Greg LeMond, one of the newest recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal, was raised near Reno, where he attended Wooster High School.

Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews' live coverage of stage 6 of the 2025 Tour de France!

A three-week Grand Tour will always contain natural ebbs and flows, and, for much of Monday’s stage between Valenciennes and Dunkirk, it looked as if the peloton had declared an unofficial rest day, with the riders happy to cruise back towards the coast after a weekend of wind, rain and intensity.

America's three-time Tour de France winner has received the Congressional Gold Medal, an honor on par with the Presidential Medal Freedom.

The defending champion cements his favorite status by finishing second behind Remco Evenepoel, who crushes the fifth-stage time trial.

Analysis of the fifth stage of the 2025 Tour de France, a 33km time trial starting and finishing in the city of Caen

Just three days into the race, it’s clear we’re about to be treated to an epic duel between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard for the yellow jersey.

Tadej Pogačar showed his sprinting skills by beating Mathieu Van der Poel in a dash to the line to win the hilly fourth stage of the Tour de France.

Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour lit up a sweltering D.C. night with heat, fashion, and genre-bending power that had fans on their feet.

The race of truth is the first big opportunity for the general classification riders to lay down a marker so this should be intriguiing viewing. At 33km it is also the longest opening-week individual time trial since 2012 and that should pronounce any time gaps between the favourites.

Belgian rider Tim Merlier has won the crash-marred third stage of the Tour de France in a photo finish and Mathieu Van der Poel has kept the yellow jersey.