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Patrick Redford

Staff Writer

Cycling

A Day In The Chaos Of Cycling’s Most Legendary Arena

Cycling

A Good Tour de France Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

Cycling

A Mathematically Rigorous Guide To The Uncs Of The Tour de France

Cycling

Intensified Doping Investigations At Tour de France Threaten Cycling’s Delicate Balance

Cycling

Jonas Vingegaard Felled Yet Again By The Cruelty Of His Sport

Cycling

Quinn Simmons Lets The Bike Speak For Him, For Better And Worse

Cycling

A Chaotic Day In The Life Of The Photographers At The Tour de France

This Is So Stupid

I Believe I Have Located A Ham Truck In France

Cycling

The Inter-Red Bull Teammate Drama Is The Best Story Of The Tour de France So Far

Interviews

An Interview With Three Italian Backpackers Who Crossed The Pyrenees And Accidentally Ran Into The Tour de France

Cycling

Meet Torstein Træen, The Stoic Norwegian Survivor Who Briefly Lit Up The Tour de France

Cycling

The Tour de France’s Infernal Present Portends Its Impossible Future

Cycling

Gifts, Gritos, And A Breakthrough Win: An Afternoon With The Tour de France’s New And Jubilant Mexican Fanbase

Cycling

Jonas Vingegaard Made It Out Alive, Then Made Barcelona Smile

Cycling

Your Guide To The 2026 Tour de France

Podcasts

Liv Takes Miles, With Maitreyi Anantharaman

Cycling

Why The Tour de France Route Is Different Every Single Year

Cycling

The Tour de France Is For The Children

MLB

The Athletics Are An Abomination

NBA

Trae Young’s Bizarre New Deal Is The Wrong Kind Of Hedge

Podcasts

A Sicko’s Guide To The NBA Draft, With David Lee

Cycling

It’s Still Tadej Pogacar’s World

Podcasts

FancyFree Is The Center Of The World, With Giri Nathan

June 16, 2026
Soccer

FIFA’s Hydration Breaks Break The Essence Of The Game

Podcasts

Conducting A Mid-Finals Vibe Assay, With Devon Walker And Will Menaker

June 10, 2026
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