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Straits Times
5 days ago
- Sport
- Straits Times
Bardet makes brief Tour appearance as water carrier
Find out what's new on ST website and app. MONT-DORE - A month after hanging up his wheels, former Tour de France podium finisher Romain Bardet found himself back at the race on Monday – but this time on the roadside, handing out water bottles to former teammates during Stage 10. The 34-year-old Frenchman, once hailed as the great home hope and a perennial team leader at the Tour, made a surprise appearance in the Massif Central, the region he calls home. Where he once attacked on mountain passes, Bardet was instead offering bidons to Picnic PostNL riders – a quiet, symbolic role-reversal that was not lost on fans or the peloton. Bardet retired last month following the Criterium du Dauphine, ending a career that included two Tour podiums, in 2016 and 2017, and four stage victories on the world's biggest race. While his days of leading GC battles are over, Bardet's brief stint as a water carrier showed he is still very much part of the cycling family. REUTERS
The Star
5 days ago
- Sport
- The Star
Cycling-Bardet makes brief Tour appearance as water carrier
FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 21 - Monaco to Nice - Monaco, France - July 21, 2024 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL's Romain Bardet crosses the finish line after stage 21 REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File photo MONT-DORE (Reuters) -A month after hanging up his wheels, former Tour de France podium finisher Romain Bardet found himself back at the race on Monday – but this time on the roadside, handing out water bottles to former teammates during Stage 10. The 34-year-old Frenchman, once hailed as the great home hope and a perennial team leader at the Tour, made a surprise appearance in the Massif Central, the region he calls home. Where he once attacked on mountain passes, Bardet was instead offering bidons to Picnic PostNL riders – a quiet, symbolic role-reversal that was not lost on fans or the peloton. Bardet retired last month following the Criterium du Dauphine, ending a career that included two Tour podiums, in 2016 and 2017, and four stage victories on the world's biggest race. While his days of leading GC battles are over, Bardet's brief stint as a water carrier showed he is still very much part of the cycling family. (Writing by Julien Pretot; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
CNA
5 days ago
- Sport
- CNA
Bardet makes brief Tour appearance as water carrier
MONT-DORE :A month after hanging up his wheels, former Tour de France podium finisher Romain Bardet found himself back at the race on Monday – but this time on the roadside, handing out water bottles to former teammates during Stage 10. The 34-year-old Frenchman, once hailed as the great home hope and a perennial team leader at the Tour, made a surprise appearance in the Massif Central, the region he calls home. Where he once attacked on mountain passes, Bardet was instead offering bidons to Picnic PostNL riders – a quiet, symbolic role-reversal that was not lost on fans or the peloton. Bardet retired last month following the Criterium du Dauphine, ending a career that included two Tour podiums, in 2016 and 2017, and four stage victories on the world's biggest race. While his days of leading GC battles are over, Bardet's brief stint as a water carrier showed he is still very much part of the cycling family.
Times
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Times
Tadej Pogacar isn't like Tour legends of old — he can't resist an attack
I spoke with Romain Bardet last week. He's 34 now and, for an 11-times Tour de France rider, he looks fresh. The years cannot take away the boyish expression. We joked that in this Tour de France he can achieve the impossible. Which is to say he can leave Tadej Pogacar for dust in the mountains. The recently retired Bardet will be on a TNT Sports motorbike. He laughs at the thought of finally having his way with Pogacar. The last time I was in the same room as Bardet the venue was a conference room in Copenhagen, two days before the start of the 2022 Tour. He was leader of the DSM team and in answer to the usual question about Pogacar, he said something about not really understanding what was happening in his own sport.
New York Times
28-05-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Isaac del Toro extends Giro d'Italia lead after recovering to win stage 17
Mexico's Isaac del Toro won his first-ever Grand Tour stage after sensationally recovering from being dropped on the day's penultimate climb. It means the 21-year-old UAE Team Emirates rider extended his lead in the Giro d'Italia's general classification (GC) to 41 seconds over Richard Carapaz, who finished third on the stage. Advertisement Carapaz now sits second on GC, with Simon Yates dropping down to third at 51 seconds back. Stage 17 took the riders over the infamous Mortirolo climb — over 12km at a 7.6 per cent gradient — whose name derives from the Italian for 'dead'. The Mortirolo was crested at 48km from the finish, before a short, sharp ascent of Le Motte as the day's conclusion. Having lost significant time to Carapaz on Tuesday's stage, barely holding onto his Maglia Rosa, there were fears that Del Toro's lead may not last the day — which were heightened when he slipped off the back of the leading group with 1.5km of the Mortirolo remaining. Carapaz then attacked with 500m of the climb remaining, at one point opening up a 30-second gap on the peloton, but was hauled back on the descent. Del Toro then recovered sufficiently to launch his own attack with seven kilometres remaining, which only Carapaz had the legs to match. That move meant heartbreak for Romain Bardet, the veteran Frenchman riding his final Grand Tour, who had looked likely to survive the breakaway to collect what would have been a hugely popular final major stage win. He was joined by Del Toro and Carapaz with 5km remaining. Del Toro attacked at the crest of Le Motte with just over 1km remaining, bursting away from his rivals on the remaining downhill to cross the line alone. His subsequent bow to the crowd, having become the first Mexican to win a Giro stage since 2002, was so low that he almost fell off his bike. 'Today I realised that I will never give up,' said Del Toro at the stage conclusion. 'I had nothing to lose. Today was not easier than yesterday, but I had a better mentality.' If he holds his pink jersey to Rome, Del Toro will become the youngest winner of the Giro since the legendary Fausto Coppi in 1940 in what is his first Grand Tour. Thursday's sprint stage is unlikely to shape the GC battle, but Friday and Saturday will be decisive, particularly the ascent of the Colle delle Finestre towards the end of stage 20. (Photos: Luca Bettini/AFP via Getty Images)
