Tadej Pogacar won a record-equaling fifth Tour de France title on Sunday. The 27-year-old Slovenian dominated this year’s race to join Belgian Eddy Merckx, Spaniard Miguel Indurain and Frenchmen Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault as the only riders to win five Tours.
Tadej Pogacar moved to within touching distance of a record-equaling fifth Tour de France title after finishing safely in the penultimate stage on Saturday.
Ecuadorian rider Richard Carapaz timed his attack perfectly in the final climb to win the 18th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday, while Tadej Pogacar finished a few minutes behind and maintained his significant overall lead.
Jasper Philipsen capped a fine team performance Wednesday to win stage 17 of the Tour de France, where Tadej Pogačar protected his overall lead.
Jonas Vingegaard crashed near the end of Sunday’s 15th stage of the Tour de France and had to pull out of the race.
Tadej Pogacar launched a trademark attack on the last climb of the day to win the 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday and extend his commanding lead as he chases a fifth title.
Swiss rider Mauro Schmid edged Colombian Harold Tejada in a two-way sprint to win the 13th stage of the Tour de France, while defending champion Tadej Pogacar safely kept his overall lead on Friday.
Belgian rider Tim Merlier earned another stage win at the Tour de France while several riders fell as they sprinted to the line Thursday.
Norwegian rider Søren Wærenskjold sprinted to victory in the 11th stage of the Tour de France and Tadej Pogačar protected his overall lead on Wednesday.
Belgian rider Tim Merlier won the eighth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish to claim back-to-back-stage victories, while defending champion Tadej Pogacar kept the race leader’s yellow jersey on Saturday.
Danish rider Mads Pedersen surged away in a sprint finish to win the fourth stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday, and Norwegian rider Torstein Traeen took the yellow jersey from defending Tour champion Tadej Pogacar.
Defending champion Tadej Pogacar gifted victory to his teammate Isaac Del Toro on the second stage of the Tour de France while Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall lead on Sunday.
British rider Oscar Onley, who finished fourth at last year’s Tour de France, has been ruled out of this year’s race because of a shoulder injury.
Demi Vollering became only the second female cyclist to win all three Grand Tours after overtaking Anna van der Breggen on the final day to win the women’s Giro d’Italia.
Cycling Canada will not enter a women’s pursuit team at track cycling’s world championship in October, even though Canada has qualified for the event, nor will it pursue qualification for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Paul Magnier won a bunch sprint to make it two wins out of three at this year’s Giro d’Italia, while Uruguayan cyclist Guillermo Silva remained in the overall lead on Sunday as the race prepares to return to Italy.
Next year’s Giro d’Italia will start in Bulgaria. The tourism minister for the Balkan country had announced the news in August but it was confirmed on Friday by Urbano Cairo, president of RCS MediaGroup — the parent company of race organizer RCS Sport.
Canadian Magdeleine Vallieres won the women’s elite road race at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships on Saturday.
Canadian Michael Woods, who won stages in the Tour de France and Spanish Vuelta after taking up cycling at the age of 25, has announced his retirement at the end of the current season. The 38-year-old from Ottawa made the announcement in a blog, saying the time is right.
Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar effectively sealed his fourth Tour de France title on Sunday after organizers decided to neutralize the times with 50 kilometers (31 miles) left because of the threat of rain and crashes.
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