Professional riders competing in the Tour de France face stages of over 200km in length, and will be on their bikes for anything between four or six hours each day. While stage races like the Tour de ...

We know: this is a, er, burning question you have (sorry, we'll stop that immediately). When you're watching the Tour de France, you see riders pedaling for hours, sometimes seemingly without stopping ...

Professional road cycling is a gruelling sport, and the Tour de France is arguably its toughest test, with riders contesting three weeks of high-octane racing. Across 21 stages in 2026, nearly 180 of ...