Evenepoel sets sights on Tour de France, Giro after winning Vuelta
Belgian Remco Evenepoel has his sights set on winning the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia after claiming the Vuelta a Espana title on Sunday for his first Grand Tour triumph.
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Chris Froome undergoes surgery following serious training accident in France
Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome was undergoing surgery on Thursday after a serious training accident left him with injuries that could signal the end of his career.
Pogacar eyes fourth Tour crown as rivals scramble to keep pace
PARIS :Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar begins his bid for a fourth Tour de France title on Saturday, seeking to cement his status among cycling's greatest all-rounders, with rivals Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel hoping to find a weakness in his armour.
Michael Woods secures big win at top of famed Tour de France mountain as Pogacar closes gap on Vingegaard
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.
Tour de France: 'What are they playing at?' – Lilian Calmejane wiped out after fan jersey tribute goes wrong
Lilian Calmejane (Intermarche–Circus–Wanty) suffered an unusual crash on Stage 9 at the 2023 Tour de France after a roped display of jerseys got tangled in his bike. Five Poulidor jerseys were strung up between two poles, like a washing line, when the contraption snapped and ended up lodged in Calmejanes' handlebars.
Tour de France 2023 Stage 9: How to watch, TV and live stream details, start time, route map and profile
Since the construction of a railway taking tourists to the summit of the now-extinct volcano in the Auvergne, it was thought that the Puy de Dome’s time on the Tour was over. But 35 years after it hosted its last summit finish – won by the Dane Johnny Weltz – the climb will make its long-awaited return. Ad Over the years, the Puy de Dome (13.3km at 7.7%) has played host to some notable battles, not least in 1964 when Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor went head-to-head — or perhaps that should be shoulder-to-shoulder — or in 1975 when Eddy Merckx was infamously punched in the kidneys by a spectator.
When Felice Gimondi outclassed Eddy Merckx in the Giro di Lombardia
Eight months after becoming the youngest post-war winner of the Tour de France, Felice Gimondi triumphed over the cobbles of northern France. His victory in the Roubaix velodrome – by almost four minutes after riding the final 40km solo – underlined the young Italian’s status as the successor to the legendary “Campionissimo” Fausto Coppi.
Tadej Pogacar ready to join elite clubs with hat-trick of Tour de France wins
Tadej Pogacar can join some elite clubs at the Tour de France over the next few weeks but a man still eligible for the young rider’s classification has no time to think about his place in history.
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