Vingegaard se Tour de France-deelname in gedrang na ongeluk Die deelname van die verdedigende kampioen, Jonas Vingegaard, aan vanjaar se Tour de France, is in gedrang nadat hy gedurende ʼn wedren in Spanje veelvuldige beserings opgedoen het. Die Deense atleet het ondermeer ‘n sleutelbeen en verskeie ribbes gebreek. Twee ander wenners van die Grand Tour,...
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Vingegaard and Evenepoel must beat the clock to start Tour de France – Sport
Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel face a race against time to be ready for the Tour de France after breaking bones in a crash in the Tour of the Basque Country. Vingegaard, the double defending champion, and Evenepoel, the 2022 Spanish Vuelta winner, had their preparations for the Tour turned upside down in a split...
Vingegaard wins second successive Tour de France
Jonas Vingegaard won his second successive Tour de France on Sunday after Jordi Meeus claimed the final stage honours on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Denmark’s Vingegaard of the Jumbo-Visma team crossed the finish line after the 21-day race, 7min 29sec ahead of Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, the champion in 2020 and 2021. Pogacar’s UAE teammate Adam...
Vingegaard virtually assures back-to-back Tour de France triumphs
Jonas Vingegaard survived the mountains in Saturday’s penultimate stage of the Tour de France to virtually clinch his second successive title. Two-time champion Tadej Pogacar won the 20th and penultimate stage but Denmark’s Vingegaard leads the Slovenian by 7min 29sec ahead of Sunday’s ceremonial ride to the finish line on the Champs Elysees in Paris....
Vingegaard climbs closer to Tour title by crushing Pogacar again
Jonas Vingegaard climbed into a rock-solid lead in the Tour de France on Wednesday as his main rival Tadej Pogacar lost almost six minutes on the toughest climb on the 21 stages. Felix Gall won stage 16, billed as the “Queen” stage with 69km of Alpine climbing, ahead of Simon Yates. Defending champion Vingegaard of...
Vingegaard pulverises Pogacar in Tour de France Alpine time-trial
Jonas Vingegaard soared to a crushing triumph on stage 16 of the Tour de France on Tuesday, winning the 22.4km time trial by 1min 38sec from Tadej Pogacar, who was second. Jumbo Visma rider Vingegaard attacked from start to finish with a win that extended his overall lead in the Tour de France to 1min...
Vingegaard retains Tour lead as Poels wins in Alps
Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard kept the overall lead of the Tour de France on Sunday crossing the finish line in the second of four Alpine tests wheel to wheel with Tadej Pogacar. Dutch climber Wout Poels won the 15th stage, raced in the shadow of Mont Blanc and dedicated his win to the memory of...
Rodriguez wins Alpine stage as Vingegaard retains slim Tour lead
Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard fought off a ferocious attack from Tadej Pogacar on the first of four Alpine tests in the Tour de France on Saturday as Spain’s Carlos Rodriguez won stage 14. Vingegaard now leads Pogacar by 10 seconds after winning a war of nerves in the battle for the title that had hillside...
Vingegaard hails Pogacar after latest Tour de France skirmish
Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard hailed his rivalry with Tadej Pogacar after surviving the Slovenian’s latest attack to cling on to the overall lead of the Tour de France on the Grand Colombier mountain on Friday. Vingegaard finished just four seconds behind Pogacar after a sudden late attack that also earned the latter a four-second time...
Vingegaard leads Tour ahead of ‘decisive’ mountains
Basque rider Ion Izagirre broke away to claim stage 12 of the Tour de France on Thursday as defending champion Jonas Vingegaard retained a slender lead in his duel with Tadej Pogacar. After a fast-paced ride through the Beaujolais vineyards Vingegaard is only 17 seconds clear of Pogacar in the overall standings ahead of three...