SAINT-GERVAIS (AFP) -- Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard kept the overall lead of the Tour de France on Sunday, July 16, crossing the finish line in the second of four Alpine tests wheel to wheel with Tadej Pogacar. *Jumbo-Visma's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard celebrates on the podium with the...
MORZINE (AFP) -- Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard fought off a ferocious attack from Tadej Pogacar on the first of four Alpine tests in the Tour de France on Saturday, July 15, Spain's Carlos Rodriguez won stage 14. *Grenadiers' Spanish rider Carlos Rodriguez Cano cycles to the finish line to win...
COL DU GRAND COLOMBIER (AFP) -- Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard hailed his rivalry with Tadej Pogacar after surviving the Slovenian's latest attack to cling on to the overall lead of the Tour de France on the Grand Colombier mountain on Friday, July 14. *UAE Team Emirates' Slovenian rider Tadej...
BELLEVILLE (AFP) -- Basque rider Ion Izagirre broke away to claim stage 12 of the Tour de France on Thursday, July 13, as defending champion Jonas Vingegaard retained a slender lead in his duel with Tadej Pogacar. *UAE Team Emirates' Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar wearing the best young rider's...
MOULINS (AFP) -- Belgian Jasper Philipsen sprinted to his fourth stage win on this year's Tour de France with a powerful last burst on stage 11 from Clermont-Ferrand to Moulins. *Alpecin-Deceuninck's Belgian rider Jasper Philipsen celebrates on the podium with the best sprinter's green jersey...
ISSOIRE (AFP) -- Pello Bilbao won a hot and hilly stage 10 of the Tour de France on Tuesday, July 11, becoming the first Spaniard in five years to win a stage on the world's biggest bike race. *Bahrain - Victorious' Spanish rider Pello Bilbao celebrates his victory on the podium after winning the...
ORCINES (AFP) -- Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard held on to the Tour de France overall lead on Sunday, July 9, ahead of the first rest day as Canada's Michael Woods took a prestigious stage win on the Puy de Dome volcano. *Jonas Vinggeaard. (AFP)* France's Pierre Latour crossed 28 seconds behind...
LIMOGES (AFP) -- The struggle between two-time winner Tadej Pogacar and defending champion Jonas Vingegaard will be given a breathtaking backdrop Sunday, July 9, as the peloton climbs the dormant Puy de Dome volcano. *Jonas Vinggeaard. (AFP)* A day after the Tour said goodbye to star sprinter Mark...
CAUTERETS (AFP) -- Tadej Pogacar unleashed a devastating turn of speed to win stage six of the Tour de France on Thursday, July 6, but defending champion Jonas Vingegaard took the overall race lead 25 seconds ahead of the Slovenian. *UAE Team Emirates' Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar wearing the best...
LARUNS (AFP) -- Australian Jai Hindley crossed the line alone to win stage five of the Tour de France on Wednesday, July 5, to take the overall leader's yellow jersey as defending champion Jonas Vingegaard won a tactical battle with key rival Tadej Pogacar. *BORA - hansgrohe's Australian rider Jai...
NOGARO (AFP) -- Jasper Philipsen won a second consecutive stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday, July 4, as a series of high-speed falls at the Nogaro motorbike racetrack stole the headlines. *Alpecin-Deceuninck's Belgian rider Jasper Philipsen celebrates on the podium with the best sprinter's...
VICTORIA (AFP) -- Mark Cavendish and the bulked up fast men should dispute the first bunch sprint of the Tour de France at Bayonne on Monday, July 3, in an ever more dangerous competition. Â *Mark Cavendish. (AFP)*Â While the death of Gino Maeder on the Tour of Switzerland last month was a...
