Belgian Jasper Philipsen won stage two of the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday by edging the bunch sprint at the end of the flat 166km stage from Caleruega to Burgos as Primoz Roglic maintained his overall lead ahead of a trip to the mountains tomorrow.
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The Olympic Primoz Roglic champion looked in fine form during the individual time trial and he now seems a good bet to win his third title in a row in Spain. Rivals will now look to start putting dents into Roglic’s lead in order to make sure that he doesn’t get too far away and make the race a non-event early on.
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Wout van Aert won the final stage 21 sprint of the Tour de France on the Champs-Élysées, denying Mark Cavendish a record-breaking 35th stage victory, as Tadej Pogačar retained the Yellow Jersey following a sensational three weeks of cycling.
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Tadej Pogacar navigated the 30.8km time trial to Saint-Emilion with ease to put himself on the cusp of a successive Tour de France overall win. The Slovenian held an insurmountable-looking 5’45” lead over second-placed Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) ahead of the penultimate day of riding and took a risk-free approach to the ITT, finishing eighth on a stage won by Wout van Aert.
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Slovenia national champion Matej Mohoric doubled up on the Tour de France after riding clear of a 20-man break to solo to glory in Stage 19 at Libourne. Mohoric celebrated with a controversial finger to his mouth and a zip-shut signal one day after his Bahrain Victorious team hotel was raided by the police in Pau.
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