Tour de France: Biniam Girmay managed to avoid a huge crash during stage 12, and win his third stage victory.
Girmay avoids crash to win stage 12 | 00:52The Professional Cyclists Association has threatened to take legal action after a spectator threw chips at two cyclists during stage 14 of the Tour de France on Saturday.
Watch selected NRL, AFL, SSN games plus every F1 qualifying session and race live in 4K on Kayo. New to Kayo? “The plan was to come to the final and make the sprint hard, maybe take some seconds and a stage win. But in the end this it’s much better,” Pogacar said at the line.Pogacar’s team UAE waited until the third and final climb of the day before sending Adam Yates on an attack seven kilometres from the line on the 11km ascent to the Pla d’Adet.
Over the final section of a climb, packed on either side by raucous fans, 2020 and 2021 champion Pogacar kept up his pace all the way to the line after dropping Yates.“I’m getting more and more comfortable. I have to enjoy this while it lasts.”“I tried to keep up as long as possible but he’s wild,” said the Belgian, who thanked his team members by name for their support.Saturday’s stage first took the peloton up the feared Col du Tourmalet with tens of thousands of fans partying all day.
Cross-discipline maverick Tom Pidcock was absent, the latest to pull out with suspected Covid-19. He is due to protect his mountain bike Olympic title in just three weeks.
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