Refresh
-112km
Right this moment marks the twenty fifth anniversary of Lance Armstrong’s first day within the yellow jersey on the 1999 Tour de France, the primary of seven straight wins that will later be stricken from the file books when he was lastly sanctioned in 2012. Armstrong and supervisor Johan Bruyneel got lifetime bans, however they have not gone away – nor, certainly, have a lot of Armstrong’s 1999 teammates, a few of whom stay outstanding figures in biking at the moment. Patrick Fletcher has pieced the story of what everyone on the 1999 US Postal group is doing now, and you’ll learn his characteristic right here.
-119km
A Welsh flag fluttering on the roadside confirms the crosswind at this level. Delegations from Visma, UAE and Ineos are all massed in direction of the entrance, although they look like positioned for security somewhat than with the categorical intention of making an attempt to drive an echelon.
-125km
Intermediate dash – end result
Girmay’s factors classification lead is as much as ten factors over Pedersen because of his second place in that intermediate dash.
-132km
-135km
-138km
Abrahamsen and Zingle proceed to shoot the breeze out in entrance, and the peloton is drawing inexorably nearer. 45 seconds the hole.
The intermediate dash in Cormatin is simply over 10km away, and there might be an injection of tempo from the bunch because it attracts nearer. In the meantime, the rain has abated, the solar has re-emerged and the highway beneath their wheels is dry.
-144km
Zingle was concerned in a notable incident in yesterday’s finale – or maybe extra precisely, he helped to restrict the affect of an incident. When Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight, Zingle had the presence of thoughts and reflexes to bunnyhop the fallen Dane somewhat than experience into him, and that act may effectively have prevented bringing down extra riders. Simone Giuliani has extra right here.
-149km
Abrahamsen definitely is not hanging round. After shedding the inexperienced jersey to Biniam Girmay yesterday, the Norwegian appears to be eager to choose up most factors on the intermediate dash after 30km. He presses on the tempo with Zingle, and the hole is stretching out.
Zingle presses on over the opposite aspect. Abrahamsen may need been anticipated to take a seat up after the climb, however the Norwegian opts to come back by way of and provides Zingle a number of turns. The 2 escapees have half a minute in hand on the bunch.
-153km
A polka-dotted Abrahamsen clips off the entrance of the bunch with 700m of the climb remaining in the hunt for the solitary mountains level on the summit, although he is being hunted by Axel Zingle (Cofidis) .
-155km
-157km
The peloton is rolling although the sunshine rain bathe, nonetheless travelling at an honest price of knots. Not like the tentative opening to the earlier dash levels, there is a pressure within the air right here, thanks largely to the early climb and the early intermediate dash.
-160km
-163km
It is 22°C at first in Mâcon, the place the solar has poked by way of the clouds. The wind is little greater than a breeze for now, at 16kph, and so any echelons, if they arrive, will certainly be for the ultimate hour, when the wind is forecast to choose up. Yesterday, like on stage 3 to Turin, there was a really low-key begin to proceedings – though the early class 4 climb and the intermediate dash in Cormatin after 31km may make for a extra intense opening at the moment.
The peloton has rolled away from the beginning in Mâcon and is navigating the neutralised zone.
The roll-out is simply 25 minutes away, and there could have been a variety of dialogue on the group buses in Mâcon about this stage’s potential for echelons. These within the know recommend the opening a part of the stage and the final 45km are most uncovered to crosswinds. Vigilance might be key.
Eddy Merckx has paid his personal tribute to Mark Cavendish for claiming sole possession of the file for Tour stage wins. “Congratulations to Mark Cavendish on this historic achievement! Such a pleasant man to interrupt my file,” Merckx mentioned in a submit on Instagram. James Moultrie has extra right here.
Common classification after stage 5
Right this moment’s run from Mâcon to Dijon is a flat one, with only a single class 4 climb – the early Col du Bois Clair – on the agenda. One other bunch dash would seem like inevitable. The peloton rolls out at 13.35 CET, with the race scheduled to hit kilometre zero at 13.50.
Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight yesterday, however Lidl-Trek have confirmed that the Dane is match sufficient to start out at the moment’s stage.
Coach Vasilis Anastopoulos was a key determine in Cavendish’s stunning renaissance at QuickStep in 2021 and he has been important to the Manxman’s success once more right here after becoming a member of Astana-Qazaqstan’s employees throughout the low season. He launched spells of altitude coaching to Cavendish’s preparation this yr, and the sprinter additionally spent sustained spells at Anastopoulos’ dwelling in Greece within the build-up to the Tour. Anastopoulos was assured in Cavendish’s Tour prospects after poring over his coaching information from the week after the Tour de Suisse. “The info I had instructed me was able to doing that,” he mentioned. “He got here again to Greece instantly after the Tour de Suisse, and we did dash work for the entire week due to all of the climbs he had carried out earlier than.” Learn the total story right here.
When Cavendish walked again his retirement resolution final summer time, the prospect of a record-breaking thirty fifth stage win appeared the apparent draw, even when lead-out man Michael Mørkøv advised to Cyclingnews earlier this yr that surpassing Eddy Merckx’s mark was extra of an excuse to maintain racing than a burning aim in itself. Definitely, Cavendish has no intention of turning the remainder of this Tour right into a lap of honour now that feat has been achieved. Right this moment’s finale in Dijon presents one other alternative. “At the start, I am going to try to get pleasure from it and secondly we’ll try to achieve success once more as a result of that is basically our job,” Cavendish mentioned. “I like this race, I all the time have liked this race. I like this race once I experience, I like this race once I watch it, and I am going to all the time give it 100%.” Dani Ostanek has extra right here.
Welcome to Cyclingnews‘ stay protection of stage 6 of the 2024 Tour de France. Tadej Pogačar holds the yellow jersey, however most headlines are for Mark Cavendish this morning after he broke the file he shared with Eddy Merckx and received his thirty fifth Tour stage in Saint-Vulbas yesterday. Stephen Farrand was on the scene for us and sends this account.
Refresh
-112km
Right this moment marks the twenty fifth anniversary of Lance Armstrong’s first day within the yellow jersey on the 1999 Tour de France, the primary of seven straight wins that will later be stricken from the file books when he was lastly sanctioned in 2012. Armstrong and supervisor Johan Bruyneel got lifetime bans, however they have not gone away – nor, certainly, have a lot of Armstrong’s 1999 teammates, a few of whom stay outstanding figures in biking at the moment. Patrick Fletcher has pieced the story of what everyone on the 1999 US Postal group is doing now, and you’ll learn his characteristic right here.
-119km
A Welsh flag fluttering on the roadside confirms the crosswind at this level. Delegations from Visma, UAE and Ineos are all massed in direction of the entrance, although they look like positioned for security somewhat than with the categorical intention of making an attempt to drive an echelon.
-125km
Intermediate dash – end result
Girmay’s factors classification lead is as much as ten factors over Pedersen because of his second place in that intermediate dash.
-132km
-135km
-138km
Abrahamsen and Zingle proceed to shoot the breeze out in entrance, and the peloton is drawing inexorably nearer. 45 seconds the hole.
The intermediate dash in Cormatin is simply over 10km away, and there might be an injection of tempo from the bunch because it attracts nearer. In the meantime, the rain has abated, the solar has re-emerged and the highway beneath their wheels is dry.
-144km
Zingle was concerned in a notable incident in yesterday’s finale – or maybe extra precisely, he helped to restrict the affect of an incident. When Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight, Zingle had the presence of thoughts and reflexes to bunnyhop the fallen Dane somewhat than experience into him, and that act may effectively have prevented bringing down extra riders. Simone Giuliani has extra right here.
-149km
Abrahamsen definitely is not hanging round. After shedding the inexperienced jersey to Biniam Girmay yesterday, the Norwegian appears to be eager to choose up most factors on the intermediate dash after 30km. He presses on the tempo with Zingle, and the hole is stretching out.
Zingle presses on over the opposite aspect. Abrahamsen may need been anticipated to take a seat up after the climb, however the Norwegian opts to come back by way of and provides Zingle a number of turns. The 2 escapees have half a minute in hand on the bunch.
-153km
A polka-dotted Abrahamsen clips off the entrance of the bunch with 700m of the climb remaining in the hunt for the solitary mountains level on the summit, although he is being hunted by Axel Zingle (Cofidis) .
-155km
-157km
The peloton is rolling although the sunshine rain bathe, nonetheless travelling at an honest price of knots. Not like the tentative opening to the earlier dash levels, there is a pressure within the air right here, thanks largely to the early climb and the early intermediate dash.
-160km
-163km
It is 22°C at first in Mâcon, the place the solar has poked by way of the clouds. The wind is little greater than a breeze for now, at 16kph, and so any echelons, if they arrive, will certainly be for the ultimate hour, when the wind is forecast to choose up. Yesterday, like on stage 3 to Turin, there was a really low-key begin to proceedings – though the early class 4 climb and the intermediate dash in Cormatin after 31km may make for a extra intense opening at the moment.
The peloton has rolled away from the beginning in Mâcon and is navigating the neutralised zone.
The roll-out is simply 25 minutes away, and there could have been a variety of dialogue on the group buses in Mâcon about this stage’s potential for echelons. These within the know recommend the opening a part of the stage and the final 45km are most uncovered to crosswinds. Vigilance might be key.
Eddy Merckx has paid his personal tribute to Mark Cavendish for claiming sole possession of the file for Tour stage wins. “Congratulations to Mark Cavendish on this historic achievement! Such a pleasant man to interrupt my file,” Merckx mentioned in a submit on Instagram. James Moultrie has extra right here.
Common classification after stage 5
Right this moment’s run from Mâcon to Dijon is a flat one, with only a single class 4 climb – the early Col du Bois Clair – on the agenda. One other bunch dash would seem like inevitable. The peloton rolls out at 13.35 CET, with the race scheduled to hit kilometre zero at 13.50.
Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight yesterday, however Lidl-Trek have confirmed that the Dane is match sufficient to start out at the moment’s stage.
Coach Vasilis Anastopoulos was a key determine in Cavendish’s stunning renaissance at QuickStep in 2021 and he has been important to the Manxman’s success once more right here after becoming a member of Astana-Qazaqstan’s employees throughout the low season. He launched spells of altitude coaching to Cavendish’s preparation this yr, and the sprinter additionally spent sustained spells at Anastopoulos’ dwelling in Greece within the build-up to the Tour. Anastopoulos was assured in Cavendish’s Tour prospects after poring over his coaching information from the week after the Tour de Suisse. “The info I had instructed me was able to doing that,” he mentioned. “He got here again to Greece instantly after the Tour de Suisse, and we did dash work for the entire week due to all of the climbs he had carried out earlier than.” Learn the total story right here.
When Cavendish walked again his retirement resolution final summer time, the prospect of a record-breaking thirty fifth stage win appeared the apparent draw, even when lead-out man Michael Mørkøv advised to Cyclingnews earlier this yr that surpassing Eddy Merckx’s mark was extra of an excuse to maintain racing than a burning aim in itself. Definitely, Cavendish has no intention of turning the remainder of this Tour right into a lap of honour now that feat has been achieved. Right this moment’s finale in Dijon presents one other alternative. “At the start, I am going to try to get pleasure from it and secondly we’ll try to achieve success once more as a result of that is basically our job,” Cavendish mentioned. “I like this race, I all the time have liked this race. I like this race once I experience, I like this race once I watch it, and I am going to all the time give it 100%.” Dani Ostanek has extra right here.
Welcome to Cyclingnews‘ stay protection of stage 6 of the 2024 Tour de France. Tadej Pogačar holds the yellow jersey, however most headlines are for Mark Cavendish this morning after he broke the file he shared with Eddy Merckx and received his thirty fifth Tour stage in Saint-Vulbas yesterday. Stephen Farrand was on the scene for us and sends this account.
Refresh
-112km
Right this moment marks the twenty fifth anniversary of Lance Armstrong’s first day within the yellow jersey on the 1999 Tour de France, the primary of seven straight wins that will later be stricken from the file books when he was lastly sanctioned in 2012. Armstrong and supervisor Johan Bruyneel got lifetime bans, however they have not gone away – nor, certainly, have a lot of Armstrong’s 1999 teammates, a few of whom stay outstanding figures in biking at the moment. Patrick Fletcher has pieced the story of what everyone on the 1999 US Postal group is doing now, and you’ll learn his characteristic right here.
-119km
A Welsh flag fluttering on the roadside confirms the crosswind at this level. Delegations from Visma, UAE and Ineos are all massed in direction of the entrance, although they look like positioned for security somewhat than with the categorical intention of making an attempt to drive an echelon.
-125km
Intermediate dash – end result
Girmay’s factors classification lead is as much as ten factors over Pedersen because of his second place in that intermediate dash.
-132km
-135km
-138km
Abrahamsen and Zingle proceed to shoot the breeze out in entrance, and the peloton is drawing inexorably nearer. 45 seconds the hole.
The intermediate dash in Cormatin is simply over 10km away, and there might be an injection of tempo from the bunch because it attracts nearer. In the meantime, the rain has abated, the solar has re-emerged and the highway beneath their wheels is dry.
-144km
Zingle was concerned in a notable incident in yesterday’s finale – or maybe extra precisely, he helped to restrict the affect of an incident. When Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight, Zingle had the presence of thoughts and reflexes to bunnyhop the fallen Dane somewhat than experience into him, and that act may effectively have prevented bringing down extra riders. Simone Giuliani has extra right here.
-149km
Abrahamsen definitely is not hanging round. After shedding the inexperienced jersey to Biniam Girmay yesterday, the Norwegian appears to be eager to choose up most factors on the intermediate dash after 30km. He presses on the tempo with Zingle, and the hole is stretching out.
Zingle presses on over the opposite aspect. Abrahamsen may need been anticipated to take a seat up after the climb, however the Norwegian opts to come back by way of and provides Zingle a number of turns. The 2 escapees have half a minute in hand on the bunch.
-153km
A polka-dotted Abrahamsen clips off the entrance of the bunch with 700m of the climb remaining in the hunt for the solitary mountains level on the summit, although he is being hunted by Axel Zingle (Cofidis) .
-155km
-157km
The peloton is rolling although the sunshine rain bathe, nonetheless travelling at an honest price of knots. Not like the tentative opening to the earlier dash levels, there is a pressure within the air right here, thanks largely to the early climb and the early intermediate dash.
-160km
-163km
It is 22°C at first in Mâcon, the place the solar has poked by way of the clouds. The wind is little greater than a breeze for now, at 16kph, and so any echelons, if they arrive, will certainly be for the ultimate hour, when the wind is forecast to choose up. Yesterday, like on stage 3 to Turin, there was a really low-key begin to proceedings – though the early class 4 climb and the intermediate dash in Cormatin after 31km may make for a extra intense opening at the moment.
The peloton has rolled away from the beginning in Mâcon and is navigating the neutralised zone.
The roll-out is simply 25 minutes away, and there could have been a variety of dialogue on the group buses in Mâcon about this stage’s potential for echelons. These within the know recommend the opening a part of the stage and the final 45km are most uncovered to crosswinds. Vigilance might be key.
Eddy Merckx has paid his personal tribute to Mark Cavendish for claiming sole possession of the file for Tour stage wins. “Congratulations to Mark Cavendish on this historic achievement! Such a pleasant man to interrupt my file,” Merckx mentioned in a submit on Instagram. James Moultrie has extra right here.
Common classification after stage 5
Right this moment’s run from Mâcon to Dijon is a flat one, with only a single class 4 climb – the early Col du Bois Clair – on the agenda. One other bunch dash would seem like inevitable. The peloton rolls out at 13.35 CET, with the race scheduled to hit kilometre zero at 13.50.
Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight yesterday, however Lidl-Trek have confirmed that the Dane is match sufficient to start out at the moment’s stage.
Coach Vasilis Anastopoulos was a key determine in Cavendish’s stunning renaissance at QuickStep in 2021 and he has been important to the Manxman’s success once more right here after becoming a member of Astana-Qazaqstan’s employees throughout the low season. He launched spells of altitude coaching to Cavendish’s preparation this yr, and the sprinter additionally spent sustained spells at Anastopoulos’ dwelling in Greece within the build-up to the Tour. Anastopoulos was assured in Cavendish’s Tour prospects after poring over his coaching information from the week after the Tour de Suisse. “The info I had instructed me was able to doing that,” he mentioned. “He got here again to Greece instantly after the Tour de Suisse, and we did dash work for the entire week due to all of the climbs he had carried out earlier than.” Learn the total story right here.
When Cavendish walked again his retirement resolution final summer time, the prospect of a record-breaking thirty fifth stage win appeared the apparent draw, even when lead-out man Michael Mørkøv advised to Cyclingnews earlier this yr that surpassing Eddy Merckx’s mark was extra of an excuse to maintain racing than a burning aim in itself. Definitely, Cavendish has no intention of turning the remainder of this Tour right into a lap of honour now that feat has been achieved. Right this moment’s finale in Dijon presents one other alternative. “At the start, I am going to try to get pleasure from it and secondly we’ll try to achieve success once more as a result of that is basically our job,” Cavendish mentioned. “I like this race, I all the time have liked this race. I like this race once I experience, I like this race once I watch it, and I am going to all the time give it 100%.” Dani Ostanek has extra right here.
Welcome to Cyclingnews‘ stay protection of stage 6 of the 2024 Tour de France. Tadej Pogačar holds the yellow jersey, however most headlines are for Mark Cavendish this morning after he broke the file he shared with Eddy Merckx and received his thirty fifth Tour stage in Saint-Vulbas yesterday. Stephen Farrand was on the scene for us and sends this account.
Refresh
-112km
Right this moment marks the twenty fifth anniversary of Lance Armstrong’s first day within the yellow jersey on the 1999 Tour de France, the primary of seven straight wins that will later be stricken from the file books when he was lastly sanctioned in 2012. Armstrong and supervisor Johan Bruyneel got lifetime bans, however they have not gone away – nor, certainly, have a lot of Armstrong’s 1999 teammates, a few of whom stay outstanding figures in biking at the moment. Patrick Fletcher has pieced the story of what everyone on the 1999 US Postal group is doing now, and you’ll learn his characteristic right here.
-119km
A Welsh flag fluttering on the roadside confirms the crosswind at this level. Delegations from Visma, UAE and Ineos are all massed in direction of the entrance, although they look like positioned for security somewhat than with the categorical intention of making an attempt to drive an echelon.
-125km
Intermediate dash – end result
Girmay’s factors classification lead is as much as ten factors over Pedersen because of his second place in that intermediate dash.
-132km
-135km
-138km
Abrahamsen and Zingle proceed to shoot the breeze out in entrance, and the peloton is drawing inexorably nearer. 45 seconds the hole.
The intermediate dash in Cormatin is simply over 10km away, and there might be an injection of tempo from the bunch because it attracts nearer. In the meantime, the rain has abated, the solar has re-emerged and the highway beneath their wheels is dry.
-144km
Zingle was concerned in a notable incident in yesterday’s finale – or maybe extra precisely, he helped to restrict the affect of an incident. When Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight, Zingle had the presence of thoughts and reflexes to bunnyhop the fallen Dane somewhat than experience into him, and that act may effectively have prevented bringing down extra riders. Simone Giuliani has extra right here.
-149km
Abrahamsen definitely is not hanging round. After shedding the inexperienced jersey to Biniam Girmay yesterday, the Norwegian appears to be eager to choose up most factors on the intermediate dash after 30km. He presses on the tempo with Zingle, and the hole is stretching out.
Zingle presses on over the opposite aspect. Abrahamsen may need been anticipated to take a seat up after the climb, however the Norwegian opts to come back by way of and provides Zingle a number of turns. The 2 escapees have half a minute in hand on the bunch.
-153km
A polka-dotted Abrahamsen clips off the entrance of the bunch with 700m of the climb remaining in the hunt for the solitary mountains level on the summit, although he is being hunted by Axel Zingle (Cofidis) .
-155km
-157km
The peloton is rolling although the sunshine rain bathe, nonetheless travelling at an honest price of knots. Not like the tentative opening to the earlier dash levels, there is a pressure within the air right here, thanks largely to the early climb and the early intermediate dash.
-160km
-163km
It is 22°C at first in Mâcon, the place the solar has poked by way of the clouds. The wind is little greater than a breeze for now, at 16kph, and so any echelons, if they arrive, will certainly be for the ultimate hour, when the wind is forecast to choose up. Yesterday, like on stage 3 to Turin, there was a really low-key begin to proceedings – though the early class 4 climb and the intermediate dash in Cormatin after 31km may make for a extra intense opening at the moment.
The peloton has rolled away from the beginning in Mâcon and is navigating the neutralised zone.
The roll-out is simply 25 minutes away, and there could have been a variety of dialogue on the group buses in Mâcon about this stage’s potential for echelons. These within the know recommend the opening a part of the stage and the final 45km are most uncovered to crosswinds. Vigilance might be key.
Eddy Merckx has paid his personal tribute to Mark Cavendish for claiming sole possession of the file for Tour stage wins. “Congratulations to Mark Cavendish on this historic achievement! Such a pleasant man to interrupt my file,” Merckx mentioned in a submit on Instagram. James Moultrie has extra right here.
Common classification after stage 5
Right this moment’s run from Mâcon to Dijon is a flat one, with only a single class 4 climb – the early Col du Bois Clair – on the agenda. One other bunch dash would seem like inevitable. The peloton rolls out at 13.35 CET, with the race scheduled to hit kilometre zero at 13.50.
Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight yesterday, however Lidl-Trek have confirmed that the Dane is match sufficient to start out at the moment’s stage.
Coach Vasilis Anastopoulos was a key determine in Cavendish’s stunning renaissance at QuickStep in 2021 and he has been important to the Manxman’s success once more right here after becoming a member of Astana-Qazaqstan’s employees throughout the low season. He launched spells of altitude coaching to Cavendish’s preparation this yr, and the sprinter additionally spent sustained spells at Anastopoulos’ dwelling in Greece within the build-up to the Tour. Anastopoulos was assured in Cavendish’s Tour prospects after poring over his coaching information from the week after the Tour de Suisse. “The info I had instructed me was able to doing that,” he mentioned. “He got here again to Greece instantly after the Tour de Suisse, and we did dash work for the entire week due to all of the climbs he had carried out earlier than.” Learn the total story right here.
When Cavendish walked again his retirement resolution final summer time, the prospect of a record-breaking thirty fifth stage win appeared the apparent draw, even when lead-out man Michael Mørkøv advised to Cyclingnews earlier this yr that surpassing Eddy Merckx’s mark was extra of an excuse to maintain racing than a burning aim in itself. Definitely, Cavendish has no intention of turning the remainder of this Tour right into a lap of honour now that feat has been achieved. Right this moment’s finale in Dijon presents one other alternative. “At the start, I am going to try to get pleasure from it and secondly we’ll try to achieve success once more as a result of that is basically our job,” Cavendish mentioned. “I like this race, I all the time have liked this race. I like this race once I experience, I like this race once I watch it, and I am going to all the time give it 100%.” Dani Ostanek has extra right here.
Welcome to Cyclingnews‘ stay protection of stage 6 of the 2024 Tour de France. Tadej Pogačar holds the yellow jersey, however most headlines are for Mark Cavendish this morning after he broke the file he shared with Eddy Merckx and received his thirty fifth Tour stage in Saint-Vulbas yesterday. Stephen Farrand was on the scene for us and sends this account.
Refresh
-112km
Right this moment marks the twenty fifth anniversary of Lance Armstrong’s first day within the yellow jersey on the 1999 Tour de France, the primary of seven straight wins that will later be stricken from the file books when he was lastly sanctioned in 2012. Armstrong and supervisor Johan Bruyneel got lifetime bans, however they have not gone away – nor, certainly, have a lot of Armstrong’s 1999 teammates, a few of whom stay outstanding figures in biking at the moment. Patrick Fletcher has pieced the story of what everyone on the 1999 US Postal group is doing now, and you’ll learn his characteristic right here.
-119km
A Welsh flag fluttering on the roadside confirms the crosswind at this level. Delegations from Visma, UAE and Ineos are all massed in direction of the entrance, although they look like positioned for security somewhat than with the categorical intention of making an attempt to drive an echelon.
-125km
Intermediate dash – end result
Girmay’s factors classification lead is as much as ten factors over Pedersen because of his second place in that intermediate dash.
-132km
-135km
-138km
Abrahamsen and Zingle proceed to shoot the breeze out in entrance, and the peloton is drawing inexorably nearer. 45 seconds the hole.
The intermediate dash in Cormatin is simply over 10km away, and there might be an injection of tempo from the bunch because it attracts nearer. In the meantime, the rain has abated, the solar has re-emerged and the highway beneath their wheels is dry.
-144km
Zingle was concerned in a notable incident in yesterday’s finale – or maybe extra precisely, he helped to restrict the affect of an incident. When Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight, Zingle had the presence of thoughts and reflexes to bunnyhop the fallen Dane somewhat than experience into him, and that act may effectively have prevented bringing down extra riders. Simone Giuliani has extra right here.
-149km
Abrahamsen definitely is not hanging round. After shedding the inexperienced jersey to Biniam Girmay yesterday, the Norwegian appears to be eager to choose up most factors on the intermediate dash after 30km. He presses on the tempo with Zingle, and the hole is stretching out.
Zingle presses on over the opposite aspect. Abrahamsen may need been anticipated to take a seat up after the climb, however the Norwegian opts to come back by way of and provides Zingle a number of turns. The 2 escapees have half a minute in hand on the bunch.
-153km
A polka-dotted Abrahamsen clips off the entrance of the bunch with 700m of the climb remaining in the hunt for the solitary mountains level on the summit, although he is being hunted by Axel Zingle (Cofidis) .
-155km
-157km
The peloton is rolling although the sunshine rain bathe, nonetheless travelling at an honest price of knots. Not like the tentative opening to the earlier dash levels, there is a pressure within the air right here, thanks largely to the early climb and the early intermediate dash.
-160km
-163km
It is 22°C at first in Mâcon, the place the solar has poked by way of the clouds. The wind is little greater than a breeze for now, at 16kph, and so any echelons, if they arrive, will certainly be for the ultimate hour, when the wind is forecast to choose up. Yesterday, like on stage 3 to Turin, there was a really low-key begin to proceedings – though the early class 4 climb and the intermediate dash in Cormatin after 31km may make for a extra intense opening at the moment.
The peloton has rolled away from the beginning in Mâcon and is navigating the neutralised zone.
The roll-out is simply 25 minutes away, and there could have been a variety of dialogue on the group buses in Mâcon about this stage’s potential for echelons. These within the know recommend the opening a part of the stage and the final 45km are most uncovered to crosswinds. Vigilance might be key.
Eddy Merckx has paid his personal tribute to Mark Cavendish for claiming sole possession of the file for Tour stage wins. “Congratulations to Mark Cavendish on this historic achievement! Such a pleasant man to interrupt my file,” Merckx mentioned in a submit on Instagram. James Moultrie has extra right here.
Common classification after stage 5
Right this moment’s run from Mâcon to Dijon is a flat one, with only a single class 4 climb – the early Col du Bois Clair – on the agenda. One other bunch dash would seem like inevitable. The peloton rolls out at 13.35 CET, with the race scheduled to hit kilometre zero at 13.50.
Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight yesterday, however Lidl-Trek have confirmed that the Dane is match sufficient to start out at the moment’s stage.
Coach Vasilis Anastopoulos was a key determine in Cavendish’s stunning renaissance at QuickStep in 2021 and he has been important to the Manxman’s success once more right here after becoming a member of Astana-Qazaqstan’s employees throughout the low season. He launched spells of altitude coaching to Cavendish’s preparation this yr, and the sprinter additionally spent sustained spells at Anastopoulos’ dwelling in Greece within the build-up to the Tour. Anastopoulos was assured in Cavendish’s Tour prospects after poring over his coaching information from the week after the Tour de Suisse. “The info I had instructed me was able to doing that,” he mentioned. “He got here again to Greece instantly after the Tour de Suisse, and we did dash work for the entire week due to all of the climbs he had carried out earlier than.” Learn the total story right here.
When Cavendish walked again his retirement resolution final summer time, the prospect of a record-breaking thirty fifth stage win appeared the apparent draw, even when lead-out man Michael Mørkøv advised to Cyclingnews earlier this yr that surpassing Eddy Merckx’s mark was extra of an excuse to maintain racing than a burning aim in itself. Definitely, Cavendish has no intention of turning the remainder of this Tour right into a lap of honour now that feat has been achieved. Right this moment’s finale in Dijon presents one other alternative. “At the start, I am going to try to get pleasure from it and secondly we’ll try to achieve success once more as a result of that is basically our job,” Cavendish mentioned. “I like this race, I all the time have liked this race. I like this race once I experience, I like this race once I watch it, and I am going to all the time give it 100%.” Dani Ostanek has extra right here.
Welcome to Cyclingnews‘ stay protection of stage 6 of the 2024 Tour de France. Tadej Pogačar holds the yellow jersey, however most headlines are for Mark Cavendish this morning after he broke the file he shared with Eddy Merckx and received his thirty fifth Tour stage in Saint-Vulbas yesterday. Stephen Farrand was on the scene for us and sends this account.
Refresh
-112km
Right this moment marks the twenty fifth anniversary of Lance Armstrong’s first day within the yellow jersey on the 1999 Tour de France, the primary of seven straight wins that will later be stricken from the file books when he was lastly sanctioned in 2012. Armstrong and supervisor Johan Bruyneel got lifetime bans, however they have not gone away – nor, certainly, have a lot of Armstrong’s 1999 teammates, a few of whom stay outstanding figures in biking at the moment. Patrick Fletcher has pieced the story of what everyone on the 1999 US Postal group is doing now, and you’ll learn his characteristic right here.
-119km
A Welsh flag fluttering on the roadside confirms the crosswind at this level. Delegations from Visma, UAE and Ineos are all massed in direction of the entrance, although they look like positioned for security somewhat than with the categorical intention of making an attempt to drive an echelon.
-125km
Intermediate dash – end result
Girmay’s factors classification lead is as much as ten factors over Pedersen because of his second place in that intermediate dash.
-132km
-135km
-138km
Abrahamsen and Zingle proceed to shoot the breeze out in entrance, and the peloton is drawing inexorably nearer. 45 seconds the hole.
The intermediate dash in Cormatin is simply over 10km away, and there might be an injection of tempo from the bunch because it attracts nearer. In the meantime, the rain has abated, the solar has re-emerged and the highway beneath their wheels is dry.
-144km
Zingle was concerned in a notable incident in yesterday’s finale – or maybe extra precisely, he helped to restrict the affect of an incident. When Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight, Zingle had the presence of thoughts and reflexes to bunnyhop the fallen Dane somewhat than experience into him, and that act may effectively have prevented bringing down extra riders. Simone Giuliani has extra right here.
-149km
Abrahamsen definitely is not hanging round. After shedding the inexperienced jersey to Biniam Girmay yesterday, the Norwegian appears to be eager to choose up most factors on the intermediate dash after 30km. He presses on the tempo with Zingle, and the hole is stretching out.
Zingle presses on over the opposite aspect. Abrahamsen may need been anticipated to take a seat up after the climb, however the Norwegian opts to come back by way of and provides Zingle a number of turns. The 2 escapees have half a minute in hand on the bunch.
-153km
A polka-dotted Abrahamsen clips off the entrance of the bunch with 700m of the climb remaining in the hunt for the solitary mountains level on the summit, although he is being hunted by Axel Zingle (Cofidis) .
-155km
-157km
The peloton is rolling although the sunshine rain bathe, nonetheless travelling at an honest price of knots. Not like the tentative opening to the earlier dash levels, there is a pressure within the air right here, thanks largely to the early climb and the early intermediate dash.
-160km
-163km
It is 22°C at first in Mâcon, the place the solar has poked by way of the clouds. The wind is little greater than a breeze for now, at 16kph, and so any echelons, if they arrive, will certainly be for the ultimate hour, when the wind is forecast to choose up. Yesterday, like on stage 3 to Turin, there was a really low-key begin to proceedings – though the early class 4 climb and the intermediate dash in Cormatin after 31km may make for a extra intense opening at the moment.
The peloton has rolled away from the beginning in Mâcon and is navigating the neutralised zone.
The roll-out is simply 25 minutes away, and there could have been a variety of dialogue on the group buses in Mâcon about this stage’s potential for echelons. These within the know recommend the opening a part of the stage and the final 45km are most uncovered to crosswinds. Vigilance might be key.
Eddy Merckx has paid his personal tribute to Mark Cavendish for claiming sole possession of the file for Tour stage wins. “Congratulations to Mark Cavendish on this historic achievement! Such a pleasant man to interrupt my file,” Merckx mentioned in a submit on Instagram. James Moultrie has extra right here.
Common classification after stage 5
Right this moment’s run from Mâcon to Dijon is a flat one, with only a single class 4 climb – the early Col du Bois Clair – on the agenda. One other bunch dash would seem like inevitable. The peloton rolls out at 13.35 CET, with the race scheduled to hit kilometre zero at 13.50.
Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight yesterday, however Lidl-Trek have confirmed that the Dane is match sufficient to start out at the moment’s stage.
Coach Vasilis Anastopoulos was a key determine in Cavendish’s stunning renaissance at QuickStep in 2021 and he has been important to the Manxman’s success once more right here after becoming a member of Astana-Qazaqstan’s employees throughout the low season. He launched spells of altitude coaching to Cavendish’s preparation this yr, and the sprinter additionally spent sustained spells at Anastopoulos’ dwelling in Greece within the build-up to the Tour. Anastopoulos was assured in Cavendish’s Tour prospects after poring over his coaching information from the week after the Tour de Suisse. “The info I had instructed me was able to doing that,” he mentioned. “He got here again to Greece instantly after the Tour de Suisse, and we did dash work for the entire week due to all of the climbs he had carried out earlier than.” Learn the total story right here.
When Cavendish walked again his retirement resolution final summer time, the prospect of a record-breaking thirty fifth stage win appeared the apparent draw, even when lead-out man Michael Mørkøv advised to Cyclingnews earlier this yr that surpassing Eddy Merckx’s mark was extra of an excuse to maintain racing than a burning aim in itself. Definitely, Cavendish has no intention of turning the remainder of this Tour right into a lap of honour now that feat has been achieved. Right this moment’s finale in Dijon presents one other alternative. “At the start, I am going to try to get pleasure from it and secondly we’ll try to achieve success once more as a result of that is basically our job,” Cavendish mentioned. “I like this race, I all the time have liked this race. I like this race once I experience, I like this race once I watch it, and I am going to all the time give it 100%.” Dani Ostanek has extra right here.
Welcome to Cyclingnews‘ stay protection of stage 6 of the 2024 Tour de France. Tadej Pogačar holds the yellow jersey, however most headlines are for Mark Cavendish this morning after he broke the file he shared with Eddy Merckx and received his thirty fifth Tour stage in Saint-Vulbas yesterday. Stephen Farrand was on the scene for us and sends this account.
Refresh
-112km
Right this moment marks the twenty fifth anniversary of Lance Armstrong’s first day within the yellow jersey on the 1999 Tour de France, the primary of seven straight wins that will later be stricken from the file books when he was lastly sanctioned in 2012. Armstrong and supervisor Johan Bruyneel got lifetime bans, however they have not gone away – nor, certainly, have a lot of Armstrong’s 1999 teammates, a few of whom stay outstanding figures in biking at the moment. Patrick Fletcher has pieced the story of what everyone on the 1999 US Postal group is doing now, and you’ll learn his characteristic right here.
-119km
A Welsh flag fluttering on the roadside confirms the crosswind at this level. Delegations from Visma, UAE and Ineos are all massed in direction of the entrance, although they look like positioned for security somewhat than with the categorical intention of making an attempt to drive an echelon.
-125km
Intermediate dash – end result
Girmay’s factors classification lead is as much as ten factors over Pedersen because of his second place in that intermediate dash.
-132km
-135km
-138km
Abrahamsen and Zingle proceed to shoot the breeze out in entrance, and the peloton is drawing inexorably nearer. 45 seconds the hole.
The intermediate dash in Cormatin is simply over 10km away, and there might be an injection of tempo from the bunch because it attracts nearer. In the meantime, the rain has abated, the solar has re-emerged and the highway beneath their wheels is dry.
-144km
Zingle was concerned in a notable incident in yesterday’s finale – or maybe extra precisely, he helped to restrict the affect of an incident. When Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight, Zingle had the presence of thoughts and reflexes to bunnyhop the fallen Dane somewhat than experience into him, and that act may effectively have prevented bringing down extra riders. Simone Giuliani has extra right here.
-149km
Abrahamsen definitely is not hanging round. After shedding the inexperienced jersey to Biniam Girmay yesterday, the Norwegian appears to be eager to choose up most factors on the intermediate dash after 30km. He presses on the tempo with Zingle, and the hole is stretching out.
Zingle presses on over the opposite aspect. Abrahamsen may need been anticipated to take a seat up after the climb, however the Norwegian opts to come back by way of and provides Zingle a number of turns. The 2 escapees have half a minute in hand on the bunch.
-153km
A polka-dotted Abrahamsen clips off the entrance of the bunch with 700m of the climb remaining in the hunt for the solitary mountains level on the summit, although he is being hunted by Axel Zingle (Cofidis) .
-155km
-157km
The peloton is rolling although the sunshine rain bathe, nonetheless travelling at an honest price of knots. Not like the tentative opening to the earlier dash levels, there is a pressure within the air right here, thanks largely to the early climb and the early intermediate dash.
-160km
-163km
It is 22°C at first in Mâcon, the place the solar has poked by way of the clouds. The wind is little greater than a breeze for now, at 16kph, and so any echelons, if they arrive, will certainly be for the ultimate hour, when the wind is forecast to choose up. Yesterday, like on stage 3 to Turin, there was a really low-key begin to proceedings – though the early class 4 climb and the intermediate dash in Cormatin after 31km may make for a extra intense opening at the moment.
The peloton has rolled away from the beginning in Mâcon and is navigating the neutralised zone.
The roll-out is simply 25 minutes away, and there could have been a variety of dialogue on the group buses in Mâcon about this stage’s potential for echelons. These within the know recommend the opening a part of the stage and the final 45km are most uncovered to crosswinds. Vigilance might be key.
Eddy Merckx has paid his personal tribute to Mark Cavendish for claiming sole possession of the file for Tour stage wins. “Congratulations to Mark Cavendish on this historic achievement! Such a pleasant man to interrupt my file,” Merckx mentioned in a submit on Instagram. James Moultrie has extra right here.
Common classification after stage 5
Right this moment’s run from Mâcon to Dijon is a flat one, with only a single class 4 climb – the early Col du Bois Clair – on the agenda. One other bunch dash would seem like inevitable. The peloton rolls out at 13.35 CET, with the race scheduled to hit kilometre zero at 13.50.
Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight yesterday, however Lidl-Trek have confirmed that the Dane is match sufficient to start out at the moment’s stage.
Coach Vasilis Anastopoulos was a key determine in Cavendish’s stunning renaissance at QuickStep in 2021 and he has been important to the Manxman’s success once more right here after becoming a member of Astana-Qazaqstan’s employees throughout the low season. He launched spells of altitude coaching to Cavendish’s preparation this yr, and the sprinter additionally spent sustained spells at Anastopoulos’ dwelling in Greece within the build-up to the Tour. Anastopoulos was assured in Cavendish’s Tour prospects after poring over his coaching information from the week after the Tour de Suisse. “The info I had instructed me was able to doing that,” he mentioned. “He got here again to Greece instantly after the Tour de Suisse, and we did dash work for the entire week due to all of the climbs he had carried out earlier than.” Learn the total story right here.
When Cavendish walked again his retirement resolution final summer time, the prospect of a record-breaking thirty fifth stage win appeared the apparent draw, even when lead-out man Michael Mørkøv advised to Cyclingnews earlier this yr that surpassing Eddy Merckx’s mark was extra of an excuse to maintain racing than a burning aim in itself. Definitely, Cavendish has no intention of turning the remainder of this Tour right into a lap of honour now that feat has been achieved. Right this moment’s finale in Dijon presents one other alternative. “At the start, I am going to try to get pleasure from it and secondly we’ll try to achieve success once more as a result of that is basically our job,” Cavendish mentioned. “I like this race, I all the time have liked this race. I like this race once I experience, I like this race once I watch it, and I am going to all the time give it 100%.” Dani Ostanek has extra right here.
Welcome to Cyclingnews‘ stay protection of stage 6 of the 2024 Tour de France. Tadej Pogačar holds the yellow jersey, however most headlines are for Mark Cavendish this morning after he broke the file he shared with Eddy Merckx and received his thirty fifth Tour stage in Saint-Vulbas yesterday. Stephen Farrand was on the scene for us and sends this account.
Refresh
-112km
Right this moment marks the twenty fifth anniversary of Lance Armstrong’s first day within the yellow jersey on the 1999 Tour de France, the primary of seven straight wins that will later be stricken from the file books when he was lastly sanctioned in 2012. Armstrong and supervisor Johan Bruyneel got lifetime bans, however they have not gone away – nor, certainly, have a lot of Armstrong’s 1999 teammates, a few of whom stay outstanding figures in biking at the moment. Patrick Fletcher has pieced the story of what everyone on the 1999 US Postal group is doing now, and you’ll learn his characteristic right here.
-119km
A Welsh flag fluttering on the roadside confirms the crosswind at this level. Delegations from Visma, UAE and Ineos are all massed in direction of the entrance, although they look like positioned for security somewhat than with the categorical intention of making an attempt to drive an echelon.
-125km
Intermediate dash – end result
Girmay’s factors classification lead is as much as ten factors over Pedersen because of his second place in that intermediate dash.
-132km
-135km
-138km
Abrahamsen and Zingle proceed to shoot the breeze out in entrance, and the peloton is drawing inexorably nearer. 45 seconds the hole.
The intermediate dash in Cormatin is simply over 10km away, and there might be an injection of tempo from the bunch because it attracts nearer. In the meantime, the rain has abated, the solar has re-emerged and the highway beneath their wheels is dry.
-144km
Zingle was concerned in a notable incident in yesterday’s finale – or maybe extra precisely, he helped to restrict the affect of an incident. When Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight, Zingle had the presence of thoughts and reflexes to bunnyhop the fallen Dane somewhat than experience into him, and that act may effectively have prevented bringing down extra riders. Simone Giuliani has extra right here.
-149km
Abrahamsen definitely is not hanging round. After shedding the inexperienced jersey to Biniam Girmay yesterday, the Norwegian appears to be eager to choose up most factors on the intermediate dash after 30km. He presses on the tempo with Zingle, and the hole is stretching out.
Zingle presses on over the opposite aspect. Abrahamsen may need been anticipated to take a seat up after the climb, however the Norwegian opts to come back by way of and provides Zingle a number of turns. The 2 escapees have half a minute in hand on the bunch.
-153km
A polka-dotted Abrahamsen clips off the entrance of the bunch with 700m of the climb remaining in the hunt for the solitary mountains level on the summit, although he is being hunted by Axel Zingle (Cofidis) .
-155km
-157km
The peloton is rolling although the sunshine rain bathe, nonetheless travelling at an honest price of knots. Not like the tentative opening to the earlier dash levels, there is a pressure within the air right here, thanks largely to the early climb and the early intermediate dash.
-160km
-163km
It is 22°C at first in Mâcon, the place the solar has poked by way of the clouds. The wind is little greater than a breeze for now, at 16kph, and so any echelons, if they arrive, will certainly be for the ultimate hour, when the wind is forecast to choose up. Yesterday, like on stage 3 to Turin, there was a really low-key begin to proceedings – though the early class 4 climb and the intermediate dash in Cormatin after 31km may make for a extra intense opening at the moment.
The peloton has rolled away from the beginning in Mâcon and is navigating the neutralised zone.
The roll-out is simply 25 minutes away, and there could have been a variety of dialogue on the group buses in Mâcon about this stage’s potential for echelons. These within the know recommend the opening a part of the stage and the final 45km are most uncovered to crosswinds. Vigilance might be key.
Eddy Merckx has paid his personal tribute to Mark Cavendish for claiming sole possession of the file for Tour stage wins. “Congratulations to Mark Cavendish on this historic achievement! Such a pleasant man to interrupt my file,” Merckx mentioned in a submit on Instagram. James Moultrie has extra right here.
Common classification after stage 5
Right this moment’s run from Mâcon to Dijon is a flat one, with only a single class 4 climb – the early Col du Bois Clair – on the agenda. One other bunch dash would seem like inevitable. The peloton rolls out at 13.35 CET, with the race scheduled to hit kilometre zero at 13.50.
Mads Pedersen crashed within the ending straight yesterday, however Lidl-Trek have confirmed that the Dane is match sufficient to start out at the moment’s stage.
Coach Vasilis Anastopoulos was a key determine in Cavendish’s stunning renaissance at QuickStep in 2021 and he has been important to the Manxman’s success once more right here after becoming a member of Astana-Qazaqstan’s employees throughout the low season. He launched spells of altitude coaching to Cavendish’s preparation this yr, and the sprinter additionally spent sustained spells at Anastopoulos’ dwelling in Greece within the build-up to the Tour. Anastopoulos was assured in Cavendish’s Tour prospects after poring over his coaching information from the week after the Tour de Suisse. “The info I had instructed me was able to doing that,” he mentioned. “He got here again to Greece instantly after the Tour de Suisse, and we did dash work for the entire week due to all of the climbs he had carried out earlier than.” Learn the total story right here.
When Cavendish walked again his retirement resolution final summer time, the prospect of a record-breaking thirty fifth stage win appeared the apparent draw, even when lead-out man Michael Mørkøv advised to Cyclingnews earlier this yr that surpassing Eddy Merckx’s mark was extra of an excuse to maintain racing than a burning aim in itself. Definitely, Cavendish has no intention of turning the remainder of this Tour right into a lap of honour now that feat has been achieved. Right this moment’s finale in Dijon presents one other alternative. “At the start, I am going to try to get pleasure from it and secondly we’ll try to achieve success once more as a result of that is basically our job,” Cavendish mentioned. “I like this race, I all the time have liked this race. I like this race once I experience, I like this race once I watch it, and I am going to all the time give it 100%.” Dani Ostanek has extra right here.
Welcome to Cyclingnews‘ stay protection of stage 6 of the 2024 Tour de France. Tadej Pogačar holds the yellow jersey, however most headlines are for Mark Cavendish this morning after he broke the file he shared with Eddy Merckx and received his thirty fifth Tour stage in Saint-Vulbas yesterday. Stephen Farrand was on the scene for us and sends this account.