Before my eyes, a white, rocky surface with not a single tree growing on it spread out.The "White Mountain," Mont Ventoux.It ...

Visma | Lease a Bike was unable to make a significant impact in Stage 7 of the Tour de France Femmes. The Dutch squad had been targeting the Mont Ventoux stage with Pauline Ferrand-Prévot for months, ...

As one of the most mythical mountains in cycling history, Mont Ventoux rarely disappoints. Let’s face it, you’re either met with hurricane winds that’ll do everything they can to blow you off its ...

Montpellier, France (AFP) - Thursday's Tour de France stage 12 finish on the iconic Mont Ventoux has been brought forward by 6km due to high winds, organisers said on Wednesday. "Given the weather ...

“The Ventoux is a god of evil, to which sacrifices must be made. It never forgives weakness and extracts an unfair tribute of suffering.” — Roland Barthes, French philosopher and cycling fan. From the ...

Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney put in an all-time best climbing performance when she won on Mont Ventoux at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. She dropped the entire peloton, claimed the stage by more ...

We’ve reported on the ascent of this fabled mountain a few times, and even climbed it ourselves, but never have we indulged in the personal suffering that precedes acceptance into the elite club of ...

THE Tour de France descended into chaos overnight, with race leader Chris Froome forced to run up the mountain and confusion reigning over the rules. “Ventoux is full of surprises. ... I’m very happy ...

A week in the French Alps aboard a former EF Pro Cycling Cannondale race bike taught me that modern race bikes aren’t just lighter—they completely change the way you ride. Over the next five days, I ...

Tucked away in a little corner of Provence on a hill above the vineyards is the perfect holiday getaway. During the long, cold winter evenings the memories of a trip to the south of France in late ...

When Chris Froome, Nairo Quintana and the 191 other members of the Tour de France peloton reach the foot of Mont Ventoux shortly after 3pm on Thursday, they will start ascending something far more ...