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Thibaut Pinot is worried about his lawn. The heatwave is bound to be taking a toll back home, and although it’s being looked after by his family, no one treats it quite like he does. He’s thinking about his animals too. His goats, his sheep, his donkey. Most of them …

There is rarely a quiet day in the Tour de France. Not this Tour de France, anyway. On the final flat day before Paris, in blistering Mediterranean heat reaching 40 degrees, the reigning champion Geraint Thomas crashed on the road and the year’s form rider Jakob Fuglsang crashed out of the race, …

There is rarely a quiet day in the Tour de France. Not this Tour de France, anyway. On the final flat day before Paris, in blistering Mediterranean heat reaching 40 degrees, the reigning champion Geraint Thomas crashed on the road and the year’s form rider Jakob Fuglsang crashed out of the race, …

On the steep climb to the finish here in Foix, Thibaut Pinot picked off his rivals one by one like a sniper. First Geraint Thomas and Steven Kruijswijk cracked as the Frenchman launched his attack. Then the yellow jersey of Julian Alaphilippe was left behind, before the gutsy Emanuel Buchmann also released his …

On the steep climb to the finish here in Foix, Thibaut Pinot picked off his rivals one by one like a sniper. First Geraint Thomas and Steven Kruijswijk cracked as the Frenchman launched his attack. Then the yellow jersey of Julian Alaphilippe was left behind, before the gutsy Emanuel Buchmann also released his …

The Frenchman faces a fight to keep hold of the yellow jersey as the race climbs more than 2,000m above sea level Source link

Geraint Thomas admitted he felt “weak” as his Tour de France hopes suffered a blow on the brutal slopes of the Tourmalet. The defending champion lost contact with the main contenders for with one kilometre to go of Saturday’s 117.5km stage 14 from Tarbes as Thibaut Pinot took victory and …