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2019 Tour de France, Features, Geraint Thomas, Julian Alaphilippe, Opinion and analysis, Racing, Rohan Dennis, wout van aert - July 20, 2019

Today at the Tour: As ever, the Tour de France is predictably unpredictable

On Thursday, there were questions about whether Julian Alaphilippe could defend his maillot jaune against Geraint Thomas in a 27km time trial. A day later, Alaphilippe has extended his GC lead by 14 seconds. On Thursday, Rohan Dennis and Wout van Aert topped the list of Stage 13 favorites. A day later, they’re both out …

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The corner that ended Wout van Aert’s Tour de France

Pau, France (CT) – Four days after his debut Tour stage win, in a technical conclusion to a tricky time trial, it all went wrong for Wout van Aert. On this right-hander just before the flamme rouge, you hear the riders coming before you see them. There’s the blare of the lead motorbike, and then, …

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Alaphilippe tops Thomas in the Tour’s stage 13 time trial: Daily News Digest

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Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today: Julian Alaphilippe wins the stage 13 time trial to extend his overall lead at the Tour de France, Marianne Vos powers to an impressive victory at La Course, Wout van Aert abandons the Tour after a bad crash. Those stories and more in today’s Daily …

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Wout van Aert out of Tour de France following TT barrier crash

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Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) is out of the Tour de France following a high-speed crash in which he caught a barrier near the end of stage 13’s individual time trial. Van Aert was removed from the course in an ambulance with a deep gash in his right thigh. Van Aert appeared to catch the inside …

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Textbook Vos wins nail-biting La Course

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PAU, France (CT) — La Course was textbook Marianne Vos. Vos surprised absolutely nobody and while dropping everybody with an attack halfway up the final climb of La Course. She overcame longtime lone leader Amanda Spratt (Mitchelton-Scott) at the second to last corner to go to take her second La Course victory. “I think we all …

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Today at the Tour: As ever, the Tour de France is predictably unpredictable

The corner that ended Wout van Aert’s Tour de France

Alaphilippe tops Thomas in the Tour’s stage 13 time trial: Daily News Digest

Wout van Aert out of Tour de France following TT barrier crash

Textbook Vos wins nail-biting La Course

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