Follow the Peloton
Explore the world of professional cycling race by race. Follow the Grand Tours, Classics and stage races as the peloton crosses countries, climbs mountains and passes through places filled with history, culture and stories waiting beyond the roadside.
Latest from Around the Peloton
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Tour de Okinawa 2026 – Nago → Nago · 200 km · 8 November 2026 | Route Through the Lost Kingdoms and Forests of Northern Okinawa
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Tour of Guangxi 2026 Stage 6 – Yizhou → Nongla Scenic Spot · 170 km · 18 October 2026 | Route through Xincheng’s Tusi Heritage to the Final Mountain
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Tour of Guangxi 2026 Stage 5 – Jinchengjiang → Yizhou · 170.1 km · 17 October 2026 | Route through Hechi’s Mountains and the Homeland of Liu Sanjie
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Tour of Guangxi 2026 Stage 4 – Bama → Tian’e · 165.7 km · 16 October 2026 | Route through Fengshan’s Hidden Karst World
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Tour of Guangxi 2026 Stage 3 – Jingxi → Bama · 211 km · 15 October 2026 | Route through the Youjiang Valley to China’s Longevity Country
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Tour of Guangxi 2026 Stage 2 – Chongzuo → Jingxi · 179.7 km · 14 October 2026 | Route Through the Karst Highlands and China’s Southern Border Country
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Tour of Guangxi 2026 Stage 1 – Chongzuo → Chongzuo · 149 km · 13 October 2026 | Route Through the Karst Country of the Zuo River
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Chrono des Nations 2026 – Les Herbiers → Les Herbiers · 45.43 km · 18 October 2026 | Route Through the Vendée and Cycling’s Race Against Time
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Binche–Chimay–Binche 2026 – Binche → Chimay → Binche · 206.8 km · 6 October 2026 | Route Through Hainaut, Chimay & the Roads of Frank Vandenbroucke
Stories from the Peloton
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How a Professional Cycling Team Is Built: Leaders, Domestiques and Specialists
On 31 August 2023, Sepp Kuss crossed the finish line at the Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre, high in the mountains of eastern Spain, to win the sixth stage of the Vuelta a España. The American had escaped into a large breakaway before leaving his remaining companions behind on the final climb. Behind him, his Jumbo-Visma…
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Bordeaux–Paris: The Rise and Fall of Cycling’s Great Endurance Classic
On the morning of 24 May 1891, spectators gathered near the Porte Maillot on the western edge of Paris to await a cyclist who had left Bordeaux the previous day. The rider they were expecting had travelled across much of France, through a night on roads that were often rough, poorly lit and shared with…
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Madonna del Ghisallo: The Sacred Mountain of Italian Cycling
The road from Bellagio begins close to the waters of Lake Como, then turns away from the lake and climbs into the wooded hills of the Triangolo Lariano. The first kilometres are steep, with bends that force cyclists to settle quickly into a climbing rhythm. Beyond Guello, the gradient eases before the road rises again…
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Major Taylor Against the World
At the end of the nineteenth century, one of the most famous athletes in America rode a bicycle. His name was Marshall Walter Taylor, but cycling crowds knew him as Major Taylor, a young man whose extraordinary speed made him a celebrity in a country where bicycle racing was one of the great spectator sports.…
