Mont Ventoux (France) (AFP) – Valentin Paret-Peintre became the first French winner on this year's Tour de France as he edged an enthralling stage 16 on Tuesday, pipping Ireland's Ben Healy atop the ...
Cycling's ability to assign its climbs into the legendarium of its own mythology is renowned. In a sport fuelled by tales of absolute heroism, utter villainy and the most epic of landscapes, the ...
Norwegian cyclist Tobias Johannessen collapsed and had to be put on oxygen at the finish line of stage 16 of the Tour de France. The stage was won by Valentin Paret-Peintre, who is only the fifth ...
Another big climbing stage before the race hits the Alps, stage 16 is as back-ended as it gets, with a flat run-in to the 15.7km final climb to the summit finish on the legendary Mont Ventoux. A ...
The Giant of Provence crowned one of the riders with the smallest stature in the peloton, Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step), whose light weight allowed him to tame the mighty slopes of the ...