Route map, profile and start time on blockbuster day of climbing as race enters Pyrenees - After an opening week of skirmishes expect battle to seriously commence among the GC contenders today as the ...

More than 3,000 tourists flee as fires tear through holiday spot in France Saint-André is ‘burned on both sides’, mayor says as ‘mini hurricane’ ploughed towards town ...

Meteo France said a record 29.5 degrees Celsius (85 degrees Fahrenheit) had been reached in the Alpine ski resort of Alpe d’Huez, which sits at an altitude of 1,860 metres (6,100 feet).