Jonas Abrahamsen led for the vast majority of Saturday’s Stage 8 of the Tour de France, but his combative solo came to nought late on as a charging peloton caught him with 14 kilometres to go. And from the pack, it was Biniam Girmay who surged to a brilliant sprint victory, taking his second win of this year’s race just millimetres ahead of Jasper Philipsen.
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Tadej Pogacar’s lead in the general classification was cut to 33 seconds as Remco Evenepoel stormed to a first victory at the Tour de France. Evenepoel delivered on his pre-stage hype by taking the fight to the Slovenian in the 25.3km individual time trial, despite having a huge fright when he thought he had suffered a puncture late on. Primoz Roglic finished third, just ahead of Jonas Vingegaard.
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Dylan Groenewegen joined Biniam Girmay and record-breaker Mark Cavendish in claiming a victory after seeing off Jasper Philipsen, who was later relegated, by the finest of margins on Stage 6. It was a thrilling finale to a chaotic day that saw race leader Tadej Pogacar briefly isolated as crosswinds caused a split in the peloton.
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Mark Cavendish moved clear of Eddy Merckx with his 35th stage win at the Tour de France as he created history on cycling’s biggest stage. The 39-year-old produced a supreme sprint to see off the favourites – a feat made even more remarkable after he suffered with sickness on the opening stage in Italy amid sweltering heat. Cavendish produced a superb sprint on Stage 5 in Saint Vulbas.
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Tadej Pogacar made it 78 professional wins, including 13 this year, as he conquered the Galibier, up and down, to take control of the 2024 Tour de France. UAE Team Emirates pulverised their rivals through the likes of Adam Yates, Juan Ayuso and Joao Almeida on the first big climb of the race, but it was only when Pogacar launched that the GC battle was blown wide open.
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