Pidcock wins Alpe d'Huez Tour de France stage as Vingegaard retains yellow
L'ALPE D'HUEZ, France : Britain's Tom Pidcock won the 12th stage of the Tour de France, a 165.1-km Alpine trek between Briancon and L'Alpe d'Huez on Thursday.
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Pogacar takes yellow jersey after powering to stage six victory
Defending champion Tadej Pogacar powered clear to win stage six of the Tour de France and take the overall lead after the peloton denied Wout Van Aert what would have been a remarkable solo victory in the yellow jersey.
Opinion: Wout van Aert the mere warm-up act for Tadej Pogacar’s headline performance on Tour de France's yellow stage
If Wout van Aert, to borrow a phrase from Tom Pidcock, is “playing with the peloton’s balls,” then Tadej Pogacar is, well, crushing them. On the day the Belgian toyed with everyone while trying to pull off the impossible, it was ultimately the Slovenian superstar who ended up stealing the show and making the headlines in Longwy.
Tour de France: ‘Every reason to believe in himself' - Jonas Vingegaard can still challenge Tadej Pogacar for yellow
Eurosport’s Breakaway team have discussed whether Jumbo-Visma rider Jonas Vingegaard’s can threaten UAE Team Emirates’ Tadej Pogacar’s lead, and insist the Slovenians challengers “won’t be beaten yet”. Pogacar produced a stunning effort during stage 6 to snatch the yellow jersey from Belgium's Wout van Aert — Vingegaard’s teammate — recording one of the fastest Tour de France stages ever.
Pogacar wins Tour stage six to take yellow jersey from Van Aert
LONGWY, France : Twice defending champion Tadej Pogacar stormed to victory in stage six of the Tour de France on Thursday with a late lung-busting effort and snatched the overall leader's yellow jersey from Wout van Aert.
Tour de France 2022: Tadej Pogacar goes into yellow with uphill kick after astonishing Wout van Aert effort
The 109th edition of the Tour has not even reached the mountains and defending champion Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) already has the yellow jersey on his back. On the race’s longest – and fastest – day, the Slovenian superstar zipped clear of his rivals to win the uphill sprint at Longwy as Belgium Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) conceded the yellow jersey in style.
Australia's Clarke wins Tour de France stage five, Belgian Van Aert keeps yellow jersey
Clarke prevailed in a lung-busting sprint finish from the day's breakaway after a day featuring more than 19km of cobbled sectors while two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar gained time over all his rivals.
Cycling-Clarke wins Tour de France stage five, Van Aert retains yellow jersey
WALLERS, France (Reuters) - Australian Simon Clarke won the fifth stage of the Tour de France, a 157-km ride from Lille, as Belgian Wouth van Aert retained the overall lead on Wednesday.