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Selfies are already a narcissistic activity. People taking pictures of themselves and then posting them on social media, and this self-absorbed activity is rewarded with likes, comments, and gifs. At least if a selfie is being taken at the Washington Monument or the last standing Blockbuster no harm...

IDIOT OF THE MONTH: People doing stupid things

Welcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE MONTH! Free will is an illusion and nothing matters....

Tour de France drops lawsuit against sign-wielding spectator

Police track down, arrest Tour de France spectator who caused massive crash

The sign looked like a joke....

SEE IT: Fan causes pile-up at Tour de France [Updated]

One unlucky fan will have to live forever knowing they sparked an epic, but terrifying, pile-up at the Tour de France — just trying to cheer the riders on....

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Feast your eyes on some really cool, and really ugly, green uniforms

As everyone knows, the St. Patrick’s Day tradition is to wear green. While Ray Ferraro and the 1989 Hartford Whalers did this for every road game, what can a sports fan pick out of the closet to garner the luck o’ the Irish and avoid the dreaded pinches for those who forget to don the right apparel?...

Cyclist Egan Bernal Set To Become The First Colombian To Win The Tour de France

Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal finished Saturday’s penultimate stage of the Tour de France in the yellow jersey, meaning that he is all but guaranteed to be crowned the winner of this year’s race—provided he crosses the finish line in Paris on Sunday. ...

Tour de France Stage Abruptly Called Off Mid-Race After Landslide Ruins The Course [Update]

Today’s Stage 19 of the Tour de France was set to be a decisive one, with a 13-kilometer ascent up the Col de l’Iseran, followed up by a winding descent into the Val d’Isere, and capped off with a summit finish into the town of Tignes. It would’ve made for great racing, and in fact it did, until the...

Two Key Riders Kicked Out Of Tour de France For Pushing And Shoving

A brutal run of three straight Alpine climbing stages starts tomorrow at the Tour de France, but two of the best teams in the peloton will be without their strongest support riders after they got testy on today’s flat stage....

Could This Finally Be The Year A French Rider Wins The Tour de France?

Since Bernard Hinault won the 1985 Tour de France, the French have been shut out of their home Grand Tour. Riders from Germany, Italy, Spain, the United States, Ireland, Australia, Great Britain, Denmark, and even Luxembourg have all taken home the yellow jersey, while French riders have come up sho...

Wout van Aert Has Conquered The World And Now He's Conquering The Tour de France

There’s no other rider at the Tour de France like Wout van Aert. Jumbo-Visma’s 24-year-old Tour debutante has built a multi-discipline resumé that would make anyone in the peloton blush, and this morning, he confirmed his potential as an all-around road destroyer by taking on an entire class of spec...

No Rider At The Tour de France Has More Panache Than Julian Alaphilippe

After two days on a Dutchman’s shoulders, the Tour de France’s yellow jersey is back with the French for the first time in five years. The question now is how long it will stay there....

The Tour de France Is Up For Grabs For The First Time In Years

Chris Froome casts a long shadow over the Tour de France. Or he did, until three weeks ago....

Chris Froome Will Miss Tour De France After He Crashes Into Wall, Breaks His Leg [Update]

Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome will not get to try and add a record-tying fifth yellow jersey to his collection this summer. The Team Ineos leader was out on a recon ride ahead of today’s time trial at the Criterium du Dauphine when he fell at high speed and was injured....

Longtime Tour de France commentator and former pro rider Paul Sherwen is dead at 62 of heart failure. He covered the Tour for English-speaking audiences alongside Phil Liggett for 33 years. Neal Rogers has a great obituary for Sherwen up over at CyclingTips....

Lawson Craddock's Brave, Broken Ride For Dead Last Is What The Tour De France Is All About

Less than 100 miles into the 2018 Tour de France, disaster struck American rider Lawson Craddock. TV cameras didn’t capture precisely what happened, but with around 80 kilometers left in Stage 1, Craddock emerged behind the peloton bloodied and bruised after hitting a water bottle and falling during...

Chris Froome Finally Broke

Chris Froome will not win the Tour de France....

Tour De France Briefly Derailed After Police Accidentally Release Tear Gas On The Peloton

French farmers staged a protest during Stage 16 of the Tour de France this morning, reportedly over reduced funding from the European Union. About 29 kilometers into the stage at Carcassonne, in the south of France, they tossed hay bales onto the road and brought the race to a halt for 15 minutes. P...

Somehow, Philippe Gilbert Rode Away After This Terrifying Crash [Update]

Philippe Gilbert was leading the Tour de France breakaway down the descent of the Portet d’Aspet when he played a corner wrong, locked his wheel up, and vaulted headfirst over a little rock ledge. It’s the worst sort of crash, though Gilbert did scrub some speed before eating shit. That may have sav...

Cyclist Kicked Out Of The Tour De France For Punching Opponent In The Face

This weekend’s Tour de France stages were relatively inert, as two Astana riders won from breakaways and the main general classification contenders opted to save their bullets for this week’s ramble through the Pyrenees. Riders have three punishing days in the mountains to look forward to this week,...