Tour Roadside Stage 1: After the fun of the teams' presentation, Leslie Reissner had his Tour de France time trial baptism in the rain of Düsseldorf on Saturday. Leslie braved the deluge to catch a full day of action from the warm-up right through to the race climax. The rain in Germany falls mainly on the Rhine!

Race Report: Geraint Thomas is in yellow, Kiryienka takes third, Froome in sixth spot and at least 30 seconds clear of the other GC man with Kwiatkowski in eighth spot. It was Sky dominant in the Prologue of a sodden Stage One 14 kilometer time trial in Dusseldorf on Saturday afternoon.

June 29, 2017 - There is only one big story at the moment and it has to be the Tour de France. Team news for the French Grand Tour and the first piece of bad news - Andre Cardoso. Other cycling news: Canadian titles, Yorkshire World Championships '19, Sky with Ford and video of Tony Martin's journey to the Tour start.

Oct 20, 2016 - The climb of the Izoard makes its comeback to the 2017 Tour de France, the scene of many battles in the past, including Gino Bartali taking flight in 1938. EUROTRASH looks at the route announcement of the French Grand Tour. Other cycling news: Cyclocross from Zonhoven with video, no Bayern Rundfahrt or San Luis, contracts with Katusha, Wanty and Movistar/Valverde, Cheng Ji retires and video homage to Bernard Hinault. EUROTRASH coffee time!

The route of the 2017 Tour de France was announced in Paris on Tuesday morning, here is the route in 3D. More to come on the Tour'17 route to come on PEZ in the coming days.