Pogacar extends Giro lead to nearly 4 minutes after stage 14 time trial won by Ganna
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Pogacar extends Giro lead to nearly 4 minutes after stage 14 time trial won by Ganna

Associated Press  

DESENZANO DEL GARDA, Italy — Tadej Pogacar extended his Giro d’Italia lead to nearly four minutes after the 14th stage on Saturday when he finished second on the individual time trial to Filippo Ganna. As the Giro prepares to head into the high mountains and the Alps, Pogacar put even more time on his rivals on the 31-kilometer route from Castiglione delle Stiviere to Desenzano del Garda. Pogacar has also won three stages, including the race’s only other time trial when he pipped Ganna on the seventh stage after blowing everyone away on the uphill finish. Today I had to wait two hours.” It was Ganna’s seventh stage win at the Giro but his first in three years.

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Tadej Pogacar’s ‘crazy’ attack secures cycling’s Triple Crown and stunning world title
3 months, 1 week ago

Tadej Pogacar’s ‘crazy’ attack secures cycling’s Triple Crown and stunning world title

The Telegraph  

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar completed one of the most dominant seasons in cycling history by claiming his first road world title in Switzerland thanks to a spectacular attack from 100 kilometres out. The audacious move, which rival Remco Evenepoel later described as “crazy”, saw the 26-year-old become only the third man in history after Stephen Roche in 1987 and Eddy Merckx …

Giro, Tour de France, Worlds... Can Tadej Pogacar complete one of the greatest seasons in cycling history?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Giro, Tour de France, Worlds... Can Tadej Pogacar complete one of the greatest seasons in cycling history?

The Independent  

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Tour winner Tadej Pogacar withdraws from Paris Olympics road race due to fatigue
5 months, 2 weeks 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 The Slovenian Olympic Team announced Pogacar had withdrawn from the Aug. 3 road race due to fatigue.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
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Tadej Pogacar: Tour de France champion out of Olympics

The Independent  

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Tadej Pogacar answers doping question after dominant Tour de France win: ‘There will always be doubts’
5 months, 2 weeks ago

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

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Tadej Pogacar wins Tour de France for the 3rd time and in style with a victory at time trial
5 months, 2 weeks 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
5 months, 2 weeks 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
5 months, 3 weeks 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.” …

Tadej Pogacar closes in on third Tour de France crown after fifth stage victory
5 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Pogacar edges Vingegaard to add more seconds to Tour de France lead and match a 76-year-old mark
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Pogacar edges Vingegaard to add more seconds to Tour de France lead and match a 76-year-old mark

Associated Press  

COL DE LA COUILLOLE, France — Tadej Pogacar equalled one Tour de France mark on Saturday and will likely match another on Sunday. Yellow jersey-holder Pogacar edged defending champion Jonas Vingegaard at the top of Col De La Couillole to win the 20th and penultimate stage and add even more seconds to his considerable lead. Barring incident, Pogacar is almost …

Tadej Pogacar tightens grip on yellow jersey with sensational stage 19 victory
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tadej Pogacar tightens grip on yellow jersey with sensational stage 19 victory

The Independent  

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Pogacar closing in on third Tour de France title after dominant win in the Alps
5 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Richard Carapaz rides clear to win stage 17 of Tour de France
5 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Peerless Tadej Pogacar seizes control of the Tour de France to evoke memories of the greats
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Peerless Tadej Pogacar seizes control of the Tour de France to evoke memories of the greats

The Independent  

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Tadej Pogacar extends Tour de France lead over Jonas Vingegaard with Bastille Day victory on stage 15
5 months, 3 weeks ago

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

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Tadej Pogacar takes Tour de France lead after dominant stage four victory
6 months, 1 week ago

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

The Independent  

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Tadej Pogacar dominates Giro d’Italia to secure historic winning margin
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Tadej Pogacar dominates Giro d’Italia to secure historic winning margin

The Independent  

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Pogacar wins the Giro d’Italia by a big margin and will now aim for a 3rd Tour de France title
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Pogacar wins the Giro d’Italia by a big margin and will now aim for a 3rd Tour de France title

Associated Press  

ROME — Tadej Pogacar won the Giro d’Italia on Sunday with the race’s biggest margin of victory in nearly six decades — earning a third Grand Tour trophy to go with his two Tour de France titles. Pogacar, riding a pink bike to go with his pink jersey, shorts and helmet, crossed safely in the main pack to conclude the …

Pogacar extends Giro lead to over 7 minutes after winning altered Stage 16 amid protests at start
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Pogacar extends Giro lead to over 7 minutes after winning altered Stage 16 amid protests at start

Associated Press  

SANTA CRISTINA, Italy — After a chaotic, wet and unusual start to the 16th stage of the Giro d’Italia, there was a familiar sight at the finish on Tuesday. Pogacar’s win seemed inevitable when the two-time Tour de France winner made his attack on the steep climb to the finish with 1.3 kilometers remaining and he made it look easy. …

Former world champion Alaphilippe wins the hilly 12th stage of the Giro. Pogacar still leads
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Former world champion Alaphilippe wins the hilly 12th stage of the Giro. Pogacar still leads

Associated Press  

FANO, Italy — Two-time world champion Julian Alaphilippe won the hilly 12th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Thursday with a solo breakaway, while Tadej Pogacar finished safely in the main pack to retain the pink jersey. It was Alaphilippe’s first victory in the Giro, to go with his six stage wins at the Tour de France and one at …

Giro d’Italia favourite Tadej Pogacar outsprinted on opening stage
8 months ago

Giro d’Italia favourite Tadej Pogacar outsprinted on opening stage

The Independent  

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Pogačar wins Stage 20 but Vingegaard is virtually assured of Tour de France win
1 year, 5 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 …

Pogacar wins Pyrenees big stage and Vingegaard claims Tour de France yellow jersey
1 year, 6 months ago

Pogacar wins Pyrenees big stage and Vingegaard claims Tour de France yellow jersey

Associated Press  

CAUTERETS-CAMBASQUE, France — Tadej Pogacar was not done yet. “I would say it’s almost perfect the gap, and it’s going to be a big, big battle until the last stage,” Pogacar said. “The display Jonas showed yesterday was incredible and I was thinking when they started pulling on the Tourmalet, ‘If it’s going to happen like yesterday we can pack …

Two-time champion Tadej Pogacar ‘super motivated’ to win back Tour de France title next year
2 years, 2 months ago

Two-time champion Tadej Pogacar ‘super motivated’ to win back Tour de France title next year

Firstpost  

Pogacar, who was beaten to the title by Team Jumbo-Visma’s Jonas Vingegaard this year, added that he’ll begin his training soon as the winter snow melts in the Pyrenees. Paris: Two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar said he was thrilled by the highly mountainous route for the 2023 edition of the world’s greatest bike race and vowed to train …

Pogačar wins Lombardia again; last race for Valverde, Nibali
2 years, 3 months ago

Pogačar wins Lombardia again; last race for Valverde, Nibali

Associated Press  

COMO, Italy — Two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar edged Enric Mas on Saturday to successfully defend his title at Il Lombardia, which marked the final race of Grand Tour champions Alejandro Valverde and Vincenzo Nibali. Pogačar, the Slovenian who rides for UAE Team Emirates, outsprinted Mas at the end of the 253-kilometer route from Bergamo to Como to …

‘I can still win the Tour de France’: Tadej Pogacar vows to keep attacking afterbrutal stage 17 victory
2 years, 5 months ago

‘I can still win the Tour de France’: Tadej Pogacar vows to keep attacking afterbrutal stage 17 victory

The Independent  

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Tadej Pogacar turns the screw with thrilling stage seven win at Tour de France
2 years, 6 months ago

Tadej Pogacar turns the screw with thrilling stage seven win at Tour de France

The Independent  

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Tour de France 2022: Tadej Pogacar extends lead by winning stage seven
2 years, 6 months ago

Tour de France 2022: Tadej Pogacar extends lead by winning stage seven

Firstpost  

Pogacar punished all his key rivals except Vingegaard, with Geraint Thomas losing 14sec and Adam Yates 29, as some riders dismounted and pushed up the punishing finale. Plancher-les-Mines : Already wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey defending champion Tadej Pogacar overtook the last of a breakaway and his key rival Jonas Vingegaard in a last gasp burst atop a steep …

Tadej Pogacar: The invisible champion out to win historic third Tour de France
2 years, 6 months ago

Tadej Pogacar: The invisible champion out to win historic third Tour de France

The Independent  

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Tour de France: Pogacar wins stage 18, extends overall lead
3 years, 5 months ago

Tour de France: Pogacar wins stage 18, extends overall lead

The Hindu  

Tadej Pogacar edged closer to retaining his Tour de France title as he claimed another landmark victory in the 18th stage, a 129.7-km mountain ride from Pau to Luz Ardiden on Thursday. The Slovenian's brutal acceleration 500 metres from the line, at top of Luz Ardiden, could not be matched by his rivals as Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard and Ecuador's Richard …

Pogacar wins Tour de France stage 17, extends overall lead
3 years, 5 months ago

Pogacar wins Tour de France stage 17, extends overall lead

The Hindu  

Defending champion Tadej Pogacar won the 17th stage of the Tour de France, a 178.4-km mountain trek from Muret to the Col du Portet on Wednesday. The Slovenian outsprinted Dane Jonas Vingegaard and Ecuador's Richard Carapaz at the top of the lung-busting Col du Portet for his first stage win in this year's Tour after being the first attacker in …

Sepp Kuss Wins Tour De France Stage 15 as Tadej Pogacar Retain Lead
3 years, 5 months ago

Sepp Kuss Wins Tour De France Stage 15 as Tadej Pogacar Retain Lead

News 18  

American Sepp Kuss claimed his maiden victory on the Tour de France with a solo ride in the 15th stage as defending champion Tadej Pogacar was barely bothered in the 191.3-km mountain trek from Ceret to Andorra on Sunday. The Jumbo-Visma rider prevailed from the day’s breakaway thanks to a sharp attack in the last climb before holding off Alejandro …

Champion Tadej Pogacar Seizes Lead as Tour de France Enters Alps
3 years, 6 months ago

Champion Tadej Pogacar Seizes Lead as Tour de France Enters Alps

News 18  

Defending champion Tadej Pogacar soared into the Tour de France overall lead on Saturday on an Alpine stage won by Belgian Dylan Teuns as British outfit Ineos’s hopes were again battered. This was a second stage win on the 2021 Tour for UAE’s Slovenian leader Pogacar who took another three minutes out of his most credible rival Ineos’ Ecuadorian Richard …

Giro d'Italia 2021: Italy's Filippo Ganna wins opening stage for second straight year
3 years, 8 months ago

Giro d'Italia 2021: Italy's Filippo Ganna wins opening stage for second straight year

Firstpost  

World time-trial champion Ganna again pulled on the leader’s pink jersey after finishing nearly 10 seconds faster than compatriot Edoardo Affini of Jumbo–Visma in the race against the clock. Turin: Italy’s Filippo Ganna won the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia for the second straight year on Saturday, powering to victory in the 8.6km time-trial through Turin. “I hope to …

Joao Almeida Adds to Giro D'Italia Lead as Filippo Ganna Wins Time Trial
4 years, 2 months ago

Joao Almeida Adds to Giro D'Italia Lead as Filippo Ganna Wins Time Trial

News 18  

VALDOBBIADENE, Italy: First Grand Tour. Portuguese rider Joo Almeida just keeps checking off new personal bests, the latest by increasing his grip on the pink jersey in the hilly 14th-stage time trial of the Giro dItalia on Saturday. Only seven stages remain before the race ends in Milan next weekend with another individual time trial — although the final week …

Giro D'Italia 2020: Ineos Success Continues Without Geraint Thomas as Filippo Ganna Wins Stage 5
4 years, 3 months ago

Giro D'Italia 2020: Ineos Success Continues Without Geraint Thomas as Filippo Ganna Wins Stage 5

News 18  

Filippo Ganna’s irresistible run of form continued as the young Italian powerhouse added a first-ever Grand Tour road stage win to his name following his recent time trial victories in the World Championships and opening stage of the Giro d’Italia. Not content with a maglia rosa on the first day of his maiden Giro on top of his rainbow jersey …

Giro d’Italia 2020: World champion Filippo Ganna wins time trial in opening stage
4 years, 3 months ago

Giro d’Italia 2020: World champion Filippo Ganna wins time trial in opening stage

Firstpost  

Ganna, an Italian who rides for Ineos Grenadiers, beat Joao Almeida by 22 seconds on the 15.1-kilometer downhill time trial in Palermo. Palermo: Newly-crowned world champion Filippo Ganna won the opening stage time trial of the rescheduled Giro d’Italia on Saturday. Ganna recently became the first Italian to win the men’s time trial at the road cycling world championships, which …

Kaemna wins Tour de France 16th stage, Roglic retains lead
4 years, 3 months ago

Kaemna wins Tour de France 16th stage, Roglic retains lead

The Hindu  

Lennard Kaemna claimed his first Tour de France victory when he outwitted Giro dItalia champion Richard Carapaz to win the 16th stage, a 164-km ride from La Tour du Pin on Tuesday. Defending champion Egan Bernal, whose hopes of winning the race fell away when he cracked in Sunday's 15th stage, was dropped from the main bunch in the ascent …

Tour de France: Pogacar wins Stage 15, Roglic retains lead
4 years, 3 months ago

Tour de France: Pogacar wins Stage 15, Roglic retains lead

The Hindu  

Tadej Pogacar won Stage 15 of the Tour de France on a brutal final climb on Sunday as his fellow Slovenian Primoz Roglic retained the yellow jersey and last year’s winner Egan Bernal dropped out of contention. Last year’s winner Bernal dropped off the lead group on the long Grand Colombier climb and appeared to lose his chance of retaining …

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