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Original reporting & analysis · by Gary Edgington
Explainers · July 23

The Swanny: What a Soigneur Really Does in Pro Cycling

· Racing 101 Watch a Grand Tour and you will never see them. A soigneur is the person standing in the feed zone with a cloth bag held out at arm’s length, the one waiting past the finish with a towel and a bottle, the one whose light is still on in the team hotel when the riders are asleep. The bike racer is the athlete. The soigneur is the reason the athlete can be one. Learn what the job actually is and a…

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Race Results · Jul 21

The Clock Doesn’t Blink: Evenepoel Beats Pogacar in the Time Trial as Lipowitz Crashes Out

A time trial is the most honest hour in cycling, and it does not do mercy. Twenty-six kilometres from Evian-les-Bains to Thonon-les-Bains, one rider…

Racing 101 · Explainer

The Tour de France, Explained: How Cycling’s Biggest Race Works

For three weeks every July, cycling briefly becomes front-page news. The Tour de France is the sport’s biggest event and, as it is often…

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Latest Stage

The signature profile · owned inline-SVG, no photographs
Stage 18 · ProfileCFP
Stage profile — the race mapped onto the road 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 CAT 1 CAT 2 CAT 3 CAT 3 CAT 1 SPRINT Orcieres-Merlette 0 km 185.2
185.2 km · Voiron → Orcieres-Merlette · summit finishOwned inline-SVG · no photographs. The full annotated dossier + scrub-crosshair lives on the stage report.
Where the Race Stands

Jerseys after Stage 16

  • Yellow Pogačar
  • Green Pedersen ( (417 pts)
  • Polka Dot Pogačar.
  • White del Toro.
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