UAE Team Emirates star Tadej Pogacar takes overall lead in Tour de France
Tadej Pogacar launched a relentless challenge in the final stretch of the longest stage of the Tour de France to grab the overall lead on Thursday.
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Defending champion Pogacar takes Tour de France lead with stage six win
Pogacar attacked on a steep climb 500m from the finish and was a class above his key rivals Jonas Vingegaard and Adam Yates, who are now 31sec and 39sec behind him in the standings.
Pogacar wins Tour stage six to take yellow jersey from Van Aert
LONGWY, France : Twice defending champion Tadej Pogacar stormed to victory in stage six of the Tour de France on Thursday with a late lung-busting effort and snatched the overall leader's yellow jersey from Wout van Aert.
Tour de France 2022: Tadej Pogacar goes into yellow with uphill kick after astonishing Wout van Aert effort
The 109th edition of the Tour has not even reached the mountains and defending champion Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) already has the yellow jersey on his back. On the race’s longest – and fastest – day, the Slovenian superstar zipped clear of his rivals to win the uphill sprint at Longwy as Belgium Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) conceded the yellow jersey in style.
Simon Yates omitted from BikeExchange-Jayco team for Tour de France - set to ride in Vuelta a Espana instead
Britain's Simon Yates has been left out of the BikeExchange-Jayco team for the Tour de France. The second Grand Tour of the year gets underway in Copenhagen on July 1, but the 29-year-old Yates won't be on the start line.
Impey wins 'special' Tour of Switzerland stage after injury nightmare
South African Daryl Impey said it was "special" to clinch the fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland in a sprint finish on Wednesday a year on from breaking his pelvis and collarbone.
Lieja - Bastoña - Lieja, en directo: tercera clásica de las Ardenas hoy en vivo
Mientras tanto, en la prueba femenina se ha impuesto Annemiek Van Vleuten, del Movistar, tras una andadura en solitario. ¡Gran triunfo para el equipo español!
Paris-Roubaix 2022 LIVE - Can Wout van Aert pull off stunning return and stop Mathieu van der Poel?
Stay tuned for live comments from Nick Christian on Sunday Ad/> Who is riding? Paris — RoubaixParis-Roubaix 2022: Can Van Aert take Van der Poel down?12/04/2022 AT 14:19 Defending champion Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) will not defend his crown as the Italian battles back from a career-threatening heart problem that surfaced during the Volta a Catalunya. The 2019 champion Philippe Gilbert (Lotto Soudal) is focusing on the Ardennes while there are ongoing doubts over the inclusion of Peter Sagan (TotalEnergies) as the Slovakian continues to struggle with apparent long-Covid.