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The youngest Tour de France stage winner is Fabio Battesini, who was 19 when he won one stage in the 1931 Tour de France. [ 227 ] The fastest massed-start stage was in 1999 from Laval to Blois (194.5 kilometres (120.9 mi)), won by Mario Cipollini at 50.4 kilometres per hour (31.3 mph). [ 228 ]
Cycling on NBC is the de facto name for broadcasts of multiple-stage bicycle races produced by NBC Sports, [4] the sports division of the NBC [5] television network. This includes broadcasts of the Tour de France, [6] Vuelta a España, UCI World Tour Championships, Tour of California, USA Pro Cycling Challenge, [7] and Liège–Bastogne–Liège.
The first season featured 8 of the Tour's 22 teams, in 8 episodes lasting around 40 minutes each. One of the biggest stars of the 2022 Tour de France, defending champion Tadej Pogačar , did not feature in this series after his team, UAE Team Emirates , opted out of any involvement.
At more than 200km this is the longest stage of the 2023 Tour and, with the sizeable Jaizkibel climb (8.1km, 5.3% average gradient) shortly before the finish, this is even more tough on the legs ...
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Only seven riders have won the equivalent of a career Triple Crown, meaning a Gold in the UCI Road World Championships road race, the Tour de France, and the Giro d'Italia. In addition to Merckx, Roche, Pogacar and Van Vleuten who won the triple crown in a single season they are Fausto Coppi , Felice Gimondi and Bernard Hinault .
Between 1920 and 1985, Jules Deloffre (1885 – 1963) [3] was the record holder for the highest number of Tour de France participations, with 14, and was sole holder of this record until 1966 [4] with the fourteenth and last participation of André Darrigade. [5] The record for most appearances is now held by Sylvain Chavanel, with 18.
This was the first Tour de France stage victory of his career. He defended his lead the following day which concluded with a mountaintop finish on Alpe d'Huez . Over the next few stages, Pogačar made a few attacks, which forced open small gaps with the other top-placed GC riders, but Vingegaard was able to respond to each of them. [ 42 ]