Tour de France, Remco Evenepoel and Tadej Pogacar
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VELO on MSNRemco Evenepoel Suffers Disaster Setback in Tour de France Quest with Abandon of Key HelperAbandon of experienced Tour de France domestique Cattaneo puts extra pressure on Evenepoel and an already underpowered Quick-Step team.
The versatile Mattia Cattaneo, who rides for Evenepoel’s Soudal Quick-Step, was seen struggling at the back of the peloton during Friday’s Stage 7 of the three-week race between Saint-Malo and Mûr-de-Bretagne.
Evenepoel, the reigning time trial Olympic and world champion, was expected to win the stage in the absence of time trial specialists — Filippo Ganna and Stefan Bissegger, who both crashed and exited the race on the first day of the Tour last week.
In fact it truly kicked off yesterday, with Tadej Pogacar putting a handful more seconds into his rivals to move level on time with race leader Mathieu van der Poel by claiming his 18th Tour stage win and the 100th of his frankly ludicrously brilliant career.
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Cyclingnews on MSNTour de France stage 5: Remco Evenepoel uses pure power to win individual time trial while Tadej Pogačar moves into yellow jerseyOlympic and world time trial champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) duly delivered on his stage favourite status on stage 5 of the Tour de France, powering to victory in the 33km time trial in Caen as Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) took yellow.
1. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, 04:05:39. 2. Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark, Team Visma ' Lease a Bike, same time. 3. Oscar Onley, Great Britain, Picnic PostNL, 04:05:41. 4. Felix Gall, Austria, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, same time.
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Remco Evenepoel's transfer rumors resurface at Tour de France, Belgian star says he doesn't know anything about itThe Tour de France is underway, which means that Remco Evenepoel is once again the center of attention. He is the focus of the public, the press, and other teams because, after a few days of the Tour de France,
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Cyclingnews on MSN'This win is revenge for last Saturday' - Remco Evenepoel back in Tour de France contention after superb time trial victory and GC time gainsRemco Evenepoel stormed back into contention for a place on the final podium at the 2025 Tour de France, winning the 33km time trial around Caen and marking a huge turnaround after a difficult opening stage.
A three-week Grand Tour will always contain natural ebbs and flows, and, for much of Monday’s stage between Valenciennes and Dunkirk, it looked as if the peloton had declared an unofficial rest day, with the riders happy to cruise back towards the coast after a weekend of wind, rain and intensity.