Romain Bardet

White jersey Adam Yates is just one of many up-and-comers taking big steps forward in this year's Tour de France

At 1:05 out of second entering stage 19, Romain Bardet says he feels strong enough to attack at the Tour this weekend.

French team AG2R - La Mondiale is building its Tour de France roster around climber Romain Bardet.

The Frenchman is juggling racing in the WorldTour with studying for his MBA degree.

It has been 27 years since a Frenchman won the Giro d'Italia, and don't expect that to change this edition.

Porte, Thomas, and Bardet will be gunning for early season wins, but it's likely that Alberto Contador will win the "Race to the sun."

After getting his 2016 campaign off to a strong start in the Tour of Oman, Romain Bardet looks ahead to the Tour de France and more

The Italian wins stage 4 at the Tour of Oman atop Green Mountain, putting him in the driver's seat with two stages remaining.

Chris Froome was the big winner after taking the yellow and polka-dot jerseys, while several riders came up short of goals

AFP takes a look back at the French grand tour and highlights five key takeaways

The 24-year-old French star is relieved to notch his first career stage win, under the weight of the host nation's great expectations.

Bardet unleashes daring descent off the Col du Glandon, grits out final 40 kilometers to win. Froome keeps yellow, calm and in control.

The 15.9km descent of the Col d'Allos could see riders press their luck and attack off the front

A handful of riders have the potential to take charge on the roads of France and win the yellow jersey

Caley Fretz considers the top favorites to win yellow and their form following a range of different early season tune-up races

The "Fab Four" could have plenty of company as they contend for the yellow jersey in France next month, writes Andrew Hood

Romain Bardet gives French fans reason to cheer with Dauphiné stage win, showing promise ahead of Tour de France

The 161km route is the exact same parcours that will be featured in stage 17 of the Tour de France

The Critérium du Dauphiné kicks off Sunday in Ugina, France, with several challenging ascents along the eight-day route

Romain Bardet returns to racing at the Critérium du Dauphiné, where he finished fifth overall last year

The Paris-Nice route this year will offer something for everyone in the peloton

Ag2r draws on Péraud's experience and Bardet's youth to cue up for 2015 season, aims to develop Pozzovivo and Betancur

Two French riders secured places on the Tour podium for the first time since the Fignon-Hinault era, ending a drought dating back to 1997

With riders at the front for almost the entire day, Garmin capped stage 19 at the Tour with a victory by Ramunas Navardauskas

Barring splits in the peloton or crashes Friday, three riders will duke it out for the two remaining places of honor in Saturday's TT

The Astana rider increases his overall lead with a strong solo ride up the Hautacam to win his fourth stage of the race

The long drought for Italian and French riders at the Tour de France is likely to come to an end in 2014

The Frenchman was sixth overall entering Tuesday’s stage 16

American Tejay van Garderen is among five men vying for spots on the Tour de France podium in the race’s final week

The race leader pads his advantage on the overall, Majka takes a hard-earned stage win, and Valverde finds himself losing ground

Podium hopes are on the rise with the strong performances from Pinot and Bardet as a new generation of French riders takes over

Tony Gallopin attacks twice in the final kilometers of stage 11 at the Tour, which leads to France’s second stage win

The Russian navigates the fast, twisty descent into Gap to earn the stage win for Katusha

The FDJ.fr rider became the first Frenchman to win a Giro stage since 2011

The Spanish rider attacks on the final climb and appears poised to earn the overall title

With wins in Belgium, Britain, and France this week, Arnaud Démare and Romain Bardet may give Bernard Hinault something good to talk about