“], “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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Jonas Vingegaard and Matteo Jorgenson are perhaps both expected to finish in the top five of this year’s Tour de France, lofty heights reserved for the sport’s climbers, but after stage two of the event last weekend, the pair joked about adopting a very different discipline. “You’re a sprinter now,” laughed Jorgenson, after Vingegaard had almost outsprinted Tadej Pogacar and …
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CHATEAUROUX, France (AP) — Belgian sprinter Tim Merlier won the ninth stage of the Tour de France in a mass sprint after Mathieu van der Poel spent the whole day at the front before being caught by the chasing pack less than a kilometer from the finish. There was no significant change in the overall standings and three-time Tour champion …
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Chris Gotterup beat an all-time great en route to winning the second PGA Tour event of his career. The former Rutgers golfer finished first at the Scottish Open this weekend, clinching the victory in a tight fourth round at The Renaissance Club on Sunday. Gotterup defeated Rory McIlroy — fresh off of completing the career grand slam by winning the …
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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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A few years ago, Simon Lorenz, owner of marine tour company Insider Divers, led a group through the waters surrounding Sri Lanka. While he and the guests were looking for whales, they noticed a pile of debris floating by. Simon Lorenz / Insider Divers Whenever Lorenz comes across a clump of trash in the ocean, he makes sure to pause …
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On the eighth day, the Tour de France rested. After seven days of intense racing, the riders opted to ease the pace and aggression on the road to Laval, riding at a steady pace for much of the 171km stage 8 into central France and the La Mayenne department. The average stage speed had been high on most days during …
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Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) joked that when he next goes for a Tour de France sprint, “I’ll post it on Twitter”, after telling the media at the start that he would be skipping out on any bunch kick into Laval on Saturday. Three hours and 50 minutes after pulling the wool over journalists’ eyes in Saint-Méen-le-Grand, his silver …
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U p until the second the Sex Pistols took the stage at London’s Bush Hall last September with new vocalist Frank Carter, nobody had any real idea if this new incarnation of the band could work. In the group’s five-decade history, they’d never played a single gig without John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten) — inarguably the most iconic figure of …
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