The 2016 Tour de France is set to feature a summit finish on the Mont Ventoux, sometimes rated as the country's single most difficult climb. The race will apparently have a stage finish there on July ...

Defending Tour de France champion Chris Froome of Britain feels the stage to Mont Ventoux next year will once again be crucial in deciding the destination of the yellow jersey after the route for the ...

Peter Sagan won the windy 11th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday in Montpellier, France, after getting in a late four-man breakaway that also included overall leader Chris Froome. With 7.5 ...

Last year the peloton rattled through cobbled sections and battled perilous crosswinds in an extremely nervous opening block of racing that saw several riders pull out of the Tour. The overall ...

Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) might have been the winner on Stage 12 of the Tour de France to Mont Ventoux, but there were chaotic scenes behind. De Gendt rode away from breakaway companions Daniel ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. If there’s one word to describe the 2016 Tour de France route, it’s steep. This year’s race features 56 ...

MONTPELLIER, France -- When Laurent Biondi talks about his days in the Tour de France and what it was like to be a French rider waking up on the morning of Bastille Day, his eyes suddenly sparkle and ...

Stage 12 of the Tour de France has ended in absolute chaos, with Chris Froome keeping his yellow jersey only after being forced to run up Mont Ventoux following a crash between a motorbike and Froome, ...

The Tour de France's last two visits to Mont Ventoux were all about Chris Froome. In 2013, he seemed to defy gravity when he took flight and passed Nairo Quintana on the upper reaches of the mountain.

Chris Froome was involved in a bizarre accident during stage 12 of the Tour de France that led to the yellow jersey wearer running up Mont Ventoux. The accident was triggered by Froome’s former Team ...

Chris Froome will renew his acquaintance with the formidable Mont Ventoux at next year's Tour de France, but has warned he will have to show his all-round qualities to retain the yellow jersey. Froome ...