Though the outcome had a familiar feel, the 2019 Tour was undoubtedly one of the most challenging and entertaining in recent memory. As the race scaled its highest peaks, some riders soared, others succumbed to exhaustion, and some even had to shelter from snow.

Is Alaphilippe growing stronger or weaker in yellow? Can Thibaut Pinot hold his form? Who is leading Ineos? And, just how much hotter can it get? Our third gallery of images from the Tour chronicles six stages that have given rise to more questions than answers.

After a week that saw the yellow jersey lost and regained, narrow time gaps on the climbs and gaping chasms in the crosswinds, our latest photo essay tells the tale of a tumultuous week at the Tour.

Serpenteando por l’Hexagone, el Tour es la quintaesencia de lo francés, mostrando toda la gama de paisajes galos. Pero para la mayoría de nosotros, lo que cuenta son las montañas. Con el Tourmalet en el retrovisor, esta edición del Doppio digital revisa las llegadas en alto que quedan en el Tour de este año.

Watch racing, go roadside.

Cada año, la Étape du Tour ofrece a los simples mortales la oportunidad de pasar al otro lado de la barrera y experimentar la vida de un pro. En carreteras cortadas al tráfico, cerca de 10.000 ciclistas hacen el mismo recorrido de la etapa reina, machacando las subidas, lanzándose en los descensos y terminando, con los brazos en alto, en la cima de un puerto de montaña.

Desde un Grand Départ en la capital de Europa pasando por el paraíso de un rodador en la capital del champagne a un sprint decisivo en Nancy, dibujamos lo que ha pasado hasta ahora en el Tour.

Mike Woods is one of the peloton’s most engaging characters and, surprisingly to some, a Tour debutant. Before you get to know him better in the next episode of EF Gone Racing, we caught up with the Canadian climber to quiz him on his teammates.

A balance of high-altitude adventures and set-piece sprints, entertaining fans and empathising with riders, planning the Tour is no mean feat. On the eve of the great race, the second instalment of the digital Doppio reviews each of the Tour’s twenty-one stages.

In the first of four double-shots of digital road racing reportage to be published in July, we review the runners and riders in this year’s Grand Boucle.