This week’s Club Sportico essay looks at the way in which commercial sponsorships and detail-oriented cyclists sometimes clash at the world’s biggest bike race. Tour de France riders are obsessive about their equipment,

The Tour de France is 100% in France this year with no stages starting from abroad. A mostly flat first week started from Lille and stayed in cycling-mad northern France for three stages. The peloton then headed south,

Defending Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar won Stage 7 after a frantic finish on Friday to reclaim the yellow jersey and overall lead in 2025.

Pogačar is the overwhelming favorite to win a fourth Tour title and has been the best rider since the start of the Tour last weekend.

The Athletic spent stage six of this year's race with the EF Education-Easypost team — this is how they fuelled Ben Healy's solo win

Ben Healy surged out on his own to win Stage 6 at the Tour de France. Mathieu van der Peul also took back the yellow jersey from Tadej Pogacar.

The Tour de France is 100% in France this year with no stages starting from abroad. A mostly flat first week started from Lille and stayed in cycling-mad northern France for three stages. The peloton then headed south, via Brittany and the mountainous Massif Central region.

Completing the Tour de France route is a monumental achievement for any cyclist — amateur or pro. In 2021, our team not only rode the full route but also raised over £1 million for Cure Leukaemia. For me, it marked a deeply personal milestone in my cancer journey.