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2020 Tour de France, Features, Race reports, Racing - September 13, 2020

Soren Kragh Andersen times attack perfectly to take solo victory in stage 14

Sunweb put on an exhibition of teamwork into Lyon, attacking one after another to propel Soren Kragh Andersen to a solo victory in stage 14, taking advantage of a hilly, technical finale to pull one over on the sprinters. Luca Mezgec of Mitchelton-Scott led the reduced peloton across the line for second, followed by Cofidis’ …

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Tour de France gallery: Slovenia storms the podium on stage 13

After a couple days for the sprinters and the opportunists, the climbers and GC men got their chance on stage 13 of the Tour de France. Dani Martinez (EF) took an impressive win from the breakaway, beating two Bora-Hansgrohe riders in the process, while in the GC group Slovenia took command of the overall podium. …

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Bardet out of Tour after suffering concussion in stage 13 crash

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Romain Bardet will not start stage 14 of the Tour de France after suffering a concussion in a crash on stage 13. His AG2R La Mondiale team announced the news on Friday after a difficult day in the Massif Central. “This stage on my home roads was the complete opposite of what I had hoped …

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Don’t look now, but Richie Porte is in with a shot at the Tour podium

Richie Porte could end up on the Tour de France podium. I’m reticent to even write that, because Porte perpetually feels like he’s one ineffectual Neville Longbottom of a jinx away from catastrophe, but write it I did. Did you see him today? Not hanging in there, not dangling, but at the forefront of the …

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Egan Bernal at his best is not quite good enough. Yet.

This is Egan Bernal near his best, he admitted Friday, shortly after losing 37 seconds to a pair of flying Slovenians through the Massif Central. And his best, right now, is not quite good enough. “I mean, I am looking at my numbers and I am doing one of my best numbers,” Bernal said, speaking …

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Soren Kragh Andersen times attack perfectly to take solo victory in stage 14

Tour de France gallery: Slovenia storms the podium on stage 13

Bardet out of Tour after suffering concussion in stage 13 crash

Don’t look now, but Richie Porte is in with a shot at the Tour podium

Egan Bernal at his best is not quite good enough. Yet.

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