Author: Harold Dalton

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…

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…

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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The 27th edition of the Südtirol Dolomiti Superbike ended on Saturday with two victories of the favourites. In glorious weather, Colombian Leonardo Paez came out on top in the men’s elite race, winning the MTB classic in Villabassa for the fourth time. In the women’s event, Italian Claudia Peretti, who had won the bronze medal at the European Championships just under a month ago, retained the upper hand. 2500 bikers from 36 different nations took up the challenge of the MTB marathon in the Dolomite region 3 Peaks. Leonardo Paez did it again! For the fourth time after 2006, 2016…

Report Wout van Aert has won the eighth stage of the Tour de France in an impressive way. The green-jersey wearer beat Michael Matthews and Tadej Pogacar on the steep final climb in Lausanne. For Van Aert, who was the best in Calais on Tuesday, it is his eighth stage win in the Tour and his seventh victory of the season. The hill stage’s finish was on the Cote du Stade Olympique, a five-kilometre climb with a maximum gradient of twelve percent. His teammates controlled the stage well, and Van Aert maneuvered to the front and got himself in the…

Report There was a spectacular duel at the finish line of La Super Planche des Belles Filles, with Tadej Pogačar winning the 7th stage of the Tour de France at the end of an exciting head-to-head with Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma). The Slovenian of UAE Team Emirates finished off the work done during the stage from the Emirati team at the head of the group: the 10 members of the main escape of the day (originally 11, with the presence of Vegard Laengen, who then stopped to wait for the group) they took the final ascent (7 km at 8.5% average…

Report After yesterday’s stage characterized by many cobbled sections, the Tour de France today brought the riders to the Ardennes, with 219.9km from Blinche to Longwy. The break of the day featured maillot jaune Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), who was brought back with 15km to go as the teams lifted the pace in the peloton. In a classic finish of the Ardennes, the riders tackled the Cote Montingny sur Chiers in quick succession, 1.6 kilometers at 4.4%, then Cote de Pulventeux, 800 meters at 12.3% which crested at five to the finish, and finally the Cote Religieuses, 1.6 kilometers at…