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Mads Pedersen wins Tour de France stage 8 in sprint to finish

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LIMOGES, France -- With Mark Cavendish out of the picture , former world champion Mads Pedersen claimed a second career stage win at the Tour de France on Saturday with a big burst of power to win a mass sprint.

Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard kept the yellow jersey after the 201-kilometer (125-mile) eighth stage from Libourne to Limoges in central France.

Pedersen proved the strongest in the long final stretch of road leading to the finish line and the Danish rider held off a late challenge from Jasper Philipsen, who had won all three previous sprints this year.

Wout Van Aert completed the stage podium in third.

The stage was marred by several crashes, including the one that ruled Cavendish out of the race. The ace sprinter hit the ground with 64 kilometers (40 miles) left while riding at the back of the peloton.

The British rider had finished second in Friday's stage after Philipsen denied him an outright record 35th Tour stage win. Cavendish equaled Eddy Merckx's record of 34 wins on the 2021 Tour, 13 years after his first success. Cavendish, who has never won the Tour, unlike five-time champion Merckx, will retire at the end of the season.

Vingegaard spent the day well protected by his Jumbo-Visma teammates and kept his 25-second lead over two-time champion Tadej Pogacar in the general classification. Jai Hindley remained in third place, 1 minute, 34 seconds off the pace.

The duel between Pogacar and Vingegaard is expected to resume during Sunday's ninth stage, which finishes with a spectacular climb to Puy-de-Dome, a famed volcanic crater in the Massif Central region of south-central France which last hosted a stage 35 years ago.

The mountain is part of the Tour lore and all cycling fans cherish the memorable duel to the summit between French rivals Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor back in 1964. Anquetil went on that year to become the first five-time Tour winner.

The first rest day follows in Clermont-Ferrand on July 10.

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Mads Pedersen rewarded the hard work of his Lidl-Trek team to notch up his first victory of the 2023 Tour de France on Saturday.

The former world champion beat three-time stage winner Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) to the line in Limoges, going early in the uphill sprint and holding off the green jersey wearer.

Missing from the gallop was Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan), who abandoned the race with a broken collarbone after crashing with just over 60km to go.

The hard terrain saw off several of the big-name sprinters and played into Pedersen’s hands. He jumped early from behind Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), who had to put on the brakes when his leadout man Christophe Laporte was unable to peel off with Pedersen on his right and Mathieu van der Poel leading Philipsen on his left.

Philipsen tried desperately to pass Pedersen but the Dane had enough left to fend him off. Van Aert came back strongly before running out of road, netting third.

“When we passed [the line] I knew I won, but oh man it was a long sprint,” Pedersen said. “This uphill kick was really painful. I was this close [holds two fingers close together] to sitting down with 50 meters to go, but I think Jasper had to do a pretty good sprint to come from behind and make it that close as well. A tough one, but it doesn’t matter if you win with two meters or one centimeter.”

He was aggressive at the start of the stage but ended up reining it in and trying to save his energy for later.

“We didn’t know this morning if it would be breakaway or sprint. But it really looked like the sprinters’ teams didn’t want it to be a breakaway day. So we stayed calm and man, the boys did a perfect leadout today. Even with the long sprint I still had the legs to finish it off. It is really nice to win a stage faster [sooner] than stage 13.”

There was little change to the general classification, with many of the riders in the top ten staying as they were. However, Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla) crashed with 5.9 kilometers remaining, as did Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious). They trailed in 47 seconds back. Yates dropped from fourth to sixth, being passed by Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) and his brother Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates).

Landa slipped three places to 14th overall. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) continues to lead overall, 25 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and 1’34 up on Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe).

They will have a big clash on Sunday’s stage to the top of the Puy de Dome, which returns to the race for the first time in 35 years.

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How it played out:

Stage 8 of the Tour de France was one which could have gone to either the sprinters or the rouleurs or, indeed, to the breakaway riders. The course from Libourne to Limoges was 200.7km in length and featured mainly flat roads early on, then much more rolling terrain in the final 75 kilometers.

This included a third-category climb and two fourth-category ascents, as well as a number of hills which weren’t allocated classification but which would drain already sore legs.

Given the potential for a break to succeed, there were a stream of attacks after the drop of the flag. Those trying early on included former world champions Rui Costa (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) and Rui Costa (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-Quick Step) and Edvald Boasson-Hagen (TotalEnergies). Andrey Amador and Magnus Cort (EF Education-EasyPost) were also very active.

However, the trio to succeed were Tim Declercq (Soudal Quick-Step) Anthony Delaplace (Arkéa-Samsic) and Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies), who moved clear after approximately 21km. They had five minutes heading into the day’s intermediate sprint, where Delaplace beat Turgis and Declercq.

Back in the peloton, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) reinforced his green jersey with fourth place, just ahead of Jordi Meeus and Danny van Poppel (both Bora-Hansgrohe), Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) and Bryan Coquard (Cofidis).

The break moved onto the day’s category three climb, the Côte de Champs-Romain (km 130.4), where Turgis was first ahead of Declercq. There was big news with 61.2 kilometres left on the clock for the break, with Cavendish going down hard in the peloton and ending up out of the race.

He appeared to have damaged his shoulder, with formal medical diagnosis later confirming a fractured collarbone.

🇫🇷 RACE: @LeTour @MarkCavendish broke his right collarbone. Moreover because of the fracture an ostesynthesis screw in the acromioclavicular joint (being there since his crash in 2017 Tour de France) is loose. #TDF2023     #AstanaQazaqstanTeam — Astana Qazaqstan Team (@AstanaQazTeam) July 8, 2023

Lidl-Trek was leading the chase behind to try to help Pedersen. Kasper Asgreen (Soudal Quick-Step) attacked from the peloton with 37km to go and chased hard, but was hauled back 15km later. The gap at that point was down to 1’12, and dipped below a minute with 20km to go.

The fourth category Côte de Masmont saw Turgis push ahead of his breakaway companions and try to hold off the fast-closing peloton. He stayed clear until after the top of the fourth category Côte de Condat-sur-Vienne, but was caught with 8.2km to go.

The lumpy terrain had seen off sprinters such as Meeus, Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team), Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-QuickStep), Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious), and Sam Welsford (Team DSM-Firmenich) and encouraged the attacking riders. Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Dstny) tried a move with 7.5km remaining and was chased by Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious), but neither got far before being hauled back.

Lidl-Trek led into the final kilometer, working for Pedersen. Jumbo-Visma swept through for Van Aert, then Matthieu Van der Poel launched to try to set up Philipsen. However Pedersen had too much oomph and held on for the win.

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Stage 8 of the 2023 Tour de France sets off from Libourne to Limoges, France on July 8. 

Jonas Vingegaard rides comfortably into this stage with the yellow jersey for his second consecutive day. Though he hasn't won a stage in this year's Tour, he continues to lead in the general classification rankings. 

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Jasper Philipsen won stage 7 in a remarkable finish against Mark Cavendish . Philipsen has established himself as one of the top sprinters of this year's race and has won three stages so far. 

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Cavendish is aiming for his 35th Tour de France stage win.

For Stage 8 the cyclists will ride a little more than 201 kilometers, or 125.2 miles, to Limoges, France with minimal summits. This is the 16th time Limoges will host a Tour de France podium since 2016. 

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2023 Tour De France Stage 8 Route

The Tour de France sets off from Libourne to Limoges for stage 8 on July 8th. It is a 201-kilometer, hilly route with three climbs. It will start off relatively flat with the incline increasing towards the end. The hardest part will be the Cote de Champs-Romain only appearing about 130 kilometers, or 81 miles, into the route. 

There are two final climbs stacked toward the finish line, but these are still only category-four climbs. The cyclists will need to focus on maintaining a steady pace and endurance for this stage. 

Tour de France Stage 8 Climbs 

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Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard wins the Tour de France for 2nd straight year

Tour de France winner Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, lifts his bicycle after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, drinks champagne with teammates during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, Pool)

Tour de France winner Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, second placed Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, left, and third placed Britain’s Adam Yates, right, celebrate on the podium after the last stage in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, rides in the pack during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey passes the Louvre Museum during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (Pascal Rossignol/Pool Photo via AP)

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, toasts champagne with teammates during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, Pool)

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, poses with teammates during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. Belgium’s Nathan van Hooydonck, third left hold the race number of teammate Wout van Aert who left the race to be with his wife Sarah ahead of the birth of their second child. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, Pool)

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, waits for the start of the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, poses with teammates during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. Belgium’s Nathan van Hooydonck, third left, holds the race number of teammate Wout van Aert who left the race to be with his wife Sarah ahead of the birth of their second child. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, Pool)

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, rides under one of the arches of the Louvre museum during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, rides during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, Pool)

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, toasts champagne with teammates during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, Pool)

Tour de France winner Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, and his teammates cross the finish line of the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The pack speeds down Champs-Elysees avenue as the Arc de Triomphe is seen in the background during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Italy’s Giulio Ciccone, wearing the best climber’s dotted jersey, celebrates on the podium after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Tour de France winner Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, celebrates after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Tour de France winner Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, celebrates after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Teammates congratulate Tour de France winner Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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PARIS (AP) — Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France for a second straight year as cycling’s most storied race finished Sunday on the famed Champs-Élysées.

With a huge lead built up over main rival Tadej Pogačar, the 2020 and 2021 winner, Vingegaard knew the victory was effectively his again before the largely ceremonial stage at the end of the 110th edition of the Tour.

The 26-year-old Vingegaard drank champagne with his Jumbo-Visma teammates as they lined up together and posed for photos on the way to Paris.

“It’s been a long journey, yet it went by so fast,” Vingegaard said. “Day after day, it was a super hard race with a super nice fight between me and Tadej. I’ve enjoyed every day. I hope to come back next year and see if I can take a third win.”

It had been a three-week slog over 3,405 kilometers (2,116 miles) with eight mountain stages across five mountain ranges. Vingegaard seized control of the race over two stages in the Alps.

Little had separated the two rivals until Vingegaard finished a time trial 1 minute, 38 seconds ahead of Pogačar on Tuesday , then followed up the next day by finishing the toughest mountain stage of the race almost 6 minutes ahead of his exhausted rival.

“I’m dead,” Pogačar said.

The Slovenian rider responded by winning the penultimate stage on Saturday, but Vingegaard still had an insurmountable lead of 7 minutes, 29 seconds going into the final stage – a mostly ceremonial stage which is contested at the end by the sprinters.

“We have to be careful not to do anything stupid,” Vingegaard warned Saturday, “but yeah, it’s amazing to take my second victory in the Tour de France.”

Vingegaard kept that lead and was able to celebrate early Sunday as organizers decided to take the times one lap before the finish when it started raining on the cobblestones of the Champs-Élysées. The decision invited the sprinters to fight for the stage victory – the only remaining uncertainty.

Belgian cyclist Jordi Meeus prevailed in a photo finish between four riders on the line, just ahead of Jasper Philipsen, Dylan Groenewegen and Mads Pedersen.

“It was my first Tour. It was a super nice experience already so far, and to take the win today is an indescribable feeling,” said Meeus, who clocked a top speed of 68.8 kph (42.8 mph) on the last kilometer.

Pogačar, who attacked after just one lap of eight altogether on the Champs-Élysées, was wearing the white jersey as the best young rider for the 75th day – extending a career Tour record. The 24-year-old Slovenian rider has won the best young rider classification every year since 2020.

But Pogačar had to be content with second place in the general classification again.

British rider Adam Yates, Pogačar’s teammate, finished third overall, ahead of his twin brother Simon.

Colombian rider Egan Bernal, the 2019 Tour winner, completed the race as he made his impressive comeback from a life-threatening crash. The 26-year-old Bernal said he narrowly avoided becoming paralyzed after an accident with a bus while training in Colombia in January 2022.

“It’s difficult to compare with the year I won but it’s almost the same feeling because for me it’s a great victory,” Bernal said. “Yesterday, in the last climb, I was so lucky I was alone and could enjoy the last kilometers. I was so emotional.”

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Tour de France: Vingegaard the champion again as Meeus sprints to stage win – as it happened

Jordi Meeus sprinted to victory on the final stage as Jonas Vingegaard was crowned champion again

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It’s farewell from me… for today. I’ll be back on the Tour de France Femmes live blog tomorrow. Thank you for all your messages, questions and funny anecdotes. They really do bring a smile to my face and it’s been a pleasure covering stages of the Tour de France for you. My colleagues will update with a race report shortly…I’m off to try and recreate this Pogacar gem.

🇫🇷 Lorsque l’actuel deuxième coureur au classement général du Tour de France Tadej Pogacar se rend tranquillement chercher sa baguette en vélo dans les rues de Clermont-Ferrand ! 🥖 🎥 tadejpogacar pic.twitter.com/B1QjiFVWUY — radio sisko fm (@radiosiskofm) July 15, 2023

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Earlier I mentioned that there were a few riders saying farewell to the Tour today, having previously announced their retirement from road racing. As well as Sagan and Pinot, Tony Gallopin and Dries Devenyns have raced their final Tour stage today. Gary has tweeted to share his gratitude for Pinot:

Au revoir Thibault Pinot. You rode with your heart on your sleeve not your eye on the power meter, and carried a torch for the emotional power of panache when we thought it had gone forever, lost in a miasma of marginal gains. Chapeau! @AmySedghi — Gary Naylor (@garynaylor999) July 23, 2023

Jonas Vingegaard has won the 110th edition of the Tour de France . It’s the Dane’s second year in a row winning the yellow jersey. Here’s what he had to say after today’s stage:

What was the feeling when you crossed the line? It’s a feeling of being proud. I’m happy of course – we’re winning it for the second time and it’s amazing. Today with all the spectators, all the Danish people here, it was really amazing and I have to say thank you, not only to my team and family, but to all the of Denmark. They support me as well and I’m really grateful for this.”

Can you describe the journey from Bilbao? “It’s been a long journey but it’s also went by so fast. We race everyday…it’s been a super hard race and a super good fight between me and Tadej [Pogacar]. I really enjoyed it all the way.”

What can we expect from you? “Of course, I hope to come back next year to see if I can take the third win. At least try it. I think that would be the plan.”

What would you want your daughter to think of you when she’s older? “Just that I was a good father…that I was there for her when she needed me.”

Today’s stage winner Meeus speaks: “I knew in the previous sprints that I [had] more than the results I’ve shown so far. [Today] everything went perfect and I was super happy to finish it off.”

“I felt good all day: the beginning was easy, obviously, but from the moment we went full gas my legs felt incredibly good. Then Marco Haller did a perfect job of positioning [me]. It’s my first tour. It was a super nice experience already and to take the win today is an indescribable feeling.”

Top five on stage 21

1. Jordi Meeus (Bora Hansgrohe) 2. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin Deceuninck) 3. Dylan Groenewegen (Team Jayco Alula) 4. Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) 5. Cees Bol (Astana Qazaqstan Team)

Sagan sums up how everyone in the peloton must be feeling: “I’m tired,” he tells the Eurosport reporter. He doesn’t have much more to add.

An exciting finish… It was quite difficult to see who had taken that as there were a mix of green jerseys crossing the line together, but an overjoyed Meeus has clinched it. That was an exciting sprint to watch: Pogacar lead the group out with 1km to give a final flourish, Philipsen look well placed yet didn’t win and Meeus crossed the line to take the victory.

Jordi Meeus pips Jasper Philipsen on the line to win stage 21

Jordi Meeus of Bora-Hansgrohe pips Jasper Philipsen on the line. Philipsen can’t believe it and is shaking his head. That was quite unexpected…

2km to go: The sprint trains are forming. Lidl-Trek, Alpecin-Deceuninck, Uno-X and Jayco Alula are all up there. The yellow jersey have dropped back to stay out of danger and let get on with it.

5km to go: A few riders are still trying to push off the front, including Omar Fraile and Victor Campenaerts but it’s only going to end one way. I think we’re sure to see a bunch sprint and Jasper Philipsen would surely love to take this.

8km to go: Well, Sean Kelly was right. The breakaway has been caught and the riders are all back together. Magnus Cort briefly tries to get away but he’s reeled back in. We’re coming round to the final bell…

11km to go: Stefan Küng has had a mechanical. The peloton are closing in on Frison, Clarke and Oliveira but they seem to be letting them go again. Carlton Kirby on Eurosport is saying that there are some spots of localised drizzle and there is a corner that if it gets wet, has him worried.

13km to go: Hindley has managed to get back on to the peloton. The lap board is stating two laps to go! Next time round the riders will get the bell. It’s exciting.

16km to go: Seventh placed in the GC, Jai Hindley has had a bike change as his chain dropped. Frison, Clarke and Oliveira have 17sec on the group and are riding at around 55kmph.

20km to go: Sean Kelly isn’t sure that this three-man break is going to stick. While we wait to see if he’s right, I thought I’d share an email that’s landed in my inbox. Margaret asks: “Those energy bars that they all eat…are they wrapped differently to the bars we buy in the stores? Because I certainly need two hands (and occasionally a pair of scissors) to get into them. I wouldn’t ever contemplate trying to open one on a bicycle going at the speeds they reach.” I haven’t tried one of the pro-teams’ bars so can’t say but my soigneur (aka boyfriend) suspects that they might use a thinner wrapper that is easier to tear (although this has not been independently verified).

22km to go: It was looking like the trio were going to be swallowed up but the gap has gone back out to about 17 sec. The sprinters’ teams are probably happy to have a break of only three riders as they will be able to bring them back in later.

28km to go: It’s a slim lead of 8sec for the trio. Pogacar doesn’t let up and wants to join in the fun.

31km to go: The attackers have been reeled in, but hang on a moment, we have another attack. This time it’s Simon Clarke, followed by Frederik Frison and Nelson Oliveira.

33km to go: Michal Kwiatkowski, Alberto Bettiol, Nils Politt, Alex Edmondson, Harold Tejada, Yves Lampaert and Skjelmose have joined Pogacar and Van Hooydonck in the breakaway group. They have a very slender lead of 5sec.

Tadej Pogacar wins the intermediate sprint

Pogacar crossed the line first to take the intermediate sprint, with Van Hooydonck following. The results are:

1. Tadej Pogacar, 20 pts 2. Nathan van Hooydonck, 17 pts 3. Bryan Coquard, 15 pts 4. Alberto Bettiol, 13 pts 5. Nikias Arndt, 11 pts 6. Kevin Geniets, 10 pts 7. Michal Kwiatkowski, 9 pts 8. Axel Zingle, 8 pts 9. Rémi Cavagna, 7 pts 10. Lawson Craddock, 6 pts 11. Alex Edmondson, 5 pts 12. Nils Politt, 4 pts 13. Omar Fraile, 3 pts 14. Mattias Skjelmose, 2 pts 15. Harold Tejada, 1 pt

🏁 40KM 💚 @TamauPogi is first at the intermediate sprint @NVHooydonck behind. 💚 @TamauPogi est le premier au sprint intermédiaire, avec @NVHooydonck juste derrière. #TDF2023 @WeLoveCyclingFR pic.twitter.com/Rhz3BRxdov — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 23, 2023

37km to go: With the Tour de France 2023 coming to a close, many fans have been reflecting on their favourite moments. Michael has emailed in from Calgary in Canada to share his highlight: “As a Canadian, I have to be happy with the stage win this year by Michael Woods. It was a fantastic performance.” He’s also wondering about the team standings and asks “does anybody care at all about the team standings? The Tour diligently publishes them, but do they matter even slightly? (I wish they did - just like I wish there would be a team time trial every year.)"

41km to go: Six laps to go and Pogacar and Van Hooydonck are off the front with a very modest 10sec. Another group are splitting off the chasing group and another…the peloton is fracturing.

43km to go: I stand corrected. The coverage is showing that the roads have had a bit of rain on them but hopefully, not enough for it to be an issue. Van Hooydonck has decided to take turns and as a result, him and Pogacar have got the gap up to 15sec.

47km to go: Pogacar has attacked for a bit of fun. The crowd are loving it. The man certainly can entertain. Nathan Van Hooydonck of Jumbo-Visma is stuck on his wheel and refusing to do a turn.

53km to go: Earlier on the commentary, there was quite a bit of chat about whether the weather would hold or if the riders would face a wet sprint. Not a fun thought over those cobbles. So far, the weather looks to have behaved and the roads seem dry. A few riders have tried attacking already but had their efforts quickly shut down.

55km to go: The riders are on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées and have crossed the finish line for the first time. They will have eight laps before we have a final stage winner. Let the racing proper begin…

57km to go: Make sure to wave David! The riders are putting on a show with what looks like a beautifully synchronised dance through the Louvre museum.

60km to go: The peloton are passing by the Jardin du Luxembourg currently and it’s about 5km until they hit the Champs Élysées. The pace has upped slightly towards 31kmph.

63km to go: Hello to David, who has emailed in from nearby to the Louvre. He’s asking what time the peloton will be heading past. I’m not 100% sure but would guess very soon as they’re gathering pace.

66km to go: So far, the peloton have ridden past the Palace of Versailles and crested the only categorised climb today, at the pavé des Gardes. Aptly, Ciccone is the first to get over it in all his polka-dots, after his teammates, Mads Pedersen and Mattias Skjelmose jokingly lead him out. The riders are just coming in to Paris now and the Eiffel Tower is within sight.

⛰ Côte du Pavé des Gardes (cat. 4️⃣) ⛰ 1️⃣ 🇮🇹 @giuliocicco1 , 1pt ⚪️🔴 Tout de pois vêtu, 🇮🇹 Giulio Ciccone prend symboliquement le dernier point disponible au sommet de la dernière difficulté répertoriée de ce  #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/rSvVjhuqi0 — Maillot à Pois E.Leclerc (@maillotapois) July 23, 2023

73km to go: In answer to Justin’s question about who got closest to finishing the Tour without finishing, there have been a few emails. One mentions the German rider Tony Martin, who abandoned on the Champs Élysées during the 2016 Tour de France due to unexplained knee pain. To give some context to that, Martin told Cycling Weekly that he wanted to go home, find out what was going on with his knee and prepare for the Olympic time trial in Rio.

A couple of readers (hi Simon, hi David) have emailed in to mention Djamolidine Abdoujaparov. A quick search has brought up his name in this Guardian piece about the most memorable finishes on the Champs-Élysées:

“In 1991, elbows-out sprinter Djamolodine Abdoujaparov wore green into the final stage (despite controversy after he had forced Johan Musseeuw into the barriers on an earlier stage ) but crashed on the final sprint – yet clung on to the jersey when the team got him over the line. But that finish pales into insignificance next to the 1989 finish, when Greg LeMond overcame his deficit to Laurent Fignon to time trial his way to victory in 1989 .”

85km to go: There are a number of riders sealing their final Tour appearance today, including Thibaut Pinot (Groupama–FDJ) and Peter Sagan (TotalEnergies).

92km to go: An email from Justin in Spain has come in and it is asking a question that I have also pondered (but don’t know the answer to).

He asks: “Perhaps a tasteless question but yesterday I found myself wondering who has got closest to finishing Le Tour without actually getting there. Do you or any readers know who holds that unhappy distinction? (I do not include riders who have gone down in tbe (sic) final stretch but been given finishing times nonetheless.)“ If anyone knows, then please share…

93km to go: The average pace has dropped to under 26kmph. That’s the kind of pace club riders can do and I could possibly…at a push. Adam Blythe has been given a glass of Champagne by one of the team in the Jumbo-Visma car. I’m quite jealous…

96km to go: Pogacar and Vingegaard really do deliver when it comes to interesting Tour de France stats, but here is one I’ve selected from the official Tour website that might be good for a pub quiz…

“For the third consecutive year, the first two on the final podium are the same (Pogacar-Vingegaard in 2021, the other way around in 2022 and 2023): it had never happened previously.”

100km to go: As mentioned previously, I am enjoying the slower pace and light-hearted jokes from the peloton today. I’m fresh from covering the first stage of the Tour de France Femmes , so that is why.

Before anything too serious happens on this stage, I’d like to share a personal highlight from this year’s Tour: Pogacar and his pronunciation of French pastries.

🥐 Tadej Pogacar with the perfect pronunciation of "croissant" 😂 @TamauPogi | @TeamEmiratesUAE | #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/zfplNBjPTR — Eurosport (@eurosport) July 8, 2023

103km to go: Some of the riders are casually chatting, while others are putting their arms on each others shoulders for a nice team pic. On Eurosport, Vingegaard has been speaking about his win and the news that he’ll be racing next at the La Vuelta a España:

“It’s super nice to win it for the second time…I’m more confident and more relaxed in this situation now and I think that’s the biggest difference for me. I really enjoyed the rivalry with Tadej [Pogacar]. It’s been an amazing fight from Bilbao to here today. It’s good for cycling, it’s good for us…but I’m glad I won.” Jumbo-Visma confirmed today that the Dane will be racing at La Vuelta and Vingegaard says it has been the plan all along but they were waiting to release the news.

109km to go: If ever there was any doubt that Giulio Ciccone was reveling in wearing the polka-dot jersey, then take a look at the man today. He’s even got a polka-dot bike…

112km to go: As is the tradition, the peloton are starting at a slow pace to soak up and enjoy atmosphere. They are celebrating their achievements over the last three weeks and having a nice time. Unfortunately, Victor Lafay (Cofidisis) not among them as he has not started today. I’m sure he’ll be happy though with that win on stage two – a big moment for Cofidisis.

The racing on stage 21 has begun...with a touch of fun to start

113km to go: Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny) had a cheeky attack off the front but he soon slows up and winks at the camera. He was just having a bit off fun as the super combative rider of the Tour. I’m looking forward to some more light-hearted fun during this stage. Bring it on.

Who’s wearing what jersey?

Yellow: Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 79hr 16min 38sec

Green: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 377pts

Polka-dot: Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) 105pts

White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates)

The top five on General Classification

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 79hr 16min 38sec

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) +7min 29sec

Adam Yates (UAE Emirates) +10min 56sec

Simon Yates (Jayco-Ulula) +12min 23sec

Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) +13min 17sec

Pello Bilbao, Jai Hindley, Felix Gall, David Gaudu and Guillaume Martin make up the top 10.

Jonas Vingegaard to win Tour de France again as Pogacar takes stage 20

In case you missed yesterday’s stage, here is the stage 20 report to get you up to speed: Jonas Vingegaard in effect sealed back-to-back wins in the Tour de France after defending his overall lead in the final mountain stage of the three-week race. With only Sunday’s processional stage to central Paris to come, the Dane will, barring accidents, wear the final yellow jersey on the Champs-Élysées.

The stage 21 roll-out is under way

Smiling faces across the front of the peloton as the riders roll out for their final stage of the 2023 Tour de France . I can imagine they are all happy to have made it to Paris after a fast, hectic and tiring three weeks.

Saint Quentin en Yvelines-Paris Champs Élysées, 115km

William Fotheringham on stage 21: A hint of the Paris 2024 Games with a start at the national velodrome before the run-in to the finish on the Champs Élysées, where the sprinters can strut their stuff. This is the last time we will see the Tour here for a couple of years, as next year’s Olympics mean the finish moves to Nice and a final time trial, the first time the Tour has finished outside the capital since 1905.

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Tour de France Stage 8 Preview: Get Ready for a Technical Sprint Finish

The final hour or so will resemble a spring Classic during a stage that will no doubt end in another intense sprint finish.

Stage 8 - Libourne to Limoges (200.7km) - Saturday, July 8

Stage 8 takes the 2023 Tour de France from Libourne to Limoges with a long stage with a jagged finale that looks like a perfect opportunity for the Tour’s breakaway specialists and Classics riders to win a stage.

The first two thirds of stage are rather gentle, with flat to rolling roads as the race heads northeast out of Libourne, who’s hosting the Tour for the fifth time this year. A breakaway should go early, but we won’t be surprised if the peloton keeps it in check as the final third of the stage is rather hilly, with three categorized climbs and several uncategorized ramps and hills.

So if the initial break is caught, expect another to go up the road–possibly on the Category 3 Côte de Champs-Romain, which the riders summit at about 70km from the finish line in Limoges. This climb marks the beginning of the hardest portion of the stage and if the initial break is caught, this is where a new, more powerful one, could pull away.

The final hour or so will resemble a spring Classic, with short, punchy climbs that could provide the perfect springboard for attacks from riders looking to win the stage. Two Category 4 climbs come in relatively quick succession inside the final 20km: the Côte de Masmont and the Côte de Condat-sur-Vienne at 16km and 9.3km to-go, respectively.

The run-in to the finish line has some technical moments, with a few roundabouts and another tight loop-de-loop as the riders cross under and then over a bridge across the River Vienne at about 3km to-go. The final kilometer rises uphill all the way to the finish line, which means riders will need to time their final accelerations just right in the event of small group sprinting for the win together.

Riders to watch

The finish of Stage 8 is perfect for the Tour’s Classics riders, men who can follow attacks on the climbs and hold their own in a small group sprint if no one’s able to get away. Slovenia’s Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) won a stage into Limoges in 2020, and the winner of last year’s Milan-Sanremo is the perfect type of rider for a stage like this one.

This could also be the day for Belgium’s Wout van Aert to finally snag a stage win (this year) after coming up short earlier in the week. He dropped off the back at the end of Stage 7, perhaps to keep himself fresh for a shot at Stage 8. And his nemesis, the Netherlands’ Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), will likely have a green light to play his own card after working so hard (and so well) for his teammate, Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen, during the Tour’s first few field sprints.

We’re also keeping on eye on Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty)and Denmark’s Mad Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), who are strong enough to handle the climbs at the end of the stage and fast enough to win the sprint from a smaller group.

When to Watch

We’re expecting an exciting battle to win the stage, so we’ll be tuning in at about 10:30 a.m. EDT to watch it unfold. The race is expected to end around 11:20 a.m. EDT.

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Highlights from stage 21 of the Tour de France 2023. The traditional procession around Paris concludes the 110th edition of the race. Starting in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, this 115.1km stage takes on a solitary categorised climb before hitting the iconic Champs-Élysées circuit for the biggest sprint in cycling.

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Two-time defending champion Steve Stricker birdied the final two holes for a 7-under 65 and a one-shot lead over Ernie Els on Friday after the second round of the Regions Tradition, the first of five PGA Tour Champions majors

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Giro 2024, étape 8: parcours, profil, favoris... Tout ce que vous devez savoir sur la 8e étape

Tadej Pogacar a sans doute déjà mis un terme au suspense pour la victoire finale, sauf chute ou problème physique à venir. Vainqueur du contre-la-montre sur la 7e étape du Tour d'Italie ce vendredi, le Slovène a désormais 2 minutes et 36 secondes d'avance sur son dauphin Daniel Felipe Martinez (Bora-Hansgroge). La huitième étape pourrait être une nouvelle occasion pour le leader de creuser les écarts.

Le parcours de la 8e étape

Station touristique de la commune de Pietracamela (Teramo), située à 1.450 mètres d’altitude, Prati di Tivo se trouve au pied du Gran Sasso, le plus haut sommet des Apennins, déjà visité par le Giro par le passé. Le peloton va vivre une journée en moyenne montagne, avec trois montées répertoriées pour le classement de la montagne.

Le profil de la 8e étape

Après l'arrivée au Sanctuaire d'Oropa dimanche dernier, qui a vu la victoire d'un certain Tadej Pogacar, il s'agit déjà de la deuxième arrivée au sommet sur cette édition. Cette fois, cette montée finale de Prati di Tivo propose une distance de 14,7 kilomètres à 7% de pente moyenne.

L'échappée devrait elle se former dans la Forca Capistrello (16,4km à 5,6%) en début de journée.

Les favoris de la 8e étape

La domination de Tadej Pogacar a des conséquences. Pour ses rivaux au classement général, difficile de croire réellement à une victoire d'étape en prenant le dessus à la pédale. Par conséquent, il devrait y avoir de nombreux prétendants à l'échappée du jour, avec pourquoi pas des coureurs toujours bien placés mais qui ne représentent pas forcément une menace pour le Slovène ou les autres.

19e ce samedi matin au général, le Français Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Decathlon - AG2R La Mondiale) devrait avoir des envies d'attaque, tout comme le Colombien Esteban Chaves (EF Education - Easy Post) qui a pris un tir sur le chrono. Déjà écarté en raison d'une chute jeudi, Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Victorious) pourrait être un candidat s'il se remet de ses blessures. Le jeune italien Giulio Pellizzari (VF Group - Bardiani) a aussi une occasion de montrer de quoi il est capable.

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Le Slovène s’est imposé à Prati di Tivo ce samedi, son troisième succès en huit jours.

Après la 2e étape au profil d'une classique et la 7e étape contre-la-montre, Tadej Pogacar a écœuré la concurrence sur un autre terrain de jeu, la montagne, où il a signé sa troisième victoire depuis le départ du Tour d'Italie, samedi.

Pour ses débuts dans le Giro, le Slovène de 25 ans ne fait pas de détails. Il s'est offert son premier succès d'étape et le maillot rose de leader du classement général dès le deuxième jour de course.

Au lendemain de sa démonstration dans le chrono de 40,6 km où il a dominé ses rivaux pour la victoire finale le 26 mai à Rome, tels des spécialistes de l'exercice comme Filippo Ganna, il a remis ça dans la première étape de montagne. Julian Alaphilippe et Romain Bardet notamment ont bien tenté leurs chances en partant de loin ou, comme Valentin Paret-Peintre, en plaçant un contre dans le final, mais l'équipe UAE, implacable, a annihilé tous leurs efforts pour mettre Pogacar dans les meilleures conditions dans la montée vers Prati di Tivo.

Protégé par Rafal Majka et Felix Grosschartner, le double vainqueur du Tour de France a profité des 14 kilomètres de ce col de 1er catégorie pour user tous ses adversaires. Déjà vainqueur à Prati di Tivo à l'occasion de l'édition 2021 de Tirreno-Adriatico, «Pogi» a attendu les 200 derniers mètres pour placer une dernière accélération et couper la ligne d'arrivée en tête, en levant pour la première fois de ce Giro les bras au ciel.

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Il a devancé, au terme des 152 km, le Colombien Daniel Martinez, son dauphin au classement, 2e, et l'Australien Ben O'Connor, 3e, tandis que le Gallois Geraint Thomas, 5e, a abandonné une poignée de secondes supplémentaires. «Je ne m'attendais pas forcément à gagner aujourd'hui, mais l'équipe a fait du super boulot du début à la fin de l'étape», a-t-il expliqué.

«Rafal Majka a fait un excellent travail dans la montée vers Prati di Tivo, ce sont mes coéquipiers qui m'ont poussé à aller chercher cette victoire», a poursuivi le Slovène qui compte déjà à son palmarès 2024 dix victoires, dont les Strade Bianche et Liège-Bastogne-Liège. À moins d'une énorme défaillance, il devrait pouvoir ajouter rapidement le Tour d'Italie à son tableau de chasse.

Après huit jours de course, il compte au classement général déjà 2 min 40 sec d'avance sur Martinez, tandis que Thomas est relégué à 2 min 58 sec. «Je me suis senti beaucoup mieux aujourd'hui, c'était le jour et la nuit par rapport à vendredi» et le contre-la-montre où il a abandonné deux minutes à Pogacar, a assuré Thomas. La 9e étape dimanche, suivie d'un jour de repos lundi, devrait permettre au peloton de souffler un peu après un premier tiers de course très exigeant.

À moins que l'équipe UAE, qui a mécontenté plusieurs équipes ce samedi en roulant rapidement derrière les échappés, n'en décide autrement. Ou que Pogacar tente de s'imposer maintenant en... sprinteur sur les 214 km entre Avezzano et Naples. «J'espère que ce dimanche sera plus relax, mais attention les cinq derniers kilomètres peuvent être piégeux», a-t-il prévenu.

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Giro d'italia: cannibal tadej pogačar storms to victory on stage 8 at prati di tivo.

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How it unfolded

Race leader Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) continued his absolute domination of the Giro d’Italia on stage 8, marking each and every attack before powering away in the sprint on the mountain finish to Prati di Tivo to score his third stage win of the race.

The ruthless Slovenian put his team to work throughout the 152km route, preventing the strong 14-man breakaway from getting any sort of insurmountable advantage before the final climb, where UAE dictated the pace and he again showed his superiority in the finale.

After landing what seemed like a knockout blow on yesterday’s individual time trial, Pogačar rubbed salt into the wounds and beat everyone as he did on the first summit finish to Oropa, albeit not in as dominant a fashion but he did take 10 more bonus seconds on the line with a great sprint.

Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) was second in the sprint but no match for Pogačar, however, his six bonus seconds gained meant he only lost four to the leader, now 2:40 down overall. Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) was third on the day and gained four seconds on the remaining GC riders in the front group.

“I was not expecting it at all today but as a team, we rode super well from the beginning. We came with a good time gap to the last climb and the team did a super good job to the finish,” said Pogačar. “Rafa [Majka] did an amazing leadout and it was amazing to win here again in Prati di Tivo.”

Pogačar and team boss Mauro Gianetti revealed that it wasn’t in the original plan to go for the win and that it was actually one of the Slovenian’s teammates who put the new plan into action.

“I think my teammates wanted to go for the stage win as soon as we survived the first long categorised climb with Mikkel [Bjerg]. He came back to the bunch and he was all in for chasing the group in front,” Pogačar said. 

“Mikkel [Bjerg] and Laengen did a super good job until the final climb and then at the bottom when I saw our guys are still good: Domen [Novak], Felix [Großschartner] and Rafa [Majka], I was confident that we could win today.”

The dominant sprint was also unexpected by the race leader after seeing what Martínez had done in fast finishes to the likes of Remco Evenepoel in a sprint, but he was more than in control.

“We saw Martínez already this year making super good finishes so obviously I was thinking of him as a main opponent. But I knew there were gonna be some attacks like Tiberi tried a few times and he showed great form actually,” said Pogačar. 

“But I had it more or less under control and Rafa [Majka] helped in the last couple of kilometres so it was super good.

“I hope it's a relaxing day tomorrow but I think the last 50km is quite tricky and can be dangerous so there’s gonna still be some nerves and we need to be focussed until the end of tomorrow and then I think it is a rest day so I cannot wait."

The 164 riders remaining at the Giro set off from sunny Spoleto after many warmed up on the trainers and prepared for the toughest day of paper so far in Italy with over 3500 metres of elevation gain and the second summit finish of the race awaiting them at Prati di Tivo.

The attacks flew as soon as the flag was waved by race director Stefano Allochio, with UAE Team Emirates ready to mark moves and try to control the day. A furious fight for the breakaway ensued with nearly all teams interested as a real chance at the stage win looked possible. 

Huge groups got away on the Forca di Cerro, an unclassified climb which served as the perfect launchpad for a break to form. The likes of Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep) and Georg Steinhauser (EF Education EasyPost) were among the most active but there was so much interest that it struggled to materialise into a cooperative group.

Small splinter groups of three and four would make their way off the front as a bigger group of around 20 continued to dangle in front of the peloton. Romain Bardet (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) was making his presence known and flexing his climbing legs to lead but at only 5:23 down on the lead, this would prove problematic for the break later on.

An eventual breakaway of 14 strong riders finally formed after it came back together at the front after the Forca Capistrello (16.4 km at 5.6%) climb, Jhontatan Narváez, Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers), Alessandro Verre (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), Henok Mulubrhan (Astana Qazaqstan), Simon Geschke (Cofidis), Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Nairo Quintana, Pelayo Sánchez (Movistar), Michael Storer (Tudor), Martin Marcelussi (VF Group Bardiani CSF Faizané), Alessandro De Marchi (Jayco AlUla), Alaphilippe, Bardet and Steinhauser. 

It looked like the type of group that could make it all the way to the line but they were barely given any advantage, narrowly sustaining more than a two-minute gap on the UAE-led peloton. Pogačar did, however, look slightly isolated at times with only Rafał Majka and Domen Novak alongside him on the hardest uphill sections.

The cooperation from the break lacked any consistency for the next phase of racing after all coming together 100km from the line. Small moves went off the front, riders missed turns and the advantage they had on the peloton looked doomed. 

A reignition of pace only came partway through the second climb of the day, the Croce Abbio (8.1 km at 4.7%), as Steinhauser decided the pace wasn’t fast enough and it was time to drop some of the dead weight. 

His acceleration pumped some life into the lead group but the advantage was only at 1:30 over the crest of the climb. In the peloton, Mikkel Bjerg and Vegard Stake Laengen had returned for UAE Team Emirates and begun getting through a mountain of work to control the gap, despite the former getting stung by a bee in yesterday’s time trial. 

This would continue on the descent with the white shirts of the Emirati team getting into formation for their leader in pink, who was waiting in the wings for the final climb to strike. By this point, the break was barely pushing on.

Once the peloton flew onto the foot of the climb, just 20 seconds separated Pogačar from the lead. Such was the hard pace, multiple riders immediately began to fall away under the pressure, notably Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla) in the white jersey and Juan Pedro López (Lidl-Trek).

Verre went away on his own just ahead of Bardet as the peloton was getting destroyed by UAE Emirates behind, but Novak’s constant tapping away was keeping the gap tight at under 30 seconds.

Bora-Hansgrohe took over momentarily partway up the 14.7km which averages a 7% gradient, showing they were confident with Martínez against the likes of Thomas. This alongside UAE’s continued efforts saw Paret-Peintre jump ahead as the last man standing. 

The diminutive Frenchman worked away well solo, perhaps showing what could have been had the break not been kept so close throughout the stage. Paret-Peintre ran out of steam with 4.3km to go as Majka began the final leadout for the Slovenian. 

With the climb’s regular gradient not offering any more steep pinches to explode on in the finale, Pogačar bided his time in the Majka’s wheel but those behind sensed an opportunity. Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) tried first to get away but there was quickly a pink figure right behind him. 

Anyone who tried to attack in the final 2km was given the same treatment, allowing Majka to come back and provide a final leadout before Pogačar proved just why UAE had put in such a big shift to keep things together, even able to celebrate over the line in the sprint. 

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James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.

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