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.
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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.
Tour de France 2022 – How to watch Stage 2 on Saturday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map
Three early Cat. 4 climbs will give a polka-dot prize as an added incentive to the breakaway but the real action will come towards the end on the 18km long Great Belt crossing of the Kattegat Sea ahead of the finish. Remember how similar exposed coastal roads in Zeeland blew the race apart during the Dutch Grand Depart back in 2015? Ad/> Well, this could be even more feisty.
'That blinking gilet' - Geraint Thomas laments failing to race in skinsuit in Tour de France time trial
Sport is about marginal gains, and Geraint Thomas arguably missed out during the opening stage of the Tour de France after racing the time trial with a gilet on. In horrible conditions for the Grand Depart in Copenhagen, Thomas had a gilet on to keep warm prior to getting on the start ramp. Ad/> But he forget he had it on until it was too late, and had to race the 13.2km with the jacket on.
Chris Froome is the ‘greatest Tour de France rider of generation’ – Bradley Wiggins
Chris Froome has been hailed as the best Tour de France rider of his generation by Bradley Wiggins. The four-time champion got his 10th Tour campaign underway on Friday in Israel-Premier Tech colours, with the 37-year-old hoping for his best outing since his horror crash at the 2019 Dauphine. Ad/> As Froome rolled around the wet streets of Copenhagen for the short Stage 1 time trial, Wiggins resumed his role on the back of a motorbike for Eurosport and spoke highly of his former team-mate.