The veteran Polish UAE Team Emirates rider Rafal Majka took control of stage 15 with a hefty 90km to go and finished 1 minute 27 seconds ahead of Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) who came in second. Chris Hamilton (Team DSM) was third while Odd Christian Eiking retains the red jersey.
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Romain Bardet showed his climbing prowess with a dominant Stage 14 victory at the Vuelta a Espana. The Team DSM rider was part of the breakaway and went clear in the final kilometres to claim a long-awaited win at the race. Odd Christian Eiking stays in red on a gruelling day in the mountains.
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took a brilliant pole position in wet conditions ahead of the Belgium Grand Prix pipping the Williams’ of George Russell who produced a sensational lap to qualify second ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.
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Frenchman Florian Senechal beat Italy’s Matteo Trentin in a surprise two-up sprint in Stage 13 after a scrappy finale saw favourite Fabio Jakobsen waylaid by a flat tyre. With the green jersey out, Deceuninck-QuickStep’s Senechal pocketed his first Grand Tour stage win on a day splits in the pack saw Egan Bernal claw back five seconds on his GC rivals.
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Manchester United have agreed a deal for Cristiano Ronaldo to return to the club from Juventus. The 36-year-old is set to return to Old Trafford 12 years after leaving for Real Madrid in a deal worth €15m with €8m in add-ons.
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