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Tour de France stage 5 LIVE: Jonas Vingegaard drops Tadej Pogačar in the Pyrenees

After a couple of sprint days the race heads into the mountains and could see a shake up in the GC

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After a pair of days for the sprinters, dominated by Jasper Philipsen, it's a day for the GC men and the climbers as the race hits the mountains.

The finish will be on the fearsome Col de Marie Blanque.

We'll be here with minute by minute updates throughout the day.

Stage start: 12.05 BST

Finish: 16.20 BST

Situation: Jai Hindley is out front alone, around a minute ahead of major GC rival Jonas Vingegaard, who in turn has distanced Tadej Pogačar to the tune of around 50 seconds.

Stage five course

Today's stage features three climbs, but the hardest comes mid-way through the stage.

Will the GC teams choose to blow it up here? Perhaps unlikely this early in the race but Tadej Pogačar and his UAE Emirates team have been keen to race aggressively so far.

A day off for Jasper

Jasper Philipsen has won two of the two sprints that have been contested so far at this Tour de France. But today he'll have a break – if you can call climbing all these mountains a break. 

Not that it's all been simple. Both Philipsen and Mark Cavendish had some pretty choice words to describe yesterday's crash-marred stage. 

The Belgian told Cycling Weekly : "I’m just really happy and proud that we have such a strong team and leadout, even in a f***ed up situation like today, actually."

His British rival told the assembled press : "It was carnage. Every team would have had a plan for that final and I would bet there wasn’t any of them that went right, apart from Jumbo who were the guys into the narrow roads early."

IS 'SAFER' SAFE ENOUGH? RIDERS CALL FOR DOWNHILL FINISHES TO BE SCRAPPED

The riders have been talking about safety on this Tour, following the death of Gino Mäder in the Tour de Suisse. The Swiss rider crashed on a high-speed descent.

It is downhill descents to the finish that are attracting attention, such as stage 14 to Morzine and stage 17 to Courchevel. Tour de France organiser ASO has put extra safety measures in , but some riders don't think it is enough.

Matteo Jorgensen of Movistar says he thinks downhill finishes should be scrapped, while Soudal-Quick Step's Michael Mørkøv says he will "never appreciate downhill finishes", with others echoing their views.

See the full story here .

SO JUST WHO IS LAURENT GINA?

Laurent Gina is new rider in town, according to the numerous cardboard placards held up by roadside fans screaming his name.

Except there is no Laurent Gina on the start list.

There's not even a pro cyclist, man or woman, going by that name.

So who is Laurent Gina? Tom Davidson takes up the story.

ELISA LONGO BORGHINI ABANDONS GIRO DONNE AFTER CRASH

Elisa Longo Borghini will not start the Giro Donne this morning after falling heavily on the descent to the finish of yesterday's stage five in Ceres.

The Lidl-Trek rider went to hospital for check-ups, specifically for concussion and an x-ray on her pelvis.

In a post on social media last night the team said : "She underwent an x-ray of pelvis and right shoulder, which ruled out the presence of fractures. She also underwent a brain scan, as she hit her head during the crash (though without damage to her helmet), which came back negative of any injuries."

However, it decided this morning that due to the fact she was still in considerable pain, she would not start.

Longo Borghini had already won stage four, and was lying in 17th place on GC.

Let's have a look at today's climbs. First up – the Col de Soudet

The Col de Soudet is the first climb the riders will encounter today, and it's a beast. Hors-catégorie (the toughest category of climb there is), they'll begin climbing it at 72km and crest the summit 15km later, encountering slopes of up to 14.5% along the way.

This was first used in 1987, when Dutchman Erik Breukink won the stage in Pau, and was most recently used in 2020.

The stats Length: 15.2km Average gradient: 7.2% Steepest kilometre: 12.% two-thirds of the way up Height: 1,540m

162km to go: The riders are underway in the neutral zone, heading towards the start proper.

162km to go: And we're go for stage five of the 2023 Tour de France. Good luck and God speed. Sorry, thought I was in a NASA control room for a second there.

158km to go: A few tentative attacks going off the front. The latest from Magnus Cort.

He didn't make it stick but now Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) has a small gap. It's sticking.

Latour has nine seconds. Probably wishing someone would come with him at this point.

155km to go: Small line of eight riders clipping off the front, trying to bridge to Latour, who's hanging out there at just five seconds. 

154km to go: Mathieu Van Der Poel has attacked, with Victor Campanaerts, Ben Turner and others all going with him too.

Meanwhile at the back Matthias Skelmose has crashed. Not sure how that happened. He's straight back up though and on the bike.

152km to go: The chasing attack by MVDP et al has, it seems, come to nowt. Latour though, now has 14 seconds. 10km in to the stage now.

150km to go: Neilson Powless active on the front, resplendent and impossible to miss in that polka-dot skinsuit.

149km to go: The front of the bunch is chaos, with riders clipping away left right and centre, but nothing sticking.

And now Julian Alaphilippe goes, quickly surpassed by Wout Van Aert and Alberto Bettiol. Will this hold?

146km to go: Fabio Jakobsen, heavily bandaged, is already off the back. He crashed hard in yesterday's finale. It's going to be a long day for him, but he has a team-mate Michael Mørkøv, to help shepherd him.

144km to go: It all looks to be coming back together. That attack by WVA and co has come to nothing, and even Latour remains a mere eight seconds out front now. 

143km to go: Alaphilippe attacking again now, and Latour has been caught. That was a lot of hard work come to nothing for the Frenchman.

Rigoberto Uran is with Alaphilippe, as are others. But no, you guessed it, it's all back together.

140km to go: Tadej Pogačar has made an appearance at the front now, which of course has set the GC teams into a frantic scrabble to battle stations.

138km to go: Right now, the peloton is all together, save for poor Fabio Jakobsen and his shepherd Mørkøv. There are a few riders that keep appearing again and again, clearly keen to make something of the day. Alaphilippe, Powless, Latour, and Uran spring to mind.

Mark Cavendish and Astana team-mates part of a group that is threatening to lose touch at the back of the race as things get ever more hilly.

136km to go: Looks like there's a sizeable group up the road now. Not by much, but the gap is there. There are 13 riders, including Wout Van Aert, Rigo Uran, Dani Martínez, Jack Haig, Valentin Madouas, Julian Alaphilippe and Kasper Asgreen.

They're 20 seconds ahead.

37 riders in this first group is the latest count, at 22sec. Jai Hindley and Marc Soler are in there too. 

Those climbs again. Let's check out the third climb, the cat-one Col de Marie-Blanque

You can see from the swathe of black gradient that this is going to be a steep climb. It's also narrow and technical, in the typical style of the Pyrenees.

It's the third climb of the day, coming after riders have already tackled the Col de Soudet at 87km and the much smaller cat-three Col d'Ichère at 128km.

The Col de Marie-Blanque is a Tour de France legend, having already been used 15 times since 1978.

The stats Length: 7.7km Average gradient: 8.6% Steepest kilometre: 13.6% (km 6-7) Height: 1,035m

124km: Back to the action. That big group is now at 1.29 and still going out. The peloton seem happy enough to let that stand, even with the presence of GC threats like Hindley.

Further back, Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) has hit the deck after what looked like a touch of wheels. His jersey is shredded and he has some nasty road rash, but he's back on the bike.

119km to go: GC favourites Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), not to mention his maillot jaune team-mate Adam Yates, are all now a clear 1.55 behind GC hopeful Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) who, let's not forget, won the Giro d'Italia last year.

116km to go: Four riders have escaped the breakaway: Van Aert, Victor Campanaerts, Mads Pedersen and Bryan Coquard are 13sec out front.

They may, understandably, have felt the original huge group was doomed to failure with a GC rider like Hindley on board.

114km to go: The first, and only, intermediate sprint of the day coming up.

Pedersen goes, Coquard follows... and Coquard comes round the Dane to take the points.

Here's the full sprint result Lanne-en-Barétous, 114km

1. Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) 20 pts 2. Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) 17 pts 3. Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) 15 pts 4. Victor Campanaerts (Lotto-Dstny) 13

100km to go: This is Vern Pitt taking over from James so he can have a break.

I can't help but wonder if UAE Emirates have made a grave error here. Hindley's group has two minutes and 33 riders in it (plus the ones off the front). He's got two solid domestiques with him and he's a mere 22 seconds off the yellow jersey. 

He won the Giro d'Itlia last year so he's not to be underestimated. 

Plus, Jumbo have Wout van Aert up there and so are wisely, and justifiably, playing the "well we don't have to do any work" card. That might change later if they too start fearing Hindley's position but will the two squads have enough fire-power by then.

Of course the members of the break might start looking at Hindley's Bora-Hansgrohe contingent to work a lot and that might prove their undoing but at least he has something to offer them in the form of a stage win if they work for him. In the peloton it's not so clear cut that Jumbo and UAE will have as much to bargain with.

That said, it's quite possible other teams such as Ineos decide it suits them to chase too and they bring it back.

It's all very delicately poised right now.

99km to go: Quinn Simmon's snazzy stars and stripes outfit (he's American road race champion) has been torn to shreds in a crash earleir nad he's back at the medical car getting some attention.

98km to go: The escapees are losing ground. The big group is only about 1-30 ahead of the peloton now as the break look at Bora-Hansgrohe to set the pace.

And now the attacks are coming in totally destroying the cohesion of the group. Bora have restored order for a bit though. 

Simmons' road rash

88km to go: We're on the climb and the three out front, Van Aert, Pedersen and Campenaerts have slightly extended their advantage on the Hindley group to 46 seconds.

The Hindley group have just under two minutes on the peloton.

87km to go: The weather is fairly grim up the top of this HC climb, with very minimal visibility.

Steve Cummings, Ineos Grenadiers DS, has been o the radio to warn his riders that the GC big hitters might make a move on this climb, even though its quite far out.

86km to go: Remi Cavagna (Soudal - Quick-Step) comes to the front of the Hindley group and pushes the pace out and the gap to the peloton has climbed over the two minute mark.

86km to go: There are, in case you were wondering, 11km to the top of this climb. 

As you can from the profile, the last 5km are the toughest.

85km to go: Mads Pedersen is falling off the back of the front trio, which is now a duo #quickmaths

85km to go: Sprinters are already falling out of the back of the peloton. We just saw Mark Cavnedish back among the cars. 

It's grupetto time!

Pedersen has been caught by the main breakaway group, which is being led by Julian Alaphilippe. 

84km to go: Van Aert looks fairly comfortable out front, Campenaerts less so, but is hanging on just fine.

Lidl-trek, who have Giulio Ciccone in the breakaway, have come to the front of that group.

The gap is now 2-30 to the peloton.

83km to go: Pogačar had to get a bike change a few kilometers ago but he's back at the front of the peloton now.

83km to go: The leading duo's margin is shrinking, it's come down to just 19 seconds.

82km to go: The race might be in France now but it's still fairly close to the Basque country and there are a few Basque flags at the side of the road still.

81km to go: Wout van Aert doesn't seem to be getting many turns from Campenaerts . 

That's not overly surprising given the Lotto-Dstny rider is much more a time trialist (he's a former hour record holder) than a climber but he's putting in a good uphill showing here staying with van Aert.

80km to go: Lidl-Trek continue to work on the front of the break as it approaches the hardest section of this HC climb.

79km to go: Marc Soler (UAE Emirates) has been recalled form the break to the peloton to work for his team leader(s) Tadej Pogacar and yellow jersey wearer Adam Yates.

78km to go: There are now just over 3km to the top of the climb for those out front.

77km to go: The break is really thinning down with Lidl-Trek atill o nthe front its close to just ten in the main part of it though those of the back are not far behind.

Wondering what this climb is like to ride? Let me colleague, Cycling Weekly contributor and Pyrenees resident/evangelist Peter Cossins tell you...

The Soudet is a beautiful climb up a very quiet valley. Consistently hard on the stretch up to the Col de Suscousse. Turn right at the top of the pass and the road leads to La Pierre St Martin, where Chris Froome annihilated his rivals in the 2015 Tour #TDF2023 July 5, 2023

77km to go: 2km to the top now and Felix Gall (AG2R Citroen) clips off the front of the main break group in a bid to get the KOM points. They overtake Van Aert. Only Ciccone, Hindley and Krists Neilands (Israel-Premier Tech) can go with him.

Gall goes again!

76km to go: Just 1km to the top of the climb now and Gall is on his own. He'll claim the KOM jersey, virtually, if he makes this.

75km to go: Gall comes over the top first. Ciccone and Dani Martinez sprint for second and Martinez gets it.

Hindley is still with this lot. I expect they'll bridge to Gall on the descent.

72km to go: Dani Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers) is flying down here and there's a gap to the rest.

70km to go: Emmanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) is also there as this group out front has grown to about 10 or so. He's driving the pace for his leader. 

They have four minutes on the peloton now. That would give Hindley a commanding GC lead were it to remain that way (it wont' of course).

69km to go: The descent is twisty but the roads are pretty wide so it's being taken fairly swiftly.

67km to go: Wout van Aert, who'd fallen of the back of the break, is making his way back on on the descent.

64km to go: The front group has 14 riders now. There's a further trio with Alaphilippe about 20 seconds back.

Hindley is on the front railing this descent.

Jasper Philipsen's green machine

I missed this this morning and it's glorious.

The green machine 💚@JasperPhilipsen’s #CanyonAeroad ahead of stage 5️⃣ in @LeTour 🤤#AlpecinDeceuninck #JasperPhilipsen #TDF2023 #Canyon #MyCanyon #RoadCycling 📷 Stefan Rachow (Mr. Pinko) pic.twitter.com/snd8DVPfCp July 5, 2023

59km to go: There have been a few attack in the break now. Martinez is having to close a split.

53km to go: It has all calmed down a bit in the front group as Hindley comes to the front.

As soon as typed that Neilands goes off the front.

52km to go: That attack by the Israel-Premier Tech rider aside, it seems a little chilled, probably too chilled for Hindley's liking. They're not exactly working together right now.

51km to go: Neilands has built a gap of 27 seconds. Meanwhile the gap from the break to the peloton has fallen to around 3-30.

50km to go: It's noteworthy that Wout van Aert is willing to work in the break containing Hindley, despite his team leader Vingegaaard being in the peloton further back down the road. 

UAE are still chasing in the peloton.

48km to go: UAE Emirates still have numbers in the peloton, so the firepower is there.

48km to go: We're approaching the bottom of the third category Col d'Ichere, which is 4.2km long and has an average of 7%. 

45km to go: The peloton is strung out in one long line under the pressure of UAE Emirates here.

But there are attacks going off all the time in the front group now. Alaphilippe is the latest (I think).

Hindley is having to close gaps.

43km to go: Jonathan Vaughters who has joined the GCN commentary team, says a day like this is the only way any of the GC riders have of beating Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard.

41km to go: The break come onto the bottom of the third cat climb. The gap to the peloton behind is fluctuating all the time. It's not just over 3 minutes.

Neilands is still up front but van Aert and Alaphilippe are now in the gap between him and the break.

39km to go: Hindley and co are losing a bit of ground to those out front. Their gap to Neilands is 43 seconds.

36km to go: James back with you now for what should be an extremely watchable final 35km of stage five.

Van Aert, Neilands and Alaphilippe descending the narrow and sinuous Ichère. 

30km to go: Fraile pushing hard on the front of group two, presumably in the service of Ineos team-mate Dani Martínez. They remain 19sec behind the leading trio, with the major hurdle of the Marie-Blanque to come in around 10km.

Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogačar and their teams are going to have go hell for leather on the Marie-Blanque in an attempt to catch this big group out front and, most pertinently, Jai Hindley. 

At the moment the Aussie has more than three minutes on those big GC rivals, and if he is allowed to take anything like that to the end of the stage, Pog and Vingegaard are going to have what might be termed 'a situation' on their hands.

With the caveat that there is, of course, a long way to go.

23.5km to go: Unsurprisingly the UAE team is indeed working hard on the front right now, with Pogačar sitting pretty in fourth wheel. The gap to the Hindley group is coming down steadily – it's now 2.40, so 40sec has been wiped off in recent kilometres.

Fraile's work is done – he has dropped off the back. 

"Dani, the floor is yours", he may or may not have said to his team-mate.

22km to go: On the lower slopes of the Marie-Blanque now and the break is splitting. Van Aert, Alaphilippe and Neilands have been absorbed and the gap to the break (which includes Hindley, don't forget) is 2.29.

21km to go: Wout Van Aert has dropped off the front half of the break now. It's not going to be his day after all, it would seem.

Back in the peloton, Adam Yates is up at the front of the peloton too, and all the while the break is still around 2.30 ahead. 

It seems there was team strategy behind Van Aert dropping back – he took to the front of the bunch with the rest of the Jumbo-Visma team, pulling hard to help Vingegaard back up towards Hindley. 

Hindley, as if in response, has ridden away from Felix Gall, with whom he was riding off the front of the race. He has several seconds.

19km to go: WVA all done now, and Sepp Kuss is pacing a strong looking Vingegaard with Pogačar on the Dane's wheel.

No one else can live with them.

19km to go: 1km to the top of the Marie-Blanque for Hindley, who is alone but looking strong and has nearly three minutes over Vingegaard and Pogačar.

Vingegaard attacks!

Pogačar has no response.

It looks as though Pogačar is doing his level best to match the Jumbo-Visma rider but he is 6sec back already. Perhaps the Slovenian is starting to rue the training missed due to his wrist injury.

18.5km to go: Hindley now over the top of the Marie-Blanque, and the gap now appears to be 1.11 to Vingegaard. Some timing issues with the coverage earlier I think. 

Pogacar now over the top, around 25sec behind Vingegaard. Huge crowds at the top of this climb.

16.5km to go: It's now a common-or-garden 10 miles to the finish, a distance many reading this will be well familiar with riding against the clock. 

There is of course the small matter of the descent of the Marie-Blanque to be dispatched as part of it. How much time can Hindley conserve ahead of Vingegaard?

Right now the gap is 57sec.

9km to go: Tadej Pogačar now exactly a minute behind Vingegaard, who is now making very little headway against Jai Hindley, who is still 54sec ahead of the Dane.

5km to go: Vingegaard has now picked up Gall, Ciccone and Buchmann from the earlier break. The chances of them having the energy, or even the inclination to work with him now seem slim.

4.5km to go: The gap to Hindley has now been reduced to 43sec. In fact it's coming down fast enough that the Aussie will be far from totally confident in victory at this point.

Into the final kilometre for Hindley now. He's got this.

And Hindley wins! He'll be very, very happy with his ride today.

The Aussie wins the first major mountains day of his first Tour de France. Great ride.

Vingegaard comes in at the back of the foursome 34sec behind.

And now here's the Pogačar group – he's lost 1.38 on Hindley today, 1.04 on Vingegaard.

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Tour de France Stage 5 results, standings: Mark Cavendish makes history

British sprinter Mark Cavendish broke the record for the most Tour de France stage wins in history with his sprint finish victory during Stage 5 of what is set to be his last ride in the prestigious race. 

Cavendish, 39, has now won a record-setting 35 Tour de France stages, cementing his status as the best sprinter in the history of the competition's 111 editions. He previously jointly held the record of 34 stage victories with Belgian cycling legend Eddy Merckx. 

After his record-breaking triumph in Saint Vulbas on Wednesday, Cavendish said his and his team’s goal for the 2024 Tour de France was to win at least one stage, even though doing so would be “a big gamble.”

“You have to go all in and we’ve done it,” Cavendish said . “We worked exactly what we wanted to do.” 

Cavendish won the first of his Tour stages in 2008 but has struggled since 2021 to add to his impressive tally — until today. 

This victory served as the ultimate last-chance comeback for Cavendish following a slew of disappointing circumstances surrounding the Tour. The Brit was set to retire at the end of last season but returned for a final Tour de France after he crashed out of last year’s race during its eighth stage. This year, Cavendish got off to a rocky start as he appeared to struggle with heat-related issues in the early stages of the race. 

The top 10 contenders for the yellow jersey remain unchanged after Stage 5 with Slovenian Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates still occupying the top spot after his dominant Stage 4 win on Tuesday.  

Biniam Girmay, who made history as the first Eritrean and Black rider to win a Tour de France stage on Monday, has moved up to the top spot in the contest for the green jersey (points classification) as he successfully rocked up sprinting points along today's flat 110-mile route.

Here's a full look at the 2024 Tour de France standings after five days of riding.

Tour de France Stage 5 results

TOUR DE FRANCE: Recap, results and standings after Stage 4

Tour de France general classification standings after Stage 5

Tour de france jersey standings after stage 5.

• Yellow ( general classification ) : Tadej Pogacar
• Green ( points classification ):  Biniam Girmay
• Polka dot ( mountains classification ):  Jonas Abrahamsen
• White (young rider classification ):  Remco Evenepoel
• Yellow numbers ( teams classification) :  UAE Team Emirates
• Golden numbers ( combativity award ):  Clément Russo

Tour de France Stage 6: How to watch, schedule, distance

Date : Thursday, July 4, 2024

Location : Mâcon to Dijon (France)

Distance : 101.6 miles (163.5 kilometers)

Type : Flat stage

Streaming: Peacock, FuboTV

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Tour de France 2023 stage 5: Result and winner from stage 5 today

After two hilly routes in Spanish Basque Country and Jasper Philipsen’s two sprint wins in the French Basque Country, the serious yellow jersey contenders should come to the fore over the next two days, and we might find out a little more about the destiny of this year’s Tour de France crown.

Stage five’s 163km route from Pau to Laruns is flat for the first 70km, but then comes the first hors categorie climb of this year’s race, the Col du Soudet (15.2km at 7.2%). It is a long and gruelling drag to the top, and we can expect plenty in the peloton to get dropped here as the leaders crank up the pace.

It could well present the first head-to-head between the two favourites - two-time winner Tadej Pogacar and reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard - in what promises to be an intriguing stage

Follow all the latest updates from stage five below:

Tour de France 2023 - Stage Five

18km to go - hindley leads charge over climb as vingegaard attacks, 75km to go - gall launches attack to collect maximum king of the mountain points.

Stage five sees a 163km route from Pau to Laruns

Adam Yates still has the overall lead as the race heads to the slopes of the Pyrenees

Britain’s Tom Pidcock targets stage win after coming close on stage two

HINDLEY WINS STAGE FIVE!

16:22 , Ben Fleming

1km to go - Hindley on course for victory

16:21 , Ben Fleming

It will be a procession for the last kilometre and his race today will have thrown the Tour de France wide open. He may not end up winning but his surge today caused Vingegaard to attack and that has left Pogacar with a huge task over the remaining stages.

5km to go - No help for Vingegaard

16:17 , Ben Fleming

Hindley is closing in on a superb victory which will see him take the yellow jacket.

Behind him, Vingegaard, Ciccone and Buchmann have caught up with Gall. The Jumbo-Visma rider is leading the quartet but turns around asking for support. There’s none forthcoming from the other three who have been ahead grinding in the breakaway groups all day.

10km to go - Vingegaard extends lead over Pogacar

16:13 , Ben Fleming

The defending champion is unlikely to catch up Hindley at the front but the Jumbo-Visma rider will have is eyes on one thing - extending his lead over his main rival Tadej Pogacar.

He left him for dead on the Col de Marie Blanque climb with a devastating attack and now leads him by around a minute.

15km to go - Hindley leads Vingegaard by a minute

16:07 , Ben Fleming

The Bora-Hansgrohe rider begins his descent but Vingegaard is in hot pursuit alongside Ciccone and Hindley’s team-mate Buchmann.

Between them is Felix Gall who is 30 seconds behind Hindley.

16:01 , Ben Fleming

What a ride this has been by Jai Hindley and he surges clear of Felix Gall to get to the top of Col de Marie Blanque climb in first.

Further back Vingegaard, Kuss and Pogacar break free from the peloton...but now Vingegaard attacks on his own and Pogacar doesn’t stay with him! Dramatic turn of events and what a message to send to his main rival. The defending champ is now under 90 seconds behind Hindley.

20km to go - Peloton catches up strugglers

15:56 , Ben Fleming

The main group is now just 2 minutes behind the main two, Hindley and Gall, as many including Van Aert drop back into the peloton.

Jumbo-Visma are now beginning to come to the fore of the peloton as they look to chase down Hindley ahead.

22km to go - climb splinters lead group

15:49 , Ben Fleming

This category one climb has really splintered this main group. Van Aert, Alaphilippe and Neilands have all been dropped after they were caught and now it’s Hindley and Gall who break ahead as a two but the Australian has team-mate Buchmann nearby him a few seconds back.

30km to go - Col de Marie Blanque climb upcoming

15:37 , Ben Fleming

The final climb of the day is the category one climb, Col de Marie Blanque. It’s 7.8km at an average gradient of 8.5%. The peloton have cut the lead to Hindley’s group to about three minutes but with that climb coming up, they’ll have to work really hard to cut further into the lead before the finishing kilometres.

35km to go - leaders complete Col d’Ichère climb

15:29 , Ben Fleming

Neilands crosses the category three climb in first to take the two points. Van Aert crosses in second to take the remaining point on offer.

Van Aert and Alaphilippe have now caught up the Latvian on the downhill but Hindley’s chasing group are now under 20 seconds behind them.

The peloton remains over three minutes back with just 35km to go.

40km to go - Van Aert and Alaphilippe break away

15:20 , Ben Fleming

Neilands remains in the lead but finally two riders decide to try and close the gap to the Latvian and it’s Van Aer and Alaphillipe who are those two.

They are only 17 seconds behind Neilands and have a 30-second lead over Hindley and the rest of the breakaway riders.

44km to go - Col d’Ichère climb coming up

15:12 , Ben Fleming

It’s far less intimidating than the Col de Soudet earlier. But it’s a category three climb so KOM points are available. It’s 4.2km at 6.2%.

50km to go - breakaway group beginning to splinter

15:06 , Ben Fleming

Krists Neilands makes a burst out of the breakaway group and the Israel-Premier Tech rider has a 25-second lead now from the main breakaway group.

A few have also begun to fall off from that main breakaway group, one of which is Victor Campenaerts who lead such a good charge with Van Eart and Pedersen up the Col de Soudet earlier.

14:55 , Ben Fleming

Felix Gall is eventually caught by the chasing group who is now 17-riders strong. Their lead continues to move past four minutes with Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step) doing his best to widen that even further.

70km to go - Four-minute lead for first group

14:42 , Ben Fleming

This has been a fantastic stage so far for Jai Hindley. He’s got Bora-Hansgrohe team-mate Emanuel Buchmann with him in this first chasing group. They are only a few seconds behind Felix Gall but he has a mammoth four-minute lead over the likes of Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard in the peloton.

If Team UAE and Jumbo-Visma weren’t concerned before, they should be now.

14:37 , Ben Fleming

Just as quickly as the lead group is brought together and Felix Gall (Ag2r-Citroën) launches an attack. Jai Hindley lets him go and the Austrian will summit the Col de Soudet first and should take the polka-dot jersey off Neilson Powless at the end of this stage.

Daniel Martínez (Ineos Grenadiers) crosses in second to take 15 points with Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) third taking 12 points.

The visibility is terrible at the top of the climb and real caution will be needed especially from the peloton.

77km to go - leaders caught

14:32 , Ben Fleming

Finally, the leaders in Van Aert and Campenaerts are caught. There is now a 25-man group in the lead with Jai Hindley the main GC contender amongst them - they have just 2km to the top of the Col de Soudet.

From there, it’s three minutes back to the peloton.

14:30 , Ben Fleming

The leading two continue to maintain their slender lead over the first chasing pack but a few are beginning to fall out of that. One is Pedersen but another, more intriguingly, is Marc Soler. However, it appears that the Team UAE rider is merely following team orders and waiting for the peloton.

Perhaps a sign that they are getting a bit concerned by the lead that the first chasing group have over them and Soler will no doubt be asked to do some of the heavy lifting involved to get them back closer to them.

83km to go - Pedersen dropped

14:14 , Ben Fleming

The Dane decided enough is enough for him and he drops out of the leading back and falls back to the first chasing group which is fronted by Lidl-Trek’s Juanpe Lopez. Van Aert and Campenaerts still have a lead of just over 20 seconds from them but their chasing group is moving nicely.

The peloton is still being headed up by Team UAE Emirates and Matteo Trentin but they are now over three minutes back from the leading pair.

87km to go - first chasing group closes gap

14:03 , Ben Fleming

Remi Cavagna and Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step) have taken to the front of the first chasing group who are behind our leading three. The pace increases immediately and there’s clearly a desire to close that gap which is now down to around 30 seconds.

13:47 , Ben Fleming

Behind the three leaders, we have a first chasing group of 33 riders. Here is the full list of those:

Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma), Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma), Felix Grosschartner (UAE), Marc Soler (UAE), Omar Fraile (Ineos), Dani Martínez (Ineos), Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ), Esteban Chaves (EF), Rigoberto Uran (EF), Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep), Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-QuickStep), Remi Cavagna (Soudal-QuickStep), Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious), Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe), Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe), Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), Juanpe López (Lidl-Trek), Berthet (AG2R), Felix Gall (Ag2R), Aurelien Paret-Peintre (AG2R), Bryan Coquard (Cofidis), Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar), Gregor Muhlberger (Movistar), Chris Hamilton (DSM), Hugo Houle (Israel-Premier Tech), Krists Neilands (Israel-Premier Tech), Christopher Juul-Jensen (Jayco-AIUIa), Anthony Delaplace (Arkea-Samsic), Maxim Van Gils (Lotto-Dstny), Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan), Torstein Traen (Uno-X), Mathieu Burgaudeau (Total-Energies).

13:44 , Ben Fleming

The front three (Van Aert, Pedersen and Campenaerts) have over a minute ahead of the second breakaway group - they now have under 100km to go.

Still no real effort from Pogacar and Team UAE in the peloton to get up to Jai Hindley in that second breakaway group. Will they launch an attack later on the climbs or are they happy to lose the yellow jersey for now?

105km to go - Col de Soudet upcoming

13:35 , Ben Fleming

Coquard drops back to the second breakaway group leaving just Van Aert, Pedersen and Campenaerts in the lead. They have a 35-second advantage over that bigger breakaway group and are more than 2 mins 30 secs ahead of the peloton.

The lead riders are now about 15km away from the foot of today’s first climb, the Col de Soudet. It’s over 15km at an average gradient of 7% and the first proper mountain and all-category climb of this year’s Tour.

112km - Coquard takes maximum points in the sprint

13:26 , Ben Fleming

The Cofidis rider gets the better of Mads Pedersen in the intermediate sprint to take the maximum 20 points on offer and move second in the green jersey standings.

Pedersen takes 17 while Wan Aert and Campenaerts take 15 and 13 points respectively.

115km to go - Intermediate sprint upcoming

13:22 , Ben Fleming

The Lanne-en-Barétous intermediate sprint is coming up with Wout van Aert and Mads Pedersen breaking away from the original lead group as they eye up points for the green jersey.

Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) and Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny) join them and these four will be the main contenders for maximum points.

125km to go - 1 minute gap for breakaway group

13:12 , Ben Fleming

This large breakaway group have suddenly opened up a nice lead of just over a minute. 2022 Giro D’Italia champion, Jai Hindley is a real GC contender and he’s got support in the form of team-mates Emanuel Buchmann and Patrick Konrad in this lead group

That could well be a cause for concern for Team UAE back in the peloton who look to be trying to close the gap.

Towards the back, Lidl-Trek Quinn Simmons has a nasty fall but looks to be back on his bike.

130km to go

13:04 , Ben Fleming

Remi Cavanga (Soudal-Quick Step) and Gregor Muhlberger (Movistar) briefly moved into a two-man breakaway but were swiftly caught and the jostling for the breakaway group continues. There’s now a 36-man group including GC contender Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) who have a small gap from the peloton.

142km to go - Latour back to the peloton

12:51 , Ben Fleming

You have to feel for the Frenchman who launched a solid early attack but had no support from any other rider. He’s eventually chased down by a breakaway group and before you know it the peloton are back together again.

148km to go

12:43 , Ben Fleming

Alberto Bettiol is the next to launch an attack to try and get up Latour. He’s joined by Jumbo-Visma’s Wout van Aert amongst others.

We are only 15km in but sprinter Fabio Jakobsen has already been dropped by the peloton. The Soudal-Quick Step rider had a nasty crash yesterday and is clearly still feeling the effects of it.

153km to go

12:36 , Ben Fleming

There’s an early crash for Lidl-Trek’s Mattias Skjelmose who might have fancied his chances today. The Dane is back up and appears unharmed as he makes his way back to the peloton. Mathieu van der Poel makes briefly looks to make an attack but quickly comes back to the peloton.

159km to go

12:30 , Ben Fleming

The initial attack falls apart but another is launched now by Pierre Latour with nobody following the TotalEnergies rider so far.

Tour de France - Stage Five

12:25 , Ben Fleming

The yellow flag is raised and we are underway as Lotto Dstny make an early move. Neilson Powless mentioned earlier in an interview that he needed to be in any breakaway group today and the American is on the second wheel behind Victor Campenaerts.

12:24 , Ben Fleming

We have 1km to go until the official starts but some quick news on a couple of withdrawals. Both Leon Sanchez (Astana-Qazaqstan) and Jacopo Guarnieri (Lotto Dstny) fell in the sprint yesterday, both breaking their collarbones meaning their Tour is done for this year.

12:12 , Ben Fleming

Today promises to be a fast start with teams looking to get in a good position before the first climb. The riders have begun their neutralised rollout before the official start.

12:03 , Ben Fleming

Britain’s Adam Yates won the first stage to take the yellow jersey and the Team UAE Emirates rider still has the maillot jaune as we enter the fifth day. Here is a reminder of the general classification standings:

Adam Yates (Team UAE Emirates): 18:18:01

Tadej Pogacar (Team UAE Emirates): +6 secs

Simon Yates (Jayco-Alula): +6 secs

Victor Lafay (Cofidis): +12 secs

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma): +16 secs

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): +17 secs

Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe): +22 secs

11:59 , Ben Fleming

Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) has enjoyed a stellar start to this Tour with an 11-point lead in the King of the Mountain standings. Stage five will be a very different day and with seconds on offer at the top of today’s first climb, the American will have to fight hard to maintain the jersey.

Speaking to Eurosport earlier, he said: “I need to be in the breakaway today for more points. I think me and 130 other riders want to be in that breakaway so it’s going to be a really tough fight. It might be the hardest for me wearing this jersey.

“I think a lot of other guys that maybe want the polka-dot as well are going to show their hands, show their cards today so it’s going to be a big fight for sure but I’m already wearing the jersey so that’s already really motivating.

“On a day like today, anything is possible because there are bonus seconds on offer on the final climb and again at the finish so maybe someone like Tadej Pogacar thinks he can get more seconds over Jonas Vingegaard. But yeah, there’s so many riders that want to go in the breakaway that it’s going to be hard for anyone to control.”

11:50 , Ben Fleming

Here’s a reminder of the full list of jersey wearers today. Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroën) has the coloured numbers after winning Stage Four’s combativity prize.

Yellow: Simon Yates (UAE Team Emirates)

White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)

Green: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)

Polka Dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost)

How Mark Cavendish became a Tour de France legend – according to his fierce rivals and loyal teammates

11:33 , Ben Fleming

It wasn’t to be for Mark Cavendish on stages three and four as the Manxman saw opportunities at both sprint stages pass him by.

In what is his final Tour de France, Cavendish goes in search of his record-breaking 35th stage win which would see him surpass the great Eddy Merckx’s tally.

But how did we get to this point? Lawrence Ostlere spoke to some of Cavendish’s fiercest foes and closest allies to find out what makes the Manx Missile a Tour de France legend.

How Mark Cavendish became a Tour de France legend – according to rivals and teammates

Tom Pidcock earmarked three Tour de France stages to win. This is one of them

11:16 , Ben Fleming

When Tom Pidcock assessed the 2023 Tour de France with his leadership team at Ineos Grenadiers, they pored over the opening nine stages before the first rest day and earmarked three they thought he could win.

The first was stage one, a hilly route through the Spanish Basque Country with the promise of the yellow jersey at the finish in Bilbao. It didn’t go to plan – Pidcock couldn’t keep pace with the elite group over the steep Cote de Vivero climb and he lost contact, eventually coming in 30 seconds behind the winner, fellow Briton Adam Yates. He was frustrated by how it played out.

The second was stage two, another lumpy day en route to San Sebastian. This time he did keep up with the fastest few, but he could not out-sprint the supreme Wout van Aert or two-time champion Tadej Pogacar, and anyway, none of them had accounted for the surprise solo attack of Victor Lafay . Pidcock finished fourth.

The third was today’s stage five .

Read the full article and interview with Pidcock below:

Tour de France 2023 - Stage Four Recap

11:03 , Ben Fleming

It was another day for Jasper Philipsen yesterday in Nogaro and another missed opportunity for Mark Cavendish as he hunts down that elusive 35th stage win.

Jasper Philipsen and Caleb Ewan reached the line together on the Circuito Paul Armagnac, a motor racing track here in south-west France, after a crash-riddled drag race along the 700m home straight. They lunged, and Philipsen pipped Ewan by centimetres to claim back-to-back stage wins and cement his position as the alpha sprinter at this Tour de France .

Read the full report from Lawrence Ostlere below:

‘I knew I couldn’t win’: Cavendish dissescts finish as Philipsen wins against at Tour

Tour de France - Stage Five Route Map and Profile

10:54 , Ben Fleming

Welcome back to another day of Tour de France action. After two sprint days which saw Jasper Philipsen take back-to-back victories, today is one for the general classification riders.

The riders have a 163km route from Pau to Laruns which is flat for the first 70km, but then comes the first hors categorie climb of this year’s race, the Col du Soudet (15.2km at 7.2%). It is a long and gruelling drag to the top, and we can expect plenty in the peloton to get dropped here as the leaders crank up the pace.

That means two-time winner Tadej Pogacar , who is looking to win again after being dethroned last year, and reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard will likely go head to head and we could see some attacks here in the middle of the stage.

For the full stage five preview, click below:

Tour de France stage 5 preview: Yellow jersey showdown in the Pyrenees

Tour de France 2023 – stage five

10:45 , Ben Fleming

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Bonjour and welcome to Cyclingnews ' live coverage of the final stage of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes!

So the final stage of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes is finally upon us and a mouthwatering first meeting with Alpe d'Huez awaits the peloton today. 

The 150km-long day starts out in yesterday's finish destination of Le Grand-Bornand,  taking in the Col de Tamié (9.5km at 4%), and then the Col du Glandon (19.7km at 7.2%) before reaching Alpe d'Huez (13.8km at 8.1%).

After an enthralling week, here's how the standings look with one stage left to race.

Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) holds the yellow jersey by a matter of 27 seconds to Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck), with French rising talent and stage 6 winner Cédrine Kerbaol (Ceratizit-WNT) a further 10 seconds in arrears. 

Defending champion Demi Vollering (SD-Worx-Protime) sits 1:19 behind Niewiadoma after a crash on stage 5 , which lost her both time and the maillot jaune.

From the riders looking to tackle the stage head-on, to those not riding at all.

There are three non-starters for the eighth and final stage:

Marit Raaijmakers, Barbara Malcotti (Human Powered Health) and Josie Talbot (Cofidis).

For an in-depth insight into the 150km-long parcours awaiting the peloton today, check out our stage 8 preview here .

The riders are going through the sign-on and team presentation process in Le Grand-Bornard.

A penny for the thoughts of Demi Vollering today.

Meanwhile, it seems like the yellow jersey isn't going to be given up without a fight.

With all the sign-ons done and dusted, the riders are heading for the neutralised start.

The flag drop is expected to be roughly 15 minutes from now.

The green points jersey is a much more clear-cut affair than the GC battle, with Marianne Vos (Visma Lease-a-Bike) sitting already beyond reach on 170.

The second place in that classification is Niewiadoma, who has almost half as many points, 86. 

Just 45 points are up for grabs today, so as long as the Dutchwoman stays on her bike and inside the time cut, she'll win the green jersey for a second time (2022).

149.9km to go

And the flag is dropped for the final time in this year's Tour de France Femmes.

Amber Kraak of FDJ-Suez has wasted no time in getting up the road. 

Not to be for Kraak, as she's reeled in soon after. 

With the mountains ahead, arranging a breakaway that everyone can agree on might take some time. 

Is it a surprise that plenty of riders want to get up the road today, though?

Not only is a stage win at the Tour de France Femmes up for grabs but so is having one of Alpe d'Huez's hairpin bends named after you.

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While the peloton decides who can and who can't head up the road, let's remind ourselves how yesterday's stage went .

On the first of two mountainous days, AG Insurance-Soudal Team's Justine Ghekiere was part of the day's early break that managed to hold off the bunch. The 28-year-old went solo from 13.5km out and arrived 1:15 ahead of second-place Maëva Squiban (Arkéa-B&B Hotels).

It also means that Ghekiere, after an efficient breakaway performance, sits top of the Queen of the Mountain standings by 16 points to Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck).

It's almost like she knew we were talking about her! 

Justine Ghekiere has attacked off the front for a second day running.

The Belgian is clearly keen to scoop up those QOM points coming up shortly.

 Ghekiere isn't alone though, it looks to be a pretty sizeable group pushing on.

While we work out who made the break, we should probably tell you about the first categorised climb of the day.

The Col de Tamié is 9.7km in length, with an average gradient of 4%.

The size of the group looking to push on is causing it some trouble, with some teams clearly not wanting the elastic to snap. 

We're still unclear of the make-up of the leading group, but we do know they've managed to get clear now. A 30-second advantage as they head up the Col de Tamié.

There's a 23-rider group out in front, with 4 of the SD-Worx-Protime team in there. We'll list off the full contingent shortly. 

The 22-rider group with over a minute on the peloton consists of:

Mischa Bredewold, Lorena Wiebes, Christine Majerus, Blanka Vas (SD-Worx-Protime), Franziska Koch (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance-Soudal Team), Loes Adegeest (FDJ-Suez), Riejanne Markus, Fem Van Empel (Visma Lease-a-Bike), Silke Smulders (Liv AlUla Jayco), Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ceratizit-WNT), Kristen Faulkner, Noemi Rüegg (EF-Oatly-Cannondale), Liane Lippert, Olivia Baril (Movistar), Silvia Persico, Erica Magnaldi (UAE Team ADQ), Camille Fahy, Célia Le Mouel (St Michel-Mavic-Auber93), Katerine Aalerud and Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Uno-X Mobility).

Three non-starters become four as Movistar confirm that Sheyla Gutiérrez didn't take to the start this afternoon due to COVID-19.

Just 3km to the summit of the Col de Tamié.

SD-Worx-Protime showing their gameplan for today right from the off, with four riders already up the road. 

Justine Ghekiere will be looking to strengthen her grip on the polka dot jersey shortly.

The break are continuing to build an advantage. They're now 1:40 ahead.

It's a wet and windy day in the French Alps.

QOM (Col de Tamié)

Unsurprisingly, Ghekiere takes the maximum five points available on the Col de Tamié. She's followed over the top by Bredewold, Majerus and Adegeest.

The bunch have cut the gap back down to 1:15 on the descent.

We're back down into the valley, with flat roads (including an intermediate sprint) for the next 40km.

The gap has stretched out once more, with 2:30 between the leading group and the bunch now.

Justine Ghekiere (+1:27) is the biggest threat to the overall standings from today's break, with her currently sitting in the virtual lead. 

The classification leaders at start line earlier. The only jersey we've yet to mention so far is the maillot blanc, otherwise known as the young rider's white jersey.

Puck Pieterse currently leads the way by 0:45 over Lidl-Trek's Shirin van Anrooij. Third-placed Marion Bunel (St Michel-Mavic-Auber93) is five minutes further back, so it'll almost certainly be a Dutch rider taking home the jersey tonight.

Less than 10km to go until the intermediate sprint in Aiguebelle. 

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Tour de France Femmes 2024: Demi Vollering 'very motivated' to regain GC lead in Tour after Stage 5 crash setback

Published 16/08/2024 at 21:26 GMT

SD Worx-Protime rider Demi Vollering began Stage 5 of the Tour de France Femmes in the lead, but a crash cost her almost two minutes, and saw Canyon-SRAM’s Kasia Niewiadoma move in front. After Friday's Stage 6, Vollering was pleased with her performance and was looking to relaunch her assault on the title in the remaining stages. “I’m very motivated to get yellow back," Vollering said.

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Alpe d’Huez or Bust: Who Will Conquer the Queen of Climbs in Stage 8’s Epic Finale?

The Tour de France Femmes wraps up with a brutal 150 km showdown—rain, 21 hairpin turns, and the fearsome Alpe d’Huez await.

Stage 8 of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift promises to be the climactic finale, featuring some of the most challenging and iconic segments of the entire race. Beginning in the picturesque commune of Le Grand-Bornand, this stage takes riders through a grueling 93 miles with an elevation gain of 12,260 feet, culminating in the legendary L’Alpe d’Huez ascent. With three categorized climbs, including the notorious Col du Glandon and the 21 hairpins of Alpe d’Huez, this stage will test the mettle of even the strongest climbers. It could be the decisive factor in this year’s general classification battle.

Here’s what you need to know before you tune in:

• Date: Sunday, August 18
• Distance: 149.0 km
• Start Location: Le Grand-Bornand
• Finish Location: L'Alpe d'Huez

Stage 8: Le Grand-Bornand > L’Alpe d’Huez

150 km (93 mi) and 3,737 m (12,260 ft) of elevation.

How hard is Stage 8 of the Tour de France Femmes?

The final stage of the Tour de France Femmes will be insanely hard. It has three categorized climbs, the latter two of which are hors categorie , or the most difficult climbs. Of course, the main event is a summit finish on L’Alpe d’Huez.

The stage begins in Le Grand-Bornand, a commune and ski resort at 4,300 feet elevation in the eastern French department of Haute-Savoie. The name comes from the river that runs through the area. This whole stage is truly a beautiful mountain route with incredible views all around.

The high point of the day and the whole Tour comes atop the second climb, Col du Glandon, which tops at 6,312 feet. The women will climb the mountain’s toughest side, with a 12.24-mile stretch averaging 7.2 percent.

Then, for the grand finale, we get the mythical 21 hairpins of Alpe d’Huez. The summit sits at 6,070 feet. The final climb stretches 8.57 miles with 3,663 feet of gain at an average grade of 8.7 percent.

On Strava, the current Queen of the Mountain (QOM) is 46:47, set by British National Hill Climb Champion and “Everesting” world record holder Illi Gardner, who set the QOM recently, on July 2, 2024. Gardner’s time is only about seven minutes slower than Sepp Kuss’ KOM record, which he set during Stage 12 of the 2022 Tour de France. Gardner remains the fastest time up Alpe d’Huez in 2024. We’ll see if that changes come Sunday.

Strava reports that the average pro’s time up the epic climb is 57:56, and the average amateur’s time is 1:22:40.

What is the weather like for Stage 8, and how can it affect the race?

Sunday’s final stage is expected to be marked by challenging weather conditions. The day will start with early rain, potentially heavy, before giving way to overcast skies and intermittent showers in the afternoon. Temperatures will reach a high of 64°F, with light winds from the west at five mph. Rainfall could accumulate, creating slick roads and affecting rider safety and tactics.

As the race approaches the iconic Alpe d’Huez, temperatures will drop to 54°F, and there are similar chances of rain. The steep climbs, long descents, and wet roads will also present riders with additional difficulties in handling and visibility, which some riders could use to their advantage.

Who can win Stage 8?

Many riders have come to practice the famous climb in the weeks and months leading up to the Tour. But it still seems like it could be anyone’s day. The final stage of the race is both a ride of extreme endurance and strength.

The final stage provides an opportunity for climbers to shine. While the QOM battle is tight with names like Puck Pieterse, Yara Kastelijn, and Justine Ghekiere, the overall GC will also see significant changes with the number one spot still at the reach of any of the twelve riders leading the GC.

How can Stage 8 affect the GC?

This is a make-or-break stage with significant elevation and high climbing difficulty. Expect the GC standings to stretch out, with potential changes in the overall rankings happening live as riders face the extreme demands of the final climbs.

Pieterse and Gaia Realini (Lidl-Trek) are the only riders in the top 12 who have teammates who can hang with them in the high mountains. So don’t be surprised if either of these riders takes the stage and the Yellow Jersey from Niewiadoma.

Whatever happens in the finale, we can agree that this year’s Tour de France Femmes has been a big step forward in women’s racing. With the support of Zwift, Strava, Liv, and others, this week has shown what can happen when female athletes are supported. We saw crowd-packed streets, big-name male cyclists showing support, and tons of coverage. The only place to go from here is up; we can’t wait to see even more in the coming seasons.

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Demi Vollering relinquishes Tour de France Femmes lead after stage five crash

Topic: Sport

Demi Vollering (left) struggles across the finish line after earlier being involved in a crash. ( Getty Images: Alex Broadway )

Blanka Vas won stage five of the Tour de France Femmes following a sprint finish.

Demi Vollering gave up the yellow jersey after being involved in a crash late in the stage.

What's next?

Katarzyna Niewiadoma will wear the yellow jersey in stage six.

Blanka Vas has sprinted to win stage five of the Tour de France Femmes but her SD Worx-Protime teammate and defending champion, Demi Vollering, surrendered the overall lead after losing time in a crash.

Vollering was one of several riders involved in a crash six kilometres from the finish and the Dutchwoman looked in pain as she battled to the line to limit the damage done in the general classification.

Her misfortune drops her to ninth overall with a gap of one minute and 19 seconds to make up over the final three stages if she is to retain her title.

The peloton was chasing down a group of three riders when the incident happened on a sharp bend during the 152.5-kilometre ride from Bastogne to Amnéville.

Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-Sram Racing), who began the day third overall and 34 seconds off Vollering, made the most of the crash to take the yellow jersey.

In the end it came down to a battle between Vas and Niewiadoma for the stage win and it was the Hungarian who claimed a narrow victory, with Germany's Liane Lippert (Movistar Team) coming in third.

"It's crazy, I still can't believe it. I don't know what to say," Vas said.

"I did not expect this today because I felt so bad during the race."

Niewiadoma had lost out on stage four in a sprint finish, coming in third behind the Dutch duo of Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) and Vollering.

But she now has the consolation of the overall lead, having finished third the previous two years.

"It feels very special for sure, I just learned about getting the yellow jersey a couple of minutes ago so I feel like it still didn't really reach me, but super happy," Niewiadoma said.

"Today's stage was very chaotic in general, I feel like all the stages so far were very hectic and dangerous, so we knew that we just had to stay in the front."

Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) was the best-placed Australian in 30th position, 35 seconds adrift of Vas, and she sits 23rd on the general rankings.

Australia's Olympic individual time trial champion Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez) was 39th, 1:22 behind the stage winner, and is 50th overall.

Niewiadoma has a 19-second lead over American Kristen Faulkner (EF–Oatly–Cannondale), who finished fourth on the stage.

Pieterse, who also crashed, dropped from second to third, 22 seconds off the lead.

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Tour de France Femmes: Puck Pieterse stuns Vollering with first WorldTour victory in photo finish on stage 4

Kasia Niewiadoma settles for third from breakaway group on rainy day in Liège

Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) took her first WorldTour victory on the road by winning stage 4 of the Tour de France Femmes in a sprint from a group of three ahead of yellow jersey Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM).

The trio had gotten away on the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons with Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck), but an attack by Vollering dropped Rooijakkers on the short climb to the Boncelles bonus sprint.

Then 29 seconds later, Kim Le Court finished fourth from a group of 12 riders that also contained GC riders like Évita Muzic (FDJ-Suez), Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek), Kristen Faulkner (EF-Oatly-Cannondale), Rooijakkers, Juliette Labous (DSM-Firmenich PostNL), and Gaia Realini (Lidl-Trek).

In the general classification, Vollering has a 22-second lead on Pieterse with Niewiadoma following at 34 seconds. Pieterse also takes the lead in the U23 and mountain classifications. “It’s unbelievable, actually. The last few days I had super-good legs, and today I didn’t feel my legs at all. To take the win here in a sprint against Demi, that’s really a dream come true,” said Pieterse after the stage. Despite her lack of road experience, racing the final against Vollering and Niewiadoma didn’t faze the young cyclocross and mountain bike star at all. “I knew they were riding for GC, and I’m just here for the stage while I’m fresh, so I could poker a bit. I knew Kasia would attack, and Demi would have to follow, so I just tried to keep a poker face and take it from the sprint.

"I think I went quite early in the end, but I’ve never been here, so I didn’t know where the finish line was. We had to wait for what felt like ages for the result, but I am so happy to take the win,” she described the last kilometre where Niewiadoma tried to anticipate the sprint before being closed down by Vollering.

How it unfolded

Covering 122.7km from Valkenburg to Liège, the stage included several well-known climbs from the Amstel Gold Race and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Silvia Persico (UAE Team ADQ) won the first four mountain sprints on the Bemelerberg (twice), Cauberg and Geulhemmerberg, putting her virtually into the polka-dot jersey.

With 90km to go, just before crossing the border to Belgium, Sara Martín (Movistar Team) went on a solo breakaway, building an advantage of up to 1:14 on the peloton. Laura Tomasi (Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi) tried to bridge the gap but never made it and was reeled in before the intermediate sprint in Pepinster, where green jersey Charlotte Kool (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) won the sprint for second to increase her lead in the points classification.

Martín was held up by a closed railway crossing before the Mont-Theux climb, but her gap was re-established when she got underway again. Nonetheless, the third-category climb spelled the end of her breakaway, and Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) took maximum points at the top.

After a high-speed run-in to the Côte de La Redoute, Pieterse led the peloton up most of the climb, at one point looking back and speaking into her team radio, apparently waiting for her teammates Kastelijn and Rooijakkers to take over.

Rooijakkers did briefly take the lead before Vollering came to the front, and Pieterse took over again. Kastelijn tried to win the mountain points but could not match Vollering’s pace. Pieterse even gave her teammate a push before surging ahead to take the mountain points herself.

The steep climb had reduced the peloton to about 30 riders. Faulkner and her EF teammate Magdeleine Vallières Mill tried to attack but were closed down by Pieterse and Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime), respectively. On the Côte des Forges, Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance-Soudal) beat Kastelijn to the top.

Ghekiere kept going and had a 26-second advantage with 15km to go, just before the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons. Niamh Fisher-Black (SD Worx-Protime) and Vallières Mill set the pace on the lower slopes of the climb before Vollering came to the front herself.

Niewiadoma, Pieterse and Rooijakkers were the only ones who could follow the maillot jaune, quickly passing Ghekiere. Niewiadoma and Pieterse also took turns on the climb, and Pieterse was first over the top, putting her into the mountain jersey.

The chase group organised on the short downhill, and Vollering attacked into the climb to the bonus sprint with 10km to go, dropping Rooijakkers and going on to take six bonus seconds ahead of Niewiadoma and Pieterse.

Rooijakkers was caught by the chase group, which was 14 seconds behind in Boncelles before descending towards the finish in Liège, but this gap increased to 29 seconds at the finish.

The front group worked together until the final kilometre where, just like in Liège-Bastogne-Liège in April, Niewiadoma launched an attack on the Quai des Ardennes to anticipate a sprint. 

Vollering closed the gap, and Pieterse launched her sprint from third position, taking the yellow jersey by surprise and opening a gap. Vollering came back with high speed, but Pieterse won the stage in a photo finish by about half a wheel.

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Lukas Knöfler started working in cycling communications in 2013 and has seen the inside of the scene from many angles. Having worked as press officer for teams and races and written for several online and print publications, he has been Cyclingnews’ Women’s WorldTour correspondent since 2018.

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