Tadej Pogacar took back time in the race for the yellow jersey on Stage 9 but Jonas Vingegaard refused to crack as the Dane clung onto the overall lead at the Tour de France. Michael Woods won the day after timing his climb perfectly to sweep past Matteo Jorgenson as the American ran out of steam in the final 500 metres to finish outside the top three.
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Stage 8 will be remembered as Mark Cavendish’s final outing at the Tour de France. The Manx Missile, who was chasing a record 35th stage win in cycling’s biggest race, departed in an ambulance after crashing with 61km remaining. Mads Pedersen won the day, denying Jasper Philipsen a fourth stage win at the 2023 Tour in a chaotic sprint as Wout van Aert was left wondering what might have been.
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Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen denied Britain’s Mark Cavendish a fairytale win in Bordeaux by powering to his third victory in Stage 7. Cavendish struck out for what would have been a record-breaking 35th win but a late surge of pace saw Philipsen power past the Manx Missile to complete a hat-trick in the opening week of the Tour, leaving a disappointed Cav to rue a missed opportunity.
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The 2023 Tour de France is already shaping up to be a classic. Tadej Pogacar dismissed concerns he was already finished in the race for yellow with a superb victory on Stage 6, putting time into the new yellow jersey of Jonas Vingegaard. Jai Hindley’s first outing in the leader’s jersey could well be his last after he cracked on the Col du Tourmalet as the two big hitters went head-to-head uphill.
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Jai Hindley soloed to Stage 5 glory and the yellow jersey in Laruns as a pulsating day in the Pyrenees saw defending champion Jonas Vingegaard break his big rival Tadej Pogacar on the Col du Marie Blanque. Australian debutant Hindley now leads Vingegaard by 47 seconds in the new-look general classification, with Pogacar down to sixth after losing over a minute.
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