Tour de France, Stage 5 finish
Digest more
Ben Healy broke away on his own to win Stage 6 at the Tour de France. Mathieu van der Peul also took back the yellow jersey from Tadej Pogacar.
Stage 7 route and updates with Geraint Thomas in breakaway on way to Mur-de-Bretagne - Could Mathieu van der Poel double up on stage victories here after winning on Mur-de-Bretagne in 2021?
A group of promising cyclists have settled in a former farmhouse in the French village of Gomené as part of the International Cycling Union's Africa 2025 project, which aims to prepare for the Road World Championships in Rwanda in September.
Having dominated road racing for years, the Pinarello Dogma gets an ultra-light, ultra-fast off-road overhaul.
Defending champion Tadej Pogačar secured the 100th professional victory of his stellar career in typically flamboyant style, beating Mathieu Van der Poel in a dash to the line to win the hilly fourth stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday.
3h
Cycling News on MSNWhy are star riders at the Tour de France trying to avoid leading the biggest race of the year?Ultimately it came down to a single second, with Pogačar losing the lead to Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel despite the best efforts of Vingegaard and his Visma-Lease a Bike teammates. These unusual tactics certainly drew the ire of a visibly frustrated Pogačar, with the Slovenian remarking after the stage finish:
It is sometimes taken as a given that a lack of success has inhibited the nation's enthusiasm for its home race. Not a bit of it
When the peloton rolls out of Lille on Saturday for the start of the 112th edition of the Tour de France, it will mark the beginning of the end of one of British sport’s great institutions.
18h
Cycling News on MSN'It's been quite a tough first week' - Jonas Vingegaard still trying to understand his Tour de France TT time loss to Tadej PogačarPogačar was happy to lose the yellow jersey by a single second to Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), who went deep in the breakaway of the stage, won by Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), to take back yellow.