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New York Times
5 days ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Final mountain stage of Tour de France rerouted due to cattle cull
Stage 19 of the Tour de France has been shortened due to the 'distress of farmers' after a herd of cows was slaughtered on Friday's original route. The cattle were culled after an outbreak of contagious nodular dermatitis was discovered in a herd on the slopes of the Col des Saisies, which was scheduled to be the second categorised climb of the stage. As a result, the Col des Saisies will now be omitted from the parcours, with the stage being shortened from 129.9km to 95km as a result. The race will also start one hour later than planned, now becoming the shortest road stage of the Tour for several years. 'The discovery of an outbreak of contagious nodular dermatitis affecting cattle in a herd located specifically in the Col des Saisies has necessitated the culling of the animals,' said a statement released by Tour organisers ASO on Thursday evening. 'In light of the distress experienced by the affected farmers and in order to preserve the smooth running of the race, it has been decided, in agreement with the relevant authorities, to modify the route of Stage 19 (Albertville–La Plagne) and to avoid the ascent to the col des Saisies.' Stage 19 is the final mountain test for the main general classification contenders, with Tadej Pogacar currently holding a lead of four minutes and 26 seconds over Jonas Vingegaard. The stage is now likely to move at a far faster pace, and a reduction in both distance and elevation is likely to lessen Vingegaard's faint hopes of overhauling Pogacar's lead. The pair finished second and third on Thursday's stage to Jayco-AlUla's Ben O'Connor.
The South African
13-06-2025
- Health
- The South African
Tour de France: Big-name star ruled out with lung problem
Australian Michael Matthews will miss this year's Tour de France with a lung problem, his Jayco-AlUla team announced on Friday. His team discovered a blood clot in his lung at a recent altitude training camp. Matthews won the last of his four Tour stages in 2022, with this year's edition starting on July 5. 'Matthews' health condition is stable,' Jayco-AlUla said. 'The Medical Team are now thoroughly investigating the extent of the issue and possible cause, to define a safe and optimal recovery process for the athlete. 'During this period of investigation, as a safeguarding measure, Matthews will refrain from competition to ensure there is no risk to his health and well-being, therefore ruling out his participation in the upcoming Tour de France.' Let us know by leaving a comment below, or send a WhatsApp to 060 011 021 1 Subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp, Facebook, X and Bluesky for the latest news.
New Straits Times
02-06-2025
- Sport
- New Straits Times
Reserved, resilient Simon Yates casts off Giro demons to crown career
ROME: Simon Yates crowned his cycling career with Sunday's victory in the Giro d'Italia, the Briton putting behind him a series of disappointments to claim the biggest win of his life. Reserved Yates ended years of frustration when he rolled across the line in front of the Circus Maximus Rome wearing the pink jersey for the overall Giro leader, taken with an astonishing performance in Saturday's penultimate stage. "To be honest, I think it's the peak of my career. I don't think anything will top this," said Yates on Saturday. Other than being more guarded, veteran Yates is otherwise indistinguishable from his twin brother Adam, with whom he stood at the start of the 21st and final stage of the Italian Grand Tour. Simon was born a few minutes before Adam 32 years ago in Bury, in northern England, and the pair began cycling together at the nearby Manchester velodrome at the behest of their father John who was himself a cyclist. "I'm happy for him, he's my brother, he's done a good job. We'll celebrate together tonight," said Adam who is one of the leaders of UAE Team Emirates. The brothers both made their professional debuts for the Australian team Orica, now known as Jayco-AlUla. But their paths separated in 2021 when Adam moved to Ineos, while Simon stayed put until last winter when he made the switch to Visma-Lease a bike, a team big enough that he wouldn't have to be the sole leader. Simon Yates is a pure climber probably would never have thought he's had to wait seven years for his second Grand Tour win after taking the Vuelta a Espana title in 2018. Between then and Sunday's victory he obtained some impressive results, like third in the 2021 Giro and fourth in the Tour de France last year, but he also had to deal with a host of setbacks. One of those came just before this year's Giro when he was hit by a car during high-altitude training camp in Tenerife. At the same time he was targeting the brutal Colle delle Finistre climb, the site of Saturday's decisive charge to overall victory and redemption for a harrowing defeat on the same ascent seven years before. Yates lost the pink jersey the last time the Finistre featured in the Giro, on the 19th stage of the 2018 edition when he ended up finishing over an hour behind eventual victor Chris Froome in the overall standings. It was a defeat which stayed with Yates right until Saturday's stunning solo attack which allowed him to do to Isaac Del Toro what fellow Briton Froome did to him all those years ago. "I always had in the back of my mind to try something on this stage, on this climb that has, let's say, defined my career so far," said Yates on Saturday.
eNCA
01-06-2025
- Sport
- eNCA
Reserved, resilient Simon Yates casts off Giro demons to crown career
Simon Yates crowned his cycling career with Sunday's victory in the Giro d'Italia, the Briton putting behind him a series of disappointments to claim the biggest win of his life. Reserved Yates ended years of frustration when he rolled across the line in front of the Circus Maximus Rome wearing the pink jersey for the overall Giro leader, taken with an astonishing performance in Saturday's penultimate stage. "To be honest, I think it's the peak of my career. I don't think anything will top this," said Yates on Saturday. Other than being more guarded, veteran Yates is otherwise indistinguishable from his twin brother Adam, with whom he stood at the start of the 21st and final stage of the Italian Grand Tour. Simon was born a few minutes before Adam 32 years ago in Bury, in northern England, and the pair began cycling together at the nearby Manchester velodrome at the behest of their father John who was himself a cyclist. "I'm happy for him, he's my brother, he's done a good job. We'll celebrate together tonight," said Adam who is one of the leaders of UAE Team Emirates. The brothers both made their professional debuts for the Australian team Orica, now known as Jayco-AlUla. But their paths separated in 2021 when Adam moved to Ineos, while Simon stayed put until last winter when he made the switch to Visma-Lease a bike, a team big enough that he wouldn't have to be the sole leader. - Redemption - Simon Yates is a pure climber probably would never have thought he's had to wait seven years for his second Grand Tour win after taking the Vuelta a Espana title in 2018. Between then and Sunday's victory he obtained some impressive results, like third in the 2021 Giro and fourth in the Tour de France last year, but he also had to deal with a host of setbacks. One of those came just before this year's Giro when he was hit by a car during high-altitude training camp in Tenerife. At the same time he was targeting the brutal Colle delle Finistre climb, the site of Saturday's decisive charge to overall victory and redemption for a harrowing defeat on the same ascent seven years before. Yates lost the pink jersey the last time the Finistre featured in the Giro, on the 19th stage of the 2018 edition when he ended up finishing over an hour behind eventual victor Chris Froome in the overall standings. It was a defeat which stayed with Yates right until Saturday's stunning solo attack which allowed him to do to Isaac Del Toro what fellow Briton Froome did to him all those years ago. "I always had in the back of my mind to try something on this stage, on this climb that has, let's say, defined my career so far," said Yates on Saturday. "I had some doubts today, this morning, to really try something on this climb but the team really believed in me. So, yeah, I tried and I pulled it off." jk/td/dmc By Jacques Klopp
Yahoo
01-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Simon Yates secures his first Giro d'Italia triumph
Pope Leo XIV (L) Simon Yates' hand before the final stage of the Giro d'Italia (Handout) Simon Yates won the Giro d'Italia on Sunday after cruising to a career-defining victory in the final procession stage, won by his teammate Olav Kooij, around Rome. Briton Yates effectively secured his second Grand Tour triumph on Saturday when he took the leader's pink jersey from revelation Isaac del Toro with an epic effort in the Italian Alps. Advertisement The 32-year-old, who rides for Visma-Lease a bike, is the first man to win the Giro without taking a single stage since Alberto Contador 10 years ago. Yates came out on top in a Giro missing last year's winner Tadej Pogacar and teammate Jonas Vingegaard and which was blown wide open by the retirements of pre-race favourites Primoz Roglic and Juan Ayuso. The win also validates his pre-season decision to move to cycling giants Visma after 10 years with the same Australian team, now called Jayco-AlUla. "I think it's really still sinking in. What a huge moment in my career, probably, yeah, the defining moment," said Yates. Advertisement "I've had some good successes, but I don't think anything (else) comes close. So I will celebrate, for sure, and we'll see what's to come." Kooij won the bunch sprint which has become a feature of the finales in Rome, pipping Kaden Groves, Matteo Moschetti and Mads Pedersen to claim his second win of this year's hugely entertaining three-week race around Italy. - Perfect finale - It was a perfect day for Visma with Yates and Kooij both victorious in the Eternal City. "We couldn't wish for a better final weekend. Yesterday was really amazing for the team and today I just had to give everything that was still left in the legs. The team made it a lot easier, I just had to push it until the line," said Kooij. Advertisement "With sprints it's never easy to do it like perfectly but today we really committed, we just went all in, we were in perfect position and just happy to make it to the line. "I was really happy with this Giro, making it ot Rome and then winning here it's really special." Yates started the day stood alongside Pope Leo XIV who blessed the peloton in a short stop in Vatican City before the race proper started. The riders dismounted in front of the pontiff and Yates shook his hand before standing alongside points jersey winner Pederson, king of the mountains Lorenzo Fortunato and Del Toro for a pre-race blessing. Advertisement Del Toro had to content himself with the white jersey for best young rider after failing to spot the danger in Yates' attack on the Colle delle Finestre climb on Saturday which ended up deciding the title. Yates could still be on a high from his Giro win when he lines up alongside Vingegaard at the upcoming Tour de France which gets underway on July 5. td/dmc
