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Photo gallery: The Tour’s GC battle roars to life on the first mountain stage
There was an air of excitement and anticipation ahead of the 2019 Tour’s first summit finish and stage 6 to La Planches des Belles Filles certainly delivered. On a day that finished with a brutally steep ramp — part of it unsealed — we had a group of plucky breakaway riders battling for stage honours …
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CyclingTips Weekly Quiz #19: Tour de Trivia
Six stages in, this year’s Tour de France is shaping up to be an absolute stunner. There’s been a bit of everything – thrilling GC battles, brave solo attacks, spicy sprint finishes… But amongst all the excitement, are you still on top of your Quiz game? Time to find out: Not loading? Click here. Bonus question: who …
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The audacity of Julian Alaphilippe
Julian Alaphilippe rose over the penultimate pitch of La Planche des Belles Filles, through a cloud of churned dust and headlights, alone in the frame. Inside the slim gap between his arrival and that of Geraint Thomas lived a moment where anything seemed possible. Even Julian Alaphilippe winning the Tour de France. Julian Alaphilippe will …
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Today at the Tour: First mountaintop finish brings GC battle into focus
The steep finish atop la Planche des Belles Filles did not disappoint. After five days that delivered three sprint finishes, a solo breakaway, and a team time trial, the Tour de France ventured into the mountains Thursday, bringing the general classification picture into focus. The stage — which started in Mulhouse, tackled seven categorized climbs …
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Today at the Tour: Dream scenario for a pair of Tour debutants
Success at the Tour de France can forge careers, and that’s just what happened for the two best men from the day’s 14-rider breakaway on Stage 6, finishing atop la Planche des Belles Filles. On a day that was slotted as the Tour’s first true GC battle, it was a pair of Tour debutants riding …
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