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A rule change, a settled GC, and a gentlemen's agreement: Why the Tour de France sprint stages have been safer in 2026
In previous years, crash-marred sprint stages have guaranteed chaos in the first week of the Tour. But as of stage eight in 2026, the crash...
'That was just not how it should've been': No rewrite in Bordeaux for Philipsen
Three years after downing Mark Cavendish on the same finish line, Jasper Philipsen returned to Bordeaux hoping for a performance of equal measure. This time,...
Toast to that: Merlier confirms world-best status in Bordeaux
The Wolfpack may have lost a key domestique in Bert Van Lerberghe in the Pyrenees, but Tim Merlier was unstoppable on the banks of the...
'I'm a sprinter, I need to survive': How the fastmen are shaping up at kilometre zero of the Tour
The 2026 route wants the sprinters dead by Paris. The points classification, reformed in their favour, might just keep them alive long enough to win...
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