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ORCINES, France: Four days ago Tadej Pogacar looked glued to the road as defending great rival Jonas Vingegaard dropped him in the Pyrenees but it has been a completely different affair since as the Slovenian almost closed the gap with the Tour de France overall leader on Sunday (Jul 9).
MANCHESTER, England : Zharnel Hughes came tantalisingly close to shattering another decades-old British sprint record on Sunday, winning the 200 metres at the UK Athletics Championships in a blistering 19.87 seconds, spoiled by an illegal wind.
Astana-Qazaqstan have asked Mark Cavendish to delay his retirement and return to the Tour de France in 2024 – but is it a realistic possibility? Cavendish's hopes of claiming the outright record of stage victories at the Tour ended on Stage 8 when he broke his right collarbone in a heavy fall, leaving him tied with Belgian great Eddy Merckx on 34 wins. Ad But Astana boss Alexander Vinokourov has already begun a charm offensive and is hoping to convince the 38-year-old to race again next season.
Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) avoided incident as she wrapped up a fourth Giro d'Italia Donne title, with Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ) pipping Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) to take victory in the Stage 9 sprint. With Van Vleuten taking a 3'56" lead into a final stage that always looked destined for a bunch sprint, the Dutchwoman just had to stay upright to add another title to her bulging palmarès.
MILWAUKEE — Elly De La Cruz became the first Reds player since 1919 to steal second, third and home in the same inning, the latest electrifying feat from the franchise-changing rookie.
Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) was «almost nailed on» to win a stage on his swansong appearance at the Tour de France, says Adam Blythe, before a crash derailed his hopes of claiming the outright record for stage victories. Cavendish fell victim to a concertina effect in the peloton with 61km remaining on Stage 8 as he hit the tarmac, with it soon evident that his race was over as medical staff helped him into an ambulance. Ad His exit was made extra painful given what happened 24 hours earlier, when a mechanical likely denied him a record 35th win at the Tour.
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) produced a monster sprint to win Stage 8 at the 2023 Tour de France as Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) suffered a heartbreaking crash to end his record bid. Pedersen held off Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Deceuninck) in a fatiguing but fascinating finish as Jumbo-Visma's hard work to tee up Wout van Aert came to nothing, as the Belgian was boxed in by his own leadout rider before beginning his sprint.
Denmark's Mads Pedersen won the eighth stage of the Tour de France, a 200-km ride from Libourne on Saturday.