As every year, Ed Hood is welded to the TV for every pedal stroke of the Tour de France. Of course there's the massive disappointment of not being 'Roadside' in 2020 (damn Covid-19), but he's ever eagle-eyed for the each day's 'real' story. Take it away Ed...

The sixth stage of the Tour de France saw Alexey Lutsenko solo to the finish on Mont Aigoual. The Kazakh champion was part of the early break and he turned out to be the strongest rider on the stiff final climb of the Col de la Lusette. The favourites for the GC held back, except Julian Alaphilippe who made a last metre attack. Adam Yates remains overall leader.

Aug 24, 2020 - Will the 2020 Tour de France get to Paris - Top Story. National championships weekend, results and video. Tour team announcements, European champs and Deutschland Tour 2021. Contract news from Adam Yates, Jake Stewart. Covid news. Team announcements. And recon video of the Giro.

06 July, 2020 - The first professional bike race of the 'new' season was on Sunday, the fans didn't get too close. Sad news as Niels De Vriendt passed away during a race-Top Story. Other news: Race reports from the GP Vermarc, Portugal and the Virtual Tour de France. Rider news. Team news. No champs in USA and UK. Race news. Training camps, team and contract news and Sagan cooks Italian.

PEZ Tour Preview Un-Picked: It must be great to have a crystal ball or the benefit of Clairvoyance, Ed Hood has the next best thing - Insight and experience. Let's look back at the Tour de France predictions from the PEZ sage and see how close he came to picking 'who was hot' and who wasn't.

Jan 28, 2019 - Elia Viviani won his 70th career victory in the Great Ocean Race-Result and video. Plus Hoogerheide cross, Towards Zero and San Juan. Tramadol tests-Top Story. Other cycling news: Atapuma looks forward, coach for Quintana, Bahrain wage problem, new climbs for Kuurne, Sunderland director, Giro di Sicilia, Yates for Tour, RCS WildCards and Astana rap!

Rider Scout Interview: Becoming a professional cyclist is not easy, apart from the long training rides, hard racing and living the life of an athlete, you need that big break. Christophe Andre has been helping many riders from Britain and his home country of France with a step up to the pro ranks - Ed Hood has a word with the man who helped Adam Yates, amongst others.

PeloPics: Geraint Thomas (Sky) concluded the Critérium du Dauphiné on a high note after a crash-marred start. Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) took the final stage 7 win in the last kilometre in a cruel move for early breakaway rider Dani Navarro (Cofidis).