Tadej Pogacar survives puncture to take lead at Giro
Tadej Pogacar was able to navigate a late puncture to win stage two of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday.
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Pogacar calls for schedule changes to beat the heat
July 13 : Tour de France leader Tadej Pogacar has called for changes to the cycling calendar as stifling temperatures continue to impact this year's race.
Vingegaard and Pogacar to rekindle rivalry at Le Lioran
CAPDENAC-GARE, France, July 13 : The Tour de France returns to the mountain resort of Le Lioran on Tuesday, where Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard claimed his last stage victory on the race and his last over Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar two years ago.
Heatwave forces Tour de France organizers to shorten stage nine
BERGERAC, France: Sunday’s stage nine of the Tour de France will be shortened by 30 km (18.64 miles) due to heat risks, race organizers said on Saturday, though it will retain its originally planned start and finish points. The stage from Malemort to Ussel, which was originally scheduled for 185.5 km, will now follow a 155.5 km route, the organizers said in a statement. “Meteo-France has placed the department of Correze on red alert due to an exceptionally intense heatwave,” the statement said. “In light of this ... the race will divert from the original route in the neutral zone, taking the D921 and heading from Brive-la-Gaillarde straight to Lanteuil, 147.8 km from the finish in Ussel.” Western Europe experienced its warmest June on record, leading to a surge in heat-related deaths.
Tour de France riders brace for scorching conditions as heatwave sweeps in
LES ANGLES, France, July 6 : Tour de France riders are set to face scorching conditions as a new heatwave sweeps through the country, with temperatures around Carcassonne, where Tuesday's fourth stage begins, forecast to reach 41 degrees Celsius (106 Fahrenheit).
Pogacar is undeniable favourite, says Tour de France director
BARCELONA, July 3 : Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar is the "undeniable favourite" for this year's Tour de France, which begins in Barcelona on Saturday, according to Tour director Christian Prudhomme.
Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome announces retirement
Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome has called time on his professional cycling career.
Former Tour de France champion Froome calls time on career
July 3 : Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome has retired from professional cycling, bringing the curtain down on a glittering career spanning over two decades in the sport.
Pogacar expects Vingegaard Tour de France battle to last ‘years’
BARCELONA: Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar said on Thursday that his rivalry with Jonas Vingegaard is pushing both riders “to new heights.” The pair have won the last six editions of the Tour de France between them, and have finished first and second in each of the last five — something which had never happened before. Slovenian Pogacar has four Tour wins to Vingegaard’s two but the Dane has won all three of cycling’s Grand Tours following his Giro d’Italia victory in May. World champion Pogacar has yet to win the Vuelta a Espana, where he finished third in his only appearance in 2019. And the 27-year-old insisted that the Tour is not going to be a straight fight between him and Vingegaard, 29, pointing to his own UEA Team Emirates team-mate Isaac del Toro as a potential challenger. “I don’t think that he’s the only one that can come close,” Pogacar said about Vingegaard. “I think that there are quite a few guys here that can aim for the victory, right next to me,” he added at Thursday’s pre-Tour press conference, indicating Mexican Del Toro. “But the competition between me and Jonas, of course, the last few years was spectacular. “And I think it will continue for a few more years, I hope. We will see. “I think we push each other to the new heights every year. So we will see how far we go this year.”