Tour De France 2021

Tour de France 2021: Matej Mohoric wins stage 19 day after police raid on Bahrain Victorious

It was Mohoric's second win on this edition of the Tour, and was achieved after he joined an early break and then broke clear for a solo win at Libourne, with the main peloton several minutes adrift.

Tour de France 2021: Overall leader Tadej Pogacar wins second consecutive mountain stage

On a short final mountain stage of 130km Pogacar out-ran his two closest rivals, Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz, just as he did on the previous day's mountaintop finale.

Tour de France 2021: Tadej Pogacar fends off Jonas Vingegaard, Richard Carapaz to win stage 17, extend overall lead

Ecuadorian Carapaz launched a blistering attack 1.5km from the 2,200m summit finish, but was reeled in by Pogacar.

Tour de France 2021: Patrick Konrad wins hilly Stage 16 as elite riders keep things lukewarm ahead of bigger hurdles

Konrad has been close twice before on this Tour de France, a factor that drove him to attack. "It makes me really proud," said the Austrian champion after his first ever Tour de France win.

Tour de France 2021: Tadej Pogacar survives torrid day to retain overall lead as American Sepp Kuss wins Stage 15

The gruelling stage 15 itself was won by Sepp Kuss of the Jumbo Visma team, a 26-year-old Coloradan whose family were on the baking mountain slopes to cheer him on as he became the first American to win on the Tour in a decade.

Tour de France 2021: Bauke Mollema wins hilly 14th stage; Tadej Pogacar keeps big lead

Pogacar has kept the yellow jersey since he took control of the race on Stage 8 in the Alps. Rigoberto Uran, Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz are all more than five minutes off his pace.

Tour de France 2021: Mark Cavendish equals Eddy Merckx's record of 34 stage wins

Unlike Merckx — who did it a record five times — Cavendish has never won the Tour. His abilities are more limited, but his speed prowess and longevity among his fellow sprinters have no equal at the Tour.

Tour de France 2021: Germany's Nils Politt wins stage 12, Tadej Pogacar retains overall lead

An escape group finished the short, flat stage to Nimes more than 15min ahead of a resigned peloton, with the defending champion, UAE rider Tadej Pogacar, retaining his five-minute overall lead over a clutch of rivals.

Tour de France 2021: Wout van Aert claims Ventoux stage; Tadej Pogacar keeps yellow jersey

At 26, Van Aert is a jack of all trades. He can sprint, climb and time trial, but did not fight for the general classification, working in support of Jumbo-Visma leader Primoz Roglic.

Tour de France 2021: Tony Martin, who was hit by roadside fan with sign, out after second crash

Wednesday's stage saw the Jumbo rider fall into a ditch just outside the Provence town of Sorgues shortly after the departure for a double ascent of the Tour's most famous climb, the Mont Ventoux.