Manteca has a connection with Greg LeMond, the three-time Tour de France winner who was honored Wednesday with the Congressional Gold Medal for being one of the United States’ greatest bicycle racers of all time.

American cyclist Greg LeMond accepts the Congressional Gold Medal during a ceremony in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Wednesday.

Why does the Tour de France keep producing one unstoppable champion who bends the world’s toughest race to their will?

Tour de France will start on French soil for the first time in four years. Lille will host the Grand Depart of the 112th edition of the Grande Boucle, which will once agai

The Tour de France has four key classifications that riders can “win” in. The one everyone is jockeying for is the yellow jersey, or the general classification (GC) winner. The rider wearing the yellow jersey is the one with the overall lowest combined time to finish all of the stages, and is the “winner” as you typically know it.

The cycling world is gearing up for another showdown between titans Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard at the 112th edition of the Tour de France, which departs Saturday from Lille.