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Report Tadej Pogačar won his third stage in this Tour de France in a thrilling finale, crossing the finish line first on Peyragudes. The stage saw the riders face the Pyrenees again with a shark-toothed profile from Saint-Gaudens to Peyragudes over 129km. Despite UAE Team Emirates showing up at the start with only four men after Marc Soler’s forced retirement yesterday and Rafal Majka today following a muscle injury, the UAE squad lit up the stage. Mikkel Bjerg took up the work for the second half of the stage at the head of the group keeping a very high pace…

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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…

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…

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.…