'An absolutely beautiful moment': How the inaugural Tour de France Femmes can change women's cycling
By Issy Ronald, CNN
Mountaineering Sport News
Tour de France Femmes: How to watch Stage 5 on Thursday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map
Over the halfway mark and Stage 5 is both the longest of the Tour de France Femmes and, interestingly, longer than the designated maximum distance for women’s races set by the UCI. It’s a flat stage and one for the sprinters — although there are a few small bumps to contend with en route to Saint-Die-des-Vosges. The men’s race has started there before, with Peter Sagan winning on that day back in 2019 although he had to contend with the nearby Vosges Mountains on his way to victory.
Tyson Fury vs Thor Bjornsson: What the Gypsy King has said about fighting 'the Mountain'
After his World Heavyweight Championship title defence against Dillian Whyte at Wembley in April, Tyson Fury declared to the public that it would be his last fight. He then announced that a potential world championship bout against Anthony Joshua would be his next fight should 'AJ' beat Oleksandry Usyk in their rematch next month.
Jubilant Danes await Tour-winner Vingegaard's arrival in Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN : Tour de France-winner Jonas Vingegaard landed on Wednesday in Copenhagen with thousands of jubilant Danes waiting in the streets where the world's biggest cycling race kicked off nearly a month ago.
LIV Golf isn’t about sport – it’s about cold, hard cash
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Christophe Laporte hits out at doping insinuations towards his Jumbo-Visma team after Tour de France win
Christophe Laporte says «it's always the same» as he and his Jumbo-Visma team respond to insinuations of doping following their dominant performance at the Tour de France. Jonas Vingegaard took home the yellow jersey for the Dutch team by some distance over Tadej Pogacar following a series of supreme mountain displays, while Wout Van Aert landed the green jersey and three stage wins.
Tour de France Femmes is 'going to kick off' when Annemiek van Vleuten is back at 100% from stomach bug
The Tour de France Femmes is “going to kick off” when Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) returns to full health from a stomach bug, according to Dani Christmas on The Breakaway. Van Vleuten revealed that she “couldn’t eat, couldn’t drink” going into Monday’s second stage to Provins but added that she «felt quite normal again» and was pleased to still be in the overall battle. Ad/> The pre-race favourite has dug in to keep the yellow jersey within her sights and trails early pacesetter Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) by 1’14” in the general classification after Stage 3.
Britain should launch bid with Liverpool and Manchester says campaigner
LONDON : Britain should put together a bid for a 'North-West Olympics' centred around Manchester and Liverpool because it would have a much bigger impact than the London 2012 Games, veteran major event campaigner Bob Scott has said.