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Tour de France 2022 stage 19 preview: Route map and profile from Castelnau Magnoac to Cahors today

The 188.3km route from Castelnau Magnoac to Cahors should suit the sprinters following a colossal battle for the yellow jersey in recent days between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar

The Independent UK

Vingegaard on verge of Tour de France triumph as Pogacar wilts

Hautacam (France) (AFP) - After 18 stages of intense struggle, Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard put one hand on the 2022 Tour de France title on Thursday as defending champion and closest rival Tadej Pogacar wilted in the Pyrenees.

AFP

Tour de France: Jonas Vingegaard extends lead after stage 18 victory, Tadej Pogacar finishes second

The stage win leaves Denmark’s Vingegaard with an advantage that should see him ride up the Champs Elysees to win the 2022 title on July 24

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Jonas Vingegaard all but seals Tour de France victory with brilliant win on stage 18

The Jumbo-Visma rider broke two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar on the final climb and stretched his lead to three minutes 26 seconds

The Independent UK

Jonas Vingegaard extends Tour de France lead with victory on stage 18

The Jumbo-Visma rider stretched his lead to three minutes 26 seconds.

The Independent UK

Vingegaard beats Pogacar to put one hand on Tour de France title

Hautacam (France) (AFP) - Jonas Vingegaard showed class when he waited for defending champion Tadej Pogacar after a fall, before going on to beat his Slovenian rival by over a minute on the Hautacam mountain on stage 18 of the Tour de France on Thursday.

AFP

Vingegaard breaks Pogacar to win stage and all but seal Tour de France glory

Jonas Vingegaard all but secured overall Tour de France victory with a win at the summit of the Hautacam on stage 18

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Chris Froome out of Tour de France after testing positive for Covid

The four-time Tour winner was one of three riders unable to start Thursday’s stage 18 from Lourdes to Hautacam due to the virus

The Independent UK

Tour de France: Chris Froome confident in comeback despite early exit from race due to Covid

Chris Froome has spoken of his disappointment at being ruled out of the Tour de France climax after testing positive for Covid-19.

Evening Standard

Covid sends Froome crashing out of Tour de France

Lourdes (France) (AFP) - Four-time champion Chris Froome was one of three riders to drop out of the Tour de France after testing positive for Covid ahead of Thursday's 18th stage from Lourdes to the High Pyrenees.

AFP

Chris Froome forced out of Tour de France after positive test for Covid-19

The 37-year-old is now targeting the Vuelta a Espana in August.

The Independent UK

Tour de France: Vingegaard rides clear to win stage 18 and close on title – as it happened

The Danish rider successfully cracked Tadej Pogacar on the Hautacam following a gesture of great sportsmanship

The Guardian - UK

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?

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‘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

AFP

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

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.

France 24

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.

The Independent UK

‘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.

AFP

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.

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