Wout van Aert soloed to Stage 11 glory in Malaucène after the first double ascent of Mont Ventoux in Tour de France history. An attack from the Belgian champion’s Jumbo-Visma teammate Jonas Vingegaard saw the Danish youngster move up to third in the standings but yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar is now over five minutes clear of his nearest challenger, the Colombian Rigoberto Uran.
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Another textbook lead-out from Deceuninck-QuickStep saw Mark Cavendish win a third stage of the 2021 Tour de France to bring up his 33rd victory on the world’s biggest bike race. The Manxman beat Belgians Wout van Aert and Jasper Philipsen in Stage 10 to move within one victory of Eddy Merckx’s all-time Tour record.
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The 25-year-old Australian Ben O’Connor secured a historic and empathic victory on Stage 9 of the Tour De France but hopes of an unlikely yellow jersey going into the first rest day were dashed as race leader Tadej Pogacar continued to impress and strengthen his grip on Yellow.
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The Marseille prosecutor’s office say they are carrying out an investigation into a “small part” of the Arkea-Samsic team, who competed at the Tour de France. Prosecutor Dominique Laurens says the investigation started after the “discovery of many health products including drugs… and especially a method that could be qualified as doping”.
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UAE Team Emirates’ Tadej Pogacar won stage 9 of La Vuelta as Movistar’s Nairo Quintana took the leader’s Red Jersey.
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