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Supreme Pogacar wins Tour de France for fourth time
AFP, Published on 28/07/2025
» PARIS - Tadej Pogacar closed out a supreme 21-day performance to win the Tour de France in Paris on Sunday, crushing his rivals in the 3,400km slog to rack up a fourth title.
No room for sentiment as Hinault returns to site of world title glory
AFP, Published on 17/04/2025
» SALLANCHES (FRANCE) - French cycling legend Bernard Hinault is licking his lips at the prospect of current superstars Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel tackling the same route at the 2027 world championships as he faced when he claimed his one and only rainbow jersey in 1980.
Tour de France sets off from Bilbao
AFP, Published on 01/07/2023
» BILBAO, Spain: The Tour de France started in Bilbao on Saturday, embarking on a 3,404km race to Paris with the first three of the 21 stages in the Spanish Basque Country.
Mira Rai: child soldier, ultra-runner, mentor
AFP, Published on 08/03/2022
» KATHMANDU: For years Nepali child soldier turned ultra-runner Mira Rai trained alone every morning, but now she leads other young women up and down the hills, hoping the sport can help them break cycles of poverty and discrimination.
Champion Pogacar hails 'incredible Tour de France adventure'
AFP, Published on 19/07/2021
» PARIS - Tadej Pogacar won a second successive Tour de France on Sunday, hailing his victory as "an incredible adventure" as Wout van Aert claimed the final stage on the Champs-Elysees in Paris after three weeks of thrilling action.
Exhausted Pogacar effectively seals Tour de France title
AFP, Published on 18/07/2021
» SAINT-EMILION, France: Tadej Pogacar all but became champion of the 2021 Tour de France on Saturday as the UAE rider protected his large overall lead in the stage 20 time-trial, ahead of the traditionally ceremonial final run to Paris.
Trial and no errors as Pogacar primed for Tour de France decider
AFP, Published on 17/07/2021
» LIBOURNE (FRANCE) - Defending champion and runaway leader of the Tour de France Tadej Pogacar can thump his rivals again on Saturday on the decisive individual time-trial through the Bordeaux vineyards.
Brittany hill scrap opens 2021 Tour de France
AFP, Published on 26/06/2021
» BREST (FRANCE) - The Tour de France will explode into action as Stage 1 rolls out of the Atlantic port of Brest on Saturday with a dramatic day of action assured and defending champion Tadej Pogacar in the thick of it.
Ireland's Bennett marked man in Gent-Wevelgem classic
AFP, Published on 28/03/2021
» BRUSSELS - Form sprinter Ireland's Sam Bennett will be a marked man at Sunday's Belgian cycling classic, the epic 254km Gent-Wevelgem.
France holds breath as football brings nation together
AFP, Published on 15/07/2018
» PARIS: French fans dared to dream of a World Cup victory on Sunday as they prepared to watch the game on a sunny summer weekend after a tournament that has lifted spirits and led to a rare sense of national unity.