Map and profile of 209km route as Jasper Philipsen fights to keep yellow jersey - The yellow jersey is likely to change hands after just one day’s action thanks to some punchy late climbs ...

This year, the Tour de France starts off in northern France, in Lille. After 185 undoubtedly nervous kilometers, we also ...

The first marked climb of the day is by the Notre Dame de Lorette war cemetery and notable for the race because of the narrow ...

Mostly flat 185km route in and out of Lille gives fast men their chance, with a chance of echelons keeping GC favourites ...

Olympique de Marseille have officially loaned 19-year-old left-back Alexi Koum to third-tier side Valenciennes. Koum was ...

The practice of selling homes for €1 to attract people to remote areas is widespread in Italy - in France it's less common, ...

BBC Sport looks at the 21 stages of the Tour de France, with pointers to where the race could be won and lost.

A FRENCH DROUGHT WITH HONOURABLE MENTIONSThe Tour 2025 marks 40 years since the last victory for a French rider, Bernard Hinault, in 1985. In that t ...

Lingering in Amiens’ watery Saint-Leu district, my mother and I reflected on how much can be fitted into a five-day ...

The spectacular Tour de France Grand Depart takes place in Lille on Saturday 5 July, as the world-famous cycle race visits ...

The Musée d'Histoire Urbaine et Sociale de Suresnes tells the story of Biscuits Olibet, a family business that played a key ...