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'It’s good you dropped your guys!’ – Tadej Pogacar tells Wout van Aert after sensational Tour de France stage win

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) extended his lead at the Tour de France with a ferocious attack on the final categorised climb to win Tuesday’s hilly stage, with Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) jokingly stating he was happy to see the Belgian also drop his own team. Van Aert, who finished second in the opening three stages of this year’s Tour de France, made his move with 10km to go, launching a big attack to escape from his rivals, as well as his Jumbo-Visma team. Ad/> Defending champion Pogacar also couldn’t go with the move, but neither could his main rival Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) as the pair crossed the line amongst the peloton, eight seconds behind Van Aert.

Tour de France: Simon Clarke sprints to Stage 5 win on chaotic day of incident on the cobbles

Simon Clarke (Israel–Premier Tech) sprinted to victory on Stage 5 of the Tour de France on an incident-packed day on the cobbles of Arenberg. Clarke's win doesn't begin to tell the full story of what was a day to shake up the General Classification, and one that represented a nightmare for Team Jumbo-Visma.

Simona Halep storms past Amanda Anisimova in straight sets to reach Wimbledon semi-finals in style

Simona Halep stormed into the Wimbledon semi-finals with a dominant win over Amanda Anisimova. The 2019 champion broke Anisimova, 20, twice in each set on her way to a 6-2 6-4 victory on Centre Court in just over an hour. Ad/> Halep, who is now working with Serena Williams’ former coach Patrick Mouratoglou, will face Elena Rybakina in the semi-finals.

Marianne Vos powers to Stage 6 win as Annemiek van Vleuten defends pink at Giro Donne

Marianne Vos (Jumbo–Visma) won Stage 6 of the Giro Donne as Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) showed her descending prowess to defend the pink jersey. The Jumbo Visma rider launched a well timed sprint finish to claim her second stage win of this years race and her 32nd Giro Donne win. Ad/> The riders tackled a 114.7km route on Wednesday, starting in Sarnico and finishing with a run into Bergamo, and featuring five 18km laps around Sarnico before a 25km sprint to the finish with the laps containing the short, punchy cat 3 climb of San Pantaleone.

Wout van Aert crashes, nearly hits car in shocking day for yellow jersey at Tour de France

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) narrowly avoided disaster on Stage 5 of the Tour de France as he crashed and then nearly hit a team car. The race leader first got into problems with 96km to go with some road furniture bringing him down.

'You know it's wrong!' - Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram refuse to play over shock Hawkeye ruling at Wimbledon

There were farcical scenes at Wimbledon as Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram briefly refused to play their doubles semi-final over a controversial Hawkeye ruling at Wimbledon. The No. 1 seeds at the All England Club were left incredulous at a decision from the technology at a crucial moment in the second set of their match against Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

British Triathlon creates 'open' category for transgender athletes to compete after FINA swimming and diving ban

Triathlon has become the first sport in Britain to establish an 'open' category for transgender athletes to compete. The British Triathlon Federation announced that the category, which will start from January 2023, will be for “all individuals including male, [male and female] transgender and those non-binary who were male sex at birth." Ad/> There will also be a female category «for those who are female sex at birth.» TriathlonRainsley hopes she has done enough to secure «insane» place at Commonwealth Games21/06/2022 AT 08:49 The categories will apply for athletes over the age of 12 in competitive races which have prizes, times, and/or rankings.

Euro 2022: Ona Batlle relishing full stadiums ahead of 'very exciting' tournament as Spain defender targets success

Spain defender Ona Batlle is relishing the prospect of full stadiums at Euro 2022, with the Manchester United full-back ready for a «very exciting» tournament. England hosts the Euros for the first time since 2005 with ticket sales strong and many games sold out. Ad/> Sarina Wiegman's side kick off the tournament with a meeting with Austria at Old Trafford on Wednesday evening.

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'It’s good you dropped your guys!’ – Tadej Pogacar tells Wout van Aert after sensational Tour de France stage win

Tour de France: Simon Clarke sprints to Stage 5 win on chaotic day of incident on the cobbles

Simona Halep storms past Amanda Anisimova in straight sets to reach Wimbledon semi-finals in style

Marianne Vos powers to Stage 6 win as Annemiek van Vleuten defends pink at Giro Donne

Wout van Aert crashes, nearly hits car in shocking day for yellow jersey at Tour de France

'You know it's wrong!' - Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram refuse to play over shock Hawkeye ruling at Wimbledon

British Triathlon creates 'open' category for transgender athletes to compete after FINA swimming and diving ban

Euro 2022: Ona Batlle relishing full stadiums ahead of 'very exciting' tournament as Spain defender targets success