Mikel Landa

Tour de France 2018: Race leader Geraint Thomas warns rivals of squandering podium finish if they try to close down on him

Thomas moved a step closer to becoming Wales's first Tour champion when he came through the 18th stage to Pau unhindered and with his lead of 1min 59sec on Dutchman Tom Dumoulin.

Tour de France 2018: Geraint Thomas soars to victory in 11th stage to take the leader's yellow jersey

Geraint Thomas, of Team Sky, completed an impressive ride on the 108.5km stage from Albertville to the summit of La Rosiere by overtaking Spaniard Mikel Nieve (Mitchelton) in the closing metres.

Tour de France 2018: From Richie Porte's premature end to Chris Froome's comeback and other talking points

At the end of a hard week of racing, the Tour is evenly poised with no single rider having a distinct advantage, and all but one of the top contenders still in the race.

Tour de France 2018: Vincenzo Nibali, Tom Dumoulin lead challengers to Chris Froome’s throne at 105th edition

Froome is not coming to the Tour this year in ideal conditions.His legal troubles notwithstanding, defeating the Brit cyclist will not be easy as he demonstrated in the Giro recently.

Tour de France 2018: From Chris Froome to Vincenzo Nibali - here's the strengths and flaws of top five contenders

Here's a look at possible contenders for Tour de France 2018, which will begin on 7 July and span a length of 3329 kilometres from Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile to Champs-Elysees.

Tour de France: Australia's Richie Porte confident of delivering one podium spot before retirement

"In the team time-trial on stage three we have Stefan Kung to lead us out and we can take time off our rivals there," said Richie Porte

Tour de France: From veteran Richie Porte to driven Mikel Landa, riders who can stun Chris Froome in 2018

After Chris Froome's shaky victory this time around, Firstpost looks at five riders who have the potential to end the Sky rider's juggernaut next year.

Tour de France 2017: Chris Froome wins 4th title despite open course, big-name crashes played spoilsport

Route, rivals and ravines — nothing could stop Chris Froome from winning his third Tour de France on the trot and fourth in five years.

How Chris Froome won Tour de France 2017: A breakdown of what happened in each of the 21 stages

A look at how the 2017 edition of the gruelling Tour de France panned out after Chris Froome clinched yet another victory:

Tour de France 2017: Chris Froome is vulnerable, but his challengers need to step up to dethrone him

With the toughest Alpine climbs coming in the last week, here's our analysis on what lays in store for the riders, particularly Chris Froome.