overall
Swiss rider Mauro Schmid edged Harold Tejada in a two-up sprint in Belfort, while Britain's Tom Pidcock finished third and climbed six places to fourth overall, 4:15 behind yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar.
Tim Merlier wins chaotic Tour de France stage 12 as massive crash forces two abandonments
Belgian Tim Merlier sprinted to his third stage victory of the 2026 Tour de France in Chalon-sur-Saône, but a violent crash inside the final 500 metres left Fernando Gaviria and Jenno Berckmoes with fractured clavicles and forced their withdrawal from the race.
Pogacar wins 14th stage of Tour de France, his fourth of 2026 edition, as Seixas takes white jersey
Tadej Pogacar attacked on the Col du Haag to win the 14th stage of the Tour de France by 38 seconds, his fourth victory of the 2026 race. Paul Seixas moved into the white jersey as the battle for the podium tightened.
Tour de France: Florian Lipowitz breaks collarbone in Stage 16 crash, abandons race as Evenepoel wins
Florian Lipowitz’s Tour de France ended in a Stage 16 time-trial crash that broke his right collarbone, wiping out his podium bid and leaving Red Bull to funnel all its resources behind Remco Evenepoel for the final mountain stages.
UAE rider Brandon McNulty struck by driver who stopped abruptly before Tour time trial, escapes injury
The American was riding to the start of the 16th stage in Evian-les-Bains when a motorist overtook and braked sharply, causing a collision. Team manager Mauro Gianetti called the act deliberate.
Tour de France riders sleep on balconies and battle power cuts as heatwave exposes shoddy race hotels
Uno-X twins dragged mattresses outside at a spiderweb-filled hotel near Le Lioran, while Tadej Pogacar's UAE squad tripped the electrics with portable air-conditioning units during Monday's rest day in the Cantal.
Philipsen sprints to first Tour stage win of 2026 as Pogačar protects 4:32 lead
Belgian Jasper Philipsen outsprinted Mauro Schmid and Olav Kooij in Voiron after a chaotic 174.7 km stage, while Tadej Pogačar kept his 4:32 overall lead ahead of three Alpine days.
Tour de France press car hits barriers near Ussel finish, eight spectators injured, one seriously
A L'Equipe vehicle struck metal barriers roughly 350 metres from the line in Ussel about 20 minutes before the riders arrived, Corrèze prefecture and police sources confirm.
Pogacar breaks Tourmalet ascent record, descends at over 100 km/h to take Tour lead on stage 6
The Slovenian rider won stage 6 in Gavarnie-Gèdre, clocking 43:12 on the Tourmalet ascent and reaching 100 km/h on the descent, opening a 2:42 gap over Jonas Vingegaard.
Night-time doping tests at Tour de France spark rider revolt after Vingegaard crash
Jonas Vingegaard crashed out of the Tour de France with a broken collarbone hours after a 2 a.m. doping control, prompting riders and the CPA union to demand an end to night-time testing.
Tour riders slam 'inhuman' 2am doping test after Vingegaard crashes out of Tour de France in stage 15
Jonas Vingegaard abandoned the Tour de France with a broken collarbone hours after being woken at 2am for a doping control, prompting riders to call the timing 'inhuman' and 'disrespectful' while the International Testing Agency admitted the tests 'could have disturbed' their sleep.
Waerenskjold wins fastest Tour de France road stage ever as peloton clocks 50.91 km/h on Stage 11
The Norwegian Uno-X Mobility rider launched a long-range sprint to take Stage 11 from Vichy to Nevers. The 161.3 km flat stage was covered in 3 hours, 10 minutes and 6 seconds, setting a new record average speed for a road stage in the Tour's 123-year history.
Pogacar extends lead with mountain demolition, Merlier wins Bordeaux sprint on Tour's seventh stage
Tadej Pogacar crushed rivals with a solo mountain raid at Gavarnie-Gèdre on Thursday, taking over two minutes on Jonas Vingegaard, before Tim Merlier claimed a routine bunch sprint in Bordeaux on Friday as Paul Seixas earned a fifth-place mountain finish and praise from Emmanuel Macron.
Van der Poel wins Tour stage nine as heat cuts route; Pogacar calls for earlier starts and calendar reform
Mathieu van der Poel sprinted to victory in a shortened stage nine of the Tour de France as extreme heat forced organisers to slash 30 km from the route, while yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar called for earlier start times and a revamped racing calendar.
Tim Merlier wins second straight Tour de France stage as lone breakaway caught 1.3km from line
Tim Merlier of Soudal Quick-Step sprinted to back-to-back Tour de France stage wins in Bergerac, while solo attacker Liam Slock was caught just 1.3 km from the finish. Tadej Pogacar remained in yellow with no changes to the general classification.
Tim Merlier wins second straight Tour de France stage in Bergerac bunch sprint
Belgian sprinter Tim Merlier of Soudal Quick-Step outsprinted Biniam Girmay and Olav Kooij to claim his second consecutive stage victory and fifth career Tour win in Bergerac on 11 July 2026.
Tim Merlier wins Tour de France stage 7 in Bordeaux as Pogacar keeps yellow jersey
The Belgian Soudal Quick-Step rider powered clear of Soren Waerenskjold and Biniam Girmay in a mass sprint on the 175 km flat stage from Hagetmau.