The duel between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar lasted till the very end of the very last mountain stage of the 110th Tour de France as the Slovenian outsprinted the Dane at Le Markstein to claim his 11th stage win, the second one this year.
Matej Mohoric took a photo-finish win over yesterday’s winner Kasper Asgreen to take Stage 19 of the 2023 Tour de France. Ben O’Connor, who was part of the leading trio, took third.
Surviving a break that started just 10km into the stage, Kasper Asgreen (Soudal – Quick-Step) won the final sprint against his 3 attack group mates to win Stage 18 of the 2023 Tour de France.
After a 31km solo ride at the front, Spanish rider Ion Izagirre of the Cofidis squad won Stage 12 of the 2023 Tour de France.
Michael Woods won Stage 9 of the 2023 Tour de France for his first Tour win as he out-climbed everybody on the steep percentages on Puy de Dôme.
Jai Hindley became the 8th Australian to wear the yellow jersey after a strong win in Stage 5 of the 2023 Tour de France.
Teams are starting to announce their rosters for the 2023 Tour de France, which kicks off Saturday, July 1 in Bilbao, Spain.
During the annual press day of Lotto Soudal the plans of the team leaders were announced. Sprinter Caleb Ewan aims for stage wins in Giro and Tour again, Philippe Gilbert hopes to end his career in style and will be present in all the hilly Classics and Florian Vermeersch hopes to excel in the Flemish Classics.
Lotto Soudal continues with Ridley through 2026, but adds Shimano, DT Swiss, KMC, and CEMA.
With 9 days remaining until the start of the 2021 Giro d’Italia, the race’s provisional entry list has been announced.