Descending is one of the core skills of the professional peloton. This is how the best riders make it look easy

Much has changed in a year when it comes to the composition of the teams lining up for the Tour de France Femmes, with the paradigm shift delivered by the reshuffling of key riders from the women's peloton set to get its biggest test in the race across France from July 26 to August 3.

Italy's Jonathan Milan, second left, celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 160.4 kilometers (99.7 miles) with start in Bollene and finish in Valence, France, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Credit: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy

In the category "you didn't see this on TV," we found something after the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France. Just before Jonathan Milan won the sprint from the peloton, the police had to intervene when a man on a bicycle suddenly crossed the finish line.

Five Americans are competing in the Tour de France this year. Matteo Jorgenson sits 10th overall with a little more than a week left in the race. Quinn Simmons has ridden at the front of the peloton or in breakaways much of the race.

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

Dozens of pro-Palestinian activists waved flags and unfurled banners on Wednesday as the Tour de France peloton rode through Dieulefit, a southeastern French town honoured as a "Town of the Just" for sheltering Jewish people during World War Two.

Stage 17 of the Tour de France is the penultimate opportunity for the sprinters to take glory - if the breakaway specialists don’t beat them to it