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Refresh 2025-07-22T14:31:54.081Z The cross winds on the exposed sectors of Ventoux will play a huge role in deciding the stage winner and the GC battle. 2025-07-22T14:30:52.174Z Tadej Pogačar is able to get on his wheel and they blast up the lower exposed slopes of Ventoux. 2025-07-22T14:30:17.848Z Attack number 3 by Vingegaard! 2025-07-22T14:29:53.464Z Healy attacks! Valentin Paret-Peintre goes with him but …

The second rest day of the Tour de France couldn’t have come at a better time, with tempers flaring for those who lost out in the stage 15 breakaway to the dominant UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s Tim Wellens. Wellens won solo into Carcassonne after biding his time and launching a long-range attack, extending his lead into the walled city, but despite …

CARCASSONNE, France (AP) — Tim Wellens raced clear on the descent toward Carcassonne to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France on Sunday while three-time champion Tadej Pogačar tightened his hold on the yellow jersey. “I had the opportunity, I took it, and I had legs to finish it, but of course I trade my victory directly for …

Tom Troupe, a stage and screen actor who appeared in dozens of projects in the late 1990s, such as My Own Private Idaho, Star Trek, Cagney & Lacey and Mission: Impossible, has died. He was 97. He died five days after his birthday at his Beverly Hills home due to natural causes, a family spokesperson announced. Born on July 15, …

Belgian national champion Tim Wellens soloed to victory on stage 15 of the Tour de France on Sunday. The UAE-Emirates domestique attacked from a breakaway with around 40km to go on another chaotic and entertaining afternoon of racing. The early part of the day was shaped by a crash inside the first 20km, an incident that brought down several riders, …

There was a point in the mid-19th century when the state of the citadel of Carcassonne fell into such disrepair that the French government decided that it was time to demolish the 700-year-old fortress. Fortunately, for those into medieval architecture, after public outcry the citadel was rebuilt and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997. On a hot …

“], “filter”: { “nextExceptions”: “img, blockquote, div”, “nextContainsExceptions”: “img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button”} }”> 22km to go: Carlos Rodríguez and Alexey Lutsenko have joined the five riders chasing behind Tim Wellens, whose lead is close to 90 seconds 25km to go: Wellens leads by 1-15. The chase group seems to have given up, to the extent that Carlos Rodríguez is bridging …

Metallica became the heroes of the day when they swooped in to save Tomorrowland, lending their stage to the Belgian electronic music festival after a fire wiped out its main stage. This year’s Tomorrowland — which runs from July 18 to 27 and will draw 400,000 people to the town of Boom in Belgium’s Antwerp province — was thrown into jeopardy on …

Thymen Arensman saved Ineos Grenadiers’ Tour de France, the Dutchman taking a stunning solo win at Superbagnères on Saturday. Arensman attacked the day’s breakaway just short of the top of the day’s final climb, the Col de Peyresourde, with 36 of the day’s 182.6km to go. The Dutchman quickly built a lead, taking more than two minutes onto the bottom …

Refresh 2025-07-19T15:49:43.929Z Thanks for joining us today, on what has become an increasingly rare occasion – a mountain stage at the Tour de France won by someone other than Tadej Pogačar. There’s likely to be a different winner tomorrow, too, for a hill stage that looks like an ideal opportunity for the breakaway to succeed. Be sure to follow along …