Italy's Riccardo Riccò, one day after the surprise announcement that he will race the Tour de... When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

No other place defines the Tour de France like Alpe d’Huez. It stands menacingly in a steep and hellishly hot valley, it hurts all who climb it, and destroys many. Some it makes immortal – champions ...

Next year's Tour de France will feature two treks through the Alps as organizers avoid Paris as it hosts the Summer Olympics, while the women's race will have a grand finale at L'Alpe d'Huez in August ...

Pour la 31e fois de l'histoire du Tour de France, l'Alpe d'Huez sera ce jeudi le juge de paix d'une étape de la Grande Boucle. Le col, souvent considéré comme l'un des plus mythiques de France, peut ...

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 ...

This was Marco Pantani’s day in the Tour de France, as everybody knew it would be. The Italian rode superbly up the long ascent to Alpe d’Huez to win the glamour climbing stage for the second ...

PANTANI: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist, the much-anticipated feature documentary of the cyclist Marco Pantani’s tragic life, is to launch in UK cinemas on Friday 16th May 2014. The film’s premiere ...

Marco Pantani of Italy, known as "Il Pirati" for his swashbuckling style, won the climb to l'Alpe d'Huez to capture the 13th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday. He was followed by Germany's Jan ...