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Today’s Alpine stage was won by Belgian Dylan Teuns.
Mathieu van der Poel kept his hold on the yellow jersey.
The British cyclist is closing in on Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 stage victories.
Race director Christian Prudhomme stressed that ‘the incident has been blown out of all proportion’.
Pogacar described the stage as critical to his chances of defending the title he won in 2020.
Live television images showed the woman holding a sign, standing on the side of the road in the path of the peloton.
It was his 31st stage win on the world’s greatest bike race.
Geraint Thomas dislocated a shoulder and 2020 runner-up Primoz Roglic losing valuable time.
Today was the third stage of the Tour De France.
The 25-year-old is the grandson of late French cycling icon Raymond Poulidor.
A pile-up occurred after a spectator leaned into the path of the speeding peloton while holding up a sign.
According to regional newspaper Ouest France the woman fled the scene and has yet to be found.
A fan brandishing a sign brought down German rider Tony Martin.
The Irishman has two Tour de France stage wins with other teams.
The Irish rider won’t be able defend the green jersey he won last year.
The Irish rider won the Mur de Bretagne stage of the Tour in 2018.
The four-time champion has been selected by cycling team Israel Start-Up Nation to race the 2021 tour.
We spoke to its director, Keiron J Walsh.
The final kilometre of the 157km stage from Castrillo del Val to Aguilar de Campoo saw the Deceuninck-Quickstep rider surge to apparent victory.
French police are investigating the Arkea-Samsic team of former Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana winner Nairo Quintana.
An investigation is underway into a “small part” of the Arkea-Samsic team.
The Carrick-on-Suir native secured the green jersey at the final stage on Sunday.
Bennett is set to become the first Irishman in 31 years to win the prestigious green jersey when the Tour de France finishes up in Paris today.
Sam Bennett almost certain to win green jersey while Pogacar’s successful time trail today means he is now likely to secure Tour de France crown.
Sagan made a bid for glory from 20km out but the Irishman was able to keep up during today’s 19th stage.
Meanwhile Dan Martin came home in 31st place.
The 23-year-old Colombian had remained in contention until Sunday’s stage on the Grand Colombier.
German rider Lennard Kamna won the Tour de France’s medium mountain stage today.
The 29-year-old cyclist also spoke about the impact the Tour de France’s taxing schedule was having.
Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic retained the overall lead while Sam Bennett strengthen his grip on the Green Jersey.
Meanwhile, Nicolas Roche came home in 89th and Dan Martin finished in 67th place.
Bennett initially finished third but was promoted to second place after Green Jersey rival Peter Sagan was relegated for shoving another rider in the sprint finish.
No, you absolutely cannot.
There were teary eyes as the Irish rider got to grips with his historic achievement.
The Carrick-on-Suir rider becomes just the sixth Irish cyclist to win a stage at the Tour de France.
Tadej Pogacar won stage 9 with his fellow Slovenian Primoz Roglic claiming the yellow jersey.
The Irish rider finished a tough day empty handed.
Kazakhstan’s Alexey Lutsenko won the first Tour de France stage of his career, while Adam Yates remains in the yellow jersey.
The Deceuninck–Quick-Step rider had a third-place finish, with Wout van Aert claiming Stage 5.
Aussie Caleb Ewan rocketed to a sprint victory.