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ORCINES, France: The Tour de France is expected to turn into an all-time classic as Tadej Pogacar narrowed the gap with defending champion and overall leader Jonas Vingegaard in the iconic climb to the Puy de Dome on Sunday (Jul 9).
Canadian Michael Woods delivered an impressive solo effort to claim the biggest success of his career at the top of a legendary Tour de France climb on Sunday in Puy de Dome, France, as two-time champion Tadej Pogacar further reduced the gap with overall leader Jonas Vingegaard.
Jonas Vingegaard held on to the Tour de France overall lead on the Puy de Dome volcano Sunday as Canada's Michael Woods took a prestigious stage win for his Israel Premier-Tech team.
In the closing moments of the Tour de France’s return to the Puy de Dome for the first time in 35 years, it was unclear whether Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) had timed his attack to perfection or left it a little too late. Riding in pursuit of the American lone leader Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar), the Canadian veteran had to battle back from a second chase group over two minutes back.
Michael Woods charged up the Puy de Dome to beat Matteo Jorgensen to a breakaway victory on stage nine of the Tour de France.
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.
Denmark's Mads Pedersen won the eighth stage of the Tour de France, a 200-km ride from Libourne on Saturday.
After dragging themselves over mountain passes in the Pyrenees, the sprinters had their fun from Mont-De-Marsan to Bordeaux, and provided the teams of the fast men control the breaks it could be a bunch finish in Limoges. There are two Cat. 3 and one Cat.