Tour de France 2025: stage four from Amiens to Rouen
Date: 2025-07-08T10:09:58.000Z
Title: Here's Monday's stage report from Jeremy Whittle.
Content:
The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider had been contesting the intermediate sprint at Isbergues when Coquard moved to the right and touched shoulders with another rider, before swerving across into the Belgian's path, causing him to crash.
'I'm not a bad guy,' a visibly distressed Coquard said at the finish. 'I apologise to Alpecin, even if I didn't mean to do anything. I almost lost my shoe and there was nothing I could do.'
Update:
Date: 2025-07-08T10:00:39.000Z
Title: Preamble
Content: Bonjour, tout le monde. Le Tour is Le Tour as we say every year. The casualties pile high, with Jasper Philipsen joining the list yesterday and Remco Evenepoel on the deck, but back up soon as they sped into Dunkirk. These flat stages are often where the pain is sharpest, the speed they rattle along at. Today, still in northern France, will be a bit different, with a Classic-style configuration, with lots of climbs before in the last third, the tough gets going, with repeated nasty climbs. One for the breakaway clubs, and hard work for the team captains, a day of rouleurs and puncheurs. And most probably Tadej Pogacar.
Per William Fotheringham's pre-Tour guide.
A welter of little hills in the finale including the Rampe Saint-Hilaire, a 750m 'wall' in the city centre, 5km from the finish; there will be huge stress for all the contenders trying to get in place for these. Evocatively, one of the late hills is the Côte de Bonsecours, where Jean Robic staged a final-day heist to win the 1947 Tour, but in the Pogacar era there's not much chance of a repeat.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Daily Mail
14 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Aston Villa hopeful of completing the signing of Nice forward Evann Guessand - with the Ivory Coast star set to become Unai Emery's first major addition of the window
are working on the signing of Nice forward Evann Guessand and hope to complete a deal this week as they try to add extra competition to their attack. In what would be Villa's first significant move in the market this summer, Guessand would join Unai Emery 's men for about £28m. Villa have been looking for a new forward ever since Jhon Duran departed last January and seem to have settled on Guessand, who has been considered one of the most promising players in French football in recent seasons. He scored 13 goals and had 10 assists in all competitions last season and though he plays mainly through the middle, the 24-year-old can also operate on the flanks. Villa have insisted all summer that Ollie Watkins is not for sale but if they sign Guessand, it will be interesting to see whether clubs who admire Watkins make a serious move for him. Meanwhile, West Ham remain keen to sign Jacob Ramsey from Aston Villa with the midfielder currently keeping his options open over his long-term future. Though Ramsey is well-regarded by Villa boss Unai Emery, his status as a homegrown player means an eventual transfer fee represents pure profit in the club accounts – crucial in the current era of Premier League spending rules. Villa have been willing to listen to offers for Ramsey since the transfer window opened and are thought to value him at about £40million.
BBC News
an hour ago
- BBC News
Lyon sign Liverpool midfielder Morton for £15m
Lyon have signed midfielder Tyler Morton from Liverpool for £15mMorton joined Liverpool's academy aged seven and was handed his senior debut in 22-year-old struggled to force his way into the first team on a regular basis, making 14 appearances across all competitions, and spent time on loan in the Championship with Hull and helped England's under-21 side win the European Championship earlier this were demoted to France's second tier earlier in the summer due to their poor financial state but were reinstated to Ligue 1 after winning their boss Arne Slot has invested heavily in the squad during the off-season, with over £250m spent on new additions following their title triumph in on players, especially academy graduates, is essential to ensure they can abide by the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules (PSR).Jarrell Quansah also came through the club's system and was sold for £35m to Bayer Leverkusen last month.
BBC News
an hour ago
- BBC News
Palace confident over Europa League appeal
Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner says he is confident the Eagles will win their appeal and play in the Europa League this have submitted an appeal against their demotion to the Conference League with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).The appeal is against Uefa, which issued the punishment, French club Lyon and Premier League rivals Nottingham Forest.A decision is expected on or before 11 August."We don't have any influence on the decision from Uefa and we don't have any influence on the decision from Cas, so it just makes no sense that we're thinking about it," Glasner told Sky Sports., external"We're waiting for the final decision. We're still confident the appeal will be successful and that we will play in the Europa League."Palace were punished for breaching multi-club ownership rules as American businessman John Textor owns a stake in the club and is the majority owner of Lyon, who also qualified for the Europa who finished seventh in the Premier League last season, are expected replace FA Cup winners Palace in the Europa League should the punishment their appeal, Palace have requested an annulment of the decision by Uefa's financial control body and readmission to the Europa League in place of either Forest or Lyon.
