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Tour de France
Podium Cafe's coverage of the 2010 Tour!
Mythologies: Assassins of the Aubisque!
The 1910 Tour has given rise to no end of nonsense, not least the claim that Octave Lapize called the race organisers assassins as he crossed the Col d’Aubisuqe an hour behind schedule + 15 minutes behind a nobody.
Dirty Feet, by Les Woodland
A brief history of the Tour de France from the veteran cycling historian Les Woodland
When Josephine Baker Sprinkled Her Stardust on the Tour de France
From 1933 to 1938 the American star of the Jazz Age played a role in the Tour’s grand départ and in doing so helped reshape the Tour for a new audience.
Tour stage 21 preview: Everything ends
Rambouillet - Paris (128km)
Tour Stage 20 Preview: Alpine Trilogy, Part 3 - An Ending and a Continuation
Albertville - Val Thorens (59 km)
Tour Stage 19 Preview: The Alpine Trilogy, Part 2- Altitude Boogaloo
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Tignes (126.5 km)
Tour Stage 18 Preview: The Alpine Trilogy, Part 1
Embrun to Vaillore (by way of the Vars, Izoard and Galibier) (208 km)
Tour Stage 17 Preview: Mind the Gap
Pont du Gard to Gap (200 km)
Rest Day Open Thread: Who wins the Tour?
Seriously, who is going to win this thing?
Tour Stage 15 Preview: Albi waiting for you
Limoux - Foix-Prat d’Albis
Stage 11 Preview: “It’s a Trap!”
Albi to Toulouse (167 km)
Tour Stage Ten Preview: Resting a Day Early
Saint-Flour - Albi (218km)
Tour Stage 8 preview: Give us a break
Mâcon - Saint Étienne 200 km
Tour Stage 7 Preview: Getting from one place to another
Belfort - Chalon-sur-Saône 230 km
Tour Stage Six Preview: Return to Hotties’ Hill
Mulhouse - Planche des Belles Filles (161km)
A Tale of Two Skybots
A look at Geraint Thomas’ and Richie Porte’s chances at the Tour
Can Jakob Fuglsang Really Do This?
With some talk about Dan Martin towards the bottom.
We Rode All Day, by Gareth Cartman
A cycling novel based on the 1919 Tour de France
Interview: Gareth Cartman
Gareth Cartman discusses the 1919 Tour de France and his novel, We Rode All Day, which tells the story of that race.
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