Flying Dutchman Van der Poel wins world road title
GLASGOW :Mathieu van der Poel became the first Dutch world road race champion for nearly 40 years with a masterful ride around the rain-drenched streets of Glasgow on Sunday.
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Dutch cycling star Van der Poel gets up from crash, goes on to win world road race title
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND: Mathieu van der Poel crashed while leading the road race at the world championships, breaking his shoe and tearing his jersey, yet the Dutch cyclist maintained his poise, quickly remounted and pulled away for a remarkable victory Sunday.
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.
Tour de France offers gripping third act in Vingegaard v Pogacar battle
I t was quite the wait, but Netflix finally brought out its Tour de France 2022 series Unchained in early June to a mixed reception. From my sofa, it was a fun if lightweight view, long on histrionics in the team car and short on hard analysis, which led to some glaring gaps that will grate with aficionados.
Mathieu van der Poel matches grandfather with Milan-Sanremo win
Mathieu van der Poel won the Milan-Sanremo on Saturday to claim the first Monument of the season, 62 years after his grandfather won the race.
Mathieu van der Poel emulates his grandfather with stunning Milano-San Remo victory from Filippo Ganna and Wout van Aert
Sixty-two years after his grandfather Raymond Poulidor won Milano-San Remo, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) put in a pulverising performance to win the first Monument of the season on the via Roma in style. The Dutchman attacked from a leading quartet near the top of the Poggio to open up a small but decisive gap over Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), Belgium’s Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Italy’s Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers).
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