Tour de France 2025: France’s Hopes & Key Stages

There are birthdays that bite a little when you reach a round figure. For the passing time, digs wrinkles and irrigates nostalgia. But also for the time that remains and promises to be very long. This birthday cake, Bernard Hinault especially wants to send it to the figure of the one who presents him.

Because for forty years that the five -time winner of the Tour de France has been waiting for a French successor. And almost as much as it annoys it to wait. Admittedly, it always takes little in Hinault to complain. Bad news: the badger, its nickname in cycling, risks waiting for a while its successor.

Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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