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After Ferrand-Prévot's triumph in the Tour de France Femmes, France 'is now enamored by women's cycling'

The French cyclist claimed victory in the iconic race on Sunday, with international media reporting that the fourth edition 'delivered' on all expectations.

Published on August 4, 2025, at 8:30 pm (Paris) Sports department

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Pauline Ferrand-Prévot wins the Tour de France one year after her Olympic triumph

After returning to road cycling only one year ago, the 33-year-old French rider claimed victory in the final stage on Sunday in Châtel and secured the last major title missing from her all-terrain cycling career.

Published on August 4, 2025, at 10:21 am (Paris) Oscar Korbosli

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French cyclist Ferrand-Prévot wins Tour de France Femmes

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot triumphed on Sunday in stage nine of the competition, becoming the first French rider to win the modern women's Tour de France, in its fourth edition.

Published on August 3, 2025, at 7:39 pm (Paris), updated on August 3, 2025, at 8:07 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France Femmes draws enthusiastic crowds, driven by the triumphs of French riders

Across France, excitement for the Tour continues to surge, driven by French cyclists' exploits, especially Olympic champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, who holds the yellow jersey going into the final stage on Sunday.

Published on August 3, 2025, at 1:25 pm (Paris) Oscar Korbosli

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Tour de France Femmes: Ferrand-Prévôt takes the lead after stage 8 win

French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt took the lead at the penultimate stage of the competition, launching a solo attack on the final climb to Col de Madeleine.

Published on August 2, 2025, at 6:52 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Squiban wins second consecutive stage victory in the women's Tour de France

The French rider won solo on Friday in Chambéry on the seventh day of racing, in a scenario reminiscent of her victory the day before in the Puy-de-Dôme.

Published on August 1, 2025, at 7:01 pm (Paris), updated on August 1, 2025, at 9:23 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France Femmes: France's Squiban wins solo in sixth stage, Le Court maintains lead

Squiban is the first French cyclist to win a stage in the 2025 edition of the Tour de France women's race.

Published on July 31, 2025, at 8:56 pm (Paris), updated on August 1, 2025, at 11:59 am Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France Femmes: Le Court makes history for Africa with fifth-stage victory

On Wednesday, Mauritian cyclist Kimberley Le Court-Pienaar won the sprint ahead of Dutch duo Demi Vollering and Anna van der Breggen. With this success, she has taken the leader's yellow jersey.

Published on July 30, 2025, at 8:24 pm (Paris), updated on July 31, 2025, at 7:53 am Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France Femmes: Wiebes claims fourth stage as Vos holds lead

Just as in the previous day's stage, the Dutch cyclist Lorena Wiebes once again beat the overall leader by a wheel to claim her second consecutive stage victory.

Published on July 29, 2025, at 7:25 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France Femmes: Veteran Vos takes yellow after Wiebes stage win

While Lorena Wiebes won the day's sprint, Marinna Vos took back the leader's jersey after losing it for a day to Kim Le Court.

Published on July 28, 2025, at 9:12 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Tadej Pogacar, a Tour de France champion weary of his own dominance

The 26-year-old Slovenian cyclist claimed victory in the race on Sunday for the fourth time in his career. He finished over four minutes ahead of his rival Jonas Vingegaard in the overall standings, with the Dane unable to threaten his lead.

Published on July 28, 2025, at 10:32 am (Paris), updated on July 28, 2025, at 10:34 am Oscar Korbosli

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Pogacar wins Tour de France for fourth time

The 26-year-old Slovenian rider won the Tour last year and in 2020 and 2021.

Published on July 27, 2025, at 8:08 pm (Paris), updated on July 27, 2025, at 8:34 pm Le Monde with AP and AFP

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Tour de France: Montmartre climb won't count toward final time due to weather

With rain threatening Sunday's finale, organizers froze the times at the 50-kilometer mark on the Champs-Elysées, citing concerns that Montmartre's three cobblestone climbs could become dangerously slippery.

Published on July 27, 2025, at 6:48 pm (Paris), updated on July 27, 2025, at 6:56 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Spanish veteran Garcia wins second stage of women's Tour de France

Mavi Garcia is the oldest rider in the Tour peloton, and her victory beat the former age record for a stage winner. Meanwhile, Mauritius's Kim Le Court finished the day in the race leader's yellow jersey, a first for an African rider.

Published on July 27, 2025, at 5:30 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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2024 Olympics: A Montmartre street again becomes Paris's cycling hotspot for Tour de France finale

After three weeks of racing, the Tour delivers one last thrill on Sunday during its final stage, with a passage through Rue Lepic in Montmartre. This is a nod to last year's Paris Olympic road race, which saw incredible public enthusiasm.

Published on July 27, 2025, at 11:15 am (Paris) Valentin Baudry

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Tour de France: Arensman edges white-knuckle win, Pogacar closes in on title

Dutch rider Thymen Arensman crossed the finish line of stage 19 in the rain two seconds ahead of title contender Jonas Vingegaard and his rival Tadej Pogacar, who looks set to claim his fourth title in Paris on Sunday.

Published on July 25, 2025, at 7:19 pm (Paris), updated on July 25, 2025, at 9:08 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France: Paret-Peintre delivers a home win in Mont Ventoux thriller

Valentin Paret-Peintre fought for the line with Ireland's Ben Healy toward the end of the high-altitude stage 16, on the Mont Ventoux, followed by defending champion Tadej Pogacar and Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard.

Published on July 22, 2025, at 5:28 pm (Paris), updated on July 22, 2025, at 5:46 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France: Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel pulls out due to pneumonia

Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel, who won a stage during the opening week of the Tour de France, has withdrawn from the race ahead of stage 16, after coming down with a fever brought on by pneumonia.

Published on July 22, 2025, at 11:46 am (Paris), updated on July 22, 2025, at 11:51 am Le Monde with AP

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Tour de France: Wellens wins stage 15 after solo breakaway

The Belgian carried out a 45km solo run to win the day's stage in Carcassonne.

Published on July 20, 2025, at 5:46 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France: Arensman wins last Pyrénées stage

Yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar came second, extending his overall lead. Remco Evenepoel, who had been third overall, pulled out.

Published on July 19, 2025, at 6:00 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France: White jersey bearer Remco Evenepoel abandons

The Olympic champion, who was the best young rider in the overall ranking, pulled out early in stage 14.

Published on July 19, 2025, at 4:17 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AP

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Tour de France: Pogacar dominates stage 13 time trial to extend lead

The Slovenian star – who previously won the Tour de France in 2020, 2021 and 2024 – stunned rivals with an uphill victory on a road bike, stretching his overall lead to over four minutes as the Tour heads into its brutal final week.

Published on July 18, 2025, at 7:13 pm (Paris), updated on July 19, 2025, at 1:27 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France: Pogacar reclaims yellow jersey with dominant solo win

Tadej Pogacar stormed to victory on stage 12 of the Tour de France Thursday, dropping his rivals on the Hautacam climb to retake the overall lead.

Published on July 17, 2025, at 9:12 pm (Paris), updated on July 17, 2025, at 9:18 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Abrahamsen wins Tour de France stage 11 as Pogacar crashes near finish

Norway’s Jonas Abrahamsen took a surprise solo win in Toulouse on Wednesday, while defending champion Tadej Pogacar crashed just 4km from the line.

Published on July 16, 2025, at 8:47 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France 2025: The first 10 days of racing, in photos

While the riders and their teams enjoy a rest day on Tuesday, Le Monde looks back at the beginning of the 112th Tour de France, which started on July 5 in Lille.

Published on July 15, 2025, at 3:10 pm (Paris) Le Monde

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Tour de France: Merlier doubles up as Van der Poel denied epic win in stage nine

Tim Merlier won stage nine of the race at Chateauroux on Sunday. There was no change atop the overall standings, with Pogacar now holding a 54 second advantage over Evenepoel in second, with France's Vauquelin in third.

Published on July 13, 2025, at 7:39 pm (Paris), updated on July 19, 2025, at 2:00 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France: Jonathan Milan wins Stage 8 in sprint finish

Italy's Milan overtook Australian Kaden Groves on his left and held off Belgian rider Wout van Aert to beat him by about half a bike length on Saturday.

Published on July 12, 2025, at 7:58 pm (Paris), updated on July 19, 2025, at 2:06 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Pogacar reclaims yellow jersey with stage 7 win at Tour de France

Tadej Pogacar reclaimed the yellow jersey Friday with a dominant win on the Mur de Bretagne in stage seven of the Tour de France, edging out rival Jonas Vingegaard in a searing uphill finish.

Published on July 11, 2025, at 6:41 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France: Ireland's Healy pulls off solo win, van der Poel reclaims yellow jersey

The Irishman broke away with 40 kilometers to go and won on Thursday. Mathieu Van der Poel of the Netherlands is back in the yellow jersey, one second ahead of the Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar.

Published on July 10, 2025, at 8:02 pm (Paris), updated on July 10, 2025, at 8:07 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Pogacar takes yellow jersey in Tour de France fifth stage as Evenepoel wins time trial

Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar was the big winner of the fifth stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday, July 9, taking the yellow jersey as Belgian Remco Evenepoel won the stage, a time trial on mostly flat Normandy terrain.

Published on July 9, 2025, at 6:57 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AP and AFP

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Pogacar credits 'big adrenalin' for explosive Tour de France stage and 100th career win

Slovenien Tadej Pogacar dropped all rivals one by one to take Tour de France stage four at Rouen on Tuesday, July 8, with only Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands and Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark offering a real challenge.

Published on July 8, 2025, at 7:07 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Belgian Merlier wins crash-littered Tour de France third stage

Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel retained the race lead on Monday after a stage marred by falls, including two nasty ones at the finale, involving Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel.

Published on July 7, 2025, at 7:12 pm (Paris), updated on July 8, 2025, at 9:04 am Le Monde with AFP

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Philipsen wins nervy Tour de France opener as Evenepoel loses time

The Belgian sprinter from the Alpecin-Deceuninck team claimed his tenth victory in the Tour de France in Lille on Saturday, taking the yellow jersey after a nervy stage.

Published on July 5, 2025, at 5:16 pm (Paris), updated on July 19, 2025, at 2:06 pm Le Monde with AFP

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For the Tour de France, the lack of French winners hasn't hurt business

The 2025 Tour de France marks the 40th anniversary of the last overall victory by a Frenchman. Despite the lack of homegrown champs, the public's enthusiasm remains undiminished.

Published on July 5, 2025, at 5:00 am (Paris), updated on July 5, 2025, at 5:30 am Oscar Korbosli

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2025 Tour de France to climb Montmartre hill during final stage

Before arriving on the Champs-Elysées, the final stage of the 2025 edition of the Tour de France will make a detour via hilly Montmartre, where the passage of cyclists during the road race of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games drew thousands of spectators.

Published on May 14, 2025, at 1:05 pm (Paris) Denis Ménétrier

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Tour de France: Edinburgh set to host men's 2027 Grand Départ

Tour de France organizers ASO announced that Edinburgh would host the men's Grand Départ, with the first three stages being set in Scotland, England and Wales. The women's Tour is also due to start in the UK.

Published on March 19, 2025, at 8:15 pm (Paris), updated on March 19, 2025, at 9:04 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Women's Tour de France gets tougher for 2025

The 2025 edition promises more challenges for the cyclists to reflect rising standards, organizers said on Tuesday.

Published on October 29, 2024, at 1:23 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Men's Tour de France 'comes home' in 2025, as women's Tour gets tougher

This will be the first edition of the men's race since 2020 to take place exclusively in France, as the routes for both the men's and women's races were revealed in Paris on Tuesday.

Published on October 29, 2024, at 1:07 pm (Paris), updated on October 29, 2024, at 1:51 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Niewiadoma wins Women's Tour de France by just four seconds

The Polish cyclist won her first women's Tour de France as she dug in during the race's grueling final Alpine ascent.

Published on August 18, 2024, at 7:19 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Women's Tour de France: Cédrine Kerbaol becomes first Frenchwoman to win a stage

Cédrine Kerbaol won stage six and climbed into second place in the overall rankings, 16 seconds ahead of race leader Katarzyna Niewiadoma.

Published on August 16, 2024, at 5:17 pm (Paris), updated on August 16, 2024, at 5:59 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Women's Tour de France: Vas wins stage five as Vollering crashes and loses yellow

Katarzyna Niewiadoma finished second in the stage and took the yellow jersey from last year's winner Demi Vollering.

Published on August 15, 2024, at 4:59 pm (Paris), updated on August 15, 2024, at 7:10 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Women's Tour de France: Pieterse wins stage four as Dutch continue clean sweep

Puck Pieterse was the fourth Dutch winner in four stages so far in this year's Tour de France.

Published on August 14, 2024, at 5:34 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Women's Tour de France: Kool claims yellow jersey with stage 1 victory

Dutch rider Charlotte Kool claimed a victory at home as the race started in Rotterdam and headed to The Hague.

Published on August 12, 2024, at 4:39 pm (Paris), updated on August 12, 2024, at 5:21 pm Le Monde

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Tadej Pogacar reigns supreme over the Tour de France

The 25-year-old Slovenian rider won his third Tour de France in Nice on Sunday. His domination is reminiscent of that of the Belgian champion Eddy Merckx in the 1960s and 1970s.

Published on July 21, 2024, at 7:32 pm (Paris), updated on July 21, 2024, at 7:37 pm Pierre Carrey

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Pogacar wins 19th stage to close on Tour de France triumph

Tadej Pogacar overtook three riders on the final 16-kilometer climb to win the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France on Friday.

Published on July 19, 2024, at 6:56 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France: Campenaerts wins stage 18, Pogacar retains lead

Victor Campanaerts of Lotto Dstny won the Tour de France active, hilly stage 18.

Published on July 18, 2024, at 6:51 pm (Paris), updated on July 18, 2024, at 8:09 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France: Carapaz wins his first ever stage

The former winner of the road race in the Tokyo Olympics, the Ecuadorian rider won stage 17. While Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vinegaard and Remco Evenepoel engaged in a late scrap of attacks and counter-attacks.

Published on July 17, 2024, at 6:42 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Pogacar's impossibly fast climb to the Plateau de Beille, the 2024 Tour de France's tipping point

For some years now, each edition of the Tour has had a 'tipping point' when the festive atmosphere at the start gives way to doubts and endless unanswered questions.

Published on July 17, 2024, at 10:30 am (Paris) Pierre Carrey

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Tour de France: Belgium's Philipsen wins day 16 spring stage

Jasper Philipsen pushed through a tight pack to cross the line first in Nîmes on Tuesday but rival Biniam Girmay retains the green sprint points jersey, even though he fell in the final dash.

Published on July 16, 2024, at 8:02 pm (Paris), updated on July 16, 2024, at 8:03 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France: Pogacar and Vingegaard's dominance amuses the peloton

Humor becomes the peloton's way of distancing itself from the extraordinary performances of the Slovenian and the Dane. In the face of 'two-speed cycling,' irony and sarcasm have replaced the anger of past years.

Published on July 16, 2024, at 5:30 am (Paris) Pierre Carrey

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Tour de France: Pogacar pulverizes opposition in third stage win

Jonas Vingegaard lost another 1min 8sec to the race leader, and third-placed Remco Evenepoel lost 2min 51sec.

Published on July 14, 2024, at 5:55 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France: Fan arrested after throwing chips at Pogacar

The professional riders union CPA said it intends to sue the spectator.

Published on July 14, 2024, at 1:47 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France: Pogacar extends lead with Pyrénées win

Tadej Pogacar won his second stage of this year's edition, and now has a lead of 1 min 57 sec over Jonas Vingegaard.

Published on July 13, 2024, at 5:48 pm (Paris), updated on July 13, 2024, at 7:39 pm Le Monde

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Tour de France: Pyrénées and Covid-19 are the next obstacles in Pogacar-Vingegaard duel

The virus has already eliminated one of yellow jersey's team-mates, as it spreads through the peloton. This raises sporting uncertainties ahead of eight climbs across Saturday and Sunday.

Published on July 13, 2024, at 1:11 pm (Paris), updated on July 13, 2024, at 2:34 pm Pierre Carrey

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Tour de France: Tom Pidcock quits with Covid

The British rider is due to defend his mountain bike Olympic title in two weeks.

Published on July 13, 2024, at 1:04 pm (Paris), updated on July 13, 2024, at 1:07 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Tour de France: Frenchman Turgis wins stage 8 on gravel roads

Anthony Turgis won after a long breakaway, while Tadej Pogacar attacked several times but couldn't get the better of Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel.

Published on July 7, 2024, at 6:47 pm (Paris), updated on July 7, 2024, at 6:48 pm Le Monde with AP

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Tour de France: Pogacar stays in yellow as Evenepoel wins time trial

Remco Evenepoel beat Tadej Pogacar by 12 seconds, but remains 33 seconds behind in the general classification.

Published on July 5, 2024, at 6:00 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AP

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Tour de France: Dutch sprinter Groenewegen wins Stage 6 in a photo finish

In his sixth career career stage triumph, Dylan Groenewegen carefully timed his efforts, sprinting forward in the final 4 kilometers to clinch the victory. Slovenian champion Tadej Pogacar, meanwhile, held on to the yellow jersey.

Published on July 4, 2024, at 6:23 pm (Paris), updated on July 4, 2024, at 6:31 pm Le Monde with AP

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Tour de France: Cavendish breaks Merckx's record with 35th stage win

The 39-year-old Mark Cavendish overtakes the legendary Belgian's record for most stage wins in the Tour de France.

Published on July 3, 2024, at 5:57 pm (Paris), updated on July 3, 2024, at 6:45 pm Le Monde with AP

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Pogacar wins stage four to reclaim Tour de France lead

The two-time former champion soloed to victory in stage four of the cycling race.

Published on July 2, 2024, at 7:33 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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