American Neilson Powless nearly rides into Tour de France lead
American Neilson Powless nearly cycled into the Tour de France lead in the fifth stage.
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'It’s good you dropped your guys!’ – Tadej Pogacar tells Wout van Aert after sensational Tour de France stage win
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) extended his lead at the Tour de France with a ferocious attack on the final categorised climb to win Tuesday’s hilly stage, with Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) jokingly stating he was happy to see the Belgian also drop his own team. Van Aert, who finished second in the opening three stages of this year’s Tour de France, made his move with 10km to go, launching a big attack to escape from his rivals, as well as his Jumbo-Visma team. Ad/> Defending champion Pogacar also couldn’t go with the move, but neither could his main rival Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) as the pair crossed the line amongst the peloton, eight seconds behind Van Aert.
Tour de France star mistakenly celebrates stage win in embarrassing moment
Tour de France sprinter Jasper Philipsen endured a moment to forget as he celebrated crossing the finish line to win Stage Four of the iconic race on Tuesday - only to find out he had actually finished second.
Tour de France leader Wout van Aert ready for ‘really demanding’ stages
The cobbles of stage five loom large on the agenda after the Tour de France returned home from a spectacular Grand Depart in Denmark.
Tour de France organisers 'shocked and saddened' by Copenhagen shooting after at least three people killed
Tour de France organisers say they are «extremely shocked and saddened» by a shooting in Copenhagen that left at least three people dead. A 22-year-old man was arrested after the incident at a shopping mall in the Danish capital, which also saw several other people injured. Ad/> The shooting took place at multiple locations inside Field's shopping centre.
Fabio Jakobsen pounces to win stage two as Wout van Aert becomes new leader at Tour de France
We will never know whether Mark Cavendish would have won Saturday's bunch gallop into Nyborg on the windswept Danish coast and so made history by becoming the most successful Tour de France stage winner of all time.
Fabio Jakobsen wins Tour de France stage, two years after horrific crash; new race leader
Fabio Jakobsen, a Dutchman who less than two years ago was in a medically induced coma after a race crash, won the second stage of his debut Tour de France in a sprint finish.
‘Disgraceful’ – Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl blasted for conduct after Mark Cavendish omission at Tour de France
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl’s treatment of Mark Cavendish in the build-up to the Tour de France was “disgraceful”, claims Matt Stephens on the latest episode of The Bradley Wiggins Show. Cavendish was overlooked for the Tour despite winning four stages to draw level with Eddy Merckx’s all-time record (34) and the green jersey last year, with Quick-Step instead naming Fabio Jakobsen as their sprinter. Jakobsen is also plotting one of the sport’s great comebacks after fighting back from devastating injuries suffered at the 2020 Tour of Poland.