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Chapeau, Kim 🇲🇺🇿🇦👏Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance–Soudal) won stage 6 of the Tour de France Femmes in Tournon-sur-Rhô...
07/08/2026

Chapeau, Kim 🇲🇺🇿🇦👏

Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance–Soudal) won stage 6 of the Tour de France Femmes in Tournon-sur-Rhône — and she did it the hard way.

A mechanical on the descent before the final climb forced a bike change and left her nearly a minute adrift of the favourites.

She clawed her way back to the bunch, bridged across to the breakaway with Riejanne Markus, then out-sprinted the lot on the line.

It's her second Femmes stage win in two years — the first African to ever win one, now done twice.

You may not be a fan of the man, but you can't deny Lance Armstrong has seen it all — and he knows a good rider when he sees one:

"In cycling the best or most deserving person doesn't always win. It is often a game of chance but there are times that you say wow that person deserved to win and she deserved to win! She did it all!"

She did it all indeed.

Follow every stage inside the only Official Tour de France Guide 2026 — your Tour de Femmes couch companion. R139, print edition or digimag, via the link in our bio.

Who takes the maillot jaune? 💛The 5th Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift got under way in Lausanne yesterday — and the rid...
02/08/2026

Who takes the maillot jaune? 💛

The 5th Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift got under way in Lausanne yesterday — and the rider we're getting behind is a familiar face 🇲🇺🇿🇦

Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance–Soudal) — the Mauritian who cut her teeth on the South African circuit and won the Cape Epic pulled on the yellow jersey for four days last year, the first African ever to win a stage of the Femmes.
A wrist fracture at the Tour of Flanders wrecked her spring, but she's back and firing — she opened this year's race with 2nd place on stage 1. On a punchy finish she's dangerous for both stage wins and yellow. This one's personal.

And the rest of the field? Swipe through 👉 Inside the only Official Tour de France Guide 2026 we rank the 10 riders to watch:

★★★★★ Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma–Lease a Bike) — peerless in the Alps last year, and the defending champion. Her catch? A 21km time trial in Dijon, and she hasn't raced a TT since 2021.

★★★★★ Demi Vollering (FDJ United–SUEZ) — the most versatile rider in the peloton and this year's Tour of Flanders winner. First or second every time she's started. Now she wants the top step.

★★★★ Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM) — the 2024 champion, and a fighter who never cracks.
★★★ Marlen Reusser (Movistar) — the world time-trial champion. Give her ten metres on the flat and you'll never see her again.

★★★ Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) — the Italian who only gets better with age.

Strengths, weaknesses, star ratings and route director Franck Perque's breakdown of all nine stages — inside the only Official Tour de France Guide 2026.

Your 3 week long couch companion. 160+ pages, R139, from leading retailers nationwide. Grab the print edition or the digimag via the link in our bio.

Your pick for yellow? 👇

Heat reshapes the Tour. Stage 9 has been shortened as extreme temperatures hit the race.Here's a taste of what cycling f...
12/07/2026

Heat reshapes the Tour. Stage 9 has been shortened as extreme temperatures hit the race.

Here's a taste of what cycling fans can expect inside the only Official Tour de France Guide 2026 – your 3 week long couch companion, packed with expert insight from HQ in Paris on every stage and how it might unfold.

Stage 9 – Sunday 12 July – Malemort to Ussel – Hilly
With a heatwave gripping France, organisers have trimmed today's stage – originally 185.5km – to protect the riders in dangerous conditions. Shorter roads, but no less drama.

It was always billed as breakaway country: a big move that could take an age to form, and a fierce fight for the polka-dot jersey over a relentless run of climbs through the hills of Corrèze – the Suc au May (3.8km at 7.7%), the Côte de la Croix du Pey and the drag over Mont Bessou.
A shorter route only makes the racing more explosive – less time to reel the break back, and the climbs come thicker and faster.

Expect the day to be decided on the Suc au May and the punchy hills that follow, with the last chance to attack before the Tour's first rest day.

The only Official Tour de France Guide 2026 – a 160+ page large format coffee table keepsake – is available now for R139 from leading retailers nationwide. Find the full stockist list and read the digimag via the link in our bio.

Then the riders get their first rest day. You've earned yours too.

Tim Merlier wins in Bordeaux. We called it."In Tim Merlier they have the world's best sprinter. Whenever he isn't boxed ...
10/07/2026

Tim Merlier wins in Bordeaux. We called it.

"In Tim Merlier they have the world's best sprinter. Whenever he isn't boxed in and can demonstrate his power, he wins."

That is what we wrote about the Belgian in the only Official Tour de France Guide 2026 – your 3 week long couch companion, with expert insight from HQ in Paris on every rider and every team.

We billed Stage 7 as "act two for the sprinters" – the day the green jersey battle heats up. Today the former European champion wasn't boxed in. He came off the wheel with clear road ahead, and there was nothing anyone could do about it.

It matters more than usual this year. Bordeaux is one of the flat, coefficient-1 finishes where the winner banks 70 points – a bigger jackpot for the pure sprinters, and a serious move in the green jersey race.

The only Official Tour de France Guide 2026 – a 160+ page large format coffee table keepsake – is available now for R139 from leading retailers nationwide. Find the full stockist list and read the digimag via the link in our bio.

We called it. Get the inside scoop for the next two weeks.

Tadej Pogačar storms clear at Gavarnie to take the stage and the yellow jersey."He knows exactly where and how to break ...
09/07/2026

Tadej Pogačar storms clear at Gavarnie to take the stage and the yellow jersey.

"He knows exactly where and how to break his rivals."

That is what we wrote about the Slovenian in the only Official Tour de France Guide 2026 – your 3 week long couch companion, with expert insight from HQ in Paris on every rider and every stage.

Today, on the Tour's first true mountain test, he did exactly that. Over the Tourmalet and up to the brand-new Cirque de Gavarnie, Pogačar rode away from everyone – and pulled on the maillot jaune.

We flagged the stage too, as the day the GC men could not hide. The first real showdown, and the moment the Tour takes its shape. It did.

The only Official Tour de France Guide 2026 – a 160+ page large format coffee table keepsake – is available now for R139 from leading retailers nationwide. Find the full stockist list and read the digimag via the link in our bio.

We called it. Get the inside scoop for the next two weeks.

Olav Kooij wins on his Tour de France debut – and we called it.Here's a taste of what cycling fans can expect inside the...
08/07/2026

Olav Kooij wins on his Tour de France debut – and we called it.

Here's a taste of what cycling fans can expect inside the only Official Tour de France Guide 2026 – your 3 week long couch companion, with expert insight from HQ in Paris on every rider and team.

In our Decathlon CMA CGM profile, we wrote: "The team will also have to decide whether or not to take Olav Kooij along for the bunch sprints." They brought him – and the 24-year-old Dutchman repaid them on his maiden Tour, taking the biggest win of his young career.

For a squad built around Paul Seixas's GC ambitions, a stage win from their sprinter is the perfect bonus – and proof that reading the form guide pays off.
We called it. Get the inside scoop for the next two weeks.

The only Official Tour de France Guide 2026 – a 160+ page large format coffee table keepsake – is available now for R139 from leading retailers nationwide. Find the full stockist list and read the digimag via the link in our bio.

Yellow for the underdogs – and it's no fluke. Torstein Træen leads the 2026 Tour de France by 7 minutes 53 seconds over ...
08/07/2026

Yellow for the underdogs – and it's no fluke. Torstein Træen leads the 2026 Tour de France by 7 minutes 53 seconds over Pogačar and Vingegaard.

Here's a taste of what cycling fans can expect inside the only Official Tour de France Guide 2026 – your 3 week long couch companion, packed with expert insight from HQ in Paris.

Nobody had this on their bingo card – except, perhaps, anyone who'd read our team guide. We called Uno-X Mobility the "thrill-seekers," a squad "primed to be in the thick of the action on every front," with riders "well capable of joining breakaways and triumphing." Today the Norwegian climber delivered exactly that, riding clear to take the maillot jaune – and with almost eight minutes in hand on the big two, this is a lead with real teeth.

It is a fairytale for Thor Hushovd's young Norwegian outfit, on only its third Tour de France and now wearing the most famous jersey in cycling. That 7:53 buffer could see Træen defend yellow all the way to the first summit finishes – and every second of it will matter when the GC men come calling in the mountains.

The only Official Tour de France Guide 2026 – a 160+ page large format coffee table keepsake – is available now for R139 from leading retailers nationwide. Find the full stockist list and read the digimag via the link in our bio.

With high temperatures in this year’s Le Tour de France, Pro cycling team, Lotto-Intermarché and their partnership wit...
08/07/2026

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Stage 4 – Tuesday 7 July – Carcassonne to Foix – Hilly – 181.9kmThe race rolls out beneath the medieval citadel of Carca...
07/07/2026

Stage 4 – Tuesday 7 July – Carcassonne to Foix – Hilly – 181.9km

The race rolls out beneath the medieval citadel of Carcassonne and straight into Cathar country, on a lumpy parcours tailor-made for the attackers. The Col de Bedos, Col du Paradis, Col de Coudons and the tough Col de Montségur all lie in wait, and only the strongest climbers in the move will still be there at the front.

From the top of Montségur it's 35km to the line in Foix. The likeliest outcome is a small-group sprint between the last survivors of the breakaway – but if the peloton judges it wrong and hauls them back, expect a much-reduced bunch, with the pure sprinters distanced. This is the day the breakaway specialists have circled.

That is just the summary. Inside the guide you get every climb graded and measured, a full timing schedule so you know exactly when to tune in, the precise finish in Foix, a complete route map, and the tactical breakdown from HQ in Paris. Everything you need to watch it like an expert, not just a fan.

The only Official Tour de France Guide 2026 – a 160+ page large format coffee table keepsake – is available now for R139 from leading retailers nationwide. Find the full stockist list and read the digimag via the link in our bio.

The mountains are almost here. But first, the breakaway men get their chance..

Isaac Del Toro won Stage 2 yesterday – and we saw it coming.Here's a taste of what cycling fans can expect inside the on...
06/07/2026

Isaac Del Toro won Stage 2 yesterday – and we saw it coming.

Here's a taste of what cycling fans can expect inside the only Official Tour de France Guide 2026 – your 3 week long couch companion, packed with expert insight from HQ in Paris on the rider everyone's talking about.

Pogačar's lieutenant – on paper
We've got the Mexican down as a "top-class support rider" and UAE's back-up leader. But we're blunt: it's "not out of the question that he could finish on the final podium in Paris." That Stage 2 win only says one thing – watch this space.

A serious CV for a debutant
Second overall at the 2025 Giro, and already a winner of the UAE Tour and Tirreno-Adriatico this season. We reckon he can handle the long climbs "without burning himself out."

Ice in the veins
After losing the Giro's pink jersey the day before the finish in Rome, he simply shrugged: "All roads lead to Rome." A rider who takes the rough with the smooth.
The line that says it all
Asked at 20 why he'd left home at 15 for a cycling academy, Del Toro replied: "To end up in this room doing an interview with you." He always knew where this was heading.

The one caveat? It's his Tour debut, and we're clear he still lacks three-week racing experience. But on recent evidence, the kid's got a big future.
The mountains are coming. Stage 3 heads into the hills today – we'll see if the kid can back it up.

The only Official Tour de France Guide 2026 – a 160+ page large format coffee table keepsake, available now for R139 from leading retailers nationwide. Find the full stockist list and read the digimag via the link in our bio.



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