Even when you’re driving Alpe d’Huez, it’s steep—a brutal opening ramp, 21 switchbacks, and the July sun beating down on your back. Now imagine doing that with a single-speed bike that weighs 40 ...

Alpe d’Huez is a mythical mountain, a grand beast that conjures up images of battles past with its 21 hairpin bends and its leg sapping slopes. I’ve been roadside on the Alpe during the Tour de France ...

A few months after winning on a raucous Alpe d’Huez wearing the yellow jersey, Geraint Thomas snuck back to the place of his greatest triumph to check if it had really happened. Signposts on each of ...

From the hill overlooking them, the infamous 21 hairpin turns of the Alpe d’Huez slalom can be seen slicing through the valley. The Tour de France traditionally weaves its way up those famous roads, ...

With mega-sponsors like UAE, Lidl and INEOS, the richest WorldTour teams keep pulling further ahead. Beneath that top tier, race organisers — and plenty of smaller teams — are struggling to keep their ...

An amateur cyclist has claimed the Strava KOM on Alpe d’Huez, bettering Visma-Lease a Bike rider Sepp Kuss’s time by nine seconds. Jack Burke, a 29-year-old from Canada who also holds the KOMs on ...

Local environmentalists have started a campaign against the Tour de France 's use of the Col de Sarenne as part of the race's ...

The sight of a seemingly impregnable race leader loosening his grip on the Tour de France atop the Col du Granon inevitably brought up memories of 1986 and all that, and the nostalgia continues on ...

ALPE D’HUEZ, France — In his first Tour de France, 22-year-old Tom Pidcock became the youngest winner of a stage on the iconic Alpe d’Huez mountain after crossing the line solo at the ski resort on ...

Top Ride: Cycling the climb of Alpe d’Huez is a mythical experience, a grand beast that conjures images of epic battles on its 21 hairpin bends and leg sapping slopes. The 2013 Dauphiné took on the ...