Roglic aims to end 2-time defending champion Pogacar's reign at Tour de France
Primoz Roglic must find a way to stop his Slovenian rival Tadej Pogacar from winning the Tour de France for the third straight time.
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Copenhagen gives Tour de France rapturous reception
COPENHAGEN: Raucous crowds at the Copenhagen Tivoli theme park gave the Tour de France the kind of reception organizers could only have dreamed of on Wednesday.
Alberto Contador on Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic, Peter Sagan and Tour de France 2022 dark horses
Alberto Contador has outlined who he thinks could challenge Tadej Pogacar as he bids to win the Tour de France for a third year in a row. Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) has emerged as the dominant force at the Tour and is the favourite to secure another yellow jersey when the race starts in Denmark on July 1.
Thousands attend Tour de France teams presentation in Copenhagen
The loudest cheers were for Danish riders such as Jonas Vingegaard and for the biggest names led by champion Tadej Pogacar.
Tadej Pogacar Q&A: Winning the Tour de France twice is indescribable
UAE Team Emirates and their champion rider Tadej Pogacar will be looking to reinforce their position at the pinnacle of cycling when they begin defence of the Tour de France title on July 1.
Tour de France 2022 – Yellow jersey guide and predictions: Three but not so easy for Tadej Pogacar?
The wait is almost over. The riders are taking in the sights of Copenhagen; all Covid tests have been taken and eleventh-hour substitutes drafted in; Quick-Step have finished toying with fans over their lamentable will-they-won’t-they selection of Mark Cavendish (they won’t); at least seven teams have released new or limited edition Tour kits; even EF Education-EasyPost have awoken from their dreams of dragons and deigned to make their cutesy eight-man squad selection known a few seconds before the deadline… Some 3,328km of rampant riding over the roads of Denmark, France, Belgium and Switzerland now lie in store, along with 20km of cobbles, 18km of exposed sea bridge, over 53km of time trialling, 61 categorised climbs and no fewer than six mountaintop finishes.
Geraint Thomas welcomes ‘Grandad’ Bradley Wiggins’ Tour de France underdog tip
Geraint Thomas was happy to hear his prospects for yellow at this year’s Tour de France talked up by “Grandad Brad” Wiggins but insisted he will take things as they come over the next three weeks.
Cavendish out, Pidcock in and Pog v Rog – Tour de France talking points
The 109th Tour de France will begin with a short time trial on the streets of Copenhagen on Friday.