The world’s most famous bike race unveils a different route every year, but efforts to keep the details under wraps are ...

There’s the A79 between Sazeret and Digoin, north of Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. This 92km stretch of road was ...

The first and most common climb in Tour de France history is can be ‘make or break’, former Ineos Grenadiers’ road captain Luke Rowe tells The Independent ...

If riders were hoping for a relaxing stage 2 to recuperate then they may be disappointed: today’s stage is the longest of the ...

The second weekend of the school summer holidays in France coincides with the long bank holiday weekend for the Fête ...

Published on Monday, this policy document is the result of careful consideration of the initiatives to be launched around ...

EXCLUSIVE: Unruly tourists were caught trampling through fields and even helping themselves to the famous purple lavender.

Hot summer weather is spreading wildfires across Europe after a blaze reached France's second-largest city and left 110 ...

The 2025 Tour de France is nearly upon us, and history is on the line as ... The final climb, the Rampe Saint-Hilaire, is a steep 800m road at 10.6%, with the summit only 5km from the finish, and the ...

Thierry Gouvenou used to get paid to ride the Tour de France in the 1990s — now his job is to decide which roads the modern ...

Saturday and Sunday saw the sprinters take the spotlight, with Jonathan Milan and Tim Merlier winning stages 8 and 9. Despite plenty of nerves and tension in the peloton, there were no shifts in the ...