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• Geraint Thomas and rebranded Ineos face hard truths after Tour de France misery | Jeremy Whittle

  28-07-2026 15:57
  Oscar Onley’s pre-race injury presaged three bleak weeks and new director of racing knows he has his work cut outCrashes, punctures and injuries ensured that the 2026 Tour de France campaign was one of the worst ever for the beleaguered Netcompany Ineos team. From the first stage on, when Dave Brailsford’s team came close to winning the team time trial in Montjuic, the 2026 Tour was, in the words of their director of racing, Geraint Thomas, “tough going”.“I’m
  
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• Motorbikes and mountains: photographing the 2026 Tour de France – photo essay

  28-07-2026 09:00
  Pete Goding has been photographing the Tour de France for 20 years – here he gives an insight into what it’s been like to document this year’s raceTwenty Tours de France. It seems faintly ridiculous when I write it down. My first was the year Lance Armstrong’s carefully constructed empire was beginning to wobble. I photographed him circling the Champs-Élysées with a film SLR, blissfully unaware that neither film cameras nor Armstrong’s reputation would
  
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