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Sprinter Tim Merlier spearheads Soudal-QuickStep's first assault on Tour de France in post-Remco Evenepoel era

No Paul Magnier nor Mikel Landa in lineup, but 2025 Mont Ventoux winner Valentin Paret-Peintre returns for more climbing stages

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'It doesn't get more quintessential than Ventoux' – climb's inclusion in Tour de France Femmes route will be 'massive' for race, says Zwift director

Kate Veronneau expects GC fireworks in next August's edition

Cycling Weekly

Tour de France route presentation Live - The 2026 men's and women's race route unveiled in Paris

All the information about next year's routes of the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes as it comes in

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Tour de France unveils 2026 route with double Alpe d’Huez for men and Ventoux debut for women

The 2026 men’s Tour de France will start in Barcelona on 4 July while the women’s race starts in Lausanne on 1 August

The Guardian - UK

Tour de France 2026 routes unveiled as men face epic Alpe d’Huez double and women take on mighty Mont Ventoux

Back-to-back summit finishes on Alpe d’Huez will likely decide the destiny of the 2026 yellow jersey, while Mont Ventoux features in the Tour de France Femmes for the first time

The Independent UK

Chaos and calm on Mont Ventoux – Reflections from the Tour de France

Cyclingnews' Matilda Price shares her experience of her first Ventoux finish

Cycling News

'We have a kind of power' - a day on Mont Ventoux in the Tour de France publicity caravan

Ever wondered what it’s like to be in the Tour de France publicity caravan? Chris Marshall-Bell dons his Capital J Journalism hat and finds out

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Jonas Vingegaard’s all-out attack to combat Tadej Pogačar will make the last days of this Tour special, even if the time gap is a chasm

The Tour is the Tour, anything can happen, but there are just two GC days left

Cycling Weekly

'It's amazing, but it wasn't the plan' - Valentin Paret-Peintre defies odds on Mont Ventoux to clinch spectacular win, holding off chase from Tadej Pogačar

Home nation celebrates first stage win for French rider in 2025 race

Cycling News

'You can't beat that' - 165 finishing stories of a 'crazy' Tour de France ascent of Mont Ventoux

Mont Ventoux is a bucket list ascent for the pros as it is for the sport's fans

Cycling Weekly

'I'm definitely not Superman' - Tadej Pogačar insists business as usual after maintaining Tour de France lead with record-breaking Mont Ventoux ascent

UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider successfully resists repeated attacks by arch-rival Jonas Vingegaard

Cycling News

Tour de France: Pogacar resists Vingegaard on Ventoux as Paret-Peintre claims stage 16

France’s Valentin Paret-Peintre prevailed atop the intimidating Mont Ventoux, while Tadej Pogacar repelled attacks from a ‘motivated’ Jonas Vingegaard

The Guardian - UK

Tour de France stage 16: Frenchman ValentinParet-Peintre conquers Mont Ventoux while Tadej Pogačar takes more seconds over Jonas Vingegaard in GC battle

Ben Healy second and Santiago Buitrago third on massive mountain climb

Cycling News

'People in the finish area should use their eyes a bit more' - Jonas Vingegaard crashes into photographer atop Ventoux following defiant day of racing at Tour de France

The fall followed a Ventoux ascent where Vingegaard struck successive attacks on race leader Tadej Pogačar but was unable to forge a gap

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The Guardian - UK

Tour de France 2025: Valentin Paret-Peintre conquers Mont Ventoux to win stage 16 – as it happened

The first French stage win of Le Tour came on the legendary peak as Tadej Pogacar stayed in full race control

The Independent UK

Tour de France stage 16 preview: Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard set for battle on route up mighty Ventoux

The final week of the Tour de France resumes with one of the race’s most iconic climbs

Cycling News

'Is that it?' - A Tour de France stage winner on the Mont Ventoux, Thomas De Gendt explains why it's the one victory of his career he sometimes forgets

In his latest column, De Gendt looks back on a stage when Chris Froome had to run up the Ventoux to stay in the yellow jersey, how he sprinted for victory even though he wasn't 100% sure he was at the finish, and the best tactics for racing it today

The Guardian - UK

Terrifying Mont Ventoux ready to create the unexpected again in Tour de France

From Simpson’s sad death to Froome’s bizarre run, the ‘Bald Mountain’, the finish to Tuesday’s 16th stage, has always been the place where stuff happens

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Beauty and beast – How to make Mont Ventoux the best place for a Tour de France trip

The Giant of Provence – which hosts the queen stage of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes – can be a nightmare if you don't prepare, so here are some tips to turn the beast into a good memory

Cycling Weekly

Mont Ventoux: The magic, mystique and legend of the Giant of Provence

As the Tour prepares to climb Mont Ventoux on stage 16, we look into why the climb is so revered.

Cycling News

From Mont Ventoux to the Champs-Élysées: 10 iconic Tour de France moments

From emphatic victories and notable firsts to bizarre moments that only the Tour could throw up

Cycling News

What is Mont Ventoux? All you need to know about the 'bald mountain' that is part of the Tour de France

The statistics and stories behind the mythical mountain in Provence which will feature in the Tour de France Femmes in 2026

The Guardian - UK

Mont Ventoux returns for 2025 Tour de France with Pogacar aiming for No 4

Mont Ventoux is back on the menu for the men’s Tour de France peloton for 2025 in a race that begins on 5 July in Lille and finishes in Paris on 27 July

Cycling Weekly

Into the Pyrenees on stage three, and finishing with an Alpe d'Huez double-header - will this year's Tour route maintain three weeks of suspense?

Race to take place 4-26 July, with Grand Départ in Barcelona, before a clockwise route

Cycling News

How realistic are Zwift's climbs? We've compared virtual mountains to the real thing

From Box Hill, to Alpe du Zwift, to Mont Ventoux. Just how much like the real thing are Zwift's virtual versions?

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