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Jonas Vingegaard is closing in on a Tour de France victory, but the Danish cyclist has taken an unusual road to the top

A few years back, Jonas Vingegaard struggled to find a team to sign him. Now the former fish-factory worker is surviving the heat of the Tour de France and is close to his first title.

ABC News

What it feels like to ride up a Tour de France mountain

Sean Russell is out of practice before attempting to ride up the legendary Alpe d’Huez, but is it a case of mind over matter?

The Independent UK

‘I can still win the Tour de France’: Tadej Pogacar vows to keep attacking after brutal stage 17 victory

Tadej Pogacar edged an enthralling finale to claim the stage but, in his bid to win an historic third successive Tour, he remains well behind the imperious Jonas Vingegaard

The Independent UK

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Vingegaard the real winner as Pogacar edges Pyrenean Tour de France duel

Peyragudes (France) (AFP) - Defending champion Tadej Pogacar won stage 17 of the Tour de France in the Pyrenees on Wednesday, but was once again shadowed over the line by Jonas Vingegaard, the race's overall leader.

AFP

Pogacar wins Tour stage 17, Vingegaard stays in lead

Peyragudes (France) (AFP) - Defending champion Tadej Pogacar won stage 17 of the Tour de France in the Pyrenees on Wednesday, but was once again shadowed over the line by overall leader in Jumbo-Visma's Jonas Vingegaard.

AFP

Tour de France: Pogacar wins stage 17 as Vingegaard holds on and Thomas fades

Geraint Thomas’s hopes of winning this year’s Tour de France evaporated into the thin Pyrenean air as Tadej Pogacar wins mountain stage

The Guardian - UK

Defending Tour de France champion Pogacar loses key teammate

Saint-Gaudens (France) (AFP) - Defending Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar lost a third UAE Emirates teammate when his lieutenant Rafal Majka pulled out injured ahead of Wednesday's mountain stage 17 climb to Peyragudes.

AFP

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Canada's Houle dedicates stage 16 triumph to brother killed in hit-and-run

Foix (France) (AFP) - Canadian rider Hugo Houle broke down in tears after winning stage 16 of the Tour de France on Tuesday, dedicating his first professional triumph to his late brother.

AFP

Tour de France: Canada’s Houle wins stage 16, Vingegaard keeps lead as race hits Pyrenees

Canadian cyclist Hugo Houle claimed an emotional first-ever grand tour stage victory on Tuesday, while Jonas Vingegaard stayed in the overall lead of the Tour de France after a tough 16th stage as the race hit the Pyrenees.

France 24

‘This one is for him’: Hugo Houle dedicates emotional Tour de France stage win to late brother

Houle rode clear from a 29-strong breakaway to finish solo in the 179km stage from Carcassonne to Foix, a superb way to take his first career win in any race

The Independent UK

‘This one is for him’ – Hugo Houle dedicates Tour de France stage win to brother

Houle’s brother Pierrik was killed by a drunk driver in 2012.

The Independent UK

Tour takes to hills as France sizzles in heatwave

Foix (France) (AFP) - As the nation baked in a searing heatwave on Tuesday, the Tour de France moved away from the cauldron-like stone citadel of Carcassonne toward the relative cool of the Pyrenean foothills.

AFP

Vingegaard retains Tour lead as Canada's Houle wins stage 16

Foix (France) (AFP) - Canadian rider Hugo Houle broke down in tears after winning stage 16 of the Tour de France on Tuesday, dedicating the triumph to his recently deceased brother.

AFP

Hugo Houle dedicates emotional Tour de France stage win to his late brother

Canada’s Hugo Houle broke away to win stage 16 and said the victory was for his brother Pierrik, who died in a hit-and-run in 2012

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Tour de France 2022: Hugo Houle wins stage 16 as race hits the Pyrenees – as it happened

Houle becomes only the second Canadian winner of a stage, the top three emerge unscathed, and Nairo Quintana goes fourth

The Independent UK

Tour de France 2022 LIVE result: Hugo Houle wins stage as Jonas Vingegaard marks Tadej Pogacar

The riders kicked off the final week of the Tour with a 178.5km day from Carcassonne to Foix

The Independent UK

Tour de France 2022 stage 16 preview: Route map and profile from Carcassonne to Foix today

Stage 16 of the Tour offers a chance to the breakaway ahead of the bigger mountain stages to come

The Guardian - UK

Geraint Thomas plays waiting game with Tour de France on a knife-edge

The 2018 winner admitted he is not as explosive as the two leaders in front of him but is prepared to pounce if he spots ‘any moment of vulnerability’

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Daily Mirror

Geraint Thomas refuses to give up on Tour de France dream and vows to keep fighting

Ineos Grenadiers star Geraint Thomas is refusing to give up in his pursuit of a second Tour de France despite his team struggling to challenge for the top places thus far

AFP

EF's Doull 'loving' Tour debut despite lack of Danish toilet breaks

Paris (AFP) - Welshman Owain Doull said on Monday he is "loving" his maiden Tour de France experience despite the lack of opportunities to "have a nature break" during the crowded opening stages in Denmark.

The National (Scotland)

‘We’ve got to keep believing’ – Geraint Thomas not giving up in Tour de France

The Welshman reached Monday’s final rest day third overall, two minutes and 43 seconds off Jonas Vingegaard and 21 seconds behind Tadej Pogacar.

The Independent UK

‘We’ve got to keep believing’: Geraint Thomas not giving up in Tour de France

The Welshman reached Monday’s final rest day third overall, two minutes and 43 seconds off Jonas Vingegaard and 21 seconds behind Tadej Pogacar

AFP

Two more riders Covid positive at Tour de France

Carcassonne (France) (AFP) - Two more riders have tested positive for Covid-19 at the Tour de France, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced on Monday.

The Independent UK

Tour de France 2022 stage 16 preview: Route map and profile from Carcassonne to Foix tomorrow

Stage 16 of the Tour offers a chance to the breakaway ahead of the bigger mountain stages to come

Daily Mirror

Tour de France rider Owain Doull hits the deck after running over stray bottle

Welsh cyclist Owain Doull crashed on Stage 15 of the Tour de France after running over a bidon that had been dropped in the road

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