Tour de France

SAM AGAIN PLEASE: Tom Pidcock celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's cross country mountain biking at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics - he will be aiming to repeat that feat in Paris on Monday Picture: PAplaceholder image

Pidcock focuses on main Olympics target - even if course is 'bland'

Fans cheer on cyclists as they tackle the Holme Moss climb during the Tour de France in 2014. PIC: Simon Hulmeplaceholder image

Maybe the region can finally build on the energy of bike race - Stewart Arnold

WINNER: Anthony Turgis celebrates as he crosses the finish line in Troyes ahead of Leeds's Tom Pidcock, right, seen screaming in disappointment, in the ninth stage of the Tour de France Picture: AP/Daniel Coleplaceholder image

Pidcock denied Tour stage win after dramatic sprint finish

Fans Cheer on cyclists as they tackle the Holme Moss climb on the Tour de France Stage 2 (Picture: Simon Hulme)placeholder image

Tour de France in Yorkshire, 10 years on: The memories, the audacity, the legacy

Breakthrough moment: Yorkshire's Tom Pidcock wins on Alpe d'Huez on his Tour de France debut back in 2022. Can he add more stage wins in his third attempt at the Tour? (Picture: Cor Vos/SWPix.com)placeholder image

Tom Pidcock and Mark Cavendish chasing Tour de France stage wins

Tom Pidcock, Ineos Grenadier, can chase stage wins at the Tour de France (Picture: Zac Williams/SWpix.com)placeholder image

Tom Pidcock given green light to chase twin aims this summer

Family matters: Lizzie Deignan shares the podium with her two children at the recent Women's Tour of Britain, showing how much her life has changed through her cycling career. (Picture: Simon Wilkinson/SWPix.com)placeholder image

Hunger burning brightly for former world champion Lizzie Deignan

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City to celebrate 10 years since hosting Grand Depart of Tour de France

MULTI-SKILLED: Tom Pidcock - taking a break during the 2024 Paris Roubaix with Ineos Grenadiers. Picture by Zac Williams/SWpix.complaceholder image

Pidcock backed to be man for all disciplines at Tour de France and Olympics

Yorkshire's Tom Pidcock, centre, of Ineos Grenadiers, wins the 2024 Amstel Gold Race (Picture: Zac Williams/SWpix.com)placeholder image

Tom Pidcock indebted to his Yorkshire friends as he wins Amstel Gold Race

Cyclists tackle Buttertubs Pass during a previous Struggle Events ride. Credit: Dan Monaghan of Cadence Imagesplaceholder image

Leeds Legacy Ride celebrates Tour de France Yorkshire Grand Depart anniversary

Welcome to Yorkshire's 2019 annual conference in Leeds. The organisation went out of business in 2022. Picture: James Hardistyplaceholder image

Welcome to Yorkshire owed more than £3m to creditors, liquidators reveal

On the rise: Ineos Grenadiers' Polish rider Michal Kwiatkowski, left, celebrates his win on Stage 13 of the Tour de France with Tom Pidcock, who finished fifth. (Picture: CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)placeholder image

Tom Pidcock strengthens yellow jersey position but Ben Turner abandons

British rider Chris Froome of Israel-Premier Tech (Picture: DAVID STOCKMAN/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)placeholder image

Chris Froome a 'waste of money' blasts Israel Premier Tech boss

Chris Froome has been slammed as being a waste of money by the team that helped resurrect the four-time Tour de France winner’s career.

Joshua Birkin

UAE Team Emirates' Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar (R) wearing the best young rider's white jersey cycles ahead of Jumbo-Visma's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard (L) wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey in the ascent of the Puy de Dome in the final kilometers of the 9th stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France (Picture: BERNARD PAPON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)placeholder image

Vingegaard v Pogacar - where the race for the yellow jersey will be won or lost

Daring descender: Tom Pidcock descending at breaknexk speed to win a stage of the Tour de France at Alpe d'Huez on his debut last year (Picture: Nico Vereecken/PN/Cor Vos/SWpix.com)placeholder image

Tom Pidcock and Ben Turner flying flag for Yorkshire at the Tour de France

ON THE UP: INEOS Grenadiers' Tom Pidcock in action on the Via Santa Catarina climb on his way to winning Strade Bianche back in March. Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.complaceholder image

Tour de France - Pidcock dialled in to join higher echelon of top racers

Settle-based writer Julia Chapman. Picture: Catherine Speakman.placeholder image

Books which were an 'overnight success that took 12 years' will be made for TV

MAGIC MOMENT: Tom Pidcock winning last year's Stage 12 of the Tour de France on Alpe d'Huez Picture: Vincent Kalut/CorVos/SWpix.complaceholder image

Leeds' Pidcock confident of good start in Tour de France

END OF THE ROAD: Mark Cavendish, pictured at Leeds Civic Hall on the eve of the Tour de Yorkshire back in May 2019. Picture: Tony Johnson.placeholder image

Cavendish set to call time on career after 'living the dream'

Tom Pidcock of Leeds comes home second in the Liege-Bastogne-Liege Spring Classic (Picture: Zac Williams/SWpix.com)placeholder image

Tom Pidcock satisfied with second place to Evenepoel at Liege-Bastogne-Liege

Kate Auld, who runs business The Personal Cyclist. Picture by Carl Summerscales.placeholder image

Meet the Harrogate cyclist helping adults get back on their bikes

CONCERN: Lizzie Deignan has warned the race will leave a huge hole in the WorldTour calendar if it does not go ahead in June. Picture: Bradley Collyer/PA.placeholder image

Deignan to consider her race options if Women’s Tour dropped

GRIND: Tom Pidcock of INEOS Grenadiers pus in the hard work on the Via Santa Catarina climb on his way to winning the Strade Bianche in Siena, Tuscany. Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.complaceholder image

Pidcock rewarded for bold move as he clinches Strade Bianche crown

PIONEER: Brian Robinson (right) leading fellow competitors Andre Darrigade of France (centre) and Swiss Fritz Schaer, near the end of the first stage of 138 miles from Rheims to Liege of the Tour de France back in July 1956 Picture: PAplaceholder image

Brian Robinson - cycling pioneer and Tour de France stage winner dies

TRIBUTES have poured in after Yorkshire’s Brian Robinson – the first Briton to win a stage of the Tour de France – has died at the age of 91

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Ned Boulting is bringing his Tour de France show to Yorkshire. Photo: Adam Lawrenceplaceholder image

Ned Boulting on Tour de France and Tour de Yorkshire

Maratona dles Dolomites cycle route. Picture : PA Photo/Alex Molingk.placeholder image

Travel: Cycling the Italian Alps with 7,000 other riders for company

Sam Watson, right, with the Pidcock family Tom and Giles at the finish of the Tour of Britain stage in Helmsley recently. (Picture: Bruce Rollinson)placeholder image

Sam Watson latest to emerge from Yorkshire, land of the rising cycling star

AJ Bell Tour of Britain - Stage 2: Hawick to Duns, Scotland - Jacob Scott of Team WIV Sungod retaining the Skoda KOM Jersey (Picture: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)placeholder image

Redcar takes centre stage as Tour of Britain returns to Yorkshire

LEADING MAN: Leeds's Tom Pidcock on his way to winning the European Mountain Bike Cross Country title in Munich last week. Picture by Will Palmer/SWpix.complaceholder image

Ambitious Pidcock relishes extra pressure that success brings him

MUNICH, GERMANY - AUGUST 19: Thomas Pidcock of Great Britain crosses the finish line to win the Men's Cross-Country during the cycling Mountain Bike competition on day 9 of the European Championships Munich 2022 at Olympiapark on August 19, 2022 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)placeholder image

Tom Pidcock storms to mountain bike gold at European Championships

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Quirky handmade cycling ducks lead the way for gift ideas

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Tour de Yorkshire to be replaced with new-look event in the region from 2024

BRILLIANT: Tom Pidcock celebrates as he cycles past the finish line to win the 12th stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France Picture: THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Imagesplaceholder image

Pidcock makes history with Tour De France stage win

Leeds's Tom Pidcock celebrates his stage victory at the Tour de France. Picture: Vincent Kalut/PN/Cor Vos SWpix.complaceholder image

Yorkshire’s Tom Pidcock rides into Tour de France history books

In the rhythm: Tom Pidcock at the start of stage five of his maiden Tour de France last week. (Picture: Zak Williams/SWPix.com)placeholder image

Tom Pidcock exceeding expectation in maiden Tour de France

Tom Pidcock's new jersey in collaboration with Bioracer.placeholder image

Tom Pidcock launches Bioracer jersey to mark rise to Tour de France status

Tom Pidcock - pictured competing in the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Arkansas earlier this year. Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.complaceholder image

Pidcock set to show his ambitious streak on biggest stage of all

TOM PIDCOCK: The Olympic mountain bike champion from Leeds will compete at the Tour de France this summer. Picture: Getty Images.placeholder image

Yorkshire's Tom Pidcock and Connor Swift to appear at Tour de France this summer

Sam Watson: Beaten only by Mark Cavendish at the British road race championships but consoled as the winner of the Under-23s race (Picture: Alex Whitehead/SWPix.com)placeholder image

Sam Watson eyes pro cycling ranks after runnng Cav close

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Tour de Yorkshire 2022 is called off 'by mutual consent'

The next Tour de Yorkshire event is set to take place in May 2022. Picture: Gary Longbottomplaceholder image

The five big questions overshadowing Tour de Yorkshire 2022: Susan Briggs

Record equaller: Mark Cavendish celebrates winning his 34th stage of the Tour de France to pull alongside Eddy Merckx. Picture: Christophe Ena/APplaceholder image

‘Exhausted’ Mark Cavendish draws level with stage record of Tour de France legen...

Team Ineos Grenadiers' Geraint Thomas of Great Britain (2nd-R) attends a training session two days ahead of the first stage of the 108th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, near Brest on July 24, 2021. (Picture: Philippe LOPEZ / AFP via Getty Images)placeholder image

Geraint Thomas part of Ineos Grenadiers’ four-prongued attack on Tour de France

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Booths COO on opening new stores and riding the Tour de France

Gary Verity and Christian Prudhomme, general director of the Tour de France, in front of thousands of spectators as the Grand Depart weekend got under way in Leeds in 2014. Picture: PAplaceholder image

Agency's long road to restoring reputation after Tour de France legacy went sour

Harry Tanfield: Unexpected opportunity. Picture: PAplaceholder image

Harry Tanfield ready for Grand Tour debut at snow-threatened Vuelta Espana

Connor Swift of Arkea Samsic descends off the Col des Aravis on Stage 18: Meribel to La Roche-sur-Foron (Picture: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)placeholder image

Connor Swift eager for Tour de France return after surviving his first edition

Farmers Leigh Weston and Neil Heseltine with their Belted Galloway cattle above Hill Top Farm in the shadow of Malham Cove. The couple have a bunkhouse and are among the tourism businesses in the Dales hoping to benefit from the new series of All Creatures Great and Small. Picture Tony Johnsonplaceholder image

All Creatures Great and Small tourism opportunity must be seized - The YP says

Connor Swift of Arkea Samsic before the start of stage five of the 2020 Tour de France (Picture: Alex Whitehead/SWPix.com)placeholder image

Connor Swift eager to keep Nairo Quintana safe on Tour de France road to Paris

Yorkshire's Connor Swift. Picture Tony Johnson.placeholder image

Swift rise to Tour de France action for Yorkshire rider

Britain's Adam Yates pictured at the start of last year's Tour de France. Picture: AP/Thibault Camus.placeholder image

Ambition remains but Adam Yates realistic about his Tour de France chances

The winner of the 2019 Tour de France - Colombia's Egan Bernal - leads the pack down the Champs Elysees in Paris (Photo: ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images)placeholder image

2020's Tour de France kicks off this weekend - here's everything you need to kno...

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