The 122.6km route from Bourg d’Oisans to Saint-Etienne threw up a fascinating Stage 13 of the Tour de France as Mads Pedersen stormed to victory from a three-way sprint finish. There was real drama earlier on in the day’s racing too as Caleb Ewan and the entire Lotto-Soudal team crashed at a seemingly innocuous corner. Fortunately, the Australian and his team-mates were able to continue.
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Tom Pidcock claimed an epic Tour de France stage victory on debut after combining outrageous descending skills with impressive legs going uphill. Geraint Thomas rose to third in the standings and Chris Froome took third on the stage as Pidcock became the youngest ever winner on the legendary Alpe d’Huez. Meanwhile, Jonas Vingegaard kept Tadej Pogacar on a tight leash to keep yellow.
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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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Magnus Cort timed his sprint to perfection to win Stage 16 of La Vuelta a Espana in Cuidad Rodrigo ahead of Primoz Roglic. Six bonus seconds means the Slovenian man in red extends his race lead over Richard Carapaz and Hugh Carthy going into Saturday’s crucial penultimate stage.
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