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• Merlier makes it back-to-back Tour stage wins

  11-07-2026 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Belgium's Tim Merlier makes it back-to-back wins on stage eight of the Tour de France after prevailing in another sprint finish on Saturday.
  
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• Tour de France 2026: Merlier completes hat-trick on stage 12 as big crash mars sprint – live

  16-07-2026 17:49
  Updates from the 179.1km stage to Chalon-sur-Saône
  Wærenskjold wins fastest ever Tour stage | Email Tom170km to go Tudor’s Michael Storer has had an early technichal and is racing back solo to get back into the bunch. No break as of yet.174km to go The bunch is still together as the teams feel eachother out. Currently the peloton is strung out after a sharp left into a roundabout and then a big sweeping right turn. Continue reading...
  
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• Tour de France 2026: stage 12 offers sprinters one of their final chances to win – live

  16-07-2026 14:53
  Updates from the 179.1km stage to Chalon-sur-Saône
  Wærenskjold wins fastest ever Tour stage | Email Tom170km to go Tudor’s Michael Storer has had an early technichal and is racing back solo to get back into the bunch. No break as of yet.174km to go The bunch is still together as the teams feel eachother out. Currently the peloton is strung out after a sharp left into a roundabout and then a big sweeping right turn. Continue reading...
  
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• Waerenskjold takes maiden Tour win in fastest stage

  15-07-2026 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Soren Waerenskjold catches the big guns by surprise with a long-range sprint to win the fastest-ever stage of the Tour de France.
  
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• Tour de France stage 11: Søren Wærenskjold wins fastest-ever road stage in sprint finish – as it happened

  15-07-2026 18:08
  Uno X-Mobility shocked the sprinters in Nevers on the fastest road stage in Tour history, an average of 50.9km/hChristoph Roodhooft, Jasper Philipsen’s boss at Alpecin-Premier Tech, tells Hannah Walker on TNT Sports that his sprinter is “feeling better … but that doesn’t mean he will win today.”Is there any thought of letting Mathieu van der Poel sprint, instead of Philipsen, given the latter’s apparent lack of form? Continue reading...
  
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• Wærenskjold wins fastest ever Tour de France stage in frenzied sprint to Nevers

  15-07-2026 18:02
  Alaphilippe gets in breakaway before being reeled inPidcock’s rollercoaster ride continues on return to TourThe records keep tumbling in the 2026 Tour de France. After race leader Tadej Pogacar shattered the record for the fastest climb of the Col du Tourmalet, Norwegian sprinter Søren Wærenskjold won the fastest-ever road stage, in a frenzied sprint into Nevers.Pogacar revealed his stage had not been entirely straightforward. “I ran over a loose bottle with my front whe
  
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• Pogacar stretches Tour lead with win on Bastille Day

  15-07-2026 01:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tadej Pogacar stretches his overall lead to more than three minutes as he races clear for his third stage win of this year's Tour de France.
  
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• Tour de France 2026: Pogacar underlines dominance with stage 10 win on Bastille Day – as it happened

  14-07-2026 19:11
  The relentless champion strengthened his grip on the yellow jersey with another imperious mountain rideLuke Rowe, a sports director at Decathlon CMA CGM, is asked about it being Bastille Day. Will it affect their approach for Seixas?“Same as every other day … is there more pressure to go in the break? … Whatever day it is, it’s not going to impact the way we race … morale’s high. We have to respect that it is Bastille Day. But it makes no difference.”
  
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• ‘I have haters’: Pogacar brushes off boos after solo burst extends Tour de France lead

  14-07-2026 18:56
  Slovenian wins stage 10 on Bastille Day to go further clearEvenepoel finishes second, 32 seconds behind SlovenianTadej Pogacar extended his lead in the Tour de France with another imperious solo victory on the 10th stage to Le Lioran, in the Massif Central. The Slovenian now leads the Tour by more than a three and a half minutes from longtime rival Jonas Vingegaard, who wilted and lost more time to the other podium contenders.Over a stage with seven categorised climbs, including the first catego
  
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• How Tadej Pogacar became the new ‘patron’ of the Tour de France peloton | Jeremy Whittle

  13-07-2026 17:13
  Slovenian’s dominance has drawn admiration and criticism, with some fearing the race is losing its competitive edgeRiding the Tour de France in 40C heat is hard enough without having to race against Tadej Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates XRG every day. As the peloton takes a breather, lounges in the shade and rehydrates on the Tour’s first rest day, most team managers are pondering what genuine opportunities they may still have, in the face of Pogacar’s domination, to try to achie
  
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• Tadej Pogacar urges radical overhaul of Tour de France amid stifling heatwave

  12-07-2026 19:21
  Pogacar wants calendar changed to avoid worst of heatVan der Poel wins ninth stage shortened amid high temperaturesTadej Pogacar called for radical change to the professional racing calendar after another day of stifling temperatures, as Mathieu van der Poel won the shortened ninth stage of the Tour de France from Malemort to Ussel, with Tom Pidcock finishing third.“If I had the power I would change all the calendar and not race in July and August in hot places,” Pogacar said. &ldquo
  
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• Van der Poel wins shortened Tour stage in 40C heat

  12-07-2026 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mathieu van der Poel wins the ninth stage of the 2026 Tour de France, which was shortened by 30km.
  
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• Tour de France 2026: Mathieu van der Poel wins heat-shortened stage nine – as it happened

  12-07-2026 18:02
  On a day shortened because of extreme heat, it was a chance for opportunists and Mathieu van der Poel took advantage, with Tom Pidcock finishing thirdChristian Prudhomme pokes his head out of the sunroof and waves his little yellow flag. Stage nine is underway…The riders are rolling out of Malemort, racing begins in earnest in 5km. Continue reading...
  
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• Tour de France 2026 – Merlier goes back-to-back with stage eight win in Bergerac – as it happened

  11-07-2026 18:17
  Tim Merlier again proved he is the fastest sprinter in the race after a heroic effort by Liam Slock was foiled at the lastOn the telly, they’re discussing the dynamics of the sprint finishes: we’ve had two bunch kicks and two different winners, Olav Kooij and Tim Merlier. I fancy we’ll see a different winner today, and the pressure is on Philipsen to deliver, likewise Biniam Girmay.“Hello!” writes Bill. Continue reading...
  
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• Heatwave forces Tour de France organisers to shorten Sunday’s stage nine

  11-07-2026 18:09
  Stage eight: Tadej Pogacar untroubled in overall leadMerlier produces superb sprint win for second day
  Sunday’s ninth stage of the Tour de France has been shortened by 30km due to a red heatwave alert in the Corrèze département of central France. The stage from Malemort to Ussel will now be raced over 155.5km instead of the scheduled 185.5.In a statement the Tour said: “This decision aims to ensure that the race can take place under conditions compatible with the red he
  
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• Days of salted codfish and cabbage leaves are over: how climate crisis is shaping Tour de France’s future

  11-07-2026 09:00
  Heatwaves have long been part of the Tour but temperatures now are pushing the riders to limit of human enduranceThe Tour de France and the heat of the midday sun are old bedfellows, going back long before an era when the biggest catastrophe of the Tour’s opening week was a major fault in the Visma team bus’s air conditioning. Flip back 50 years to my favourite Tour read, the late Geoffrey Nicholson’s The Great Bike Race, and we find the doyen of cycling writers discussing a To
  
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• Tadej Pogacar’s Tour de France mastery leaves rivals in his wake and asking: ‘What now?’

  10-07-2026 19:16
  Tim Merlier powers to win on stage seven in sprintPogacar keeps overall advantage over VingegaardTim Merlier of the Soudal-Quick Step team won the seventh stage of the Tour de France in a classic sprinter’s finish on the banks of the Garonne in Bordeaux.As the Tour headed away from the Pyrenees, through Gascony towards the Atlantic coast, a lull settled over a shell-shocked peloton as it came to terms with the demonstration of domination from Tadej Pogacar in Thursday’s mountain stag
  
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• Tour de France 2026: Tim Merlier powers to stage seven victory after Bordeaux sprint – as it happened

  10-07-2026 19:12
  Tim Merlier won the seventh stage of the Tour in a sprint finish while race favourite Tadej Pogacar kept the yellow jerseyThere are six stages categorised as “flat” on the official route guide. Stage 21 in Paris may not quite count for the pure sprinters because of the three ascents of the Côte de la Butte Montmartre towards the end … long story short, the sprinters’ teams cannot afford to mess this up today. If a breakaway was allowed to succeed, the atmosphere wo
  
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• Merlier powers to victory on stage seven of Tour de France

  10-07-2026 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tim Merlier powers to victory in a bunch sprint finish on stage seven of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar retains the overall lead.
  
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• Tour de France 2026: stage seven updates on road to Bordeaux after Pogacar demolition – live

  10-07-2026 17:03
  Updates from the flat 175.1km stage from Hagetmau
  Stage-by-stage guide | Stage six report | Mail LukeThere are six stages categorised as “flat” on the official route guide. Stage 21 in Paris may not quite count for the pure sprinters because of the three ascents of the Côte de la Butte Montmartre towards the end … long story short, the sprinters’ teams cannot afford to mess this up today. If a breakaway was allowed to succeed, the atmosphere would be frosty at din
  
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• Sports quiz of the week: England v Norway, Wimbledon and Alexia Putellas

  10-07-2026 13:59
  Have you followed the big stories in football, tennis, rugby union, cricket, cycling, rugby league and swimming? Continue reading...
  
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• Pogacar dominates on Tourmalet as leader crashes out

  09-07-2026 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tadej Pogacar takes a big step towards winning the Tour de France for a record-equalling fifth time with a dominant victory on stage six, regaining the leader's yellow jersey.
  
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• Tour de France 2026: Pogacar dominates on Tourmalet to win stage six – as it happened

  09-07-2026 19:36
  Tadej Pogacar is back in the yellow jersey and on top at the Tour after demolishing his rivals on Col du TourmaletBold bicycle placement by Rod in that photo below. A strong gust of wind away from his steed ending up at the bottom of a ravine.The bunch is bimbling south-east, about to start stage six. Christian Prudhomme waves the flag from his car. Continue reading...
  
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• Tadej Pogacar demolishes Tour de France rivals on the Tourmalet to take ominous lead

  09-07-2026 19:29
  Four-time champion dominates 17km climb to win stage sixFrench president Emmanuel Macron in attendanceTadej Pogacar powered alone to the summit of the mighty Col du Tourmalet, deep in the Hautes-Pyrénées, and rode on to victory on stage six to Gavarnie-Gèdre, taking an emphatic overall lead in the 2026 Tour de France.In the shadow of the towering cliffs of the Cirque de Gavarnie, and under the gaze of the president, Emmanuel Macron, Pogacar was imperious. Only his perennial
  
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• Pogacar dominates on Tourmalet as yellow jersey crashes

  09-07-2026 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tadej Pogacar takes a big step towards winning the Tour de France for a record-equalling fifth time with a dominant victory on stage six, regaining the leader's yellow jersey.
  
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• Paralympic great Storey retires from GB competition

  09-07-2026 15:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dame Sarah Storey, Great Britain's most-decorated Paralympian, retires from international competition with immediate effect.
  
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• Tour de France 2026: stage six updates as riders take on the Tourmalet – live

  09-07-2026 13:02
  Updates from the 186.2km stage from Pau
  Stage-by-stage guide | Stage five report | Mail AndyBold bicycle placement by Rod in that photo below. A strong gust of wind away from his steed ending up at the bottom of a ravine.The bunch is bimbling south-east, about to start stage six. Christian Prudhomme waves the flag from his car. Continue reading...
  
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• Sarah Storey retires at 48: ‘It’s always about leaving something better than you found it’

  09-07-2026 01:01
  Britain’s Paralympic dame is quitting after a stellar career that began in the swimming pool as a 14-year-old before five Games hoovering up cycling gold medals “This is the first time that I will speak about the next chapter,” Dame Sarah Storey says in a quiet corner of a busy cafe in Macclesfield as, after a remarkable career in which she won 74 world and Paralympic medals as the most successful British athlete, she prepares to announce her retirement from elite competition.
  
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• Kooij wins chaotic sprint finish on stage five

  08-07-2026 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dutch rider Olav Kooij won a bunch sprint finish after a crash in a chaotic conclusion to stage five of the Tour de France.
  
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• Tour de France 2026: Olav Kooij sprints to stage five victory in Pau – as it happened

  08-07-2026 18:25
  Dutch debutant Olav Kooij won the fifth stage of the Tour de France in a chaotic sprint finish after a crash just outside the stage finish in Pau.Christian Prudhomme waves the flag and stage five is now properly underway.Here is the official visual guide to today’s stage: Continue reading...
  
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