Tom Pidcock adds first Tour de France stage victory to mountain bike Olympic gold medal
The 2020 Olympic mountain bike champion Tom Pidcock sealed his first Tour de France stage victory on Thursday.
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Tour de France stage 12 result LIVE: Tom Pidcock wins Alpe d’Huez as Jonas Vingegaard holds off Tadej Pogacar
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Pidcock wins Alpe d'Huez stage as Vingegaard retains yellow
Britain's Tom Pidcock won the 12th stage of the Tour de France, a 165.1-km Alpine trek between Briancon and L'Alpe d'Huez.
Tour de France 2022 – Tom Pidcock wins atop Alpe d’Huez, Chris Froome third, Jonas Vingegaard defends yellow
Britain’s Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) became the youngest winner in history on Alpe d’Huez at the Tour de France after lighting up Stage 12, with Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) snuffing out an attack from Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) to keep yellow. Pidcock was unleashed with 128km remaining of the queen stage as he quickly hoovered up the day’s break with some terrifying descending, taking compatriot Chris Froome (Israel–Premier Tech) with him. Ad/> He attacked to whittle the front group down to five, with Froome still in the mix, before setting off decisively with 10.5km to go on Alpe d’Huez.
Pidcock wins Alpe d'Huez Tour de France stage as Vingegaard retains yellow
L'ALPE D'HUEZ, France : Britain's Tom Pidcock won the 12th stage of the Tour de France, a 165.1-km Alpine trek between Briancon and L'Alpe d'Huez on Thursday.
Pogacar's team manager tests positive for COVID-19
Twice defending champion Tadej Pogacar's UAE Emirates team were hit by another case of COVID-19 at the Tour de France when their manager, Joxean Fernandez Matxin, tested positive for the virus.
Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar’s UAE Team Emirates manager tests positive for COVID-19, forced to leave the Tour
UAE Team Emirates manager Joxean Fernandez has left the Tour de France after testing positive for coronavirus. Tadej Pogacar’s squad have already been dealt a blow when Vegard Stake Laengen and George Bennett were forced to abandon due to positive cases of COVID-19 earlier in Le Tour. Ad/> Pogacar’s key domestique Rafal Majka also tested positive but had a low enough viral load which was deemed non-contagious.
Tour de France 2022 Stage 7 preview: Route map and profile of summit finish atop Planche des Belles Filles
Stage 7 of the 2022 Tour de France offers up the first summit finish for the general classification contenders to fight over, and an opportunity for Tadej Pogacar to stamp his authority on the race once more.