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• Why are cycling's anti-doping tests being carried out at night?

  22-07-2026 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Drug testing at cycling's biggest race, the Tour de France is in the spotlight following a series of night-time anti-doping tests on the sport's biggest names.
  
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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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• Cycling in rude health thanks to awesome Pogacar and stringent testing

  27-07-2026 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tour de France fans were spoilt for choice in Paris when it came to drinking in the drama of cycling's greatest race.
  
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• Untouchable and a world apart: cycling world reacts to Pogacar’s fifth Tour win

  27-07-2026 14:28
  Slovene has quickly drawn level with the greatsPaul Seixas acknowledges Pogacar’s dominanceTadej Pogacar woke up in Paris on Monday as the fastest and the youngest cyclist to win five Tours de France. The 27-year-old Slovene took his fifth overall victory on the Champs Élysées on Sunday evening in a thrilling final stage won by Mathieu van der Poel.Pogacar is level with Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Induráin and he is expected to continue ra
  
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• Tadej Pogacar’s ability to win unopposed stands champion out among Tour legends | William Fotheringham

  27-07-2026 09:00
  
  Slovene is youngest of riders to win five Tours de France and few would bet against him claiming sixth victory next yearThe 2026 Tour de France served up an epic battle that lasted for day after day between two protagonists of the highest calibre with different skillsets, a tale of epic breakaways, intriguing team tactics and reversals of fortune, building to a spectacular climax on the race’s toughest stage. The contest for the green jersey of points winner between Mads Pedersen and Jaspe
  
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• Record breaker Pogacar wins fifth Tour as Van der Poel takes thrilling Paris stage

  26-07-2026 21:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Slovenian Tadej Pogacar wins the Tour de France for a record-equalling fifth time.
  
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• Tadej Pogacar tells rivals he is ‘improving a lot’ after fifth Tour de France win

  26-07-2026 21:05
  Pogacar also hints he is contemplating retirementRunner-up Evenepoel says he proved critics wrongTadej Pogacar joined the small club of five-time Tour de France champions in a final stage in Paris that was neutralised by concerns over safety due to the threat of rain on the cobbles of the Butte de Montmartre.Pogacar’s dominant success, his fifth win in seven years, left Remco Evenepoel of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe and the Slovene’s UAE Emirates XRG teammate Isaac del Toro as the only o
  
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• Tour de France 2026: Pogacar seals fifth title as Van der Poel wins incredible sprint on the Champs-Élysées – as it happened

  26-07-2026 20:19
  The shortened final stage provided incredible drama as Van der Poel held on to win a photo finish on the streets of Paris as Pogacar officially secured his fifth yellow jersey 75km to go The riders are getting into their saddles now and it looks like we’ve got some racing. The peloton is still together but the pace is quickening.Well this is a treat. My colleague Amy Sedghi, who is usually a regular on the Tour blogging beat, has emailed in to from her maternity leave: “Hi to the rea
  
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• Relentless Tadej Pogacar wins fifth Tour de France to equal record

  26-07-2026 20:08
  Slovene becomes fifth rider to win five ToursEddy Merckx: ‘He’ll soon break our record’Tadej Pogacar took a record-equalling fifth win in the Tour de France on Sunday, joining Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Induráin in the canon of the Tour’s most successful cyclists. In a thrilling finale to the Tour, Mathieu van der Poel took his second stage win of the race on the Champs-Élysées, fending off the pursuing pack of sprinters
  
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• Pogacar set for Tour de France glory in shortened finale as Carapaz wins stage 20

  25-07-2026 18:32
  
  Four-time victor holds huge lead after Alpe d’HuezFinal stage to be shortened due to wildfires elsewhereTadej Pogacar’s likely victory parade on the streets of Paris will come sooner on Sunday after the final stage of the Tour de France was shortened due to wildfires elsewhere in France. The stage will now be only 89km long and will start on the Champs-Élysées, where two laps of the avenue will be followed by the now traditional circuits of the Butte Montmartre.In a joi
  
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• Pogacar set to equal Tour record as Carapaz wins stage

  25-07-2026 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tadej Pogacar is set to win a record-equalling fifth Tour de France after Ecuador's Richard Carapaz takes a dramatic stage 20 to Alpe d'Huez.
  
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• Tour de France 2026: Carapaz wins stage 20 on dramatic climb of Alpe d’Huez –as it happened

  25-07-2026 17:23
  Richard Cara paz triumphed on day of drama in the Alps as Pogacar all-but confirmed his fifth Tour de France crown148km to go You have to love Pedersen. He’s trying to bridge across to the peloton and looks like he’s swallowed a mouthful of wasps. Pure pain. What a rider.149km to go Pedersen’s little batch of riders are hanging around, they’re only 25secs behind the peloton. With 12km to go to the top of this climb, Pedersen could get back on or even aim to catch the main
  
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• Tour de France 2026: Carapaz wins stage 20 on dramatic climb of Alpe d’Huez – live

  25-07-2026 16:58
  Stage 20 runs for brutal 170.9km and concludes at Ale d’HuezShare your thoughts with Tom via email148km to go You have to love Pedersen. He’s trying to bridge across to the peloton and looks like he’s swallowed a mouthful of wasps. Pure pain. What a rider.149km to go Pedersen’s little batch of riders are hanging around, they’re only 25secs behind the peloton. With 12km to go to the top of this climb, Pedersen could get back on or even aim to catch the main group on
  
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• Tour de France 2026: stage 20 from Bourg d’Oisans to Alpe d’Huez – live

  25-07-2026 15:00
  Stage 20 runs for brutal 170.9km and concludes at Ale d’HuezShare your thoughts with Tom via email148km to go You have to love Pedersen. He’s trying to bridge across to the peloton and looks like he’s swallowed a mouthful of wasps. Pure pain. What a rider.149km to go Pedersen’s little batch of riders are hanging around, they’re only 25secs behind the peloton. With 12km to go to the top of this climb, Pedersen could get back on or even aim to catch the main group on
  
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• Pogacar on verge of fifth Tour title after Alpe d'Huez win

  24-07-2026 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Defending Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar is on the verge of winning a record-equalling fifth Tour de France after taking a storming victory on stage 19 to Alpe d'Huez.
  
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• Tour de France 2026: Pogacar devours Alpe d’Huez to win stage 19 and stretch lead – as it happened

  24-07-2026 18:42
  Tadej Pogacar broke the record for the fastest Alpe d’Huez ascent, earning a dominant stage win and extending his GC lead beyond seven minutes127km to go No rest for the wicked, we’re straight on to the category Col Bayard, a 4.8km drag at 7.2%.There’s Christian Prudhomme popping out of the sunroof and waving his little yellow flag, we’re off. Continue reading...
  
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• Pogacar conquers Alpe d’Huez in record climb to win stage 19 and extend Tour de France lead

  24-07-2026 18:25
  Slovenian only second man to win in yellow on mountainLeader opens up gap of more than seven minutesTadej Pogacar put further distance between himself and his last few rivals, winning the Alpe d’Huez stage of the Tour de France and extending his overall lead to more than seven minutes.There was a brutal inevitability about the defending Tour champion’s record-breaking win on the legendary climb of the Alpe, despite all the rumours of illness and gastric problems within his UAE Emirat
  
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• Backstedt to make Tour de France Femmes debut

  24-07-2026 16:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fresh from winning two titles at the British National Road Championships, Zoe Backstedt has been selected to ride in her first Tour de France Femmes.
  
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• Tour de France 2026: stage 19 from Gap to Alpe d’Huez – live

  24-07-2026 15:49
  The 127.9km mountain stage starts at 2pm CEST / 1pm BST
  Stage 18 report | share your thoughts with Tom via email127km to go No rest for the wicked, we’re straight on to the category Col Bayard, a 4.8km drag at 7.2%.There’s Christian Prudhomme popping out of the sunroof and waving his little yellow flag, we’re off. Continue reading...
  
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• GB Paralympian Schrager given two-year ban after failed drug test

  24-07-2026 13:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Paralympic medallist Daphne Schrager insists she has "never cheated" after being given a two-year ban following an "unintentional" positive test for a banned substance.
  
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• Tour de France 2026: Richard Carapaz roars clear to win stage 18 – as it happened

  23-07-2026 19:06
  Ecuadorian takes impressive victory at Orcières-Merlette as Tadej Pogacar maintains overall lead despite illness concerns in his team161km to go The five riders up the road are Mathis le Berre (TotalEnergies), Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility), Nikolya Vinokurov, Aaron Gate (XDS Astana) and Lewis Askey (NSN). They managed to get 45secs on the main bunch but that is about to disappear rapidly.174km to go Five riders have broken away and churned out a lead of around 20 seconds. That is unli
  
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• Carapaz wins stage as Pogacar's team suffers sickness

  23-07-2026 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ecuador's Richard Carapaz wins stage 18 of the Tour de France following a commanding breakaway.
  
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• Tour de France worries emerge for Tadej Pogacar after illness sweeps through team

  23-07-2026 18:56
  Richard Carapaz roars clear of breakaway to win stage 18McNulty abandons, Wellens and Vermeersch struggleRichard Carapaz won stage 18 of the Tour de France after a breakaway group of six riders duelled their way to the winter sports station at Orcières-Merlette, but uncertainty surrounds the health of race leader Tadej Pogacar’s UAE Team Emirates XRG, which has been swept by a virus since Monday’s rest day.After Adam Yates’s stage-long calvary on the road to Voiron, Poga
  
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• Tour de France director rejects accusations of bias towards French riders

  23-07-2026 17:55
  Christian Prudhomme also defends night-time drug testsPrudhomme said ITA practices did not favour any ridersChristian Prudhomme, the director of the Tour de France, has rejected accusations of bias towards French riders and launched a staunch defence of the night-time drug tests that were carried out during this year’s race.Speaking at the start of stage 18 in Voiron, Prudhomme insisted that the International Testing Agency’s (ITA) testing practices did not favour any riders. Continu
  
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• Tour de France 2026: Richard Carapaz roars clear of breakaway to win stage 18 – live

  23-07-2026 17:54
  Ecuadorian takes impressive victory at Orcières-Merlette
  Anti-doping chiefs reject Seixas favouritism | Mail Tom161km to go The five riders up the road are Mathis le Berre (TotalEnergies), Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility), Nikolya Vinokurov, Aaron Gate (XDS Astana) and Lewis Askey (NSN). They managed to get 45secs on the main bunch but that is about to disappear rapidly.174km to go Five riders have broken away and churned out a lead of around 20 seconds. That is unlikely to last when th
  
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• Cyclist who switched countries targeted after comparing Australia to ‘high school’ and England to ‘Hogwarts’

  23-07-2026 08:35
  Matt Richardson left Australia to compete for England after winning three Olympic medalsThe track star says he has much better resources with his new national teamMatt Richardson may have become public enemy No 1 in Australian cycling when he decamped to ride for the country of his birth – but the Commonwealth’s fastest man on two wheels reckons it’s all had “zero effect” on him.And if the flyer now in Team England colours thinks there’s any lingering animosit
  
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• Anti-doping chiefs reject claims of Paul Seixas favouritism as Tour rivals cry foul

  22-07-2026 19:45
  
  Home rider Seixas yet to be tested at night, unlike some rivalsAuthorities deny French doping agency plays role in who is testedAnti-doping authorities at the Tour de France have rejected accusations of preferential treatment towards Paul Seixas, the teenage French rider and home favourite who is placed fourth overall.Seixas and his Decathlon CMA CGM team were tested, with the rest of the peloton, on Monday evening as part of the biological passport testing programme, but the 19-year-old has not
  
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• Philipsen sprints to stage 17 win as UCI defends night tests

  22-07-2026 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Belgium's Jasper Philipsen wins stage 17 of the Tour de France following a bunch sprint.
  
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• Tour de France 2026: Jasper Philipsen wins stage 17 as Adam Yates struggles with illness – as it happened

  22-07-2026 18:19
  Jasper Philipsen got his first Tour stage win this year in a reduced sprint while Tadej Pogacar’s teammate Adam Yates was affected by a stomach bug162km to go: Astana rider Davide Ballerini has suffered a crash and is working to catch up. Ahead of him, Florian Vermeersch (Emirates) is making up ground after a puncture.The peloton is passing Lac du Bourget, which looks an absolutely lovely place to spend a Wednesday afternoon. The route will then loop to cover all four climbs before passing
  
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