2026 Tour de Pologne Stage 4 Preview - Cycling Mole

Zagań > Karpacz 176km Time for the sprinters to step aside, it’s GC all the way from now on.

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2026 Tour de France Femmes Stage 6 Preview - Cycling Mole

Montbrison > Tournon-sur-Rhône 154km Stage 5 didn’t disappoint; it was a great watch. It’s now clear that the GC fight is between Vollering, Reusser and Niewiadoma, I think all three would prefer a re...

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2026 Tour de Pologne Stage 3 Preview - Cycling Mole

Gorzów Wielkopolski > Zielona Góra 193km Seconds out, round 3.

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2026 Tour de France Femmes Stage 5 Preview - Cycling Mole

Mâcon > Belleville-en-Beaujolais 140km With 2913m of climbing, this is the hardest stage of the whole race. You can see where the elevation gain comes, the opening 75km contains six classified climbs....

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2026 Tour de France Femmes Stage 3 Preview - Cycling Mole

Geneva > Poligny 157km Lorena Wiebes got the expected win in stage 2, two out of two from the Dutch superstar. The 3rd stage has a very interesting profile, it kicks off with a challenging cat 1 climb...

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2026 Tour de Pologne Stage 1 Preview - Cycling Mole

Gdynia > Koszalin 234km The race kicks off with a very long stage. 234km is rare these days in a stage race, throw in the 10km neutral section and most of the peloton will be wondering why, especially...

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2026 Tour de Pologne Preview - Cycling Mole

Tour de Pologne is a race which is often used as prep for the Vuelta, but it also attracts a lot of sprinters due to opportunities offered to the fast men. The route this year is very straightforward,...

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2026 Tour de France Femmes Stage 2 Preview - Cycling Mole

Aigle > Geneva 148km Starting at the south-east point of Lake Geneva, the 2nd stage takes the riders along the north shore of the lake before finishing in Geneva. With 1800m of climbing, it’s certainl...

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2026 Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa Preview - Cycling Mole

Donostia-San Sebastian > Donostia-San Sebastian 222km Changes to the opening half of the race compared to last year, increasing the climbing by around 300m and upping the distance by 10km. The race th...

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2026 Tour de France Femmes Stage 1 Preview - Cycling Mole

Lausanne > Lausanne 138km The 2026 edition of the Tour de France Femmes kicks off in Switzerland, starting and finishing in Lausanne. The riders take on a big loop up towards Lake Geneva and then back...

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2026 Tour de France Femmes Preview - Cycling Mole

Holiday time is over (Madrid was brilliant, topped off with going to see Morrissey on Wednesday), it’s time for the women’s Tour de France. 9 stages, most of which are relatively long and demanding da...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 21 Preview - Cycling Mole

Paris > Paris 89km The 21st and final stage of the 2026 Tour de France, and what a race it’s been. As usual, we end in Paris, and the organisers have persisted with the Montmatre climb in the lap circ...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 20 Preview - Cycling Mole

Le Bourg d’Oisans > Alpe d’Huez 172km What an exhibition by Tadej Pogačar, poetry in motion from the world champion. I was delighted to see him attack at the foot of the Alpe, he knew what was require...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 19 Preview - Cycling Mole

Gap > Alpe d’Huez 128km Stage 19 and the race returns to Alpe d’Huez. This is the first of two consecutive stages finishing at the top of the mountain, but this is the only one where the full climb is...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 18 Preview - Cycling Mole

Voiron > Orcières-Merlette 185km Today was even crazier than expected, a stage where Captain Hindsight will come out to play. Why Pedersen decided to chase down the initial break is beyond me, a terri...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 17 Preview - Cycling Mole

Chambéry > Voiron 175km Stage 17 looks like D-Day in terms of the fight for the green jersey. Going into the day, Pedersen has a 31-point lead over Philipsen, with Girmay a further 25 points down. The...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 16 Preview - Cycling Mole

Évian-les-Bains > Thonon-les-Bains 26km ITT The 2nd rest day is over, and the final week is about to begin. Sunday had it all, both Vingegaard and Pogačar had a booty call from the drug testers, Vinge...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 15 Preview - Cycling Mole

Champagnole > Plateau de Solaison 184km Another incredible day at the Tour de France. If you can’t enjoy Nils Politt keeping the break at 3 minutes, I think there’s something wrong with you. The big G...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 14 Preview - Cycling Mole

Mulhouse > Le Markstein 156km Stage 13 went the way of Mauro Schmid, what a season he’s having. UAE made big strides in the team classification and Pidcock jumped all the way up 4th on GC, but I wonde...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 13 Preview - Cycling Mole

Dole > Belfort 206km Stage 13 is the longest day of the tour, not that 206km is long by professional standards. It’s a bit of a weird one in terms of the profile. Pan flat start which is good for the ...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 12 Preview - Cycling Mole

Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours > Chalon-sur-Saône 179km Come on attackers, do your thing. It might be the final bunch sprint of the race, but the break could sense an upset on the cards.

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2026 Tour de France Stage 11 Preview - Cycling Mole

Vichy > Nevers 161km Given how hard it was to catch a weak break in the last sprint stage, I have a feeling that one of the next two stages will end up going the way of the attackers. The domestiques ...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 10 Preview - Cycling Mole

Aurillac > Le Lioran 167km Stage 9 turned out to be a cracking day, most are still wondering what UAE were doing chasing the break. Some said they wanted to go for the stage with Del Toro, others were...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 9 Preview - Cycling Mole

Malemort > Ussel 148km Due to the extreme heat, the opening 38km of the race has been removed, leaving 147.8km. I assume the intermediate sprint point will remain where it is, which will now only be a...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 8 Preview - Cycling Mole

Périgueux > Bergerac 180km Merlier got his win, but it wasn’t easy. For some reason, the ASO have decided the race needed consecutive sprint stages, not a great move, but the fast men will be delighte...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 7 Preview - Cycling Mole

Hagetmau > Bordeaux 175km As expected, Pogačar destroyed everyone on the Tourmalet, he really is the best there’s ever been. Stage 7 is the 2nd opportunity for the sprinters, hopefully it’s another go...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 6 Preview - Cycling Mole

Pau > Gavarnie-Gèdre 186km Day 6 and the start of the proper GC battle. The riders are faced with the Tourmalet, but it’s not a mountaintop finish, so the breakaway will sniff a chance.

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2026 Tour de France Stage 5 Preview - Cycling Mole

Lannemezan > Pau 158km Day 5 and eventually we get to the first sprint stage of the 2026 Tour de France. It’s been a tough start to the race for the fast men, but they’ve made it (apart from De Lie), ...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 4 Preview - Cycling Mole

Carcassonne > Foix 182km UAE went full Cobra Kai today; they showed no mercy. Jonas will hope he can become Danny LaRusso, otherwise, the race is already over. Stage 4 is either a reduced sprint or a ...

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2026 Tour de France Stage 3 Preview - Cycling Mole

Granollers > Les Angles 196km In terms of climbing metres, this is the 3rd hardest stage in the whole race, which is crazy as the profile doesn’t look that bad. 4000m of climbing over 200km isn’t to b...

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