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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Tadej Pogačar blew his general classification rivals away with a powerful ride on stage 8 as Dylan Teuns took victory. Pogačar now holds a 1:48 lead over Wout van Aert with the gap to Alexey Lutsenko in third a massive 4:38 as Mathieu van der Poel lost the Yellow Jersey.
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Matej Mohorič soloed to victory on a lengthy stage 7 of the Tour de France. The peloton now prepares for two massive days in the Alps where Mathieu van der Poel can expect his time in the Yellow Jersey to come to an end.
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An outstanding team effort from Deceuninck-QuickStep saw Mark Cavendish roar to a 32nd career win on the Tour de France with victory in Stage 6. Cavendish’s third successive victory in the city of Châteauroux – a decade after the second – saw the Manxman strengthen his grip on the green jersey. Jasper Philipsen and Nacer Bouhanni completed the podium as Mathieu van der Poel kept the yellow jersey.
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Tadej Pogacar denied Stefan Kung a maiden Tour de France stage win with a barnstorming victory in the Stage 5 time trial as Mathieu van der Poel dug deep to hold onto the yellow jersey in Laval. Dutchman Van der Poel now leads the Slovenian defending champion by eight seconds after posting the fifth-best time in the 27.2km race against the clock.
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