Highlights Report Tadej Pogačar continued his good record with Tour de France time trials, taking victory on stage 5 in the race against the clock. After 284 days from the success in the time trial at La Planche des Belles Filles in the Grande Boucle 2020, the Slovenian of UAE Team Emirates achieved a splendid performance in the 27.2 km time trial from Changé to Laval on a course characterized by continuous ups and downs. Pogačar took victory with 19” over Stefan Kung (Groupama-FDJ) and with 27” over Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma). Today’s result means Pogačar climbs to 2nd place at 8”…
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Henri Giroud
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Highlights Report Mark Cavendish rolled back the years and sprinted to his first Tour de France victory since 2016, in what will go down as one of the best stories in the history of a race that doesn’t lack amazing moments. A late call-up to Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s squad for the biggest race in the world, the 36-year-old delivered a perfect acceleration inside the final 200 meters of stage 4 and won by a bike length, enhancing his fantastic palmares and legacy in emphatic fashion. “Just being here is special, because I didn’t think for one moment I would come…
Highlights Results Stage 1Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix4:01:282Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix3Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic4Davide Ballerini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep5Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious6Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep7Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix8Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM9Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies10Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Qhubeka-NextHash General Classification 1Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix12:58:532Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep0:00:083Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers0:00:314Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma5Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe0:00:386Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates0:00:397Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team0:00:408Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic9Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies0:00:4510Sergio Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education-Nippo0:00:52 Points 1Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep802Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix623Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix50 Mountains 1Ide Schelling (Ned)…
Highlights Report Mathieu van der Poel came up with a masterpiece at the top of Mûr-de-Bretagne. He rode for the time bonus at the first passage before winning stage 2 solo to take the yellow jersey that his grand-father Raymond Poulidor never had in his prestigious career. 180 riders took the start of stage 2 in Perros-Guirec at 13.22. One non-starter: Marc Soler (Movistar). Loïc Vliegen (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert) was the first attacker but after the reaction of the peloton, Anthony Perez (Cofidis) entered in action for the second straight day. Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo), Simon Clarke (Qhubeka-Nexthash) and Jonas Koch (Intermarché-Wanty…
Highlights Report He came, he showed panache, he conquered, he celebrated. Julian Alaphilippe couldn’t have dreamed of a better Tour de France start, as he surged to victory on the Côte de la Fosse aux Loups after a tremendous effort of his Wolfpack teammates, who protected him during the chaotic and nervous stage 1 from Brest to Landerneau before giving him the perfect launch pad to a fourth win in the rainbow jersey. “This is such a special victory I can’t find my words to tell you how I feel. First and foremost, I want to say a big thank…
The goal: Expanding the Matany Girls’ Vocational School to provide vocational skills to young women of East Africa The Paul Sherwen Project, created to honor Tour de France commentator and former professional cyclist, the late Paul Sherwen, today announced a new fundraising campaign supporting the Matany Girls’ Vocational School (MGVS). Located in Karamoja, Uganda, the school was founded by Paul’s dear friend, Florence Naduk, whose passion is empowering young women in the region by teaching relevant vocational and life skills for employment and job creation. The creation of a vocational school focusing on girls was a project dear to Paul’s heart and…
Joey Rosskopf claimed the Rally men’s team’s first-ever US Pro Road Race national title in Knoxville, TN on Sunday. Rosskopf capped off a dominant display by the team which saw Kyle Murphy take the bronze medal while Gavin Mannion crossed the line in seventh. “It’s amazing,” said Rosskopf. “I didn’t expect it. We always had numbers up there and the way we raced it was only a matter of time before one of us got off the front. When I went, they hesitated, and that’s all it takes, especially when you have the team to support you.” The team skipped Friday night’s criterium championships…
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