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Tour de France stage 16 - Paret-Peintre denies Healy on Mont Ventoux

Tour de France stage 16 - Paret-Peintre denies Healy on Mont Ventoux

BBC News5 days ago
Update:
Date: 15:49 BST
Title: Stage 16 results
Content:
Update:
Date: 15:46 BST
Title: Post
Content: Tadej Pogacar crosses fifth on the day, with Jonas Vingegaard right with him.
Update:
Date: 15:44 BST
Title: Post
Content: Valentin Paret-Peintre claims his first stage win... and we have our first French winner on this year's Tour.
The 24-year-old is also the third Soudal Quick-Step rider to claim a win this year after Tim Merlier (two wins) and Remco Evenepoel (one).
Update:
Date: 15:43 BST
Title: Valentin Paret-Peintre denies Healy to win stage 16
Content: Ben Healy goes, he's leading round the final bend...
But Valentin Paret-Peintre digs deep to recover and just beat the Irishman to the line.
Update:
Date: 500m to go
Title: Post
Content: We're set for a sprint finish at the top of the Mont Ventoux... can Ben Healy do it?
Update:
Date: 750m to go
Title: Post
Content: Ilan van Wilder now joins the party and nods his head to team-mate Valentin Paret-Peintre as if to say "follow me..."
Update:
Date: 1km to go
Title: Post
Content: Santiago Buitrago leads, with Ben Healy and Valentin Paret-Peintre right on his wheel.
Enric Mas has drifted again.
Update:
Date: 15:38 BST
Title: Pogacar goes
Content: Tadej Pogacar turns the tables on Jonas Vingegaard.
There's briefly a gap, but the Dane makes it back.
Update:
Date: 2km to go
Title: Post
Content: Enric Mas is back to Ben Healy and Valentin Paret-Peintre... and Santiago Buitrago is now up there too.
What a finish!! Which way is this going to go?!
Update:
Date: 2.5km to go
Title: Post
Content: There was a bit of a standstill between Ben Healy and Valentin Paret-Peintre, allowing Enric Mas to rejoin them.
But he's soon dropped again as Paret-Peintre attacks, with Healy chasing.
Update:
Date: 15:31 BST
Title: Vingegaard launches third attack
Content: Jonas Vingegaard goes again, but he just can't get rid of Tadej Pogacar.
Update:
Date: 3.5km to go
Title: Healy & V. Paret-Peintre lead
Content: Ben Healy and Valentin Paret-Peintre have now joined Enric Mas... and then they go again to gap the Spaniard.
Update:
Date: 4km to go
Title: Post
Content: Former yellow jersey Ben Healy now has Enric Mas in his sights, although Valentin Paret-Peintre is right on the Irishman's wheel.
Update:
Date: 5km to go
Title: Mas still leads
Content: Enric Mas has a 25-second advantage at the front, but Ben Healy is closing.
Update:
Date: 15:23 BST
Title: Vingegaard attacks again
Content: Tadej Pogacar is lacking support from his UAE team-mates, so Jonas Vingegaard attacks again.
And again the Dane can't shake the race leader.
Update:
Date: 15:22 BST
Title: Healy closes gap
Content: Ben Healy, Valentin Paret-Peintre and Santiago Buitrago have got back to Julian Alaphilippe and Thymen Arensman, 65 seconds back from leader Enric Mas
Update:
Date: 7.5km to go
Title: Vingegaard mounts first attack
Content: Jonas Vingegaard attacks, he's out of the saddle.
Tadej Pogacar is right on his wheel though.
Update:
Date: 8.5km to go
Title: Visma taking turns
Content: Visma's Wout van Aert upped the pace in the yellow jersey group but is now done, allowing Sepp Kuss to take over at the front.
Their team-mate Simon Yates is struggling to stay with them though.
Update:
Date: 9km to go
Title: Arensman almost crashes
Content: Thymen Arensman just had to swerve to avoid riding into Shimano's support bike, which was at the side of the road.
The Dutch rider was looking down for a few moments as he tries to keep his legs pumping and took his eyes off what's up the road.
Update:
Date: 10km to go
Title: Post
Content: Enric Mas has never won a Tour de France stage.
Julian Alaphilippe has not won one in four years.
Thymen Arensman has not won one in three days.
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