Tadej Pogačar blew his general classification rivals away with a powerful ride on stage 8 as Dylan Teuns took victory. Pogačar now holds a 1:48 lead over Wout van Aert with the gap to Alexey Lutsenko in third a massive 4:38 as Mathieu van der Poel lost the Yellow Jersey.
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen narrowly edged out McLaren’s Lando Norris to take pole position ahead of tomorrow’s Austrian Grand Prix. Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Perez will start third ahead of the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.
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Seven time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has signed a new two year contract at Mercedes that will see him remain at the team until the end of the 2023 season. The deal comes less than six months after he signed a one year extension with the Silver Arrows for the current season.
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Goals from Nicolò Barella and Lorenzo Insigne fired Italy to a 1-2 victory past Belgium and into the semi-final of Euro 2020 where they will face Spain. Italy and Belgium traded chances before Barella and Insigne gave the Italians a two goal cushion however a Romelu Lukaku penalty gave Belgium a lifeline before the break.
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Spain survived a real scare seeing off Switzerland 3-1 on penalties following a 1-1 draw to reach the semi-finals of EURO 2020. A Denis Zakaria own goal gave Spain an early lead but the Swiss persevered and drew level through Xherdan Shaqiri. Their task was made more difficult following the dismissal of Remo Freuler and ultimately Spain held their nerve from the spot.
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