2 w. ago Kylian Mbappé delivers Real Madrid win amid high drama against Marseille

Kylian Mbappé converted two penalties to secure Real Madrid a 2-1 victory against Marseille in their Champions League group-stage opener despite playing the final stages with 10 men after their captain, Dani Carvajal, was sent off.Carvajal had not started the match, coming on after five minutes when Trent Alexander-Arnold pulled up with an apparent hamstring injury. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Jonas Vingegaard on brink of Vuelta triumph as Tom Pidcock holds on to podium place

Vingegaard all but sealed overall victory by winning a brutal Stage 20 as Pidcock held off Jai Hindley

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3 w. ago Pidcock ready for podium as Vingegaard all but guarantees Vuelta triumph with stage win

Pidcock: ‘It’s the biggest performance of my career’Leader takes 1:16 advantage into Sunday’s final stageTom Pidcock stands to finish on the podium of the Vuelta a España on Sunday after surviving the final mountain test as Jonas Vingegaard rode away to take a stage 20 win that all but seals his overall victory.Pidcock, defending an advantage of 39sec over Jai Hindley, wrestled his bike up gradients in excess of 20% to the summit of the Bola del Mundo – the last 3km of which were ridden on broken concrete in a brutal test of stamina at the end of three weeks. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Jasper Philipsen sprints to victory on stage 19 to complete Vuelta hat

Belgian rider wins his third stage of 2025 raceVingegaard adds four seconds to overall leadBelgium’s Jasper Philipsen sprinted clear at the end of stage 19 to seal his third win at this year’s Vuelta a España on Friday while Jonas Vingegaard added four seconds to his overall advantage over Joño Almeida.After 160km of relatively flat riding in west central Spain, Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Philipsen burst to the front near the finish and never looked like being caught. Denmark’s Mads Pedersen was the first to make his move but could not hold off Philipsen and he crossed the line in second place with Venezuela’s Orluis Aular third. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Former Tour de France champion Egan Bernal wins shortened Vuelta stage 16 after protests

The Colombian took his first stage victory since 2022 as the finish line was brought forward by 8km due to disruption

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4 w. ago Vuelta a España: Pederson sprints to stage 15 victory as Vingegaard retains lead

Belgian wins in photo finish to keep sprint leader’s jerseyVingegaard retains 48-second lead over AlmeidaThe Belgian cyclist Mads Pedersen sprinted to victory in stage 15 of the Vuelta a España on Sunday as Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall lead in the 167.8km ride from Vegadeo.Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the points classification leader, attacked in the last two kilometres, beating Orluis Aular (Movistar) and Marco Frigo (Israel Premier Tech) in a photo finish at Monforte de Lemos. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Pederson sprints to Vuelta stage 15 victory as Vingegaard retains overall lead

Belgian wins in photo finish to keep sprint leader’s jerseyVingegaard retains 48-second lead over AlmeidaThe Belgian cyclist Mads Pedersen sprinted to victory in stage 15 of the Vuelta a España on Sunday as Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall lead in the 167.8km ride from Vegadeo.Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the points classification leader, attacked in the last two kilometres, beating Orluis Aular (Movistar) and Marco Frigo (Israel Premier Tech) in a photo-finish at Monforte de Lemos. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Pedersen sprints to Vuelta stage 15 victory as Vingegaard retains overall lead

Lidl-Trek rider wins to keep sprint leader’s jerseyVingegaard retains 48-second lead over AlmeidaThe Danish cyclist Mads Pedersen sprinted to victory in stage 15 of the Vuelta a España on Sunday as his compatriot Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall lead in the 167.8km ride from Vegadeo.Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the points classification leader, attacked in the last two kilometres, beating Orluis Aular (Movistar) and Marco Frigo (Israel Premier Tech) in a photo-finish at Monforte de Lemos.This article was amended on 7 September 2025. An earlier version described Mads Pedersen as Belgian; he is Danish. A misspelling of his surname in the headline was also corrected. Continue reading...

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