Author: Harold Dalton

Cycling industry professional with over 14 years of experience in professional journalism, television, and industry writing.

Report Australian Michael Matthews put on a career best performance today with a breakaway masterclass, to claim his fourth Tour de France stage victory on stage 14 in Mende. The victory hands Team BikeExchange-Jayco their second stage win of the Tour after Dylan Groenewegen’s sprint success on stage three, with Matthews showing his grit and determination to bounce back after two painfully tight second place finishes already in the race. Matthews’ success came after he infiltrated a large 23 rider breakaway that eventually broke away after a furious start, and with the advantage rolling out to over 10 minutes, it…

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Report Mads Pedersen can add a Tour de France stage to his palmares. The former World Champion had to wait well past his target goal, the Grand Depart in Denmark, to find victory and it happened in Stage 13 – a hot and hilly day that went to the breakaway – as he sprinted to a huge win for Trek-Segafredo. “It’s incredible to finally take a win. I knew the shape was pretty good but it the last two weeks there were not a lot of chances for a guy like me, so to take the chance today and get…

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Report Tom Pidcock put in a ride for the ages as he claimed victory atop Alpe d’Huez on stage 12 of the Tour de France. The young Brit put in a virtuoso performance of daring descending and climbing prowess to win solo from the breakaway on cycling’s most famous climb. The Grenadier became the youngest rider to win on Alpe d’Huez at the Tour de France, taking his first Grand Tour stage win by 48 seconds. Launching clear of the peloton on the descent off the Col du Galibier, Pidcock showed supreme bike-handling skills to bridge across to the breakaway.…

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Report Jonas Vingegaard has taken his first stage victory in the Tour de France in beautiful fashion. With a splendid attack, the Dane of Team Jumbo-Visma rode away from his competitors on the Col du Granon. Five kilometres later, he arrived solo at the finish line. Vingegaard is also the new yellow jersey wearer after his resounding victory. The peloton had to cross several alpine giants in the challenging eleventh stage. After the Col du Télegraphe and the Col du Galibier, the subsequent Col du Granon was labeled decisive. His teammates perfectly dropped off Vingegaard at the foot of the…

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Report Magnus Cort has won the tenth stage of the Tour de France. “It’s unbelievable. I can’t believe what just happened today,” he said after raising his arms on the podium. After a furious start downhill from Morzine, the Dane joined a large breakaway over the top of the second climb, the Col de Jamblaz. The group, which included his EF Education-EasyPost teammate Alberto Bettiol, quickly built up a great lead over the chasing peloton. Once they reached the valley leading to the final climb to Mégeve, Alberto went on the offensive, launching a solo attack in the shadow of…

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What’s the highlight of the first week ten days? When Wout van Aert did like seven different impressive things? Or how about when Tadej Pogacar also did like seven different impressive things? Or… Uhh… Magnus Cort being first over some railway bridges? Neilson Powless is nice enough, but we refuse to accept an answer featuring his name. It’s Wout or Taddy. Wait, what about that fucking insane long bridge? That’s the highlight for sure. Did the autoplaying ads finish yet? Can we stop typing nonsense now?

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