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☆ Vingegaard wins Vuelta stage 13 on terrible day for Evenepoel
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Sept 8 (Reuters) - Jonas Vingegaard tamed the Tourmalet to win stage 13 of the Vuelta a Espana, on a dramatic day which saw last year's winner Remco Evenepoel's challenge wither in the Pyrenees on Friday. The relentless climbing and downhill racing took its toll on many, including last year's winner Evenepoel, who now finds himself out of contention. Any early attacks had all been reeled in by a Jumbo-Visma team looking to control the race. With the five-man group left to battle behind Vingegaard, it was Kuss who attacked in the final kilometre to close the gap. Saturday's stage 14 is another mountain stage, a 156.5 kilometre ride from Sauveterre-de-Bearn to Larra-Belagua.

Persons: Jonas Vingegaard, Remco, du Tourmalet, Evenepoel, Sepp Kuss, Primoz, Vingegaard, I'm, Kuss, d'Aubisque, Joao Almeida, Marc Soler, Juan Ayuso, Almeida, Robert Gesink, Wilco Kelderman, Lenny Martinez, Michael Storer, Enric Mas, Roglic, Visma, Dane, Trevor Stynes, Christian Radnedge, Toby Davis Organizations: UAE Team Emirates, de France, la, Belgian, Thomson Locations: Espana, Pyrenees, Formigal, Roglic, American, Vingegaard, Sauveterre, Bearn, Larra

☆ Ineos Grenadiers rider De Plus out of Vuelta after TT crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 27 (Reuters) - Ineos Grenadiers rider Laurens de Plus failed to start the second stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday after sustaining an injury in a rain-hit team time trial. De Plus crashed during the opening stage in Barcelona on Saturday and scans revealed he had suffered a fractured hip. "He underwent a range of imaging on an injury sustained to his right hip, which showed a non-displaced fracture," Ineos Grenadiers said in a statement. "A treatment plan for Laurens is currently being finalised and we look forward to him making a full and speedy recovery." The absence of Belgian De Plus is a blow to Ineos Grenadiers general classification contender Geraint Thomas as he would have been a domestique in the many mountain stages to come.

Persons: Laurens de, Ineos, Laurens, Geraint Thomas, Jumbo Visma, Jonas Vingegaard, Primoz, Martyn Herman, Ed Osmond Organizations: Ineos Grenadiers, Belgian, Thomson Locations: Barcelona

☆ Archibald leads British hopes as unique worlds begin on track
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Martyn Herman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Aug 1 (Reuters) - The first edition of the combined UCI Cycling World Championships begins in Glasgow on Thursday with 11 days of high-octane action across virtually every discipline. Archibald, whose first ventures in track cycling were at the Glasgow velodrome, will be part of a British track team looking to flex their muscles ahead of the Paris Olympics. Britain were only fifth in the medals table at last year's track world championships in Paris with three golds -- the men's team pursuit, men's omnium and women's points race. Track world championships ahead of an Olympic Games can be cagey meetings, with the big nations sometimes reluctant to play their hands -- although the British team will be airing their cutting-edge Hope-Lotus track bike. Other events at the world championships include indoor cycling and a full para road and track programme.

Persons: Chris Hoy, Katie Archibald, Rab Wardell, Rab, Archibald, men's, Harrie Lavreysen, Filippo Ganna, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel, Wout van Aert, Jasper Philipsen, Tadej Pogacar, Mads Pedersen, Mathieu van der, Demi Vollering, van Vleuten, Lotte Kopecky, Lizzie Deignan, Beth Shriever, Charlotte Worthington, Tom Pidcock, Martyn Herman, Christian Radnedge Organizations: UCI, Glasgow, BBC, Paris, Olympic, Tour de France, de, Belgian, Femmes, Grenadiers, Tokyo, Thomson Locations: Glasgow, Scottish, omnium, madison, British, Britain, Paris, Italy, Sunday's, Edinburgh, Tokyo

☆ Vingegaard completes Tour double as Meeus pips Philipsen on Champs Elysees
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS, July 23 (Reuters) - Jonas Vingegaard won back-to-back men's Tour de France titles after safely finishing Sunday's final stage, which was won by Belgian Jordi Meeus, while Tadej Pogacar again entertained the crowd. Belgian Jasper Philipsen won the green jersey for the points classification with Italian Giulio Ciccone taking the polka dot jersey for the mountains classification. Pogacar, the 2020 and 2021 Tour champion, won the white jersey for the best under-25 rider for the fourth year in a row. It's been an amazing Tour for us and I'm so proud of every one of us. Sunday's 21st stage was, as usual, a largely processional ride from western Paris, with Vingegaard and his team mates celebrating with glasses of champagne.

Persons: Jonas Vingegaard, Belgian Jordi Meeus, Tadej Pogacar, Briton Adam Yates, Belgian Jasper Philipsen, Giulio Ciccone, Vingegaard's, Visma, It's, Vingegaard, it's, Nathan van Hooydonck, Alexandre Vinokourov, Meeus, Julien Pretot, Ken Ferris, Pritha Organizations: de France, Belgian, UAE Emirates, de, Yates, Thomson Locations: Slovenian, Belgian, Paris, Vosges

☆ Jonas Vingegaard seals his second consecutive Tour de France victory
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Jonas Vingegaard sealed his second consecutive Tour de France victory on the cobblestones of the Champs-Élysées in Paris on Sunday. Meanwhile, Belgium’s Jordi Meeus won the final, largely processional stage, on the Champs-Élysées, denying his compatriot Jasper Philipsen a fifth stage victory in this year’s race. From that moment, Vingegaard seemed assured of his yellow jersey and he navigated the remaining three stages without much difficulty. Ultimately, he finished 7:29 ahead of Pogačar in second, and 10:56 ahead of Britain’s Adam Yates in third. Michael Steele/Getty ImagesAs the men’s race finishes, the women’s race begins and Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky won the first stage of the Tour de France Femmes, held earlier in the day in Clermont-Ferrand.

Persons: CNN — Jonas Vingegaard, Dane, Triomphe, Belgium’s Jordi Meeus, Jasper Philipsen, Tadej Pogačar, Vingegaard, Britain’s Adam Yates, Italy’s Giulio Ciccone, Pogačar, Giulio Ciccone, Michael Steele, Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky Organizations: CNN, de France, Paris, Tour de, Ferrand Locations: Paris, Slovenian, Pogačar, Clermont

☆ Jonas Vingegaard Wins Tour de France Again After Vanquishing His Rival
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Kevin Draper | More About Kevin Draper | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

When Tadej Pogacar slipped behind Jonas Vingegaard on the Col de la Loze mountain pass through the Alps on Wednesday, eight kilometers and a world away from the top of the hot, punishing climb, it was only briefly unclear why. Pogacar’s own voice, over his team’s radio and broadcast on television during the Tour de France’s 17th stage, provided an immediate explanation for the rare sight of him being left behind like a mere mortal. “I’m dead.”It was an astonishing bit of television, a moment that will be replayed on every Tour broadcast for decades. Most of Pogacar’s teammates did not wait for him. Pogacar, the 24-year-old from Slovenia who usually rides with a smile on his face, perpetually unbothered, tufts of hair peeking out of his helmet, was gone.

Persons: Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, “ I’m, ”, “, Pogacar’s Locations: la, Slovenia

☆ 'I cracked myself': Pogacar pays price for disrupted Tour preparation
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Vingegaard said his Jumbo-Visma team had a plan to make Pogacar crack, but the 2020 and 2021 champion saw it differently. "I didn't notice, I was going day by day and I didn't see that I was feeling worse and worse. Vingegaard's season is solely focused on the Tour while this year Pogacar sought victories in Milan-Sanremo (4th), the Tour of Flanders (1st) and Paris-Nice (1st). He won the Fleche Wallonne but a crash on the Liege-Bastogne-Liege meant he could not prepare correctly for the Tour. Pogacar also wants to beat Vingegaard on the Tour before possibly moving on to "new challenges".

Persons: Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, de la, Vingegaard, Marie Blanque, la, Eddy Merckx, Mauro Gianetti, Gianetti, Julien Pretot, Toby Davis Organizations: Tour de, Paris, of, Sanremo, of Flanders, Reuters, Giro, Thomson Locations: Slovenian, Pyrenees, Cauterets Cambasque, Milan, Paris, Liege, Bastogne

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Persons: Le Markstein, ExpressVPN, It's, Peacock, RTVE Organizations: de France, France, Paris, Tour de France, NBC, USA Network, France.TV, RAI Sport, SBS Locations: Belfort, Paris, USA, Australia, Italy, Belgium, Spain

☆ Vingegaard poised for Tour de France title as Pogacar wins stage
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LE MARKSTEIN, France, July 22 (Reuters) - Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark was set to win his second Tour de France title after keeping a close tab on his main rival and 20th stage winner Tadej Pogacar in the final mountain ride of the race on Saturday. Overall, Jumbo-Visma rider Vingegaard leads Pogacar by seven minutes and 29 seconds with his United Arab Emirates team mate, Briton Adam Yates, in third position, 10:56 off the pace. Pogacar attacked on the last climb of the day, the Col du Platzerwazel (7.1km at 8.4%), and was followed by Vingegaard and Gall. Enormously popular local boy Pinot, riding his last Tour on his training roads with thousands of fans gathered with flags, beers and flares to support him one last time. Pinot went solo on the ascent to the Petit Ballon, riding as stage leader through a sea of roaring fans like a man possessed.

Persons: MARKSTEIN, Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar, Pogacar, Austrian Felix Gall, Vingegaard, Briton Adam Yates, Giulio Ciccone, Belgian Jasper Philipsen, du Platzerwazel, Gall, Thibaut, Warren Barguil, Tom Pidcock, Yates, Simon, Adam, Pinot, Petit Ballon, Julien Pretot, Andrew Cawthorne, Hugh Lawson Organizations: de France, United Arab Emirates, Lombardia, Thomson Locations: France, Denmark, Belfort, Austrian, Belgian, Paris

☆ The Lethal Fish Packer About to Win the Tour de France
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Joshua Robinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones, jonas Locations: vingegaard, denmark, france

☆ ‘I’m Dead.’ A Tour de France Duel Turns Into a Soul-Crushing Smackdown.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Jason Gay | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Dow Jones Locations: france

☆ ‘I’m Dead.’ A Tour de France Duel Turns Into a Soul-Crushing Smackdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Jason Gay | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ It’s an Honor to Wear This Jersey. It’s Also Kind of a Pain.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Pete Kiehart | Photographs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Jonas Vingegaard had been wearing the famed yellow jersey bestowed upon the leader of the Tour de France for almost a week when the question came. It was not a question about race strategy, maintaining speed or the best way to keep his nerve, and his lead, through more days of winding roads, sharp curves and punishing ascents. It was not a question about fitness or form. Might he be more comfortable, Vingegaard was asked, if he was in second place? “For sure.”

Persons: Jonas Vingegaard, Vingegaard, ” Organizations: Tour de France

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Persons: Gervais, Vingegaard, Adam Yates, you'll, ExpressVPN, It's, Peacock, RTVE Organizations: de France, Tour de France, NBC, USA Network, France, France.TV, RAI Sport, SBS Locations: Saint, Blanc, Courchevel, Paris, Europe, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Australia, USA

☆ Vingegaard marches towards Tour de France title as Pogacar explodes
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 17 - Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc to Courchevel - France - July 19, 2023 AG2R Citroen Team's Felix Gall celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win stage 17 REUTERS/Stephane MaheCOURCHEVEL, France, July 19 (Reuters) - Jonas Vingegaard made a giant stride towards a second consecutive Tour de France title when crash-hit rival Tadej Pogacar cracked in the toughest stage of the race on Wednesday. What was a 10-second gap two days ago is now an unbridgeable 7:35 gap after Pogacar huffed and puffed over the line more than five minutes behind Jumbo-Visma leader Vingegaard. "I'm relieved to have more than seven minutes but we're not in Paris yet, there's some tricky stages left, still," said Vingegaard. Vingegaard slowed down and zig-zagged through to continue his demolition work until the line, which he crossed with a big smile on his face. Also why do they let cars pass us when the gap between the groups of riders is just 15 seconds?"

Persons: Gervais Mont, Team's Felix Gall, Stephane Mahe COURCHEVEL, Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar, Vingegaard, la, Felix Gall of Austria, Saint Gervais, I'm, Pogacar, Benoot, Marc Soler, Griescha Niermann, Jonas, Thibaut Pinot, Julien Pretot, David Goodman, Mike Harrison Organizations: de, de France, UAE Emirates, Thomson Locations: Gervais Mont Blanc, Courchevel, France, Saint, Paris

☆ The Voice of the Tour de France Is Also Its Eyes
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Joshua Robinson | Photographs Patrick Wack For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones, seb, piquet Locations: france

Persons: Vingegaard, Spain's Rodriguez Cano, you'll, ExpressVPN, It's, Peacock, RTVE Organizations: de France, Wimbledon, Tour de France, NBC, USA Network, France, France.TV, RAI Sport, SBS Locations: Paris, Passy, Combloux, Europe, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Australia, USA

☆ I Can’t Believe How Good This Tour de France Is
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Jason Gay | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones, jonas, vingegaard Locations: france

☆ Tour leader Vingegaard welcomes scepticism about performances
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

SAINT GERVAIS, France, July 16 (Reuters) - Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar have made such a huge impression in the Tour de France that, in a sport that was marred by doping scandals, doubts about their performances have arisen but Denmark's defending champion welcomes the scepticism. On Sunday, Pogacar and Vingegaard clocked 18:27 on the final climb, beating four-time Tour winner Chris Froome's record by 42 seconds. "So yes, I fully understand the questions we're getting about it (our performances)," said Vingegaard. In 2006, Floyd Landis became the first Tour winner to fail a drugs test during the race after testing positive for the male sex hormone testosterone. The Kazakh’s Astana team left the Tour and sacked Vinokourov, who denied any wrongdoing, and Tour leader Michael Rasmussen was then fired by his Rabobank team during the race for lying about his whereabouts in training.

Persons: SAINT GERVAIS, Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej, France's Guillaume Martin, Dane, Carlos Rodriguez, Vingegaard, Chris Froome's, Marco Pantani, Joux, it's, Lance Armstrong, Jan Ullrich, Giro, Ivan Basso, Floyd Landis, Alexandre Vinokourov, Vinokourov, Michael Rasmussen, Julien Pretot, Ken Ferris Organizations: Tour de, Slovenian, Cycling, Kazakh’s Astana, Rabobank, Thomson Locations: France, Slovenian, Puerto

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Persons: Les, Du Soleil, Gervais, There's, Vingegaard's, Pogacar . Hindley, you'll, ExpressVPN, It's, Peacock, RTVE Organizations: de France, Wimbledon, Tour de France, NBC, USA Network, France, France.TV, RAI Sport, SBS Locations: Annemasse, Saint, Blanc, Europe, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Australia, USA, Paris

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Persons: Denmark's, Pogacar, Hindley, there's, you'll, ExpressVPN, It's, Peacock, RTVE Organizations: de France, Paris, Wimbledon, Tour de France, NBC, USA Network, France, France.TV, RAI Sport, SBS Locations: Roanne, Belleville, Europe, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Australia, USA, Paris

☆ Trade Baseball’s Best Player? It Really Could Happen
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Jason Gay | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Adam Yates beats twin brother to win opening stage of the Tour de France
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Twin energy powered a memorable 1-2 finish on Saturday as the 110th Tour de France got underway in Bilbao, Spain. Twin brothers, Adam and Simon Yates, finished the stage in first and second place respectively – the last brothers to do so were Andy and Frank Schleck in 2011. I asked [the team] and they said ‘go for it’,” Adam told reporters after securing the yellow jacket. “I’m ecstatic for him, but I also wanted to win,” Simon told reporters, in typical sibling fashion. Despite finishing behind the Yates brothers, Pogačar, who is teammates with Adam, said he was happy with the results from Bilbao.

Persons: Adam, Simon Yates, –, Andy, Frank Schleck, Yates, Simon, “, ‘, ” Adam, ” Simon, “ I’ll, I’m, Thomas Samson, Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej, Pogačar, I’d, It’s, ” Organizations: CNN, Tour de, UAE Team Emirates, Jayco, Getty, Bilbao Locations: Bilbao, Spain, Twin, AFP, Paris, Vitoria, Gasteiz, Saint

☆ Adam beats twin brother Simon in Yates one-two on Tour's opening stage
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Adam got the better of his identical twin to claim his first grand tour stage win, while his UAE Emirates team leader Tadej Pogacar finished third, also raising his arms in celebration. Adam was the stronger in the final uphill drag to prevail by four seconds, with Pogacar, who showed great legs in his first stage race since breaking a wrist in April, crossed the line 12 seconds off the pace. Overall, Yates leads his brother by eight seconds after picking up 10 seconds for the stage win, while Pogacar is 18 seconds off the pace. That Adam seized the opportunity to get the yellow jersey is a team dream coming true," said Pogacar. Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne and Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jayco – AlUla's Simon Yates, Adam Yates, Papon Bernard BILBAO, Britain's Adam Yates pipped, Simon, Adam, Tadej Pogacar, Yates, Pogacar, We're, Jonas Vingegaard, France's Victor Lafay, Spain's Enric Mas, Ecuador's Richard Carapaz, Julien Pretot, Andrew Cawthorne, Hugh Lawson Organizations: de, UAE Team Emirates, Papon, Tour de France, UAE Emirates, de France, MAS, Pike, Espana, EF Education, Thomson Locations: Bilbao, Spain, Slovenian, Basque

☆ The Tour de France Favorite Who Has Barely Raced
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Joshua Robinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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