Report Christophe Laporte has taken a surprising win in the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France. In the streets of Cahors, the 29-year-old Frenchman excelled by riding away just before the finish line. Laporte finished solo and secured Team Jumbo-Visma’s fifth stage victory of the 2022 Tour de France. The uphill finish in Cahors seemed right up Wout van Aert’s alley, but the green jersey wearer sacrificed his chances for Laporte. The Frenchman saw his chance and jumped to the three escapees in the final kilometre. After another acceleration, Laporte rode solo to his second victory of the season.…
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Report With Wout van Aert and Tiesj Benoot in the front group, Team Jumbo-Visma prepared for the stage’s challenging finale. On the penultimate climb, the Col de Spandelles, Vingegaard didn’t budge. After Pogacar crashed in the descent, Vingegaard showed sportsmanship and waited for the two-time winner. Van Aert was the strongest in the front group. After he had taken over the lead from the equally strong Sepp Kuss, the Fleming personally ensured that Pogacar could no longer keep up with the pace. Vingegaard took full advantage of the green jersey wearer’s execution and finished the job professionally. “This is unbelievable.…
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…