“], “filter”: { “nextExceptions”: “img, blockquote, div”, “nextContainsExceptions”: “img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button”} }”> Jonas Rickaert worked so hard in his audacious long-range Tour de France breakaway with Mathieu van der Poel that he puked five times. Perhaps that’s not surprising given the burly Belgian pushed 400 watts for three-and-a-half hours in a ridiculous attack that began “as a joke” but earned …
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Belgium’s Tim Merlier won his second stage at this year’s Tour de France on Sunday, outsprinting Jonathan Milan and Arnaud De Lie in Châteauroux, but the real story of the day was an incredible day-long break from Alpecin-Deceuninck pair Mathieu van der Poel and Jonas Rickaert. The duo attacked from the flag in Chinon, with Van der Poel eventually hanging …
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The second half of July and the early days of August are the perfect time to get outside and look at the night sky. That’s when three of the year’s best meteor showers peak, each with their own special idiosyncrasies. For the Northern Hemisphere, the balmy temperatures of summer will make meteor-spotting the perfect activity, while in the south, longer …
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Marc Marquez became a MotoGP race winner again at the Sachsenring in an enthralling 2025 German Grand Prix sprint. It was the first time a MotoGP sprint ended without a Marquez 1-2 in 2025 and for a long time it looked like it’d be Marc’s second sprint defeat of the season – but a remarkable, occasionally reckless comeback meant he …
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