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Mathieu van der Poel powers to thrilling stage 9 win – Tour de France

July 12, 2026 admin 0 Comments 113th Tour de France, 2026 Tour de France, Alpecin-Premier Tech, Caja Rural–Seguros RGA, Cofidis, Cycling, Cycling grand tours, Cycling news, Decathlon CMA CGM, EF Education-EasyPost, Groupama-FDJ United, Isaac Del Toro, Le Tour, Le Tour de France, Lidl-Trek, Lotto Intermarché, Mads Pedersen, Mathieu van der Poel, Movistar Team, Netcompany-Ineos, NSN Cycling Team, Olav Kooij, Pinarello–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, Soudal-QuickStep, Tadej Pogacar, Team Astana, Team Bahrain Victorious, Team INEOS, Team Jayco–AlUla, Team Movistar, Team Picnic PostNL, Team time trial, Team Total Energies, Team TotalEnergies, Team Visma-Lease A Bike, Tim Merlier, Torstein Træen, Tour de France, Tour de France 2026, UAE Team Emirates XRG, udor Pro Cycling Team, Uno-X Mobility, Visma-Lease a Bike, XDS Astana Team

Mathieu van der Poel won an enthralling ninth stage of the Tour de France on Sunday, sprinting to the line after a chaotic day in the Massif Central. The Alpecin-Premier Tech rider had been part of a huge breakaway which eventually formed after 60km of aggressive racing in the boiling centre of France. Only four of the group survived to compete for the win, with Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) taking second place, while Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5) was third.

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Merlier doubles up with sensational sprint win on stage 8 – Tour de France

July 11, 2026 admin 0 Comments 113th Tour de France, 2026 Tour de France, Alpecin-Premier Tech, Caja Rural–Seguros RGA, Cofidis, Cycling, Cycling grand tours, Cycling news, Decathlon CMA CGM, EF Education-EasyPost, Groupama-FDJ United, Isaac Del Toro, Le Tour, Le Tour de France, Lidl-Trek, Lotto Intermarché, Mads Pedersen, Movistar Team, Netcompany-Ineos, NSN Cycling Team, Olav Kooij, Pinarello–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, Soudal-QuickStep, Tadej Pogacar, Team Astana, Team Bahrain Victorious, Team INEOS, Team Jayco–AlUla, Team Movistar, Team Picnic PostNL, Team time trial, Team Total Energies, Team TotalEnergies, Team Visma-Lease A Bike, Tim Merlier, Torstein Træen, Tour de France, Tour de France 2026, UAE Team Emirates XRG, udor Pro Cycling Team, Uno-X Mobility, Visma-Lease a Bike, XDS Astana Team

Tim Merlier has won his second consecutive sprint stage, coming from the back of the bunch to assert his claim on the green jersey. As the peloton turned the final corner onto the finish, the Soudal Quick-Step rider was so far behind —edged out on the corner— that he barely appeared in the television shots. Mathieu van der Poel started his final lead-out for teammate Jasper Philipsen, stringing the group out. Merlier was forced to launch early, riding the slipstream and hopping forward, rider by rider.

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Tim Merlier powers to stage seven sprint victory – Tour de France

July 10, 2026 admin 0 Comments 113th Tour de France, 2026 Tour de France, Alpecin-Premier Tech, Caja Rural–Seguros RGA, Cofidis, Cycling, Cycling grand tours, Cycling news, Decathlon CMA CGM, EF Education-EasyPost, Groupama-FDJ United, Isaac Del Toro, Le Tour, Le Tour de France, Lidl-Trek, Lotto Intermarché, Mads Pedersen, Movistar Team, Netcompany-Ineos, NSN Cycling Team, Olav Kooij, Pinarello–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, Soudal-QuickStep, Tadej Pogacar, Team Astana, Team Bahrain Victorious, Team INEOS, Team Jayco–AlUla, Team Movistar, Team Picnic PostNL, Team time trial, Team Total Energies, Team TotalEnergies, Team Visma-Lease A Bike, Tim Merlier, Torstein Træen, Tour de France, Tour de France 2026, UAE Team Emirates XRG, udor Pro Cycling Team, Uno-X Mobility, Visma-Lease a Bike, XDS Astana Team

Belgium’s Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) kept up his winning record at the Tour de France with a magnificent sprint to take a deserved victory in Stage 7 on the banks of the Garonne in Bordeaux. Merlier recovered from being boxed in on the home straight to power through the gaps and launch from the slipstream of Soren Waerenskjold (Uno-X Mobility), the Norwegian settling for second place ahead of Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling Team).

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Van Aert wins final stage as Pogacar seals Tour title

July 27, 2025July 28, 2025 admin 0 Comments 112th Tour de France, 2025 Tour de France, Alpecin-Deceuninck, Arkéa–B&B Hotels, Bahrain-Victorious, Ben Healy, Cofidis, Cycling, Cycling events, Cycling grand, Cycling Grand Tour Grand Slam, Cycling grand tours, Cycling new, Cycling news, Cycling road race, Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale, EF Education-EasyPost, European cycling, Groupama-FDJ, INEOS, INEOS Grenadiers, Ineos Group, Intermarché–Wanty, Israel-Premier Tech, Jasper Philipsen, Jayco-AlUla, Jonas Abrahamsen, Jonathan Milan, Le Tour, Le Tour de France, Lidl-Trek, Lotto-Caps, Mathieu van der Poel, Movistar, Movistar Team, Picnic-PostNL, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, Remco Evenepoel, Simon Yates, Soudal - Quick Step, Tadej Pogacar, Team INEOS, Team Movistar, Thymen Arensman, Tim Merlier, Total Energies, Tour de France, Tour de France 2025, Tudor Pro Cycling, UAE Team Emirates XRG, UAE-Team Emirates, Uno-X Mobility, Valentin Paret-Peintre, Visma-Lease a Bike, XDS Astana

Wout van Aert denied Tadej Pogacar a prestigious win on the final stage of this year’s Tour de France as the Slovenian secured his fourth Tour title. Reigning champion Pogacar had a lead of more than four minutes heading into the final day, when only the stage win would be contested in Paris. With rain falling in the French capital, the 26-year-old established himself in a six-man breakaway during a thrilling finale on the same circuit used for last year’s Olympic race.

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Kaden Groves solos to breakaway win on stage 20 – Tour de France

July 26, 2025 admin 0 Comments 112th Tour de France, 2025 Tour de France, Alpecin-Deceuninck, Arkéa–B&B Hotels, Bahrain-Victorious, Ben Healy, Cofidis, Cycling, Cycling events, Cycling grand, Cycling Grand Tour Grand Slam, Cycling grand tours, Cycling new, Cycling news, Cycling road race, Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale, EF Education-EasyPost, European cycling, Groupama-FDJ, INEOS, INEOS Grenadiers, Ineos Group, Intermarché–Wanty, Israel-Premier Tech, Jasper Philipsen, Jayco-AlUla, Jonas Abrahamsen, Jonathan Milan, Le Tour, Le Tour de France, Lidl-Trek, Lotto-Caps, Mathieu van der Poel, Movistar, Movistar Team, Picnic-PostNL, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, Remco Evenepoel, Simon Yates, Soudal - Quick Step, Tadej Pogacar, Team INEOS, Team Movistar, Thymen Arensman, Tim Merlier, Total Energies, Tour de France, Tour de France 2025, Tudor Pro Cycling, UAE Team Emirates XRG, UAE-Team Emirates, Uno-X Mobility, Valentin Paret-Peintre, Visma-Lease a Bike, XDS Astana

Kaden Groves completed his trilogy of Grand Tour victories with a memorable solo win from a decimated breakaway on Stage 20 at the Tour de France. The Australian survived the wet roads and avoided a spate of high-speed crashes as he added to his wins at the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana. Tadej Pogacar avoided a late spill in the yellow jersey to move within one stage of a fourth Tour.

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