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Our man in France, currently making his own sedate way to today’s finish town of Nogaro, took on some readers’ questions before the Tour got started. 163km to go 12:52 , Harry Latham-Coyle
Tour de France LIVE – Yates brothers, Rodriguez and Bilbao fight for third. 16:00, Lawrence Ostlere. 9km to go: Felix Gall leads Vingegaard and Pogacar up towards the finish like a sacrificial ...
Yates’s best Tour finish to date was his seventh place in 2017, but since then he has primarily put his focus on the Giro, claiming two top-10 finishes including that podium finish two years ago ...
Tour de France general classification winners by nationality Country No. of wins No. of winning cyclists France: 36 21 Belgium: 18 10 Spain: 12 7 Italy: 10 7 Great Britain: 6 3 Luxembourg: 5 4 Denmark: 3 2 United States: 3 1 Slovenia: 3 1 Switzerland: 2 2 Netherlands: 2 2 Ireland: 1 1 Germany: 1 1 Australia: 1 1 Colombia: 1 1
The course was also used for the first three editions of La Course by Le Tour de France, a women's one-day race held between 2014 and 2021. In these years the race was held in a kermesse-style circuit racing format. [11] The first edition of Tour de France Femmes in 2022 used the course as the first stage of an 8-day race. [4]
Romain Bardet of France won Stage 1 of the Tour de France and is the current leader of the 2024 Tour de France. The 33-year-old Bardet—racing in his final Tour de France—takes the yellow ...
After winning the 2010 Tour de France, it was announced that Alberto Contador had tested positive for low levels of clenbuterol on 21 July rest day. [199] On 26 January 2011, the Spanish Cycling Federation proposed a 1-year ban [200] but reversed its ruling on 15 February and cleared Contador to race. [201]
Overall Speed of the Tour de France. The 2022 edition was the fastest Tour de France in history. Jonas Vingegaard rode 3,349,8 km in 79h 33' 20", thus realising an overall speed of 42.102 km/h (26.161 mph). [17] The slowest Tour de France was the edition of 1919, when Firmin Lambot's average speed was 24.1 km/h. [18]