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The Tour de France, one of the world’s great races, kicked off in neighbouring Spain on July 4.
The world’s best cyclists are in the midst of grinding through more than 3,000 kilometres over three weeks.
Here are some of the best photos from the event so far.
(Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters)
Above, Slovenian Tadej Pogačar, wearing the yellow jersey, and Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the polka-dot jersey, share a smile before the start of Stage 8 on July 11.
Four-time Tour de France champion Pogačar launched a blistering solo attack late on Tuesday’s 10th stage to claim victory and extend his overall lead ahead of Vingegaard to three minutes and 36 seconds.
The race is broken down into 21 stages and two rest days. There are eight mountain stages, seven flat stages, four hilly stages, a team time trial and an individual time trial. Below, fans cheer on Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz during Tuesday’s mountain stage.
(Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images)
The race comes amid a European heat wave. Here, fans in an inflatable pool cheer for cyclists in Tuesday’s Stage 10. It was 31 C at the race start in Aurillac.
(Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters)
Here are some of the other striking images from the first half of the race, which wraps up on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on July 26.