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Photo gallery: French Fireworks on the Tourmalet

French sporting fans had plenty to celebrate on stage 14 of the Tour de France. Frenchman Thibaut Pinot soared to the stage victory atop the Tourmalet, while his compatriot Julian Alaphilippe finished second and added to his overall lead ahead of defending champion Geraint Thomas. “Since the start of the Tour I’ve been targeting this …

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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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Thomas sees Alaphilippe as a real threat for the Tour de France overall

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Geraint Thomas (Ineos) was as impressed as anyone else with the Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) performed on Friday’s stage 13 time trial at the Tour de France. The defending Tour champ headed into the stage as a hot favorite to take the victory and pick up time in the GC battle, but it was Alaphilippe who …

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Five predictions for ‘week two’ of the Tour de France

With 10 stages in the rearview mirror at what has already been a compelling Tour de France, the action should heat up even more as the race rolls on this week. The Tour is bound for the Pyrenees over the next few days, and that will mean fireworks out on the road during ‘week two’ …

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Today at the Tour: After crosswinds shuffle the deck, the peloton pauses

Generally, when people use the phrase “the winds of change,” they’re speaking metaphorically. After nine and half days of racing at the Tour de France, the winds of change blew quite literally on the peloton Monday, shaking up the general classification just 35km before the first rest day was set to begin. On the open …

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