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 …
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Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen solidified her favourite status ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Games by winning her fourth Giro d'Italia Donne on Sunday, finishing safely in the breakaway on the final stage of the prestigious Italian stage race. Van der Breggen, the reigning world champion, finished 1 minute, 43 seconds clear of South African teammate Ashleigh Moolman Pasio, …
Although Hindley took the pink jersey from his Sunweb teammate Wilco Kelderman, all-rounder Geoghegan Hart, who gained precious bonus seconds by winning, will go into the final stage as the favourite. Sestriere: Britain’s Tao Geoghegan Hart won Saturday’s 20th and penultimate stage of the Giro d’Italia edging new overall leader Jai Hindley, with the pair on the same time heading …