Tour de France
All the news and essential information about the world famous Tour de France cycle race.
'I'm famous thanks to c**ks': Meet the Tour de France penis eraser
Thousands of people work on the annual sporting spectacle that is the Tour de France cycle race - but 65-year-old Patrick Dancoisne has something of a unique role.
OPINION: Tour de France remains a great French festival (even if the French no longer win)
As he prepares to welcome the Tour de France to his Normandy village, John Lichfield reflects on why the world's greatest cycle race remains as popular as ever with the French, despite their 40-year losing streak.