Stage 20 GC battles. They’re something we all hope for in Grand Tours, that the fight for yellow or pink or red comes down to the final day of ‘real’ racing. This year’s Giro d’Italia, the 2020 Tour de France, and the 2023 Giro. These races all treated us to last-minute lead changes, and the most thrilling way a Grand …
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The last mountain stage of the 2025 Tour de France ended with another victory by someone not named Tadej Pogačar, this time, Thymen Arensman took his second win of the race. Tour de France stage 19 2025 profile Tobias Halland Johannessen spent 2146 kilojoules over 2:09h at 16.56 kj/kg/h before La Plagne. With the GC group setting a relatively moderate …
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Joey Aguilar heard the rumors. He realized it was all but certain that Nico Iamaleava was headed to UCLA after a tumultuous breakup at Tennessee. His first instinct was to stay and compete. Sure, Iamaleava was a former five-star recruit who had already earned millions and was anointed as a future star before he ever stepped onto a college field. …
Read More »LA PLAGNE, France (AP) — The 19th stage of the Tour de France was shortened on Friday after cows infected by a contagious disease were culled in an area along the mountainous route. The stage from Albertville to La Plagne was meant to be 129.9 kilometers (80.5 miles) long but trimmed to 93.1 kilometers (57.7 miles), according to the official …
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LA PLAGNE, France — The 19th stage of the Tour de France was shortened on Friday after cows infected by a contagious disease were culled in an area along the mountainous route. The stage from Albertville to La Plagne was meant to be 80.5 miles long but trimmed to 57.7 miles, according to the official Tour website’s stage map on …
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Refresh 2025-07-25T13:55:36.144Z Here are the updated KOM rankings. Martinez is closing down on Pogačar, now just 13 points behind: 1 Pogačar 105 2 Martinez 92 3 Vingegaard 89 4 Arensman 65 5 O’Connor 51 6 Paret-Peintre 48 7 Roglič 41 2025-07-25T13:52:49.960Z Vauquelin was dropped on that climb, and is 20 seconds adrift from the peloton. 2025-07-25T13:52:24.211Z The three leaders are …
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Stage 19 of the 2025 Tour de France has been shortened from 129.9 kilometres to just 95km and two classified climbs eliminated from the route, race organisers announced late on Thursday. Friday’s stage was due to include five categorised climbs, beginning with the Côte d’Héry-sur-Ugine (11.3km at 5.1%) and Col des Saisies (13.7km at 6.4%. Those two climbs have been …
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Tour de France Stage 18 included three long climbs and was a very hard stage overall for everyone, as Visma | Lease a Bike attempted to test Tadej Pogačar once again early in the race. Tour de France stage 18 2025 profile The pace was high throughout the day, with Col du Glandon being paced at 5.5 ᵉW/kg for 53 …
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The discovery of an outbreak of contagious nodular dermatitis affecting cattle in a herd located specifically in the Col des Saisies has necessitated the culling of the animals. In light of the distress experienced by the affected farmers and in order to preserve the smooth running of the race, it has been decided, in agreement with the relevant authorities, to …
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Ben O’Connor (Jayco-AlUla) cancelled the pain and disappointment of the first two weeks of his 2025 Tour de France with a perfectly executed stage victory in the Alps to Col de la Loze. The Australian joined the break of the day and then attacked at the right moment, before the 26.5km climb to the finish, giving him the time to …
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