Tour de France 2027 route vs 2026: what changes
Fewer summit finishes, more time trial kilometers and the Pyrenees at the end: how the 2027 Tour route differs from 2026.
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Previews, recaps, and analysis, each linked to the race guide it belongs to.
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analysis · 23 Oct 2026
Tour de France 2027 time trials: why 71 km matters
Two flat time trials, 38 km at Chambord and 33 km in Toulouse, make 71 km against the clock in 2027, the most since 2012.
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analysis · 23 Oct 2026
Tour de France Femmes 2027 route: what it asks
A team time trial in London, no individual time trial and a Puy de Dôme finale: what the 2027 Tour de France Femmes route asks of its favorites.
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analysis · 23 Oct 2026
Tour de France 2027 contenders: who can beat Pogačar?
Pogačar has won five Tours. Evenepoel, Seixas, Del Toro and Vingegaard each have a case on the 2027 route, which has 71 km of time trials.
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analysis · 23 Oct 2026
Tour de France 2027 in Britain: all six stages
The men's Tour starts in Edinburgh on July 2 and the women's in Leeds on July 30: dates, routes and what is known about where to watch.
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analysis · 20 Sep 2026
2026-27 Women’s Cyclocross Season Preview: Lucinda Brand, Puck Pieterse, and a winter with no easy route
Lucinda Brand brings the rainbow jersey and World Cup consistency into a women’s field full of range: Puck Pieterse, Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado, Fem van Empel, Amandine Fouquenet, Zoe Bäckstedt, and a rising American group all have races that suit them.
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analysis · 20 Sep 2026
2026-27 Men’s Cyclocross Season Preview: Van der Poel, Van Aert, and the winter that matters
Mathieu van der Poel starts as the sport’s record-setting benchmark. Wout van Aert carries road-season form into a winter that gathers speed at Christmas, while Thibau Nys, Tibor Del Grosso, Felipe Orts, and Andrew Strohmeyer chase their own openings.
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analysis · 18 Sep 2026
Cyclocross vs. gravel: why the races feel so different
Both sports leave the pavement, but cyclocross compresses its effort into an hour of repeated technical laps while gravel stretches racing across long roads and changing terrain.
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analysis · 18 Sep 2026
The UCI Cyclocross World Cup: format, history, and how to follow the season
The World Cup gives cyclocross its international spine: a season of sand, hills, points, and major winter races from the opening round to the final weekend.
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analysis · 18 Sep 2026
What is cyclocross? The rules, race format, and why winter racing looks like this
Cyclocross packs an hour of mud, sand, running, barriers, pits, and repeated attacks into a short circuit. This is how the racing works and why the winter season has its own heroes.