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Irish Independent
3 hours ago
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- Irish Independent
Eddie Dunbar to ride his first Tour de France after being selected by Jayco Alula
The 28-year-old Corkman will be part of a dual-focused team built around Australian climber Ben O'Connor and Dutch sprinter Dylan Groenewegen. Dunbar, however, has shown he can race with the best in the peloton by winning two stages of the Vuelta a Espana last year and finishing seventh at the 2023 Giro d'Italia. Despite stepping up to the World Tour level almost eight years ago, the Banteer racer has had to wait for his chance to compete in the biggest race in the calendar. Dunbar finished the traditional pre-Tour warm-up race, the Criterium du Dauphine in 19th place overall after a mixed week but he had his early season interrupted after he suffered a concussion and a whiplash injury in a crash at Tirreno-Adriatico. O'Connor finished second in the Vuelta general classification last year and in 2021 was fourth at the Tour. The Australian team are eager to row in behind the Aussie rider, who finished seventh at the Tour de Suisse earlier this month. 'We're really looking forward to getting on the road at the Tour de France with Dylan Groenewegen for the sprints and we've got Ben O'Connor for GC. We'll have the national time trial champion and road race champion, Luke Plapp and Luke Durbridge, as Australians in the team, along with Ben, who is the first Australian GC leader for the team,' said the team's sports director Mathew Hayman.
The Star
a day ago
- Sport
- The Star
Cycling-Stomach infection forces Carapaz out of Tour de France
Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 21 - Rome to Rome - Italy - June 1, 2025 EF Education - EasyPost's Richard Carapaz celebrates on the podium after finishing third place in the Giro d'Italia REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini (Reuters) -Ecuador's Richard Carapaz, who finished third at the Giro d'Italia earlier this month, will miss the Tour de France, which starts next week, due to a stomach infection, his team EF Education-EasyPost said on Saturday. Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Carapaz, who won the mountains classification at last year's Tour de France, had abdominal pain and a high fever and was advised by doctors to avoid long-haul travel and competition, the team said in a statement. "It's with great sadness that I have to tell you that a gastrointestinal infection is forcing me to miss the Tour de France," Carapaz wrote on Instagram. "Not the best news, but health always comes first. Thank you all for your messages and support." Carapaz, 32, will take a few weeks off to recover before resuming his training with a focus on the Vuelta a Espana, which starts in August, his team added. The Tour de France will begin on July 5 in Lille and conclude on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on July 27. (Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Kate Mayberry)
Straits Times
a day ago
- Sport
- Straits Times
Stomach infection forces Carapaz out of Tour de France
Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 21 - Rome to Rome - Italy - June 1, 2025 EF Education - EasyPost's Richard Carapaz celebrates on the podium after finishing third place in the Giro d'Italia REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini Ecuador's Richard Carapaz, who finished third at the Giro d'Italia earlier this month, will miss the Tour de France, which starts next week, due to a stomach infection, his team EF Education-EasyPost said on Saturday. Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Carapaz, who won the mountains classification at last year's Tour de France, had abdominal pain and a high fever and was advised by doctors to avoid long-haul travel and competition, the team said in a statement. "It's with great sadness that I have to tell you that a gastrointestinal infection is forcing me to miss the Tour de France," Carapaz wrote on Instagram. "Not the best news, but health always comes first. Thank you all for your messages and support." Carapaz, 32, will take a few weeks off to recover before resuming his training with a focus on the Vuelta a Espana, which starts in August, his team added. The Tour de France will begin on July 5 in Lille and conclude on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on July 27. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Irish Independent
07-06-2025
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- Irish Independent
‘I was bolloxed basically' – Eddie Dunbar on crashes, concussion and preparing for his Tour de France debut
Cork rider tackling Criterium du Dauphine as part of a big summer of racing Eddie Dunbar will lead the Jayco-Alula team in the week-long French stage race Criterium du Dauphine on Sunday as part of a build-up to what would be a debut Tour de France ride for the Cork man next month. After his first two Grand Tour stage wins at the Vuelta a Espana last season, Dunbar came into 2025 with renewed confidence and was in good early-season form at the Alula Tour in Saudi Arabia in January, finishing fourth and fifth on the two toughest mountain stages.
Canada Standard
02-06-2025
- Sport
- Canada Standard
Britain's Yates wins Giro d'Italia after decisive mountain attack, secures first title on sixth attempt
ROME, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Simon Yates of Britain claimed his first overall victory in the Giro d'Italia on Sunday, wrapping up the 108th edition of the three-week race in Rome after seizing the leader's pink jersey with a bold mountain attack in the penultimate stage. The 31-year-old became the third British cyclist to win the Giro, completing the 3,443-kilometer route in 82 hours, 31 minutes and one second - finishing three minutes and 56 seconds ahead of Mexico's Isaac Del Toro. Ecuador's Richard Carapaz placed third, with Canada's Derek Gee and Italy's Damiano Caruso rounding out the top five. Yates entered Saturday's mountainous 20th stage in third overall, trailing Del Toro by one minute and 21 seconds. He launched a decisive move on the second-to-last climb, gaining nearly four minutes on his rival to take control of the general classification. "This is the defining moment of my career," Yates said post-race. "I've had some great results, but nothing compares to this. It's been an amazing three weeks." It marked Yates' second Grand Tour victory, following his 2018 Vuelta a Espana win. That same year, he wore the pink jersey for 13 stages at the Giro before being overtaken by compatriot Chris Froome. Yates, who last raced the Giro in 2021 and finished third, returned this year after a two-year absence, during which Slovenian riders Primoz Roglic and Tadej Pogacar dominated in 2023 and 2024 respectively. With this win, Yates joins Froome and Tao Geoghegan Hart as the only Britons to have captured the Giro title. He also becomes just the second British cyclist to win multiple Grand Tours. Del Toro, 21, claimed the best young rider classification. Denmark's Mads Pedersen secured the points jersey, while Italy's Lorenzo Fortunato was crowned best climber. The race's top eight riders represented eight different teams. The next Grand Tour, the Tour de France, will take place from July 5 to 27.
