Tour de France contender Primoz Roglic withdraws after crash
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Tour de France contender Primoz Roglic withdraws after crash

Associated Press  

AGEN, France — Primoz Roglic has withdrawn from the Tour de France ahead of the 13th stage a day after he got caught in a crash, his team said Friday. Roglic lost more than two minutes to his rivals Thursday after hitting the tarmac 12 kilometers from the finish line when a rider ahead of him struck road furniture and lost control of his bike. “Primoz Roglic underwent careful examination by our medical team after yesterday’s stage and again this morning. “We wish you a speedy recovery Primoz.” Two-time Tour champion Tadej Pogacar leads the race ahead of Stage 13, a flat trek in southwestern France from Agen to Pau.

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Roglic protects lead on final day to win Spanish Vuelta for a record-equaling 4th time
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Roglic protects lead on final day to win Spanish Vuelta for a record-equaling 4th time

Associated Press  

MADRID — Primoz Roglic won a record-equaling fourth Spanish Vuelta title after successfully protecting his lead in the final individual time trial on Sunday. Roglic, a Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in the individual time trial, got off to a slow start this year but gradually cut into the lead of O’Connor. The Vuelta this year finished with a time trial …

Roglic on brink of fourth Vuelta title after protecting lead on last mountain stage
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Roglic on brink of fourth Vuelta title after protecting lead on last mountain stage

Associated Press  

PICON BLANCO, Spain — Primoz Roglic is one stage away from a record-equalling fourth Spanish Vuelta title after the Slovenian rider protected his lead in the northern mountains on Saturday. Irish cyclist Eddie Dunbar, of Team Jayco AIUIa, won the grueling 20th stage, a 172-kilometer jaunt over seven categorized peaks finishing with an ascent of the category-one Picon Blanco summit. …

O’Connor keeps Spanish Vuelta lead by just 5 seconds over Roglič in mountains. Van Aert crashes out
6 months, 3 weeks ago

O’Connor keeps Spanish Vuelta lead by just 5 seconds over Roglič in mountains. Van Aert crashes out

Associated Press  

LAGOS DE COVADONGA, Spain — Ben O’Connor barely kept the red jersey at the Spanish Vuelta on Tuesday as Primoz Roglič took another big bite out of the Australian’s lead in a mountains stage that saw three-time stage winner Wout van Aert abandon the race after crashing. O’Connor crossed the foggy summit finish line with just five seconds of his …

Pablo Castrillo wins his 2nd Spanish Vuelta stage as Ben O’Connor loses more ground to Primoz Roglic
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Pablo Castrillo wins his 2nd Spanish Vuelta stage as Ben O’Connor loses more ground to Primoz Roglic

Associated Press  

CUITU NEGRU, Spain — Pablo Castrillo claimed his second stage win in the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday, while Primoz Roglic moved closer to overall leader Ben O’Connor despite a 20-second penalty for sheltering behind a team car. Castrillo, a 23-year-old rider from team Kern Pharma, grabbed the 15th-stage victory after a mountainous 143-kilometer route over three peaks to the special-category …

Eddie Dunbar wins Spanish Vuelta stage as Primoz Roglic cuts into Ben O’Connor’s lead
7 months ago

Eddie Dunbar wins Spanish Vuelta stage as Primoz Roglic cuts into Ben O’Connor’s lead

Associated Press  

PADRON, Spain — Eddie Dunbar decided to hang in there after almost quitting cycling, and on Wednesday he was celebrating his first Grand Tour stage win. The Irishman broke away with less than a kilometer to go to win the 11th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on a day that three-time champion Primoz Roglic cut nearly 40 seconds from Ben …

Adam Yates wins 9th stage of Spanish Vuelta as Ben O’Connor keeps overall lead
7 months ago

Adam Yates wins 9th stage of Spanish Vuelta as Ben O’Connor keeps overall lead

Associated Press  

GRANADA, Spain — Adam Yates made his move to the front while going through the iconic summits of Sierra Nevada to win the ninth stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday, while Australian rider Ben O’Connor kept the overall lead ahead of the first rest day. On a hot day in southern Spain, Yates joined the breakaway and then prevailed …

Roglic cuts into O’Connor’s Spanish Vuelta lead with 2nd stage win
7 months ago

Roglic cuts into O’Connor’s Spanish Vuelta lead with 2nd stage win

Associated Press  

CAZORLA, Spain — Primoz Roglic grabbed his second stage victory of the 2024 Spanish Vuelta as the three-time champion cut Ben O’Connor’s race lead on Saturday. Roglic attacked on the final ascent of the 159-kilometer hilly ride from Ubeda to Cazorla to claim the eighth stage and add to his win on the fourth leg. Roglic broke away from the …

Tour winner Tadej Pogacar withdraws from Paris Olympics road race due to fatigue
8 months ago

Tour winner Tadej Pogacar withdraws from Paris Olympics road race due to fatigue

Associated Press  

PARIS — Three-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar withdrew from the road race at the Paris Olympics late Monday, one day after becoming the first rider to win the Tour and the Giro d’Italia in the same season in nearly three decades. The Slovenian Olympic Team announced Pogacar had withdrawn from the Aug. 3 road race due to fatigue. …

Tadej Pogacar: Tour de France champion out of Olympics
8 months ago

Tadej Pogacar: Tour de France champion out of Olympics

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Tadej Pogacar answers doping question after dominant Tour de France win: ‘There will always be doubts’
8 months ago

Tadej Pogacar answers doping question after dominant Tour de France win: ‘There will always be doubts’

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Jonas Vingegaard reveals Vuelta a Espana plans after defeat at Tour de France
8 months, 1 week ago

Jonas Vingegaard reveals Vuelta a Espana plans after defeat at Tour de France

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Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar creating yet more history and attracting unwanted attention
8 months, 1 week ago

Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar creating yet more history and attracting unwanted attention

ABC  

If there was ever any doubt as to just how good Tadej Pogačar is, there can now be no question after he completed a famous Tour de France victory in Nice. 'Insane' Tadej Pogačar utterly dominated the Giro d'Italia — now he wants the Tour de France Photo shows Tadej Pogacar bows on the bike Tadej Pogačar has been called …

Tadej Pogacar wins Tour de France for the 3rd time and in style with a victory at time trial
8 months, 1 week ago

Tadej Pogacar wins Tour de France for the 3rd time and in style with a victory at time trial

Hindustan Times  

NICE, France — Tadej Pogacar won the Tour de France for the third time and celebrated in style with a victory in Sunday's final stage — a time trial ending in Nice. Tadej Pogacar wins Tour de France for the 3rd time and in style with a victory at time trial The 25-year-old Slovenian rider became the first cyclist to …

Tadej Pogacar celebrates his 3rd Tour de France victory in style with another audacious stage win
8 months, 1 week ago

Tadej Pogacar celebrates his 3rd Tour de France victory in style with another audacious stage win

Associated Press  

Tadej Pogacar had no need to attack on the final stage of the Tour de France. With his main rival Jonas Vingegaard unable to challenge him, Pogacar celebrated his Tour victory in style with a dominant win in the time trial ending in Nice for the 17th stage win of his already illustrious Tour career. The 25-year-old Slovenian rider also …

Tadej Pogacar dominates final stage to win Tour de France for a third time
8 months, 1 week ago

Tadej Pogacar dominates final stage to win Tour de France for a third time

LA Times  

Tadej Pogacar celebrates on the podium after winning the Tour de France on Sunday. With his main rival Jonas Vingegaard unable to challenge him, Pogacar celebrated his Tour victory in style with a dominant win in the time trial ending in Nice for the 17th stage win of his already illustrious Tour career. I was enjoying it from day one.” …

Tour de France 2024: Pogacar wins Stage 20 as victory nears, Vingegaard second
8 months, 1 week ago

Tour de France 2024: Pogacar wins Stage 20 as victory nears, Vingegaard second

The Hindu  

Tadej Pogacar won for a fifth time on this year’s Tour de France on Saturday, moving to the brink of a third title, with an “out of this world” performance ahead of defending champion Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel. RELATED: Tour de France 2024: Pogacar moves closer to a third title after dominant win in the mountains “Five wins. “It’s …

Tadej Pogacar closes in on third Tour de France crown after fifth stage victory
8 months, 1 week ago

Tadej Pogacar closes in on third Tour de France crown after fifth stage victory

The Independent  

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Pogacar closing in on third Tour de France title after dominant win in the Alps
8 months, 1 week ago

Pogacar closing in on third Tour de France title after dominant win in the Alps

Associated Press  

As the finish line approached, Tadej Pogacar looked over his shoulder and saw an empty road. Moments later, he was a giant step closer to clinching a third Tour de France title by winning another tough mountain stage on Friday. “I will do the last two days of the Tour on the roads where I have trained my entire professional …

Tour de France Stage 17: Carapaz ticks off Tour win as Evenepoel edges Pogacar, Vingegaard
8 months, 1 week ago

Tour de France Stage 17: Carapaz ticks off Tour win as Evenepoel edges Pogacar, Vingegaard

The Hindu  

Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz won stage 17 of the Tour de France after the remnants of a breakaway finished ahead of the main pretenders in the High Alps on Wednesday. EF rider Carapaz dropped Simon Yates and soloed the final 10km to win his first-ever Tour de France stage after finishing third overall in 2021. The former Giro d’Italia champion, who …

Richard Carapaz rides clear to win stage 17 of Tour de France
8 months, 1 week ago

Richard Carapaz rides clear to win stage 17 of Tour de France

The Independent  

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Richard Carapaz wins stage 17 of Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar extends his lead
8 months, 1 week ago

Richard Carapaz wins stage 17 of Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar extends his lead

The Telegraph  

Richard Carapaz beat Simon Yates to victory on stage 17 of the Tour de France in SuperDevoluy as race leader Tadej Pogacar put more pressure on an ailing Jonas Vingegaard in the fight for yellow. Carapaz rode away from Yates on the Col du Noyer, the penultimate climb of the 178km stage from Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and extended his lead on the …

Tadej Pogacar extends Tour de France lead over Jonas Vingegaard with Bastille Day victory on stage 15
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Tadej Pogacar extends Tour de France lead over Jonas Vingegaard with Bastille Day victory on stage 15

The Independent  

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Jasper Philipsen holds off Wout Van Aert to win stage 13 sprint after late crash
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Jasper Philipsen holds off Wout Van Aert to win stage 13 sprint after late crash

The Independent  

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Philipsen wins Stage 13 of Tour de France in sprint finish and Pogacar keeps overall lead
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Philipsen wins Stage 13 of Tour de France in sprint finish and Pogacar keeps overall lead

Associated Press  

PAU, France — Jasper Philipsen won the 13th stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish and two-time champion Tadej Pogacar kept the yellow jersey on Friday. Philipsen held off Belgian countryman Wout van Aert and German rider Pascal Ackermann after 3 1/2 hours to clinch his second stage win this month, eighth overall on the Tour, and …

Primoz Roglic out of Tour de France after stage 12 crash
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Primoz Roglic out of Tour de France after stage 12 crash

The Independent  

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Tour de France Stage 13 preview: Biniam Girmay eyes more sprint success in Pau
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Tour de France Stage 13 preview: Biniam Girmay eyes more sprint success in Pau

The Independent  

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Roglic crashes near finish of stage won by Girmay on Tour de France
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Roglic crashes near finish of stage won by Girmay on Tour de France

Associated Press  

VILLENEUVE-SUR-LOT, France — Primoz Roglic lost more than two minutes to his rival Tour de France contenders after crashing near the finish where the new king of sprints, Biniam Girmay, completed a hat trick of stage wins on Thursday. Girmay, who became the first Black rider to ever win a Tour stage this month, edged Wout van Aert, who was …

Tour de France: Jonas Vingegaard sheds tears after reeling in Tadej Pogacar
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Tour de France: Jonas Vingegaard sheds tears after reeling in Tadej Pogacar

The Independent  

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Frustrated Tom Pidcock narrowly beaten in chaotic and dusty Tour de France stage
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Frustrated Tom Pidcock narrowly beaten in chaotic and dusty Tour de France stage

The Independent  

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Tour de France 2024 Stage 9: Anthony Turgis wins ninth stage on gravel roads, Pogacar keeps the lead
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Tour de France 2024 Stage 9: Anthony Turgis wins ninth stage on gravel roads, Pogacar keeps the lead

The Hindu  

Frenchman Anthony Turgis emerged victorious from a long breakaway through the dust of gravel roads to claim the ninth stage of the Tour de France after an hectic day of racing on Sunday. The tough stage took riders on a nearly 200-kilometre trek through 14 sections of so-called white roads — including six in the stage finale — that have …

Frenchman Anthony Turgis wins tough Tour de France stage on gravel roads, Pogacar keeps the lead
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Frenchman Anthony Turgis wins tough Tour de France stage on gravel roads, Pogacar keeps the lead

Associated Press  

TROYES, France — Frenchman Anthony Turgis emerged victorious from a long breakaway through the dust of gravel roads to claim the ninth stage of the Tour de France after a hectic day of racing, marked by relentless attacks on Sunday. Behind the breakaway, race leader Tadej Pogacar tried to set the race on fire as the fight between the main …

Remco Evenepoel claims ‘crazy’ time trial win at Tour de France
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Remco Evenepoel claims ‘crazy’ time trial win at Tour de France

The Independent  

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Evenepoel wins Tour de France time trial with vintage performance in Burgundy vineyards
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Evenepoel wins Tour de France time trial with vintage performance in Burgundy vineyards

Associated Press  

GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN, France — Race-against-the-clock specialist Remco Evenepoel displayed impressive power and precision in winning the Tour de France’s first time trial on Friday. Despite a small problem with his bike close to the finish that cost him a few seconds, the Tour debutant mastered the 25-kilometer stage in the Burgundy Grand Crus wine country to dominate his first win at …

Tour de France 2024: Dutch sprinter Groenewegen wins Stage 6, beats Jasper Philipsen in photo finish
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Tour de France 2024: Dutch sprinter Groenewegen wins Stage 6, beats Jasper Philipsen in photo finish

The Hindu  

Dutch champion Dylan Groenewegen won the sixth stage of the Tour de France after a mass sprint that was decided in a photo finish on Thursday. Groenewegen earned a sixth career stage victory at cycling’s biggest race ahead of Jasper Philipsen and Biniam Girmay. About 85 kilometers from the finish, Vingegaard’s teammates Wout van Aert and Christophe Laporte moved to …

Tadej Pogacar takes Tour de France lead after dominant stage four victory
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Tadej Pogacar takes Tour de France lead after dominant stage four victory

The Independent  

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Tour de France 2024 embarks from Florence, Pogacar starts favourite
9 months ago

Tour de France 2024 embarks from Florence, Pogacar starts favourite

The Hindu  

The Tour de France embarks from the Italian city of Florence on Saturday with Tadej Pogacar gunning for a historic Giro-Tour double, while champion Jonas Vingegaard seeks a third straight title with the battle set to go down to the wire in three weeks time in Nice. The big four all predicted the first two days would feature a scrap …

Tadej Pogačar underlines dominance with biggest Giro d'Italia winning margin in 59 years — and he's not done yet
10 months ago

Tadej Pogačar underlines dominance with biggest Giro d'Italia winning margin in 59 years — and he's not done yet

ABC  

Tadej Pogačar has confirmed, once again, everything that we thought we knew. In fact, Pogačar's winning margin is the largest at a grand tour since Laurent Fignon won the 1984 Tour by 10:32 and the largest at a Giro since Vittorio Adorni won in 1965. "For me he's the best I've raced with I think," said third-placed finisher and peloton …

Tour champion Vingegaard still hopes to be in ‘top shape’ for this year’s race after bad crash
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Tour champion Vingegaard still hopes to be in ‘top shape’ for this year’s race after bad crash

Associated Press  

PARIS — Two-time defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard is back on his bike, just a month after a bad crash that left him several broken ribs and a collapsed lung. We don’t know exactly how my shape and how my recovery will go, but I will do everything I can to get there in my top shape.” Vingegaard …

Evenepoel bounces back by winning Spanish Vuelta’s 14th stage, Kuss keeps lead with 1 week left
1 year, 6 months ago

Evenepoel bounces back by winning Spanish Vuelta’s 14th stage, Kuss keeps lead with 1 week left

Associated Press  

LARRA-BELAGUA, Spain — Remco Evenepoel won a mountainous 14th stage of the Spanish Vuelta a day after his bid to retain his title suffered a devastating blow, while American Sepp Kuss held the overall lead of the three-week race on Saturday. Kuss will wear the red jersey for a sixth straight day in Sunday’s 15th stage, a 158.5-kilometer hilly ride …

Vingegaard wins climb up Tourmalet ahead of Kuss and Roglic in Jumbo-Visma 1-2-3 at Spanish Vuelta
1 year, 6 months ago

Vingegaard wins climb up Tourmalet ahead of Kuss and Roglic in Jumbo-Visma 1-2-3 at Spanish Vuelta

Associated Press  

COL DU TOURMALET, France — Jonas Vingegaard and his teammates crushed their rivals in the Spanish Vuelta’s 13th stage on Friday when the two-time Tour de France champion led a 1-2-3 finish for Jumbo-Visma atop the legendary Col du Tourmalet. Sepp Kuss and Primoz Roglic, Vingegaard’s teammates, also pulled away from the last riders who tried to match their pace …

Primoz Roglic beats Remco Evenepoel to win eighth stage of Vuelta a Espana
1 year, 6 months ago

Primoz Roglic beats Remco Evenepoel to win eighth stage of Vuelta a Espana

The Independent  

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Pogačar wins Stage 20 but Vingegaard is virtually assured of Tour de France win
1 year, 8 months ago

Pogačar wins Stage 20 but Vingegaard is virtually assured of Tour de France win

Associated Press  

LE MARKSTEIN, France — Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard celebrated on the second-to-last day of the Tour de France. Vingegaard maintained his huge lead over two-time champion Pogačar and will surely be crowned the Tour winner after Sunday’s largely ceremonial stage ends on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. “We have to be careful not to do anything stupid but, yeah, it’s …

Motorbike blocks Jonas Vingegaard during Tour de France stage 17
1 year, 8 months ago

Motorbike blocks Jonas Vingegaard during Tour de France stage 17

The Independent  

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Vingegaard takes huge lead at Tour de France after dropping Pogacar in final big test in the Alps
1 year, 8 months ago

Vingegaard takes huge lead at Tour de France after dropping Pogacar in final big test in the Alps

Associated Press  

COURCHEVEL, France — After destroying Tadej Pogacar in the race against the clock, Jonas Vingegaard dealt him the coup de grace in the Tour de France with an impressive display in the mountains on Wednesday. We’re not in Paris yet.” Vingegaard finished the 17th stage in fourth place, almost six minutes before an exhausted Pogacar crossed the finish line. A …

Jonas Vingegaard puts in 'extraordinary' Tour de France time trial to build massive gap on Tadej Pogačar
1 year, 8 months ago

Jonas Vingegaard puts in 'extraordinary' Tour de France time trial to build massive gap on Tadej Pogačar

ABC  

Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard may have time-trialled his way to a second straight Tour de France victory. Key points: Vingegaard opened up a 1:38 gap on Pogačar, having started the day just 10 seconds ahead Only five stages remain in the Tour de France, including the ceremonial final stage Vingegaard is looking to go back-to-back, which Pogačar did in 2020-21 …

Tour de France LIVE: Result and reaction from Jonas Vingegaard’s time trial win in stage 16
1 year, 8 months ago

Tour de France LIVE: Result and reaction from Jonas Vingegaard’s time trial win in stage 16

The Independent  

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Vingegaard closer to Tour victory after sensational time trial extends lead to nearly 2 minutes
1 year, 8 months ago

Vingegaard closer to Tour victory after sensational time trial extends lead to nearly 2 minutes

Associated Press  

COMBLOUX, France — Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard may have time-trialed his way to a second straight Tour de France victory. A sensational time trial from Vingegaard on Tuesday saw the overall leader extend his advantage over two-time winner Tadej Pogačar to nearly two minutes with just five stages remaining — including Sunday’s largely ceremonial, final procession to Paris. “No, there’s …

Dutch sprinter Fabio Jakobsen abandons Tour de France. He’s still reeling from an early crash
1 year, 8 months ago

Dutch sprinter Fabio Jakobsen abandons Tour de France. He’s still reeling from an early crash

Associated Press  

ROANNE, France — Dutch sprinter Fabio Jakobsen has left the Tour de France ahead of Thursday’s 12th stage, saying it was impossible for him to reach Paris following an early crash in cycling’s biggest race. “Due to my stage-four crash, and after discussions with the team, we decided it’s better for me to stop my Tour de France journey here,” …

Woods secures big win at top of famed Tour de France mountain as Pogacar closes gap on Vingegaard
1 year, 8 months ago

Woods secures big win at top of famed Tour de France mountain as Pogacar closes gap on Vingegaard

Associated Press  

PUY DE DOME, France — On the same mountain where five-time Tour de France champion Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor wrote themselves into race history 59 years earlier, all eyes Sunday were on Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar’s continued rivalry at cycling’s biggest race. Neither Vingegaard nor Pogacar finished first at the summit of the Puy de Dome after Canadian …

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