Tour Notebook

Sky riders say they like being boring, Rasumussen criticizes anti-doping, top Frenchmen battle to be best on GC, and Dennis departs.

Will Oleg Tinkov stay in cycling? Why are Chris Froome's teammates "taking the mickey out of him?" How much money has been won?

More pros are moving to Andorra, a couple gets married at the Tour, and Brent Bookwalter is feeling better day by day.

On the Tour's first rest day, Bahrain team insiders say they're on track, Trek re-ups with three key riders.

The heat is on to check for motor cheating, Valverde and Froome hash it out, and Yates gets more stitches.

Cavendish says African cycling is poised for greatness, Van Avermaet plans to keep yellow, and French nicknames are bad, just plain bad.

How sticky is that hot tarmac? Nibali confirms that he's not trying to win the Tour, and Froome looks confident with Sky squad.

Peter Sagan hints that he'll find a way to top his hit "Grease" parody video. Tinkoff's bus is broken, and Och said he wouldn't have been dropped in stage 3.

The VeloNews team gets the lowdown on Peloton the sheep, Stuyven's KOM apparel, and even some Tinkoff dinner-table humor

The VeloNews Tour team reports on Luke Rowe's house music, the Prince of Monaco, Giant – Alpecin, and other sundries from stage 2

The VeloNews Tour team goes beyond the stage results to paint a fuller picture of the world's biggest race

Our crack VeloNews reporters reveal the notes they scrawl in the margins, those little bits of gossip and narrative that are essential parts of the Tour