Mark Cavendish ties Merckx’s TdF win record
Mark Cavendish matched the Tour de France stage wins record as he collected the 34th of his career in Carcassonne.
Mark Cavendish matched the Tour de France stage wins record as he collected the 34th of his career in Carcassonne.
After the exertions of climbing Mont Ventoux twice yesterday, today’s stage of the 2021 Tour de France offered a slight respite to the peloton, with only one third category climb in the middle of the day.
France’s Victor Lafay claimed Stage 8 in Guardia Sanframondi as he powered to victory from a 9-man breakaway group at the bottom of the 4km long finishing climb.
Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) claimed his first victory of the year on Stage 2 of the 2021 Tirenno-Adriatico in a hard and long uphill finish in Chiusdino where Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) and Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) rounded out a formidable podium
The 2019 Amgen Tour of California will be the longest and most challenging in its 14-year history,