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78 m. ago Who is leading the Tour de France? Yellow jersey and general classification standings

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Girmay second, Pogacar and Vingegaard in front groupGanna withdraws; Simon Yates and Alaphilippe struggleCrashes, infighting and relentless stress characterised a frantic opening stage of the 2025 Tour de France, which was won by Jasper Philipsen, of Alpecin-Deceuninck, in Lille Metropole.Winner of three stages in 2024, the Belgian sprinter was too quick for the Eritrean Biniam Girmay, of Intermarché Wanty, and Norway’s Søren Wærenskjold, of Uno-X Mobility, and claimed his first yellow jersey. Continue reading...

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Who will take the first yellow jersey of the Tour as three weeks of racing kick off in France?

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3 h. ago Watch France vs England for free with Lionesses in Euro 2025 action on UK TV

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3 h. ago Tour de France 2025: stage one sets battle for yellow jersey but Ganna out – live

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Who will take the first yellow jersey of the Tour as three weeks of racing kick off in France?

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4 h. ago Tour de France 2025 live: Grand Depart updates and stage 1 route as Ineos hit by crash in the peloton

Who will take the first yellow jersey of the Tour as three weeks of racing kick off in France?

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5 h. ago ‘The American system is being destroyed’: academics on leaving US for ‘scientific asylum’ in France

Almost 300 researchers have applied for for positions at Aix-Marseille University after Trump unleashed his attack on academia It was on a US-bound flight in March, as Brian Sandberg stressed about whether he would be stopped at security, that the American historian knew the time had come for him to leave his home country.For months, he had watched Donald Trump’s administration unleash a multipronged attack on academia – slashing funding, targeting international students and deeming certain fields and even keywords off limits. As his plane approached the US, it felt as though the battle had hit home, as Sandberg worried that he would face reprisals over comments he had made during his travels to the French media on the future of research in the US. Continue reading...

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Emboldened by Trump, the right is trying to chip away the legacy of the trailblazing politician Harvey Milk. Activists say it’s a sign of a wider assault on the LGBTQ+ communityAs San Francisco’s pride festivities came to a close last week, a cloud hung over the otherwise joyful celebrations as the city’s LGBTQ+ community learned that the US government had stripped a naval ship of its name honoring the gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk.Donald Trump’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, claimed the action showed the administration’s commitment to “taking the politics” out of military naming conventions. San Francisco’s queer community saw things differently. Continue reading...

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