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From padded bras to penis injections: how changing body shape can give athletes a competitive edge

Competitors in the Tour de France Femmes raised eyebrows recently after it was alleged that some riders were stuffing their bras to go faster during the time trials. Race organisers started checking riders’ clothes more closely before the race.

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Vollering's World Championships quest, Courtney's WorldTour debut and big transfer intrigue – Six compelling storylines to follow in women's cycling for the rest of 2026

The Tour de France Femmes is over but there's still plenty to look forward to for the women's peloton

Cycling News

Tour de France Femmes stage winners Lorena Wiebes and Kim Le Court-Pienaar headline star-studded start list for Tour of Britain Women

Defending champion Ally Wollaston will also return to the five-day race starting August 19

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'He created what you might call a philosophy' – Giancarlo Ferretti, the 'Iron Sergeant' with a human touch – Obituary

A guiding force for multiple generations of top riders, from Felice Gimondi to Fabian Cancellara, 'Ferròn' died last week at 85

Cycling News

Female Cyclists Faced Strange Chest Checks at the Tour de France Over Claims of an Aerodynamic Edge

Cyclists faced clothing checks at the Tour de France Femmes over alleged bra padding. The aerodynamics is real. The evidence that anyone cheated is not.

Medical Daily

Overcoming RED-S, inspirational Mexican debut, and a 21-year-old in the top 10 – North American roundup from the Tour de France Femmes

We hear from North America's representatives at the Tour, including World and Olympic champions Magdeleine Vallieres Mill and Kristen Faulkner

Cycling News

'Really difficult to go through' – Célia Gery's first comments on Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney controversy at Tour de France Femmes

Frenchwoman nevertheless finishes the Tour on a high

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More than six million tune in for Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes in Australia

Figures from Australian free-to-air broadcaster SBS reveal that more than 20% of nation watched at least some of the French Grand Tour

Cycling News

Cube's 2027 bike portfolio goes big on value and includes the most affordable Tour de France race bike yet

The Litening Aero C:68X range starts at under £5,000 with power meters as standard fare

Cycling Weekly

From the Tour de France to 12,000 feet: Quinn Simmons to race 100-mile Leadville MTB epic

Just weeks after the Tour de France, the three-time US road champion returns to his home-state race, where he finished second as an 18-year-old debutant

Cycling Weekly

I was at the men's Tour de France for two weeks and am gutted I wasn't at the Tour de France Femmes

The August race has become unmissable, and I can't wait for 2027

Cycling Weekly

'I wasn't as close as I thought I might be' - Paula Blasi recognises her first Tour de France Femmes was a tougher learning curve than expected

Up-and-coming Catalan star took fifth overall on Tour debut, now aiming at World Championships

Cycling News

From the dominant to the anonymous –Rating every team's Tour de France Femmes performance

Analysis of each squad's achievements and shortcomings in the 2026 edition

Cycling News

Tour de France Femmes records record TV audience share, 23 million people watch event in host country

The 2026 race was not broadcast in full, but still posted huge numbers in France

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The Independent UK

The Tour de France Femmes was a triumph – and the next step is obvious

IN FOCUS: Demi Vollering was a fitting winner of a memorable edition – but, Flo Clifford writes, the race could be bigger, better and bolder

Cycling Weekly

Demi Vollering and her team won most prize money at Tour de France Femmes, but took home 10th of winners at men's race

Entire prize pot of €260,750 dwarfed by the amount won just by Tadej Pogačar at men's Tour

Cycling News

Eight things we learnt from a spellbinding edition of the Tour de France Femmes

On their way home from Nice, the Cyclingnews team dissects the key aspects of one of the most memorable and entertaining stage races of 2026

The Guardian - UK

Tour de France Femmes steps out of Pogacar’s shadow to showcase truly compelling racing

Overall winner of Tour de France Femmes was uncertain until final climb – a world away from Tadej Pogacar’s dominance of men’s event

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'We can make the race harder, but do we want to?' Tour de France Femmes director Marion Rousse backs variety over difficulty for future route design

'The race now forms part of people's daily lives' says race director after success of new format of one-week separation from men's Tour

Cycling News

'You never should think you're 'there'' – Demi Vollering at her best and still improving with second Tour de France Femmes victory

Yellow jersey winner and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney held clear-the-air talks over stage 8 controversy before Vollering's Col d'Eze attack sealed yellow jersey

France 24

Dutch rider Demi Vollering wins second Women's Tour de France

Demi Vollering won the final stage of the Women’s Tour de France and retained her yellow jersey. This is her second Tour victory, following her win in 2023.

Cycling Weekly

Demi Vollering wins final stage to seal overall victory at the Tour de France Femmes

The FDJ United-SUEZ rider soloed to victory with an attack on the final ascent of the Col d’Èze

Cycling News

'My heart also sank' - Tadej Pogačar talks about his relationship with compatriot Primož Roglič and that 2020 Tour de France win

The two Sloveninans will once again cross Grand Tour Swords at the upcoming Vuelta España

Cycling News

Dorian Godon rode the final nine stages of the Tour de France with broken ribs

The French champion crashed on stage 12 but continued on to finish his home Grand Tour

France 24

The week in pictures: Summer wildfires, a Thai school shooting and the Tour de France Femmes

This summer's record wildfire season continued its devastation in the US state of Washington and parts of Europe, Thailand mourned after a school shooting left students and teachers dead, and cycling enthusiasts turned their attention to the women's Tour de France: here's a look at the week's most striking images.

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