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Philipsen wins stage 15 sprint finish as Vingegaard survives tough day
Jasper Philipsen claimed his maiden victory on the Tour de France after winning a bunch sprint into Carcassonne.
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Aussie Michael Matthews wins Tour de France stage 14 after solo ride
Michael Matthews won stage 14 of the Tour de France on Saturday with what was the most impressive ride of his rollercoaster career against past and present generational talent.
- by Sophie Smith
The small, shy boy who became a Tour de France champion
At 23, Slovenian Tadej Pogacar is already a once-in-a-generation cyclist, with ties to Australia, and has taken the Tour de France by storm the past couple years. But he now faces a serious fight for a third consecutive title.
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Luckless Ewan crashes on stage 13 as Pedersen claims win
Former world champion Mads Pedersen attacked from the start, then delivered in style on the finish line to claim his first stage win at the Tour de France.
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Ewan allays Tour doubt after surviving the Alps, as Pidcock triumphs on Alpe d’Huez
Star Australian sprinter Caleb Ewan has had a miserable few days in the high mountains but is now confident of making the finale of the Tour de France in Paris, after the peloton climbed Alpe d’Huez.
- by Sophie Smith
Vingegaard blows the Tour de France apart as Pogacar cracks
Jonas Vingegaard snatched the yellow jersey from Tadej Pogacar after Jumbo-Visma relentlessly attacked the defending champion.
Schultz pipped and Pogacar’s team takes hit on eventful day in the Alps
Caleb Ewan expressed doubt that he will finish this year’s Tour de France, while COVID also cast a shadow over Tadej Pogacar’s title defence.
- by Sophie Smith
Injured O’Connor abandons Tour de France, sets sights on Vuelta
Australian Ben O’Connor has succumbed to injury, abandoning the Tour de France on the second rest day.
- by Sophie Smith
Aussie Michael Matthews close second as injured Ben O’Connor battles on
In-form Australian Michael Matthews again came agonisingly close to a victory while Ben O’Connor, already in pain, was sent for scans after being held up in an early crash that sent some riders flying during stage eight of the Tour de France.
- by Sophie Smith
Matthews pipped at Tour as imperious Pogacar takes yellow
Matthews, looking good to nab a second stage win for Australian outfit Team BikeExchange-Jayco, on an uphill finish that suited him, found the double champion simply too good.
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‘Be cold as you can’: Tearful Australian wins stage five of Tour de France
Simon Clarke has landed the biggest victory of his career in a day of cobbles, chaos and carnage that left several other Australians bleeding.
- by Sophie Smith