Tour de france
Champion Pogacar hails 'incredible Tour de France adventure'
Pogacar stole in at the 11th hour to win the 2020 edition, but this year he stamped his authority in the first week before he pulled on the yellow jersey...
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Anti-doping raid will prove our innocence, says Tour de France stage winner
It was Matej Mohoric's second win on this edition of the Tour, and was achieved after he joined an early break and then broke clear for a solo win at Libourne, with the main peloton several minutes adrift.
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Child's play Pogacar dominates on Tour de France mountain again
On a short final mountain stage of 130km, Pogacar out-ran his two closest rivals, Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz, just as he did on the previous day.
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Champion Pogacar triumphs on Tour de France mountain
After pulverising the field on the stage 5 time-trial the Slovenian took his second victory on this Tour to extend his lead over the surprising Dane Vingegaard to 5min 39sec.
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Sprint ace Cavendish equals Merckx Tour de France record
It was Cavendish's fourth win on the 2021 edition and sees the British sprinter equal Eddy Merckx's 46-year-old record of Tour de France stage wins.
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Van Aert towers on Tour de France's iconic Mont Ventoux
Jumbo rider Van Aert crossed the summit of 'the Giant of Provence' alone in his Belgian champion's shirt on a baking day, and was greeted after his expert descent by a partisan pack at the finish line.
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Comeback Cavendish in inspirational mood as Merckx record looms
At the end of a flat run from Albertville to Valence, the 36-year-old Briton edged Belgians Wout van Aert and Jasper Philipsen over the line to also keep a firm grip on the sprint points green jersey with hs 33rd win on the world's greatest bike race.
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Tour de France spectator who caused mass crash arrested: investigation source
On Saturday, a woman brandishing a cardboard sign on the roadside between Brest and Landerneau caused German rider Tony Martin to fall, who in turn brought down dozens of riders behind him.
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Geraint Thomas dislocates shoulder in Tour de France fall
Geraint Thomas was trailing the main pack by three minutes when he set off again before fellow Welshman Luke Rowe dropped back in an attempt to help Thomas reel in the peloton.
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Pogacar primed as unmasked Tour de France gets ready to roll
The peloton sweeps out from France's windswept western tip in Brittany on 26 June, crossing the peaks and plains of the country's prettiest corners, taking in the Alps and the Pyrenees before culminating with a stage 21 dash up the Champs Elysees in Paris on 18 July.
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'Nothing to hide' - Tour de France team leader denies doping
Police detained two people from the Arkea-Samsic team on Monday. French daily Le Parisien reported that they were a doctor and physiotherapist.
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Two in custody in Tour de France doping probe
The probe is the first significant one in several years for the repeatedly scandal-hit tour which wrapped up on Sunday in Paris with a victory for 21-year-old Tadej Pogacar, who became the youngest winner in more than a century.
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Rip-roaring Tour de France a litany of cautionary tales
Many predicted the COVID-19 pandemic would prevent the race making it the 3,400 kilometres from the Mediterranean city of Nice to the French capital.
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Pogacar poised to win Tour de France after shock turnaround
The 21-year-old will lead the peloton into Paris on Sunday wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey and, barring disaster, will climb onto the top step of the podium.
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Roglic retains Tour lead, Kragh Andersen wins stage 19
In the race for overall Tour de France victory Jumbo's dominant leader Roglic retained a 57 second advantage over his Slovenian compatriot Tadej Pogacar.
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Reigning champion Egan Bernal withdraws from Tour de France
Last year's winner Egan Bernal has withdrawn from the Tour de France, his Ineos team said on Wednesday, after he fell out of contention in a disastrous mountain stage.
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Roglic in control as Tour heads to high mountains
Roglic leads Pogacar by 40 seconds with five stages remaining. Rigoberto Uran is third at 1min 35sec, while Lopez and Briton Adam Yates round out the top five.
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Tour de France teams to get clean slate in second round of COVID tests
While Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme tested positive, no riders did in the first wave of tests, conducted around last Monday's rest day. Four teams lost one member of their entourage.
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Tour de France nearly man Hirschi tastes victory at last
There was no change in the overall standings a day ahead of a massive mountain slog with Jumbo's Primoz Roglic 21 seconds ahead of defending champion Colombia's Egan Bernal of Ineos.
