Wout van Aert wins Stage 4 of Tour de France to consolidate overall lead
Jumbo-Visma’s Wout Van Aert took the honours in Stage 4 of the Tour de France to consolidate his overall lead on Tuesday.
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Briefest of celebrations as Philipsen realises he has not won Tour stage
Riders usually savour a Tour de France stage win for hours but Jasper Philipsen's celebration lasted only a couple of seconds on Tuesday.
Van Aert masterclass as Belgian extends Tour lead with stage four solo win
CALAIS, France: Wout van Aert extended his overall lead in the Tour de France when he finished off some sterling team work to win the fourth stage on Tuesday after three second places in the opening three race days.
Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard confirmed to lead Jumbo-Visma at Tour de France as squad announced
Jumbo-Visma look to be one of the teams to beat at the Tour de France after confirming Primoz Roglic, Jonas Vingegaard and Wout van Aert in their line-up. Slovenian Roglic will be looking to win his fourth Grand Tour — he has won the Vuelta a Espana three times — having pulled out of last year’s Tour de France following a crash on stage three.
El Jumbo ya manda: Van Aert, poderoso, estrena el Dauphiné
Desde Italia, todas las miradas se dirigen hacia Francia. Después de la victoria de Jai Hindley en el Giro, el Tour de Francia, que arrancará el próximo 1 de julio, ya asoma la cabeza. Hasta entonces, todos los esfuerzos comparten objetivo: llegar en el mejor estado de forma posible a la gran vuelta francesa. Algunos equipos optan por Suiza; otros, como Tadej Pogacar, por las vueltas nacionales; buena parte de los nombres importantes del pelotón, por el Critèrium del Dauphiné. En tierras francesas, en la región Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, adelantando trabajo, ya está el Jumbo, con un elenco imponente y con la misión en el horizonte de, con su potencial colectivo, neutralizar al omnipotente Pogi. «El primer objetivo es volver a competir», decía Primoz Roglic antes de empezar la etapa. «Ha sido difícil remontar, pero lo he conseguido», su compañero Wout Van Aert, que no rodaba oficialmente desde la Lieja-Bastoña-Lieja, el pasado 24 de abril, y que se exhibió en el esprint final ante Ethan Hayter (Ineos).
‘It’s not about taking part, it’s about winning’ – UCI chief David Lappartient on diversity in cycling
If professional cycling is to grow, it needs to reach beyond its traditional white, male, middle-aged audiences. That’s the view of UCI president David Lappartient, shared with The Cycling Show this week. Lappartient believes that to find new audiences, it needs to offer new role models, from beyond the heartlands of Western Europe.
Mathieu van der Poel > Wout van Aert, Tadej Pogacar can win all five Monuments: Blazin’ Saddles on Flanders Week
Forget that it’s actually closer to a fortnight, so-called Flanders Week lived up to its expectation with four races of high-octane action over the cobbles and Belgian bergs played out under a variety of conditions and featuring some humdinging performances as well as some uncharacteristic wobbles. Here are 10 talking points from a sea of potential takeaways… Ad/> Pendulum shifts from Van Aert to Van der Poel /> Ronde van VlaanderenRonde van Vlaanderen Women highlights as Lotte Kopecky beats Annemiek van VleutenA DAY AGO Forced to sit out the Ronde van Vlaanderen after being struck down by Covid, Wout van Aert had the sight of his rival Mathieu van der Poel winning a second crown in his absence further compounded by receiving an alert from Strava shortly afterwards informing him that the Dutchman had taken his KOM for the key Koppenberg-Steenbeekdries-Taaienberg section.