Olympic gymnastics champion Gabby Douglas says she is aiming for the 2024 Paris Games
NEW YORK: Gabby Douglas, the first Black woman to win the Olympic all-around gymnastics title, is taking aim at the 2024 Games in Paris.
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Vingegaard leads Tour ahead of ‘decisive’ mountains
BELLEVILLE, FRANCE: Basque rider Ion Izagirre broke away to claim stage 12 of the Tour de France on Thursday as defending champion Jonas Vingegaard retained a slender lead in his duel with Tadej Pogacar.
Tour de France 2023 Stage 13: How to watch on Friday, TV and live stream details, start time, route map
On the French national holiday of Quatorze Juillet the race enters the Jura mountains for a summit finish on the fearsome Grand Colombier (17.4km at 7.1%) where the then defending champion Egan Bernal cracked in 2020. The sport’s landscape has changed dramatically since Bernal last rode the Tour, with Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard dominating the battle for yellow ever since. Still somewhat short of his best, Bernal will hope at least to bury his demons on what will be the first GC showdown of the second week.
Tom Pidcock 'stuck' between chasing GC and stage wins at Tour de France – Luke Rowe backs podium push
Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) is «stuck» between pursuing a high overall finish at the 2023 Tour de France and chasing stage wins, according to his team-mate Luke Rowe, who backed the British star to fight for a podium spot. Pidcock wrote off his own hopes of winning the yellow jersey before the first pedal stroke, claiming he was «not good enough» to challenge Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) this year. Ad Yet he has avoided incident and held his own in the mountains to sit eighth in the general classification after 12 stages, albeit 5'26" back on leader Vingegaard.
Ion Izagirre soloes to victory in mid-mountain Tour de France stage
Ion Izagirre emerged victorious from an absorbing mid-mountain Tour de France stage which started with a flurry of attacks that lasted to the end on Thursday.
Ion Izagirre storms to stage 12 but no change at the top
Ion Izagirre took a superb solo victory at the end of an explosive stage 12 of the Tour de France to Belleville-en-Beaujolais.
Tour de France: 'Let them fry themselves' - Ineos star Luke Rowe 'very surprised' at Jumbo-Visma tactics
UAE Team Emirates will be happy to let Jumbo-Visma «fry themselves» in their ultra-aggressive defence of the yellow jersey, according to Ineos Grenadiers star Luke Rowe. Gone are the days of Team Sky, now Ineos, sucking the soul out of the Tour de France with their unbreakable mountain train. Instead, Jumbo-Visma have adopted an unusual approach to defending the overall lead for Jonas Vingegaard – all out attack.
Pogacar and Vingegaard keep cards close to their chest ahead of duel at the top
BELLEVILLE EN BEAUJOLAIS, France: After a few days with the mere mortals in the peloton, Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar are ready to resume their battle for the Tour de France title as the 13th stage will be decided at the top of the lung-busting ascent to the Col du Grand Colombier on Friday (Jul 14).