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Free Malaysia Today
44 minutes ago
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- Free Malaysia Today
Milan wins crash-marred sprint at Tour de France
Italy's Jonathan Milan extended his lead in the sprint points race following today's Stage 17 win. (AP pic) VALENCE : Italy's Jonathan Milan won a crash-marred finale to Stage 17 of the Tour de France in lashing rain today, extending his lead in the sprint points race. Overall leader Tadej Pogacar and his closest rival Jonas Vingegaard finished safely despite a mass fall 800m from the finish line at Valence at the foot of the Alps. On the rain-slick roads at Valence once one rider had fallen his interminable slide across the tarmac sent riders flying like skittles leaving only 10 to contest the sprint. This was a second stage win for Milan, who won Italy's first stage since 2019 on Stage 8. The 24-year-old Lidl Trek rider now has 312 points, and is in a powerful position to win the battle for the green jersey in Paris as Pogacar is second at 240 with only two possible sprints left at 50 points each. As the remaining 164 riders embarked from the sleepy Provence village of Bollene, the collective will of the peloton made for a slow approach of the Alps. Billed as a sprinters stage on an unusually mild (22°C) day the riders were also spared the 50kph winds that had been forecast. But the rain deprived the stage a full bunch sprint due to the horrid fall. The three massive climbs culminating with the ascent to the 2304m altitude Col de la Loze on Stage 18 will sort the wheat from the chaff on tomorrow's Queen stage. While Friday's hellishly designed five mountains of madness on Stage 19 sound the final call for any pretender to knock Pogacar off his high perch. Unless that is the three ascents of the cobbled roads to the Sacre Coeur Basilica in old Montmartre descend into chaos on Sunday.
Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Tour de France results: Race outlook after Jonathan Milan gets rainy Stage 17 win
Jonathan Milan might have clinched the green jersey awarded to the top sprinter at the 2025 Tour de France on July 23. The Italian won a sprint to the finish line in rainy conditions to take Stage 17 of the 2025 Tour de France on Wednesday, surging in the final stretch ahead of seven others after a late crash. It was Milan's second stage win of this year's Tour de France and expanded his lead for the green jersey over defending Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar from 11 points to 72 points with just four races left in cycling's most famous event. Pogačar remains in control of the yellow jersey, as he and main rival Jonas Vingegaard avoided trouble on the wet roads that made the 160.4-kilometer course from Bollène to Valence more treacherous than expected. The 2025 Tour de France heads to the French Alps for two grueling mountain stages to close the week with Pogačar closing in on his fourth Tour de France title. Here's a look at the complete stage 17 results and 2025 Tour de France standings after Wednesday, July 23, as well as what's coming up for cycling's biggest race: 2025 TOUR DE FRANCE: How to watch, schedule and standings for cycling race Stage 17 results Here are the final results of the 160.4-kilometer Stage 17 course from Bollène to Valence at the 2025 Tour de France on Wednesday, July 23 (with position, rider, team, time): Jonathan Milan, Lidl-Trek (3 hours, 25 minutes, 30 seconds) Jordi Meeus, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe (3:25.30) Tobias Lund Andresen, Team Picnic Postnl (3:25.30) Arnaud De Lie, Lotto (3:25.30) Davide Ballerini, XDS Astana Team (3:25.30) Alberto Dainese, Tudor Pro Cycling Team (3:25.30) Paul Penhoet, Groupama-FDJ (3:25.30) Yevgeniy Fedorov, XDS Astana Team (3:25.30) Clement Russo, Groupama-FDJ (3:25.36) Jasper Stuyven, Lidl-Trek, (3:25.39) Tour de France 2025 standings Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia: 61 hours, 50 minutes, 16 seconds Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark: 61:54.31 (4 minutes, 15 seconds behind) Florian Lipowitz, Germany: 61:59.19 (9 minutes, 3 seconds) Oscar Onley, Great Britain: 62:01.20 (11 minutes, 4 seconds) Primoz Roglic, Slovenia: 62:01.58 (11 minutes, 42 seconds) Kevin Vauquelin, France: 62:03.36 (13 minutes, 20 seconds) Felix Gall, Austria: 62:05.06 (14 minutes, 50 seconds) Tobias Johannessen, Norway: 62:07.17 (17 minutes, 1 second) Ben Healy, Ireland: 62:08.08 (17 minutes, 52 seconds) Carlos Rodriguez, Spain: 62:11.01 (20 minutes, 45 seconds) 2025 Tour de France jersey leaders Yellow (overall race leader): Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia Green (points): Jonathan Milan, Italy Polka dot (mountains): Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia White (young rider): Florian Lipowitz, Germany Who's wearing the rainbow jersey at 2025 Tour de France? In addition to the four traditional colored jerseys at the Tour de France, the reigning world road race champion wears a rainbow-colored jersey. It's white with five colored stripes – blue, red, black, yellow and green (same as the colors of the Olympic rings) – and is currently worn by Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia. 2025 Tour de France next stage Stage 18 of the 2025 Tour de France is a 171.5-kilometer course on mountain terrain from Vif to Courchevel Col de la Loze in the French Alps on Thursday, July 24. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Tour de France standings: Jonathan Milan sprints to rainy Stage 17 win
The Independent
2 hours ago
- Sport
- The Independent
Tour de France 2025 live: Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard set for almighty tussle on Alpine queen stage
The battle for the Tour de France crown reignites today on the first of a fiendishly difficult Alpine double-header: the race's 'queen stage' to Courchevel. All of the general classification favourites stayed safe in the melee of stage 17, when Jonathan Milan came out on top in dismally wet conditions at the end of a 160km run from Bollene to Valence. His major sprint rival Tim Merlier was held up in a crash in the final kilometre which brought down several sprinters, including last year's green jersey winner Biniam Girmay, whose torrid Tour continued as he was helped over the line by teammates clutching his collarbone. But today the sprinters will be in survival mode as the yellow jersey favourites battle for supremacy on the toughest stage yet - and Jonas Vingegaard tries to dent Tadej Pogacar 's commanding overall lead. Stage 18 preview The Tour may not be won here - it may have already been won, with Tadej Pogacar leading by more than four minutes - but it can certainly be lost. Today's stage 18 is undoubtedly the 'queen stage' of this year's race: 171.5km from Vif to Courchevel, traversing the high Alps and three hors-categorie climbs, some of the most gruelling in the entire Tour de France repertoire. The riders will also have keep something in the tank for another punishing stage to come on Friday, with nearly as much climbing to crest. It's a classic shark's-tooth profile today, climbing and descending all day with a brief prelude of some gentler uphill to get things underway, and a small valley section before the day's final climb. And it's not just the GC favourites who will be eyeing glory: if Lenny Martinez wants to win the polka-dot jersey over Tadej Pogacar, its current custodian, he'll need to claim serious points on today's stage - meaning we're likely to see fireworks all day, both from the breakaway and the yellow jersey contenders. Flo Clifford24 July 2025 09:40 Stage 18 preview Following one more comparatively relaxed day for the general classification on stage 17's full-throttle, chaotic sprint finish, won by the green jersey of Jonathan Milan, the battle for the overall title reignites today. Milan came out on top in dismally wet conditions at the end of a 160km run from Bollene to Valence, a transitional stage taking the riders out of Provence and towards the traditional battleground of the Alps. His major sprint rival Tim Merlier was held up in a crash in the final kilometre which brought down several sprinters, including last year's green jersey winner Biniam Girmay, whose torrid Tour continued as he was helped over the line by teammates clutching his collarbone. But with the final sprint day before Paris out the way, the Tour de France now reaches its climax on stages 18 and 19: a double-header of hideously difficult Alpine stages back-to-back. Flo Clifford24 July 2025 09:35 Good morning Bonjour et bienvenue to stage 18 of the Tour de France. It's an absolute behemoth and could very well decide the destiny of this year's Tour crown. Allez! Flo Clifford24 July 2025 09:30
The Independent
5 hours ago
- Sport
- The Independent
Tour de France stage 18 preview: Battle for yellow jersey to ignite on ‘queen stage' through the Alps
Following one more comparatively relaxed day for the general classification on stage 17's full-throttle, chaotic sprint finish, won by the green jersey of Jonathan Milan, the battle for the overall title reignites today. Milan came out on top in dismally wet conditions at the end of a 160km run from Bollene to Valence, a transitional stage taking the riders out of Provence and towards the traditional battleground of the Alps. His major sprint rival Tim Merlier was held up in a crash in the final kilometre which brought down several sprinters, including last year's green jersey winner Biniam Girmay, whose torrid Tour continued as he was helped over the line by teammates clutching his collarbone. But with the final sprint day before Paris out the way, the Tour de France now reaches its climax on stages 18 and 19: a double-header of hideously difficult Alpine stages back-to-back. The Tour may not be won here - it may have already been won, with Tadej Pogacar leading by more than four minutes - but it can certainly be lost. Today's stage 18 is undoubtedly the 'queen stage' of this year's race: 171.5km from Vif to Courchevel, traversing the high Alps and three hors-categorie climbs, some of the most gruelling in the entire Tour de France repertoire. The riders will also have keep something in the tank for another punishing stage to come on Friday, with nearly as much climbing to crest before a calmer weekend to conclude this race. It's a classic shark's-tooth profile today, climbing and descending all day with a brief prelude of some gentler uphill to get things underway, and a small valley section before the day's final climb. And it's not just the GC favourites who will be eyeing glory: if Lenny Martinez wants to win the polka-dot jersey over Tadej Pogacar, its current custodian, he'll need to claim serious points on today's stage - meaning we're likely to see fireworks all day, both from the breakaway and the yellow jersey contenders. First up is the Col du Glandon (21.7km at an average of 5.1%), making its first appearance since 2015, with the descent leading immediately onto the Col de la Madeleine (18.2km at 7.9%). There's little respite after reaching the summit, as the descent flattens out very briefly before the road kicks back up for arguably the most difficult climb of all: the Col de la Loze. It's approached from the eastern side via the ski resort of Courchevel, rather than Meribel as it has been the two previous times it has featured in the Tour, although it'll be no comfort to the riders to know that the eastern route is technically the easier one. At an average of 6.5% it's not the steepest ascent of the day, but it is by far the longest, at 26.4km, and it takes the riders up to the high point of this year's race, the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, 2,304m above sea level. In total, there are 5,500m of vertical gain today, condensed into just 171km of racing. It's not just the sheer amount and difficulty of the climbing, but the fact that it's at high altitude: a state of affairs which has historically suited Jonas Vingegaard more than the yellow jersey. This year's race is peppered with climbs that have previously been ruinous for Pogacar: the Col de la Loze, infamously, featured on the queen stage in 2023 and was where he cracked. Who can forget the 'I'm gone, I'm dead' radio message? Not Pogacar - and not Vingegaard. Some observers have suggested the yellow jersey has looked a little under the weather in the last couple of stages, riding conservatively on Mont Ventoux rather than attacking for glory at the summit, and that he isn't quite in the same pomp as he was in the Pyrenees. He matched Vingegaard's every attack and accelerated at the top to eke out another two seconds to add to his commanding lead - but he didn't work to pull back the breakaway and claim the victory for himself, leading to all sorts of speculation that as Vingegaard grows stronger throughout this final week, Pogacar may be weakening. If that's the case, Vingegaard and Visma-Lease a Bike will look to pile on as much pressure as they physically can, going for the same tactic as they have throughout this year's race: snapping at the Slovenian's heels with multiple short attacks, and as on the road to Mont Ventoux, sending riders into the breakaway to act as stepping-stones for Vingegaard to challenge for the overall. They'll hope that Pogacar cracks on the punishing slopes of Col de la Loze - just as he did in 2023. But the defending champion has already earned his revenge on two climbs that have previously hurt him, conquering Hautacam and obliterating Vingegaard in the Pyrenees, before sticking with his rival on Mont Ventoux. He'll have equally lofty aims on Col de la Loze. Stage 18 will be crucial in the battle for the overall title - and in the fight for enduring supremacy between these two great rivals. Route map and profile Start time An early start today: 12.10pm local time, 11.10am BST, with an expected finish of around 5.10pm local time (4.10pm BST). Prediction There are plenty of talented climbers in this year's Tour but it's hard to see past this being a GC battle at the finish. Lenny Martinez will no doubt get up the road in the breakaway, targeting the KOM points atop the Col du Glandon and Col de la Madeleine. If it does come down to an elite climbing breakaway for the stage win, Thymen Arensman and Valentin Paret-Peintre have already shown their class on the toughest stages; what about the elder brother, Aurelien Paret-Peintre? Could Pablo Castrillo or Michael Storer spring a surprise? They'll have to get past the peloton's terrible twins first. Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard were locked together on Mont Ventoux, covering each other's every move; Pogacar will want to strike the killer blow on the Col de la Loze - and exorcise his demons there - while Vingegaard will want to repeat history. I'm going with Tadej Pogacar, on the basis of his strength so far in this race, but this could be a closer fight than we've seen so far in this Tour.
France 24
5 hours ago
- Sport
- France 24
Spain reaches the Euro final after victory over Germany
Also in this news report: Jonathan Milan's victory in stage 17 of the Tour de France, the queen stage coming up this Thursday with Tadej Pogacar as the favorite, Hugo Ekitike officially joining Liverpool for £78 million, Maxime Pauty's bronze medal at the Fencing World Championships, and Taylor Fritz's win in his opening match at the ATP 500 in Washington.
