Cavendish out, Pidcock in and Pog v Rog – Tour de France talking points
The 109th Tour de France will begin with a short time trial on the streets of Copenhagen on Friday.
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‘A significant moment in Australian sporting history’: Jai Hindley joins greats with Giro d’Italia win
For over a decade now, Cadel Evans has stood alone in Australia’s cycling pantheon as the only Australian to have won a cycling grand tour. With a history that dates back to the early 1900s, across a collective 288 editions of the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España, only once had an Australian stood atop a grand tour podium at the end of 21 gruelling stages.
Tour de France 2022 - How to watch live on TV, live stream details, who is riding, favourites for yellow
Is this the year someone works out how to stop Tadej Pogacar? The Slovenian two-time defending champion starts as a big favourite again, with the usual cast assembling to halt his three-peat bid. Primoz Roglic, the man who was cruelly unseated from yellow on the last competitive stage in 2020, and Geraint Thomas, the rejuvenated 2018 champion, are among those fancying a pop at the youngster – and both Ineos Grenadiers and Jumbo-Visma have assembled fierce squads in an attempt to crack him.
'My fondest memory is definitely the Tour de France in 1969' - Eddy Merckx features on Power of Sport
Eddy Merckx says the fondest win of his career was winning the Tour de France for the first time in 1969. The legendary cyclist won the Tour de France five times in his career, but he admits he never thought it would happen for him. Ad/> «I dreamed about the Tour de France but I never thought I'd win it,» he told the Power of Sport.
Danes eagerly await Tour de France's Copenhagen Grand Depart
COPENHAGEN : Denmark, a nation known for its love of cycling, will host the first leg of the Tour de France this week and nearly a million spectators are expected to watch the riders as they traverse the Nordic country's harsh winds and flat countryside.
Eoin Morgan ripped up the rule book and transformed English cricket forever
Even the timing of his retirement was spot on. Two ducks against the Netherlands is hardly a glorious exit but by putting the team first Eoin Morgan has selflessly given England a better chance of emulating his 2019 World Cup success.
Tadej Pogacar set to be rider to beat again as he looks to join elite Tour club
Tadej Pogacar will start the Tour de France as the overwhelming favourite to wear yellow in Paris once again.
‘Pog and Rog’ among 5 to watch at the 2022 Tour de France
The Tour de France is set to be the ‘Pog and Rog show’ once again as Primoz Roglic seeks to deny fellow Slovenian Tadej Pogacar a third consecutive title.