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Joint North-South bid to host opening three stages of Tour de France has been submitted

The last time Le Grand Départ took place in Ireland was in 1998

Irish Mirror

Joint bid to host opening stages of Tour de France being considered

Ireland previously hosted the Le Grand Depart in 1998.

The Independent UK

Dan Martin: ‘Cycling is quite boring to watch. It has become prescriptive’

As he gets used to life in retirement, the Irish rider tells Donald McRae about the unhealthy demands of professional cycling

The Guardian - UK

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‘Dreams can come true’: Uganda’s first female pro cyclist aims for the Tour de France

Florence Nakaggwa talks about her goal to introduce the sport to more girls, and how working in a hair salon was never the right path for her

The Guardian - UK

On This Day in 2014: Bradley Wiggins becomes a world champion on the road

The 2012 Tour de France winner stormed to time trial victory in Ponferrada, Spain.

The Independent UK

Richie Porte retires from cycling, quoting Forrest Gump, after glittering career including Tour de France podium finish

The two-time Tour Down Under champion, three-time Paris-Nice winner and Tour de France podium finisher brings down the curtain on a storied cycling career with a Forrest Gump quote.

ABC News

Remco Evenepoel sets sights on Tour de France after winning Vuelta a Espana

The 22-year-old Belgian won the Spanish grand tour on Sunday and dreams of winning winning all three in his career

The Independent UK

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LeMond’s Prolog Is A Sleek And Streamlined Electric All-Rounder

The LeMond Prolog e-bike is a top-shelf all-rounder designed by Tour de France winner and carbon technology pioneer Greg LeMond.

InsideEVs

Tom Pidcock backed to shine at Tour of Britain as Ned Boulting hails "thrilling prospect"

ITV commentator, and one of the voices of cycling, Ned Boulting has backed Tom Pidcock as the "out-and-out favourite" at the Tour of Britain and has tipped him for a bright future

Daily Mirror

On this day in 2012: Lance Armstrong stripped of his seven Tour de France titles

Armstrong had won every Tour from 1999 to 2005.

The Independent UK

Tour de France winner Egan Bernal to make return after nearly dying in horror crash

Just eight months after nearly dying in a horror training crash the 2019 Tour de France winner is returning to professional racing tomorrow

Daily Mirror

Cyclist swaps UK Parliament doorkeeper duties to race at Commonwealth Games

Chris Symonds is used to commuting to the House of Commons every day, but instead took a break to represent Ghana at the Commonwealth Games alongside some Tour de France legends

Daily Mirror

Cyclist Amber Pate joins Team BikeExchange-Jayco World Tour women's team

A freshly signed pro cyclist says she knew as a child the Tour de France existed on TV but it was never something she wanted to win. But that has all changed.

ABC News

Marion Rousse hails success of ‘proper women’s Tour de France’

The race director was delighted with the impact the Tour de France Femmes had made – but insists there is still work to be done

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What it's like to watch the women's Tour de France, for the only American to win it

The Tour de France for women fizzled out less than 10 years after Marianne Martin won it in 1984. Now, she says, "other women can see women racing and they can visualize themselves doing it."

The Independent UK

Van Vleuten wins women’s Tour de France for 1st time

Veteran rider Annemiek van Vleuten has won the women’s Tour de France for the first time by clinching the eighth and final stage in style

The Independent UK

Alex Yee revels in ‘Tour de France’ atmosphere to fire England to triathlon gold

The men’s individual champion combined with women’s silver medallist Georgia Taylor-Brown, Sophie Coldwell and Sam Dickinson in a dominant victory from gun to tape

The Guardian - UK

Annemiek van Vleuten claims Tour de France Femmes despite six bike changes

Annemiek van Vleuten won the week-long race by 3min 48 sec and the Dutchwoman said after winning: ‘You really feel the Tour is alive’

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The National (Scotland)

Commonwealth Games still so special to Scots flying the saltire high - Susan Egelstaff

HERE is something profoundly manufactured about national identity and sport.

The Guardian - UK

Van Vleuten roars into lead at Tour de France Femmes with stage seven win

The Dutch rider overcame a stomach bug to take the yellow jersey, with a solo break on the gruelling mountain stage leaving her in a strong position

The Guardian - UK

Tour de France Femmes: Lorena Wiebes takes stage five as crash clatters peloton

Marianne Vos finished third on the day to keep hold of yellow jersey, while a multi-rider crash held up the main bunch of riders up for almost three minutes

The Conversation

Tour de France: future heatwaves may make it untenable to hold the race in July

As the men’s Tour de France wraps up and the women’s race begins, the European heat wave rages on. If you look closely, the heat can be seen in photos of the event: cooling towels around racers’ necks, water splashed over red faces, ice packs sticking out from under race…

The Guardian - UK

Tears of joy for Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig after Tour de France Femmes stage win

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig won the third stage of the Tour de France Femmes, from Reims to Epernay

The Guardian - UK

Tour de France Femmes: Ludwig overhauls Vos to win stage three – as it happened

Danish rider recovers from Monday’s woes to propel herself into the top 10, while Marianne Vos remains safely in the yellow jersey

The Independent UK

Egan Bernal could turn 2023 Tour de France into three-way thriller with Pogacar and Vingegaard

The potential returns of Egan Bernal and Julian Alaphilippe open the prospect of an even more absorbing Tour de France when it returns next year

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