Milan wins Tour de France Stage 8
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A key teammate of Tour de France leader Tadej Pogačar has abandoned the race. João Almeida had fractured a rib during Stage 7 and was dropped early during Sunday’s ninth stage between Chinon and Châteauroux.
João Almeida abandoned the Tour de France during its ninth stage, two days after suffering a fractured rib in a nasty Stage 7 crash. Almeida, teammate of star Tadej Pogačar, finished Stage 8 but could not finish Stage 9.
The yellow jersey has already chopped and changed multiple times in the opening week of the Tour de France, with Mathieu van der Poel wrestling it back off Tadej Pogacar by just one second on a thrilling stage six,
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Italian rider Jonathan Milan timed his attack perfectly, adding a stage victory to the Olympic gold he won in the team pursuit at the 2021 Tokyo Games.
The Tour de France is 100% in France this year with no stages starting from abroad. A mostly flat first week started from Lille and stayed in cycling-mad northern France for three stages. The peloton then headed south,
Ben Healy claimed a sensational victory in Stage 6 of the Tour de France 2025 with a solo breakaway over the 201.5 km route from Bayeux to Vire Normandie. The Irish rider surged ahead with 40 km to go and never looked back,
Mattia Cattaneo, a key teammate of Tour de France contender Remco Evenepoel, has withdrawn from the race. The versatile Cattaneo, who rides for E
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Cycling News on MSN'It's been quite a tough first week' - Jonas Vingegaard still trying to understand his Tour de France TT time loss to Tadej PogačarPogačar was happy to lose the yellow jersey by a single second to Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), who went deep in the breakaway of the stage, won by Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), to take back yellow.