Asgreen hails escape quartet as Tour de France sprinters miss a beat
Dane Kasper Asgreen won stage 18 of the Tour de France on Thursday as a long range escape edged a fast-closing peloton to the line at Bourg-en-Bresse.
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Belgian cyclist leaves Tour de France to be with wife ahead of birth of their second child
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Tour de France leader Vingegaard tested four times in last two days
COURCHEVEL, France: Tour de France overall leader Jonas Vingegaard has undergone four anti-doping tests in the last two days, including one an hour before the start of Wednesday's (Jul 19) 17th stage, his Jumbo-Visma team said.
Tour de France teams ask fans to behave better after mass pileup in 15th stage
SAINT-GERVAIS MONT-BLANC, France: Tour de France overall leader Jonas Vingegaard is calling on fans to behave better at cycling’s biggest race after another mass crash marred the 15th stage on Sunday. “I’d like to tell the spectators to enjoy the race and be there to cheer for us without standing on the road or pouring beers on us,” Vingegaard said. “Please, just enjoy the race.” The Danish rider leads Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia by only 10 seconds with the race about to enter its final week.
Teams ask fans to behave better after pileup in Tour de France - ESPN
SAINT-GERVAIS MONT-BLANC, France — Tour de France overall leader Jonas Vingegaard is calling on fans to behave better at cycling's biggest race after another mass crash marred the 15th stage on Sunday.
Tour de France: Wout Poels wins stage 15 as Jonas Vingegaard retains overall lead
Wout Poels celebrated his first career grand tour stage win as the slopes of Mont Blanc failed to find any difference between Tour de France leader Jonas Vingegaard and his rival Tadej Pogacar.
Tadej Pogacar ‘fell asleep on the bike’ to hand seconds to Jonas Vingegaard at the Tour de France 2023 – Robbie McEwen
Tadej Pogacar “fell asleep on the bike” during Stage 14 of the Tour de France, that is according to Robbie McEwen. 12-time Tour de France stage winner McEwen was speaking alongside Orla Chennaoui, Dan Lloyd and Adam Blythe on The Breakaway. Ad Pogacar led Vingegaard home after a 151.8km ride from Annemasse to Morzine les Portes du Soleil on Stage 14, collecting two bonus seconds more than his rival at the finish.
Tadej Pogacar laments 'wasted bullet' as motorbikes thwart attack of Jonas Vingegaard at Tour de France
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) has expressed frustration over a “wasted bullet” as his attack of Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) on the slopes of the Col de Joux Plane was thwarted by a couple of motorbikes. Pogacar threw punches at the Tour de France race leader in the first Alpine stage of the race, as the Slovenian gapped his rival with 5kms to go on the climb only for the Dane to pace himself back. Ad With just over a kilometre to the summit, where eight bonus seconds were on offer, Pogacar jumped off Vingegaard’s wheel and opened up a small gap but had to sit up as his path was blocked by a mass of spectators and two motorbikes.