# Tour de France
July
July 2023
Pogacar takes stage as Vingegaard assures Tour de France title
Huge crowds turned out to greet local hero Thibaut Pinot who was cheered up every mountain as he finished seventh on the day.
Mohoric honours late teammate after stage 19 photo finish victory at Tour de France
Runaway race leader Jonas Vingegaard retains the yellow jersey.
Kasper Asgreen sprints to maiden Tour de France stage win in Bourg-en-Bresse
Asgreen was part of a four-strong break who managed to hold off the sprint teams in the 185km stage from Moutiers.
Vingegaard soars into commanding Tour de France lead
Key rival Tadej Pogacar lost almost six minutes on the toughest climb on the 21 stages.
Vingegaard pulverises Pogacar to strike critical blow in yellow jersey battle
Vingegaard’s exhilarating time trial extended his GC lead to 1min 48sec.
Tour leader Vingegaard 'understands' doping scepticism
The Danish Jumbo-Visma rider is among climbers to have broken speed records on classic ascents.
Vingegaard goes wheel-to-wheel with Pogacar in the Alps to retain yellow jersey
Wout Poels won Sunday’s 15th stage, marked by drama earlier in the day when a spectator caused a crash.
Rodriguez wins Alpine stage as Vingegaard retains slim Tour lead
The day was marked by French hope Romain Bardet’s race-ending crash as rain-slicked roads made for treacherous racing.
Vingegaard holds off Pogacar's attack to cling on to Tour de France yellow jersey
Michal Kwiatkowski soloed to a stage win on Grand Colombier on Friday.
Ion Izagirre powers to solo win in 12th stage of Tour de France
Jonas Vingegaard retains his 17-second lead over Tadej Pogacar in the GC standings.
Philipsen bags fourth stage win of Tour de France
The Alpecin sprinter edged Dutch rider Dylan Groenewegen to the line with Phil Bauhaus in third.
Michael Woods claims first Tour de France stage victory after breakaway
Jonas Vingegaard advantage in yellow is down to 17 seconds going into Monday’s rest day.
Record-chasing Mark Cavendish out of Tour de France after nasty crash
Denmark’s Mads Pedersen won stage eight of the event.
Jasper Philipsen denies Mark Cavendish Tour de France record
Philipsen made it three wins from three sprint stages in-a-row.
Pogacar wins Tour de France summit duel with Vingegaard
Pogacar went for broke with 2km to go and finished 24 seconds ahead of Vingegaard.
Jai Hindley wins Tour de France stage 5 to take yellow jersey
Hindley soloed into Laruns to take the win by 32 seconds.
Belgium's Philipsen wins second straight Tour de France stage
Today’s sprint was marred by three high-speed falls.
Belgian Jasper Philipsen sprints to Tour de France third stage win
Alpecin rider held off German Phil Bauhaus, with Australian Caleb Ewan third.
Adam Yates wins Tour de France opener ahead of twin brother
British twins broke free at the top of the final climb.
Last year
2022
Historic decision sees Tour de France finale moved from Paris
For the first time since 1905, the French capital will not host the finish.
Mountains dominate Tour de France route for 2023
Next summer’s race could favour climbers such as 2019 champion Egan Bernal.
Irish intentions - Agreement on joint North-South bid to host opening Tour de France stages
The 1998 Tour de France began in Dublin.
Cyclist Van der Poel pleads guilty to assault in Australia
The 27-year-old was detained on the eve of Sunday’s elite road race at the world championships.
Quintana retrospectively disqualified from Tour de France over tramadol use
The former two-time runner-up, 32, finished sixth overall in the race.
Cycling star Egan Bernal to return seven months after he 'almost died' in horror crash
The 25-year-old specialist climber needed multiple surgeries after breaking several ribs, a knee cap, a thigh bone, two vertebrae and a thumb.
Van Vleuten takes yellow jersey on women's Tour de France
Demi Vollering (SD Worx) finished second, 3mins 30sec behind, with Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-Suez) winning the sprint for third.
Leader Vos wins stage 6 of women's Tour de France
The 35-year-old Dutch rider edged out Marta Bastianelli and Lotte Kopecky in the sprint for the line.
Jasper Philipsen wins final stage as Jonas Vingegaard takes Tour de France crown
Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Philipsen took his second victory of this Tour as he came around Dylan Groenewegen in the final few hundred metres.
Vingegaard virtually wraps up Tour de France title
The Dane only needs to cross the Champs-Elysees finish line in Paris on Sunday to guarantee the champion’s yellow jersey.
Laporte wins Tour de France stage 19 as Vingegaard stays in lead
He became the first Frenchman to win on this year’s Tour de France.
Vingegaard shows sportsmanship before beating Pogacar to put one hand on Tour de France title
The Dane showed class when he waited for defending champion after a fall before going on to beat Pogacar by over a minute.
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.
Defending champion Pogacar wins stage 17 of Le Tour but overall leader Vingegaard holds firm
Slovenian rider Pogacar now trails the Dane by two minutes and 18 seconds.
'I know he helped me' - Tearful Houle dedicates Tour de France stage win to late brother
He became the first Canadian since Steve Bauer in 1988 to win a stage on the race.
Vingegaard loses key allies as Tour de France hits boiling point
As temperatures hit 40-degrees, Vingegaard overcame a fall to keep hold of his lead.
Tour de France leader Jonas Vingegaard loses key ally Primoz Roglic to injury
The Slovenian rider, who finished runner up in 2020, laid out his reasons on the Jumbo-Visma team Twitter account.
Vingegaard holds off Pogacar in heated Tour de France duel
Australian Michael Matthews won the stage, a sizzling 192km run from Saint-Etienne.
