How did GC favorites like Adam Yates, Egan Bernal, Primož Roglič, and others fare during Saturday's Pyrénéan test of the Tour de France? We break down the good and bad news for the key players.
Bardet originally planned to focus on the Giro d’Italia this year, but in the end, he is returning to the Tour in the post-COVID-19 calendar.
Mass exodus from Team CCC; big names in and out of AG2R-La Mondiale; Israel Start-Up Nation continues to strengthen roster.
The French rider is increasingly worried that injuries sustained on stage 1 of La Route d'Occitanie are more serious than originally expected.
Pinot, Bardet search for signs of encouragement after Ineos takes control of Occitanie.
'I will prepare for it completely, but I don’t want to come with set objectives.' Bardet heads into Tour de France with high ambitions but no concrete goals.
French team continues to secure base while fate of Romain Bardet remains uncertain.
Frenchman Bardet eyes Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders in reshuffled race schedule for the year.
Dumoulin, Bardet, Pinot speak of anti-doping drought as coronavirus mitigation measures slow testing.
French star Romain Bardet questions if racing the Tour is realistic in time of world pandemic
The new 2020 pro cycling calendar is still dependent on a reduction of the COVID-19 virus around the world.
Bardet and Calmejane argue against French Cycling Union's request for pros to be able to train freely while others push for special dispensation.
Bardet focuses on concerns over humanity and health rather than sports as coronavirus crisis deepens.
Dutch races this weekend seeing increasingly-powerful line ups as teams scramble to find opportunities for riders scheduled to start northern classics.
Barguil was kicked out of race for chasing too long behind a team car in aftermath of crash that trims GC field
Affectionately called “The Race to the Sun,” the week-long stage race makes it way down through the heart of France to the Mediterranean Sea, noted for its abundance of sunshine.
The Faun Ardèche Classic and the Royal Bernard Drôme Classic offer muscular terrain that suits puncheurs and climbers alike.
UAE-Team Emirates is running tubeless tires; Romain Bardet is running rim brakes; and Adam Hansen is tinkering, as always. Here's cool tech from Tour Down Under.
Bardet looks to find inspiration and get back to winning ways with new targets including Ardennes, Giro, and Olympics.
Frenchman to end six month period away from racing with first-ever appearance at Tour Down Under.
Though conditions could change, officials from Tour Down Under, Great Ocean RR confirm their events will be held as scheduled as riders, teams start to arrive
The Giro, worlds and Olympics will be at the center of the calendar for the French star weary of the pressures of July .
Poulidor was seen as a 'real face of cycling' in France as a result of hard-working attitude and wealth of victories
A 2020 Tour de France short on time trials and packed with surprises leaves French GC hopefuls motivated to raise their nation's hopes.
The French star is ending his racing season early after another disappointing GC performance at the Tour this summer.
Movistar played chess high in the Alps on Thursday and came up big with a stage victory for Quintana at the expense of Landa
The inconsistent Basque climber has nothing to lose and vows to try to blow up the race in a bid for the final podium in Paris.
The Frenchman can't explain why he fell off the pace so dramatically in the Tour's first GC test.
There were winners, losers, and big surprises on La Planche des Belles Filles. Did stage 6 live up to the hype?
As a number of favorites are sidelined or affected by injury and poor form, confidence is growing in the home nation's chances at the Tour de France
The new Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge will send pro riders racing up the Giant of Provence this coming Monday
Larry Warbasse is hoping to thank his French teammates with a breakaway stage victory in the final week of the Giro d'Italia
French star Romain Bardet likes the 2019 Tour route and feels his chance for a career-defining victory is coming soon.
Ending speculation that he'll race the Giro d'Italia in 2019, Romain Bardet confirms plan to again focus on Tour de France.
Dimension Data has a new rider for its development team, thanks to a talent search on Zwift. French star Bardet might race debut Giro.
Romain Bardet finished second in the road race, marking France's first worlds podium finish since 2005.
The two-time Tour de France podium finisher was aiming to be France's first Tour champion since 1985.
Tony Gallopin is the third Ag2r La Mondiale rider to pull out of the Tour, leaving Romain Bardet with just four teammates.
Romain Bardet wishes he had followed Dan Martin on mountaintop finish. The Frenchman is three minutes behind on GC.
Now lacking two key teammates in the Tour de France, Romain Bardet downplays his chances to win the overall.
Romain Bardet miraculously avoids major time loss in Tour stage 9, despite three flat tires on the cobblestones.
Romain Bardet is putting his Tour destiny into the hands of his teammates ahead of Sunday’s clash on the cobbles.
With a late-race mechanical, Romain Bardet loses time in the Tour de France's first uphill finish, another blow after a poor TTT ride.
Axel Domont, a crucial lieutenant for Romain Bardet, crashed out of the Tour de France this week.
Whatever advantage Romain Bardet carried into Monday's team time trial evaporated on the hot tarmac surrounding Cholet, France.
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Ag2r La Mondiale revealed its Tour de France lineup, which once again is built around GC contender Romain Bardet.
The pair checked out the famed climb this week and rode up its 21 switchbacks, which will be featured in stage 12 of the Tour de France.
Romain Bardet is growing weary of the questions and controversy surrounding Chris Froome's salbutamol case.
More Tour de France GC riders are signing up to race on cobblestones, this time in Wednesday's Dwars door Vlaanderen.
The wet and muddy Strade Bianche and the UCI Track Cycling World Championships are on the menu for this week's show.
Strade Bianche was an epic battle in the Tuscan mud. We sound off on the race's key moments and what it can tell us about the classics.
Stage 9 of the French grand tour will feature more than 21km of pave borrowed from the Paris-Roubaix route.
The Ag2r-La Mondiale rider will be out for at least two weeks with an arm injury suffered at home.
Frenchman Romain Bardet is the first of many GC favorites who will inspect the harrowing cobblestones of the 2018 Tour de France.
The French rider sounds off regarding Chris Froome's adverse analytical finding dating back to last year's Vuelta a Espana.
Romain Bardet, third at the Tour in 2017, said Sunday that Chris Froome's adverse drugs test had damaged the credibility of cycling.
Romain Bardet's Ag2r La Mondiale team confirmed Thursday that its French GC star will try his hand at the Vuelta a España this year.
Romain Bardet revealed he'd been suffering from "fragile" health as he fought to hold onto a podium finish on stage 20 Saturday.
Romain Bardet's Ag2r teammates are confident the rising French star will ride into the yellow jersey in future Tours de France.
Frenchman Romain Bardet and his Ag2r La Mondiale team did everything they could to wrest yellow from Chris Froome. It wasn't enough.
The contenders for the yellow jersey believe Thursday's finishing climb will likely determine who wins the Tour de France.
Frenchman Romain Bardet is 23 seconds behind race leader Chris Froome in the Tour's final week.
Romain Bardet credits a reconnaissance trip in May for his gritty stage win atop Peyragudes in Tour de France stage 12.
Romain Bardet has a chance of winning the yellow jersey at this Tour — which would break a decades-long drought for the French.
Frenchman Romain Bardet's confidence is growing after the Tour de France's first big day in the mountains.
Andrew Hood takes a look at the Tour de France's GC picture after nine stages of racing.
French GC Romain Bardet is riding Factor's 02 in the Tour de France. The small brand sponsors Ag2r La Mondiale.
Although Romain Bardet has quickly become France's best hope at a Tour victory, he is circumspect about his chances in 2017.
The Critérium du Dauphiné boasts a strong field ahead of the Tour de France, with most of the favorites for yellow racing.
Ag2r La Mondiale has announced team rider Romain Bardet has decided to take part in the Volta a Catalunya, March 20-16.
Frenchmen Arnaud Démare (FDJ) wins another Paris-Nice opener as compatriot Romain Bardet (AG2R) finds himself on the outside looking in.
Romain Bardet pleads "mea culpa" post-race via Twitter for actions resulting in his ejection from the first stage of Paris-Nice on Sunday.
Romain Bardet is cycling's most unlikely star, and he could end France's Tour de France drought after finishing second in 2016.
The hopes of French fans rest on Romain Bardet, who has steadily improved at the Tour each year. He's looking strong so far in Tour of Oman.
Romain Bardet, 26, is the top French rider to win a Tour de France title, a feat not accomplished since 1985.
Ag2r—La Mondiale believes that Bardet has a realistic chance of becoming the first Frenchman since Bernard Hinault to win the yellow jersey.
Therapeutic Use Exemptions have allowed several riders to legally take otherwise banned substances for medical reasons.
No Frenchman has won a yellow jersey in over 30 years, but Romain Bardet gives the home crowd hope for a turnaround sometime soon