Jonas Vingegaard bulldozered into the yellow jersey after cracking Tadej Pogacar in spectacular fashion on the Col du Granon to take a maiden stage win on the Tour de France. After being subjected to a flurry of attacks all day from Vingegaard’s Jumbo-Visma team, two-time champion Pogacar lost almost three minutes on the final climb to drop to third in the standings in Stage 11.
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Denmark’s Magnus Cort denied Australia’s Nick Schultz in a thrilling uphill sprint finale as a large breakaway battled for Stage 10 spoils on the altiport runway in the Alpine ski resort of Megeve. Germany’s Lennard Kamna came within 11 seconds of taking over the yellow jersey from Tadej Pogacar, who endured a stressful day after another UAE team-mate was forced out with Covid.
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A fine solo break from Bob Jungels saw him become the first rider from Luxembourg to win a stage at the Tour de France since Andy Schleck in 2011. At one stage, it looked as though Thibaut Pinot might soar back as the French fans roared him on, but the Groupama–FDJ faded and eventually finished fourth. Tadej Pogacar looked typically lively in the closing stages to assert himself on his GC rivals.
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Giro d’Italia 2017 Stage 8 Spain’s Gorka Izaguirre climbed to a maiden Grand Tour stage win on the day that
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Giro d’Italia 2017 Stage 5 Colombian Fernando Gaviria claimed his second victory of the Giro d’Italia as stage five ended in
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