11 h. ago Tour de France 2025: Tim Merlier claims stage nine as Van der Poel bid falls just short

Sprinters take over after Van der Poel caught in final kmTadej Pogacar remains top of general classificationTim Merlier out-sprinted Jonathan Milan to victory on stage nine of the Tour de France after Mathieu van der Poel almost pulled off an audacious win in Chateauroux.Van der Poel had rolled off the front of the peloton alongside his Alpecin–Deceuninck teammate Jonas Rickaert at the start of the 174km stage from Chinon in what looked a certain suicide mission, but the Dutchman held off the chasing pack until the final few hundred metres.Jeremy Whittle’s report from Chateauroux to follow Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Tour de France 2025: Tim Merlier claims stage nine as Van der Poel bid falls short

Belgian caught in last kilometre as sprinters take overTadej Pogacar remains top of general classificationTim Merlier, frustrated 24 hours earlier after a puncture on the run‑in to Laval, won stage nine of the Tour de France in Cavendish City, as Chateauroux was renamed for the day in recognition of Sir Mark’s triptych of stage wins in 2008, 2011 and 2021.Another sweltering stage – also the second fastest in the history of the Tour – drew out a two-man breakaway, with Mathieu van der Poel and his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate Jonas Rickaert joining forces immediately after the start only for Van der Poel to eventually be caught in the final kilometre. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Jonathan Milan beats Wout van Aert to snatch first Tour de France stage win

The Italian triumphed in an uphill sprint in Laval and will now wear the green jersey by rights as he moved to the top of the points classification, having worn it today on behalf of overall leader Tadej Pogacar

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35 h. ago Jonathan Milan beats out Wout van Aert to snatch first Tour de France stage win

The Italian triumphed in an uphill sprint in Laval and will now wear the green jersey by rights as he moved to the top of the points classification, having worn it today on behalf of overall leader Tadej Pogacar

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35 h. ago Tour de France 2025: Milan powers to stage eight sprint win to keep green jersey

Lidl-Trek rider holds off Wout van Aert for victoryTadej Pogacar keeps yellow jersey after flat stageJonathan Milan sprinted to victory in stage eight of the 2025 Tour de France to retain the sprinters’ green jersey after a breakaway duo, Mattéo Vercher and Mathieu Burgaudeau, were caught 9km from the finish in Laval. The defending champion, Tadej Pogacar, remains in the yellow jersey.On a largely flat stage, the inevitable bunch sprint saw Milan, named after the best selling novella Jonathan Livingston Seagull, swoop up the final climb to hold off Jonas Vingegaard’s Visma–Lease a Bike teammate Wout van Aert on Laval’s Boulevard Pierra Elain. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Tadej Pogacar outsprints Jonas Vingegaard to win stage seven and reclaim Tour de France lead

The defending champion claimed his second stage of this year’s race and overhauled Mathieu van der Poel in the overall standings

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60 h. ago Tour de France 2025: Pogacar rides back into yellow with sprint victory in stage seven

Favourite takes over race lead from Mathieu van der PoelVingegaard beaten to line as Britain’s Onley finishes thirdTadej Pogacar is back in the yellow jersey after the defending champion fought off Jonas Vingegaard to win stage seven of the Tour de France.Pogacar, who has won the Tour three times, claimed his second stage of this year’s Tour at the end of a 197km ride from Saint-Malo to Mûr-de-Bretagne, outsprinting Vingegaard at the summit finish, with Britain’s Oscar Onley taking third place.Jeremy Whittle’s report to follow. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Tour de France 2025: Pogacar beats Vingegaard to stage seven win and regains yellow jersey

Favourite takes over race lead from Mathieu van der PoelVingegaard beaten to line as Britain’s Onley finishes thirdTadej Pogacar is back in the yellow jersey after the defending champion fought off Jonas Vingegaard to win stage seven of the Tour de France.Pogacar, who has won the Tour three times, claimed his second stage of this year’s Tour at the end of a 197km ride from Saint-Malo to Mûr-de-Bretagne, outsprinting Vingegaard at the summit finish, with Britain’s Oscar Onley taking third place.Jeremy Whittle’s report to follow. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Can Portrush return light Rory McIlroy’s fire? – Open Championship talking points

Tommy Fleetwood is England’s top-ranked player at 13.

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3 d. ago Ireland’s Ben Healy takes maiden Tour de France stage win with sensational solo ride

The EF Education-EasyPost rider escaped from a high-quality, eight-man breakaway to earn the biggest win of his career

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3 d. ago Tour de France 2025: Van der Poel wrestles back yellow as Healy wins stage six

Ben Healy breaks away with 40km left to win stageVan der Poel takes back slender one-second overall leadIreland’s Ben Healy struck out alone to win stage six of the Tour de France on Thursday, with Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel wrestling back the leader’s yellow jersey from reigning champion Tadej Pogacar.Healy attacked from an eight-man breakaway, which included Van der Poel, with more than 40km remaining on the 201.5km ride from Bayeux to Vire Normandie, and pulled away to reach the finish line well ahead of American Quinn Simmons with Australian Michael Storer third.Jeremy Whittle’s report to follow shortly. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Who Will Win the Tour de France 2025? Here are the 10 riders in the frame according to the bookies

The word’s greatest race is now underway.

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5 d. ago Tour de France: Pogacar takes 100th win in thrilling stage four finish but denied yellow jersey

Mathieu van der Poel keeps lead on countbackMan arrested near finish after stabbing attempt Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar overtook race leader Mathieu van der Poel just before the line to win stage four of the Tour de France on Tuesday, and is now level at the top of the general classification after earning his 100th career win in professional cycling.The 174.2km ride from Amiens to Rouen came down to a sprint finish between the top three in the overall standings, with the Slovenian world champion getting the better of the Dutchman, and Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike) coming in third. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Tour de France 2025: Van der Poel sprints to stage two victory and into yellow jersey

Dutchman holds off Pogacar in sprint finishStage into Boulogne delayed by weatherMathieu van der Poel won stage two of the 2025 Tour de France into Boulogne-sur-Mer for Alpecin-Deceuninck, claiming the race lead from his teammate Jasper Philipsen after a quick succession of short climbs inside the final kilometres exploded the peloton on the approach to the Channel port. The Dutchman thwarted Tadej Pogacar’s attempt to take the 100th win of his career, outsprinting the defending Tour champion on the steady final climb of the Boulevard Auguste Mariette.“The final was actually harder than I thought,” said Van der Poel. “I was really motivated. It’s four years since I won my first stage on the Tour, so it was about time I won a second one.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago All Blacks hold off depleted France in thriller and Wales slump again in Japan

Wales capitulate to their 18th successive Test defeatScotland tour opens with win over Māori All BlacksWill Jordan scored a try in each half and Beauden Barrett kicked to perfection as New Zealand overcame three cancelled tries to claim a nervous 31-27 win over France in the series-opener in Dunedin.Fielding only three players from the Six Nations title-deciding win over Scotland, the depleted France side gave Scott Robertson’s team a huge scare in an entertaining match at a sold-out Forsyth-Barr stadium. However, a late Barrett penalty proved enough for the All Blacks to hold on, ending a three-match losing streak against Les Bleus. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Jasper Philipsen emerges from the chaos to win stage 1 of Tour de France in Lille

The Belgian collected the 10th Tour de France stage of his career as Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic lost valuable time after splits in the crosswinds

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8 d. ago France’s wait for Tour win rumbles on with no prospect of victory in sight | William Fotheringham

Bernard Hinault was the last home champion as the sport has gone international, with winners from Colombia and SloveniaAge is not just about the policemen getting younger and trying to figure out how to operate an iPhone. It may also be when you are able to tell your children that you once saw an actual French cyclist wearing the actual yellow jersey of the Tour de France having actually just won la grande boucle.It’s 39 years, 11 months and about three weeks since I watched a tired and slightly diminished-looking Bernard Hinault get out of a car in a backstreet in Lisieux – once the massive crowd pressing on the car doors had been moved on by the heavies – before pulling on that maillot jaune, getting wearily on to his bike, before spinning past, time after time in the late-evening sunlight in the town’s annual post-Tour critérium, an exhibition race which still takes place on the first Tuesday after the Tour. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Pogacar and Vingegaard renew Tour rivalry in tricky and tortuous opening

The Slovenian is aiming to hammer home his recent supremacy when the pair lock in battle through the raceIt was not so long ago that Tadej Pogacar was Jonas Vingegaard’s whipping boy. It came on the brutal Col de la Loze, in July 2023, when the Slovenian, dropped by another violent Vingegaard acceleration, announced wearily into his team radio: “I’m gone, I’m dead.”By last summer, as the recent Netflix series Unchained reveals, the tables had turned. Pogacar barked angry insults at the Dane after Vingegaard refused to make the pace with him on the gravel stage around Troyes. He went on to dominate the race and win his third Tour de France by more than six minutes. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Scottish trio make strong starts in BMW International Open in Munich

Richie Ramsay may have started to think beyond his playing career but the Aberdonian admitted he is still targeting another win on the DP World Tour after being among three Scots to make strong starts in the BMW International Open in Munich.

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1 week ago Dominant Pogačar and resurgent Vingegaard set to ignite Tour de France

Tadej Pogačar is the favorite to win this year’s Tour de France

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