An emotional Matej Mohori gave an insightful and honest interview after his stage 19 win at the Tour de France. Before the stage Meintjes was 13th overall, but with the early crash his team lost their GC leader and hopes of a top ten overall. Victor Mather covers every sport for The Times. Adam Yates (GBR) -- +10:56 4. They were helping out Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious), Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroen), and Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla) respectively, all three riders within the top 10 on the general classification and looking to move their way up the standings. Thank you champion for making us dream. If they catch them, the breakaway group would swell to around 36 riders. Biniam Girmay out-sprints his rivals to win the second stage of . Corbin Strong, 5 pts12. Starting in Bilbao, Spain, on 1 July, the race heads into France on Stage 3, culminating with the iconic Champs-Elyses finish on 23 July. Ive outlined some of it below, so do take a look at his words as its a very honest interview that is well worth a read. Look to see Landa on the attack early: the Tour starts in the Basque Country (the region from which he hails), and a stage win on home roads with perhaps a day or two in the yellow jersey would be the highlight of his career. We will miss you. Im eating a cheese sandwich (sadly, not comt) and my eyes are watering at the speedy state of todays racing, More than 47km/h at the front for almost 2 hours And the bunch are only 1' behind the attackers Talk about an impressive battle on the way to Poligny #TDFdata #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/ogfQ0HlFFD. Replays, mini stage recaps, highlights and live streaming can be found on the. I knew I had to make everything perfect. The cycling race returned to the formidable Puy de Dme after 35 years. Perhaps more importantly, hell be supported by one of the strongest teams in the Tour, and the course suits his strengths. Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leaders yellow jersey, crosses the finish line on Stage 18 of the Tour de France on Thursday. Stage-by-stage updates, results, and highlights from this year's race. MATEJ MOHORIC WINS STAGE 19 OF TOUR DE FRANCE IN POLIGNY after a photo finish sprint against Kasper Asgreen! Tour de France stage 18 - Asgreen wins from breakaway in thrilling The 27-year-old looked to be on track for another solid performance after finishing third at last years Dauphin, but crumbled a few weeks later in the Tour, dropping out of the race due to injuries sustained in a nasty crash on Stage 2. While Renard managed to finish the stage, Vingegaard's blistering performance pushed him one second outside of the time cut. Main man Michael . We'll miss you at the #TDF2023, @jacopoguarnieri pic.twitter.com/KbgrYnX8T7July 4, 2023. The guys were telling me, Its so hard, its so steep. But actually today we were flying uphill, so it didnt feel so steep., Vingegaard said, Today he was stronger in the end, and added, I just have to keep fighting to keep yellow.. Follow this season's top riders and make Eurosport your go-to source for Cycling - Road results. Sometimes you feel like you dont belong here because everyone is so incredibly strong that you struggle to hold wheels. Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard ( Team Jumbo-Visma) won the general classification for the second year in a row. Tour de France 2023 Preview: Key Stages, Contenders, and Predictions It would provide the eight riders with some teammates. Jonas Vingegaard (middle) won the 2022 Tour de France from Tadej Pogacar (left) and Geraint Thomas. Then sprinters including Mark Cavendish, Caleb Ewan and Fabio Jakobsen headed home in the second week before stage 14 also took a heavy toll with many riders coming down in a big crash near the start of the stage. Tour de France 2023: The stage-by-stage story of the race - Yahoo Sports More of a climber than a time trialist, Hindley will benefit from a course with only time trialand an uphill one at that. A photo-finish for Kasper Asgreen and Matej Mohori during stage 19 of the Tour de France. Theyve worked beautifully together but now theyre under the 1km to go banner, its time to think about the podium places. The rider was forced to abandon with what Team dsm-firmenich later confirmed was multiple skin abrasions on his hip and shoulder and a concussion. 30km to go: Asgreen, Matej Mohori and Ben OConnor have caught and passed Campenaerts, who looks pretty knackered now. Jonas Vingegaard claimed back-to-back Tour de France titles beating main rival Tadej Pogacar into second place in a repeat of the 2022 result. A focal point of international coverage, and tipped as the subject of Netflix's next series of the Tour of France: Unchained. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. Mads Pedersen, 20 pts2. Whether he would have been allowed to proceed given the small margin wasn't clear, but a broken elbow from his fall sadly meant that the Frenchman's Tour was over. (Photo by Anne-Christine Poujoulat - Pool/Getty Images), Another Year, Another Fan Causing a Serious Crash at the Tour de France, Tour de France: 'What are they playing at?' Stay up to date with the 2023 Tour de France standings. Australian cyclist Ben OConnor had been first among the three breakaways to attack for the line but he was overhauled by Asgreen and Mohori, who seemed to cross at the same time. They now have 1min 18sec. Tadej Pogacar slumps over the handlebars of his bicycle after losing considerable time on Jonas Vingegaard during a brutal stage for the Slovenian. It vows to stay in Florida, Exclusive: Kroger and Albertsons CEOs give details on controversial $25 billion merger, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Pro Championship in Philadelphia, longtime Bicycling contributor Whit Yost has raced on Belgian cobbles, helped build a European pro team, and piloted that team from Malaysia to Mont Ventoux as an assistant director sportif. Declan Gallagher Jul 20, 2023 1:30 PM EDT Editor's Note: This story. Tour de France 2023: Matej Mohoric wins stage 19 after photo-finish - as it happened A rapid day, peppered with attacks, which eventually lead to an emotional triumph for Matej Mohori in. The 28-year-old is expected to race in the 2023 Vuelta a Espaa, where hes finished second overall three times, in 2018, 2021 and 2022. Its part of the job that people doubt us or doubt the riders, he said. And he has the added mental advantage of having beaten Vingegaard the only time they raced against one another so far this season: at Paris-Nice in March. German Simon Geschke was the last man to finish stage 17 after struggling with a stomach bug. Another Danish rider took the limelight at the Tour de France on Thursday as Kasper Asgreen joined an early breakaway and then held on to win the 18th stage in a sprint finish. The commentators are chatting about how after an hour and 45min, the breakaway of the day has finally been established. Its a third stage win for Bahrain Victorious. Its been a crazy Tour and full gas from the start on nearly every stage. Stage 20 report: Tadej Pogacar won the final mountain stage of the 2023 Tour de France to Le Markstein, . (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images), LIMOGES, FRANCE - JULY 08: Mikel Landa of Spain, and Team Bahrain Victorious after being involved in a crash during the stage eight of the 110th Tour de France 2023 a 200.7km stage from Libourne to Limoges / #UCIWT / on July 08, 2023 in Limoges, France. The 28-year-old had a quiet Dauphin, finishing 23rd overall in the event which he won back in 2020. Jakobsen was the team's main focus alongside Julian Alaphilippe and the duo were meant to challenge for stage wins, but after 11 days of racing the Belgian side had no success and may miss out on a stage win for the first time since 2012 with their sprinter out of the race. Im signing off for the evening, but dont worry, the post race report link will be posted here later by one of my colleagues. It was not a good day. Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. Tour de France 2022 standings: Who is leading the race? The margin to third-place Jai Hindley of Australia increased by more than a minute to 2 minutes 40 seconds. The South African rider was hit from behind and fell, breaking his collarbone. In Hindley's first appearance at the Tour, and after entering the major race as third favourite, he has taken the lead following victory in stage five - and looks to have a genuine shot at winning it all. Cras collision also slowed the fourth and 11th place ridersBritish cyclist Simon Yates and Spanish cyclist Mikel Landawho both lost about 47 seconds in the race as a result; Yates and Cras were both podium contenders in this years race ahead of the collision, Velo reported. The best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekends action, I can tell, from my heart, that I dont take anything. The departure of the experienced Snchez, who was riding his 12th Tour de France, will be a loss to Mark Cavendish as he chases his 35th career stage win at the Tour de France. Can anyone unseat defending champion Jonas Vingegaard? Friday's 19th stage of the 2023 Tour de France sees the peloton sweep across the Jura Mountains - without tackling any major climbs over the 172.8km route from Moirans-en-Montagne to. Who's leading the Tour de France 2023 after Stage 9? - MSN Adam Yates held on to his overall lead in the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastin, won by the . Following evaluation by the team doctor after stage 14, the Colombian was a non-starter on stage 15 and put into the UCI concussion protocol with the team saying "symptoms of concussion were detected". Tour de France 2023 results, standings, schedule, next stage details I was a bit scared. 4km to go: Asgreen, Mohori and OConnor are working seamlessly together and heading down what is a straight line to the finish. [1/3]Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 21 - Paris La Defense Arena to Champs-Elysees - France - July 24, 2022 Jumbo - Visma's Jonas Vingegaard and Wout Van Aertt with teammates cross the finish line after stage 21 REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File photo. A tearful Matej Mohoric, right, is congratulated after his victory. The list of contenders for the 2023 Tour de France is topped by two defending champions, one who looks to be picking-up right where he left off, and another whoafter a dominant start to the seasonheads to the Tour still recovering from an injury sustained at a race in late-April. Ive found the photo-finish image to show just how close todays stage win was. Kasper Asgreen3. When he pulled off midway up the climb, he was replaced by OConnor, pulling all sort of pain faces as set a fierce tempo for eventual stage winner Felix Gall. When he had suffered too much, he dropped away and Harper came to the front and set a pace that only Gall, Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla) and Rafal Majka (UAE Team Emirates) could follow. Asked how he could further placate his sceptics, Vingegaard said: Its hard to tell what more you can say. 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A series of crashes on the Alpine stage to Morzine saw the 2023 Tour suffer its biggest day of losses yet. Find out which rider is donning the yellow jersey at the Tour de France Sign up to our newsletter (Image credit: Getty Images). However, he had contusions on his right elbow, right shoulder and left hip as well as multiple skin abrasions all over the body. Clarke and Campenaerts have seen their lead drop to around 24sec and it looks like theyll get caught on the ascent. Regardless of how it came to be, the yellow jersey is now one of the most notable and recognizable symbols in cycling, and riders consider it a career-defining achievement just to wear it for a day. I hope to recover and we can go for another stage on stage 20. The Colombian rider soldiered on after the restart but with an injury to his sternoclavicular joint, stopped shortly after due to his injuries. We will see you soon. Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, crosses the finish line on Stage 18 of the Tour de France . Few watching were certain who won as Mohori finished only four thousandths of a second ahead of Asgreen in the tightest finish ever recorded. The French GC leader who was in 12th at the start of the stage and already hadn't been having the best of weeks, suffering from a bronchial infection earlier. Having stated ahead of the race, If I leave without a stage win then the Tour is a disappointment for me personally," the departure so early in the race is no doubt a big disappointment for the US rider. It was a crash marred finale on stage 4 and while Luis Lon Snchez was officially marked down as a finisher, the writing was on the wall when the rider was transported to hospital following the fall with 1km to go. Should that happen, anything else would be gravy. "I am very disappointed that at this moment I don't have the level to survive the mountain stages. It is now at just 18 seconds. Mohori comes out from behind Asgreen and its a photo-finish! Carapaz continued but crossed the line over 15 minutes down on winner Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates). Following his fall at the start of the stage, our Breton rider suffered a fractured right elbow.". Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard protected his commanding lead on the hilly 173-kilometer (107-mile) route from Moirans-en-Montagne to Poligny, which is known as the capital of comt cheese. The bikes are too small apparently. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo Visma) crossed the line safely on the final stage of the 2023 Tour de France, celebrating his second overall victory in a row well behind the peloton with his. Its also one of the final stages of the Tour after really hard weeks, Asgreen said. The final two miles do not dip below a punishing 12 percent gradient and hit an absurd 18 percent at the very end. Cras went down alongside Simon Yates, in a crash that led to the Jayco-AlUla rider losing 47 seconds in the general classification. Vingegaard, a Danish cyclist, and Pogacar, who is from Slovenia, were the prerace favorites to win, and they had essentially split the first two tough stages of the race in midweek. Tour de France: Biniam Girmay is leading a revolution in cycling The Belgian left the race due to the imminent arrival of his second child. The British rider making his Tour debut was also distanced on stage 13 and then abandoned after being ill on Friday morning. More about Victor Mather, A version of this article appears in print on, Pogacar Cuts Further Into Vingegaards Tour de France Lead, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/sports/cycling/tour-de-france-pogacar-vingegaard.html. In 2021, a fan holding a banner and standing on the edge of the road with her back turned on the nearing group of bikers caused a crash involving almost the entirety of the peloton and some fans. The 27 year old's impressive Tour de France debut was also cut short on the descent of Col de Saxel, with a concussion as a result of the crash. He goes on to thank Adam Yates for his lead-out for the final sprint. The peloton left it too late, and they just held on as Asgreen raised his arms at the line. Its hard to take, I tried my best, and I really put effort to make the time cuts over the past few stages," said Bauhaus in a media statement. In a second fan-induced incident Sunday, French cyclist Lilian Calmejane crashed when a fan waved a tribute pole with jerseys hung on it onto the course and the jerseys got stuck in his bike, EuroSport reported; Calmejane was able to catch back up and his team tweeted that hell continue the race but asked fans to be careful when the peloton comes by.. All rights reserved. Matej Mohori2. (Poulidor won that battle, but Anquetil won the Tour.). When a spectator step up more than one meter up the road and dont move when the peleton arrive than you better stay home. It is now at just 18 seconds. Corbin Strong has crashed on the descent but seems to be up and standing by the side of the road. European Champion Fabio Jakobsen abandoned the Tour de France on the morning of stage 12 after initially crashing at high speed on stage 4. As a result all Intermarch-Circus-Wanty's focus will now turn to chasing a stage win. You do everything you can to get ready. Froome vows to return in 2024 after Tour snub The 38-year-old was controversially omitted from the Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team for the 2022 edition of the race before signing with current team. Tadej Pogaar (UAE Team Emirates) suffering. He got a small gap on Vingegaard, as the other members of their group melted away. Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature. 2023 Tour de France Contenders - Who Will Win the Yellow Jersey? More in the interview recorded yesterday morning. All rights reserved. Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) DNF The Slovenian rider broke down after winning, fought tears during the award ceremony for the 19th stage, and again struggled with his emotions as he spoke about his perfectly timed race the fifth-fastest stage in Tour history. Rising Australian cycling star Jai Hindley could join Cadel Evans as the only Australian to have won the Tour de France. Official website of Tour de France 2023 Get ready for Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift! Fourth at the Dauphin, his form is clearly where it needs to be heading into the Tour and he has sneakily talented team supporting him, a team that includes Germanys Emanuel Buchmann, who finished fourth at the Tour de France in 2019, Colombias Sergio Higuita, one of the sports best climbers, and Luxembourgs Bob Jungels, who finished 11th at last years Tour and has two top-10 finishes at the Giro on his resume. Harper paced behind for Yates, and when the former Vuelta a Espana winner jumped off in pursuit of Gall, he was only able to shorten the advantage of Gall by the finish. 94km to go: With under 100km to go now, heres a quick update on where the groups are. Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), DNS Eenkhoorn was the next to attack and he was the only one to join the trio to make it a four-man group. 2023 Tour de France final standings for the yellow jersey, green jersey, white jersey and polka-dot jersey . More departures in third week as Van Aert joins a list already including Carapaz, Jakobsen, Ewan, Mas, Cavendish and Bardet. Tiesj Benoot, 10 pts7. Who's Winning the 2020 Tour de France - Bicycling Watch the Tour de France, Giro dItalia, Vuelta a Espaa, Dakar Rally, World Athletics / ISU Championships (and more) via SBS On Demand your free live streaming and catch-up service. This was not how I wanted to leave the Tour," said Sinkledam in a Twitter post from Alpecin-Deceuninck. The final GC standings of the 2023 Tour de France | Cyclingnews 52km to go: Clarke and Campenaerts have almost 30secs on the chasing group and are on a near 10km descent. Stage 9: Saint-Lonard-de-Noblat - Puy de Dme (184 km, 3441m), Sunday, July 9. This [race] is the dream. It ended with his murder, Read the stirring monologue about womanhood America Ferrera delivers in Barbie, Urbanization, Latinos and a far-right GOP. Yet in just 48 hours of mountain racing, a yawning divide has opened between them after the defending champion crushed his Slovenian rival in the Alps. I understand that its hard to trust in cycling with the past there has been, but I think nowadays everyone is different to how it was from 20 years ago. TOPSHOT - AG2R Citroen Team's Australian rider Ben O'Connor douses himself with water to cool down as he cycles in the ascent of the Col de la Loze during the 17th stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 166 km between Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc and Courchevel, in the French Alps, on July 19, 2023. Behind, Israel-Premier Tech, Uno-X and EF Education-EasyPost are keen to chase the group down, having missed the breakaway. On Wednesday, Vingegaard beat his rival by a minute. Starting out from the Basque Country on July 1, the 2023 Tour de France will visit each of France's five mountain ranges as the most prestigious event in cycling marks its 120th year. Its a fabulous cheese and one of my favourites. Tadej Pogacar (SLO) -- +7:29 3. Noting the unusual absence of spectators toward the end, he said, It was deafening until about 4K to go, then, all of a sudden, silence. He added, Its an iconic climb, beautiful.. 24 on it, De la Hoya shares the uncomfortable truth around his stardom, Is Tom Brady dating another supermodel? The leading duo have almost 1min on the group now. Jonas Vingegaard keeps big Tour de France lead after Stage 18 - Los I know I dont often win because Im not as strong as the others but I can keep the cool and the focus in the crucial moments.. EF Education-EasyPost is now down three riders, given Chaves was caught up in the crash at the start and Richard Carapaz did not start stage 2 after the opening stage crash. The gap remained the same, give or take a few seconds either way, with under 62 miles left. 115km to go: Eurosport are calling it. On Thursday, Pogacar struck back, pulling away to beat Vingegaard by half a minute. The .css-qlm9kn{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#067EA7;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;background-image:linear-gradient( to bottom, #7fdbfa, #7fdbfa);-webkit-background-position:0 100%;background-position:0 100%;background-repeat:repeat-x;-webkit-background-size:0 0;background-size:0 0;padding-bottom:0.05rem;padding-top:0.05rem;}.css-qlm9kn:hover{color:#045976;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;-webkit-background-size:.625rem 3.125rem;background-size:.625rem 3.125rem;}2023 Mens Tour de France begins on Saturday, July 1st in Bilbao, Spain with a hilly road race that will determine the first riders to pull on the yellow jersey as the leader of the Tours General Classificationin other words, the Tours overall leader. Simmons was set to ride in support of Mads Pedersen on the Tours sprint stages, helping deliver Pedersen to victory on stage 8, while protecting Lidl-Treks GC ambitions with Mattias Skjelmose and Giulio Ciccone.

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