The Latest Breaking News from Raymond Poulidor

Pogacar has discovered Tour de France fans love heroic defeat more than crushing victory

This year’s dominant leader shouldn’t take the boos personally – even Eddy Merckx didn’t always get red carpet treatment

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17

Club des Cinq: How Anquetil, Merckx, Hinault and Indurain won their fifth Tour de France, and the history that Tadej Pogačar seeks to emulate

Alasdair Fotheringham takes a look back into the history books to explore how the famed fifth Tours were won, what they meant for their winners, and how the record has evolved

Cycling News · Jun 30

The brilliant Michael Olise represents a key faultline in history of French football

Unusually in this France side, he plays with a sense of freedom and joy and has not yet submitted fully to Deschamps’s tactical yoke

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20

From Fausto Coppi to Demi Vollering: here are the eight male and two female riders who have won the Giro Tour double

Long thought to be impossible in modern cycling, Tadej Pogačar ticked off the double in 2024, and now the female peloton have it in their sights too

Cycling Weekly · Jul 22, 2024

Pogacar v Vingegaard has makings of the finest Tour soap opera of them all

As if custom made for the Netflix era, the pair bring contrasting personalities and styles to their repeat head to heads

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2024

Tour de France 2024 stage 14 preview: 'Too close to call' - leader Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard face major Pyrenean mountain duel

July 13, 2024: Pau - Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet, 151.9km

Cycling News · Jun 2, 2024

Tour de France: Michael Woods wins stage 9 atop Puy de Dôme as Pogacar gains time

UAE Team Emirates leader surges on mythical ascent to pull back valuable time on Jonas Vingegaard in battle for yellow

Cycling News · Jul 9, 2023

Tour de France stage 9 as it happened: Yellow jersey showdown on Puy de Dôme

The race returns to a historic climb for the first time in decades expect fireworks from Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard

Cycling Weekly · Jul 9, 2023

As it happened: Michael Woods takes Tour de France stage 9 as Pogačar distances Vingegaard

182km culminating in the savage 13km summit finish of Puy de Dôme will determine the new general classification

Cycling News · Jul 9, 2023

Moment of truth – The Puy de Dôme and the Tour de France’s greatest duel

Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor go elbow to elbow in 1964

Cycling News · Jul 9, 2023