Watching Fabian Cancellara steal today’s stage with such swashbuckling panache marked is true champion status. But his sticking it to the sprinters, the breakaway, and every one else wasn’t just dumb luck… as Chris Carmichael explains with a closer look that might help you win a few races yourself.

PEZ Roadside Stage 3 - Tour is winding it’s way out of Belgium and into France, and today is all about the view. We’re used to seeing these parts cold and bleak for Paris-Roubaix, but the Tour has a way of warming things up…

The riders make the race – so the saying goes. So maybe the course makes the riders…? We checked in with Greg LeMond, an authority on the Tour de France more credible than most, on what the 3 weeks of parcours will for the riders. Here’s our look at Week 1, as told by the three-time Tour Champ…