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'Not a lot of other things they can do' – Tour de France stage winner Merlier welcomes shortening of stage 9 amid extreme heat

Christian Prudhomme says when race director Gouvenou 'announced it to Pogačar earlier, he thanked him'

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'Thanks to the GC contenders for this respect' – Tadej Pogačar says agreement has been reached by favourites to sit at the back and stay safe on Tour de France sprint finishes

World champion says 'So far, it's one of the most enjoyable Tours, except for the heat'

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'It's not what we hoped, but we remain confident' – Alpecin-Premier Tech keep faith in Jasper Philipsen at Tour de France

Team bosses hopeful Philipsen will return to winning ways after three missed chances

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'If I see how I sprinted, it's crazy' - Biniam Girmay accepts that Tim Merlier is fastest in the Tour de France sprints

NSN rider follows Merlier to move up to take second on the line in Bergerac

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'It's clear that he hesitated after not winning yesterday' – Alpecin say no need for panic yet at Tour de France despite another sprint loss for Jasper Philipsen

Philip Roodhooft says 'The leadout was good, and Jasper could not finish it off once again' in Bergerac

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'If you don't shoot, you always miss' – breakaway hero Liam Slock finds pride in near miss at Tour de France

The Belgian was caught with just 1.3km to go on Saturday

Cycling Weekly

Tour de France stage nine shortened due to 'exceptionally intense' heatwave

Temperatures forecast to exceed 40°C on Sunday

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Stage 9 of Tour de France shortened amid 'red alert' heatwave warning in central France

30km to be cut from start of route as ASO forced to make adjustments in face of ongoing high temperatures

Cycling News

Heatwave forces Tour de France organisers to shorten Sunday’s stage nine

Sunday’s stage nine of the ⁠Tour de France will be shortened by 30km due to ⁠heat risks, race ⁠organisers have announced

The Guardian - UK

Tour de France stage to be shortened due to 'intense heatwave'

Tour de France's organisers on Saturday announced that they will shorten a stage of the race due to intense heat. ASO made this historic decision to cut out a hilly loop at the start of the stageafter France's weather authority declared a red alert in Corrèze.

France 24

Tour de France: Tim Merlier claims back-to-back victories on stage 8 with furious sprint into Bergerac

Biniam Girmay second, Olav Kooij third as breakaway rider Liam Slock caught on the run-in to Bergerac

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Baptiste Veistroffer has become the breakaway hero this Tour de France needs

'A stage without a breakaway is pretty stupid' says rider from Brittany who has been a much-need salve to sprint stage monotony

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Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz are putting on a happy face at the Tour de France, but I'm not really buying it – is anyone?

Latest social media video of the two attempts to dispel any notion of tension, but it's hard to believe that the leadership question won't rear its head again this Tour

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Tour de France stage 8 preview – A rematch for the sprinters in Bergerac as Merlier goes for two in a row

Another flat stage from Périgueux to Bergerac offers the sprinters a chance to do battle once more, but can Tim Merlier make it two in a row?

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The Guardian - UK

Days of salted codfish and cabbage leaves are over: how climate crisis is shaping Tour de France’s future

Heatwaves have long been a part of the Tour but temperatures now are pushing the riders to the limit of human endurance

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'I always love watching the sprints' - Caleb Ewan analyses the Tour de France sprint in Bordeaux

'You have to get everything right to be able to win at the Tour' says former Australian sprinter turned SBS commentator

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'My body temperature is probably cooler than any Tour before' – Tadej Pogačar stresses importance of UAE's hydration and nutrition changes in reaching new level at Tour de France

World Champion grateful for rare 'easier day' on Bordeaux sprint stage

Cycling Weekly

'That was not how it should be' – Jasper Philipsen left perplexed after Tour de France stage seven

Alpecin-Premier Tech rider finishes fifth again, with sprint opportunities running out

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'I'm better than back then' – a bad day in the 2026 Tour de France for Tadej Pogačar? Don't bet on it

The yellow jersey explains how he's grown, and improved, since the day he cracked on the Col du Granon

Cycling Weekly

'You start to be scared... there aren't a lot of opportunities' – Tim Merlier defeats 'pressure' to deliver at sprinter-unfriendly Tour de France

Soudal Quick-Step's Belgian sprinter has now won four stages in three starts at Tour

Cycling News

How Soudal-QuickStep dominated the high-speed Tour de France sprint into Bordeaux

'We were never in trouble' - New lead-out man Jasper Stuyven details how the Belgian team executed their race plan to perfection

The Guardian - UK

Tadej Pogacar’s Tour de France mastery leaves rivals in his wake and asking: ‘What now?’

Tim Merlier’s sprint finish secured victory in the seventh stage of the Tour de France while Tadej Pogacar remains in control of the overall standings

The Independent UK

Tim Merlier sprints to stage-seven Tour de France victory - but can’t take yellow jersey off Tadej Pogacar

Merlier delivered his fourth career Tour stage win after a scrappy finish in Bordeaux

Cycling News

'That's just not how it should be' – Jasper Philipsen well short of sprinting speed as Alpecin-Premier Tech roll out old-fashioned lead-out train at Tour de France

Team dominated the run-in to Bordeaux but Belgian is clearly short of his best

France 24

Belgian Tim Merlier wins Tour de France 7th stage as Pogacar holds onto yellow jersey

Belgian cyclist Tim Merlier won the Tour de France's seventh stage in a sprint finish in Bordeaux under scorching temperatures while reigning champion Tadej Pogacar kept the leader's yellow jersey.

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