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.

Serpentant à travers l'Hexagone et englobant toute la palette des paysages gaulois, le Tour est la quintessence de la France. Mais pour la plupart d'entre nous, ce sont les montagnes qui comptent. Avec le Tourmalet dans le rétroviseur, cet épisode de la version numérique de Doppio braque les projecteurs sur les autres arrivées au sommet de cette édition du Tour.

Watch racing, go roadside.

Chaque année, l'Étape du Tour permet à de simples mortels de vivre la vie d'un pro. Sur routes fermées, près de 10 000 cyclistes empruntent le même parcours que l'étape reine du Tour, partent à l’assaut des cols, descendent à tombeau ouvert et terminent en levant les bras au sommet d'une montagne.

From a Grand Départ in the capital of Europe via a puncheur’s paradise in the capital of champagne to a sprint showdown in Nancy, we paint a picture of the Tour so far.

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.