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Cycling Giro d'Italia 

Mads Pedersen powers into pink with opening stage victory -Giro d’Italia

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Mads Pedersen sprinted to victory on the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia in Tirana, taking the first pink jersey of the race in the process. The Dane pipped Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) on the line. The Lidl-Trek rider had been put in the perfect position by his team on both the final climbs of the race and into the final corner, and managed to hold off Van Aert in the closing metres. Orluis Aular (Movistar) finished third.

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Cycling Tour de France 

Edinburgh to host start of 2027 Tour de France

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The Scottish city of Edinburgh will host the Tour de France Grand Depart in 2027. It will be the third time the race has started in Britain after London in 2007 and Leeds in 2014. Organisers also confirmed on Wednesday that the Tour de France Femmes will come to Britain in 2027, the first time both races have held stages in the same country outside of France.

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Cycling Olympics Paris 2024 

Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel roars to gold medal in men’s time trial

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Remco Evenepoel took a sensational gold in the men’s individual time trial for Belgium, charging around the Paris parcours to beat Italy’s Filippo Ganna and countryman Wout van Aert to the top step of the Olympic podium. Ganna was second with Van Aert third, as Team GB’s Josh Tarling missed out to finish fourth.

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Cycling Olympics 

Tadej Pogačar withdraws from 2024 Olympics citing fatigue

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Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar has pulled out of the Olympic Games because of “extreme fatigue”, the Slovenian Olympic Committee has said. Pogacar completed victory in this year’s Tour by taking Sunday’s final stage, which was a time trial, to win the illustrious 3,498km race for a third time. Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz will not be defending his Gold Medal after winning the King of the Mountains category at the Tour this year.

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Cycling Tour de France 

Tadej Pogačar secures third Tour de France title with time trial triumph

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The final day of the 2024 Tour de France bucked the trend with a time trial between Monaco and Nice instead of a processional parade in Paris – but the result was the same, with the relentless Tadej Pogacar wrapping up the overall win with a sixth stage victory. Pogacar beat rivals Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel in the race of truth as an emotional Mark Cavendish rode off into the sunset.

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