Tadej Pogacar notched his third stage win in the 2024 Giro d’italia, showing no mercy to breakaway riders and the other GC contenders as he sprinted to victory at Prati di Tivo ahead of a small group comprising runner up Dani Martinez. It’s Pogacar’s second win atop the iconic climb of the Abbruzzo after winning stage 4 of the 2021 Tirreno-Adriatico. As Luke Plapp blew in earlier climbs, Cian…
Tour: Durbridge is positive for Covid-19, forced to retire
Tour: Durbridge is positive for Covid-19, forced to retire
(ANSA-AFP) – MORZINE (FRANCE), 12 JUL – The Australian Luke Durbridge tested positive for Covid-19 and therefore will have to retire from the 109 / o Tour de France cycling. This was announced a little while ago by ‘his of him’ team, the BikeExchange, before the start of the 10th stage, in Morzine.
Durbridge is the fourth rider to leave the French stage race because he was positive for Covid-19,…
"(L-R) Andrea Guardini and Vegard Stake Laengen of UAE Team Emirates before Stage 1 in Sacramento" by Ray's Professional Cycling Page is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
'Invisible' Tour de France domestiques prove Pogacar's team's strength in depth
Mikkel Bjerg and Vegard Stake Laengen control the race for UAE Team Emirates as Yates keeps yellow and Pogacar climbs to second
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Tour de France leader Tadej Pogacar fears he could contract COVID-19 through fans at the race in the wake of a positive test from a teammate.
UAE colleague Vegard Stake Laengen had to quit the race along with French AG2R rider Geoffrey Bouchard on Saturday.
On Sunday, French rider Guillaume Martin from the Cofidis team became the third rider to record a positive COVID test.
Pogacar had said…
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The Norwegian Vegard Stake Laengen (UAE) left the race before the start of the 8e step in Dole.
(Dole) The Tour de France was overtaken on Saturday by the first cases of COVID-19 which resulted in the withdrawal of several riders, including one of the teammates of the Slovenian yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar.
The Norwegian Vegard Stake Laengen (UAE) left…
"It can ruin everything", the Covid shakes Pogacar and the peloton
“It can ruin everything”, the Covid shakes Pogacar and the peloton
Two first riders left the Tour de France on Saturday, testing positive for Covid: Frenchman Geoffrey Bouchard at AG2R and Norwegian Vegard Stake Laengen. The very day the peloton returned to the Swiss roads, the scene of a carnage of abandonments on Covid-19 during the Tour de Suisse last month. An epidemic that worries within the peloton.
The Covid-19 is back on the Tour de France. And he freaks…
Tadej Pogacar to lead UAE Team Emirates for 2024 Giro D’Italia
UAE Team Emirates have unveiled the team that will contest the 2024 Giro d’Italia. Leading the team’s hopes for the General Classification will be debutant Tadej Pogačar while Sebastian Molano will lead the line in the sprint stages.
It will mark the long-awaited debut for Pogačar who is eagerly anticipating the race.
“The preparation for the Giro has gone really well. I haven’t raced too much so…
Pogacar teammate positive as Covid hits Tour de France
Pogacar teammate positive as Covid hits Tour de France
A teammate of the Tour de France defending champion Tadej Pogacar has tested positive for Covid-19, and the team now face a nervous three days to see if others on the team fall sick.
The 33-year-old Norwegian Vegard Stake Laengen, often seen pulling at the front of the UAE Team Emirates train in a headwind, took ill overnight despite testing negative on Thursday morning.
“He reported symptoms of…