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Boston Globe
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Tim Wellens wins Tour de France's 15th stage, teammate Tadej Pogačar maintains grip on yellow jersey
'I knew that I had to enjoy the moment,' Wellens said. 'I kept riding 'till the finish line because I wanted a big gap to fully enjoy it and maybe put my bike in the air after the finish. But I was so happy to win that I forgot to do it.' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Pogačar and his closest general classification rivals, Jonas Vingegaard and Florian Lipowitz, finished in a large group 6:07 behind Wellens. It meant the Slovenian rider maintained his overall lead of 4:13 over Vingegard and 7:53 over German rider Lipowitz. Advertisement Sunday's 105-mile stage from Muret to the medieval city of Carcassonne got off to a chaotic start with a crash in the peloton affecting Alaphilippe, Lipowitz, and many others. It appeared to be caused by a cobbled traffic island that caught at least one rider by surprise. Alaphilippe looked to have hurt his left shoulder, but all continued racing. Advertisement Pogačar, who'd raced ahead, was told over the radio to try and calm the bunch so Vingegaard and Lipowitz could resume contact. By the time the peloton got back together, it was about 40 seconds behind a 15-rider breakaway including Wellens. Wellens was in a four-man leading group with Campenaerts, Michael Storer, and Quinn Simmons as they climbed the 1.8-mile, 10.2 percent incline Pas du Sant. 🤩🇧🇪 🤩🇧🇪 — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) Carlos Rodríguez, Warren Barguil, Aleks Vlasov, and Alexey Lutsenko were chasing, and Wellens waited for the trailing group to catch up before he attacked with 27 miles to go, knowing his rivals would find it hard to react with the downhill to come. 'On the last climb of the day I felt really good,' Wellens said. 'I saw the others also felt really good, but I knew I had to go solo and at the top of the climb I found my moment.' Third-placed Alaphilippe celebrated after beating Van Aert and Laurance in a sprint to the line, thinking he'd won the stage, only to be told that two riders had finished ahead of him. After being involved in a crash early in the race that knocked out his radio, Julian Alaphilippe (right) thought he won the 15th stage, but was actually third, just ahead of Carlos Rodríguez. Thibault Camus/Associated Press Raphaël Meyer, team manager of Alaphilippe's Tudor Pro Cycling Team, explained that the rider's radio was damaged in the early crash and so they were unable to communicate with him during the stage. The race finishes next weekend in Paris. Monday offers riders the second rest day of the Tour.
West Australian
21-07-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
Michael Storer takes out combative award after teammates celebration blunder
Australian star Michael Storer has bagged the much coveted daily combativity prize for being the most aggressive rider after his constant attacks enlivened a thrilling afternoon on the 15th stage of the Tour de France . But the Perth rider's illustrious Tudor Pro teammate Julian Alaphilippe will want to forget the embarrassment of celebrating a stage win in the ancient city of Carcassonne on Sunday which he later discovered was actually only a third-place finish. At the end of the 169km route from Muret, the race had actually already been won by UAE Team Emirates' veteran Tim Wellens, wearing the Belgian champion's jersey, with compatriot Victor Campenaerts (Visma Lease-A-Bike) second in a fitting one-two on the eve of Monday's rest day, which is Belgium's National Day. The pair had both been in the breakaway with the buzzing Storer but the Australian was eventually swallowed up amid the sprint for third, won by Alaphilippe, who celebrated as though he had won the stage. Alas, the former double world champion had been without a working radio due to an early crash, during which he had also dislocated his shoulder, so hadn't realised the two Belgians were ahead. 'I tried to put in the best sprint possible and thought about the stage win. Like an idiot, I raised my hands, but there were a few guys ahead of me,' the 33-year-old later told French television while also revealing he had put his dislocated shoulder back himself. 'I remembered what they did to me in the hospital previously and managed to pop it back in,' Alaphilippe said. 'The day could have gone better -- but I could also have had to go home, so it's okay.' While Raphael Meyer, CEO of the ambitious Swiss-based Tudor team, pointed out they would have been very happy with third if offered that before the stage, he also paid tribute to Storer's 'amazing' ride after the 28-year-old had come home among the pack of sprinters behind Alaphilippe in 22nd place. Further back, there was no change at the top of the general classification, with the main favourites finishing some six minutes after Wellens following a few exhausting days in the high mountains. Tadej Pogacar remains four minutes 13 seconds clear of Jonas Vingegaard (Visma Lease-A-Bike) with Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull?Bora?Hansgrohe) third, just shy of eight minutes off yellow. Ben O'Connor remains the top Australian in the standings in 12th place, 25:44 behind Pogacar. The day's breakaway had formed after the crash had split the peloton. With Vingegaard and Lipowitz delayed, UAE and Pogacar tried to slow the peloton to enable them to catch up - mirroring a similar sporting response by his rivals when he crashed a few days ago. The breakaway was gradually whittled down to four with Storer attempting to go solo at that point only to be reeled back in. With a little over 40km to go, the leading group was eight-strong, at which point Wellens, who had been sitting on the others' wheels, launched his break which quickly became decisive as the rest dithered over how to respond. 'It was a very special victory,' said Wellens, after his maiden Tour win. 'Everybody knows the Tour de France, everybody wants to ride the Tour de France but not many get to win at the Tour de France, so it's very beautiful.'
Japan Today
20-07-2025
- Sport
- Japan Today
Wellens wins Tour de France 15th stage
Stage winner Belgium's Tim Wellens celebrates after crossing the finish line of the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 169.3 kilometers (105.2 miles) with start in Muret and finish in Carcassonne, France, Sunday, July 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, POOL) cycling Tim Wellens raced clear on the descent toward Carcassonne to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France on Sunday while three-time champion Tadej Pogacar tightened his hold on the yellow jersey. Wellens, a teammate of Pogačar at UAE Team Emirates-XRG, was in a four-man leading group with Michael Storer, Quinn Simmons and Victor Campeanaerts as they climbed the 2.9 kilometer, 10.2% incline Pas du Sant. Carlos Rodriguez, Warren Barguil, Aleks Vlasov and Alexey Lutsenko were chasing, and Wellens waited for the trailing group to catch up before he attacked with 43.5 kilometers to go, knowing his rivals would find it hard to react with the downhill to come. The Belgian rider finished 1 minute, 28 seconds ahead of Campeanaerts and 1:36 ahead of Julian Alaphilippe, Wout van Aert, and Axel Laurance. Alaphilippe celebrated after beating Van Aert and Laurance to the line, thinking he'd won the stage, only to be told that two riders had finished ahead of him. Pogacar and his closest general classification rivals, Jonas Vingegard and Florian Lipowitz, finished in a large group 6:07 behind Wellens. Pogacar maintained his overall lead of 4:13 over Vingegard and 7:53 over German rider Lipowitz. Sunday's 169-kilometer stage from Muret to the medieval city of Carcassonne got off to a chaotic start with a crash in the peloton affecting Alaphilippe, Lipowitz and many others. It appeared to be caused by a cobbled traffic island that caught one or more riders by surprise. Alaphilippe looked to have hurt his left shoulder, but all could continue racing. Pogacar, who'd raced ahead, was told over the radio to try and calm the bunch so Vingegaard and Lipowitz could resume contact. By the time the peloton got back together, it was about 40 seconds behind a 15-rider breakaway including Wellens. The race finishes next weekend in Paris. Monday offers riders the second rest day of the Tour. © Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
Mint
20-07-2025
- Sport
- Mint
Cycling-Crash and confusion as Alaphilippe celebrates
(In second paragraph corrects Alaphilippe's team) CARCASSONNE, France, July 20 (Reuters) - Julian Alaphilippe endured a chaotic, emotional stage 15 of the Tour de France on Sunday, crashing early, soldiering on with a dislocated shoulder, and then mistakenly celebrating what he thought was a stage win - before discovering he had been beaten by two riders. The Tudor Pro rider hit the deck in the opening kilometres, suffering pain and a shoulder injury that cast doubt over whether he would even finish the day. 'He had a crash at the beginning of the race,' said team sports director Raphael Meyer. 'He had pain and a dislocated shoulder. He was seen by the doctor and he still has some pain. He's going to do x-rays.' But the Frenchman fought on, eventually crossing the line — arms raised in triumph, believing he had pulled off an emotional comeback victory. Unbeknownst to Alaphilippe, Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) had already powered away from the breakaway group earlier and claimed a convincing solo win. Victor Campenaerts had also slipped away and crossed the line nine seconds ahead of Alaphilippe. "He thought he was first on the line — but the radio didn't work,' Meyer said. For Wellens, the victory marked a brutal show of strength, and another chapter in the dominance of leader Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates, as they continue to exert near-total control over the race. For Alaphilippe, it was a bitter-sweet finish - a gritty ride, a brave comeback, and a win that wasn't. It was not the first time such misfortune happened to Alaphilippe. In 2020, he raised his arms in celebration before the finish at the Liege-Bastogne-Liege Monument classic, only to see Slovenian Primoz Roglic effectively beating him to the line. The Frenchman was then disqualified for deviating from his sprint line. (Reporting by Julien Pretot)
The Star
20-07-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Cycling-Crash and confusion as Alaphilippe celebrates
Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 13 - Loudenvielle to Peyragudes - Loudenvielle, France - July 18, 2025 Tudor Pro Cycling Team's Julian Alaphilippe in action during stage 13 REUTERS/Benoit Tessier CARCASSONNE, France (Reuters) -Julian Alaphilippe endured a chaotic, emotional stage 15 of the Tour de France on Sunday, crashing early, soldiering on with a dislocated shoulder, and then mistakenly celebrating what he thought was a stage win - before discovering he had been beaten by two riders. The Soudal–Quick-Step rider hit the deck in the opening kilometres, suffering pain and a shoulder injury that cast doubt over whether he would even finish the day. 'He had a crash at the beginning of the race,' said team sports director Raphael Meyer. 'He had pain and a dislocated shoulder. He was seen by the doctor and he still has some pain. He's going to do x-rays.' But the Frenchman fought on, eventually crossing the line — arms raised in triumph, believing he had pulled off an emotional comeback victory. He hadn't. Unbeknownst to Alaphilippe, Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) had already powered away from the breakaway group earlier and claimed a convincing solo win. Victor Campenaerts had also slipped away and crossed the line nine seconds ahead of Alaphilippe. "He thought he was first on the line — but the radio didn't work,' Meyer said. For Wellens, the victory marked a brutal show of strength, and another chapter in the dominance of leader Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates, as they continue to exert near-total control over the race. For Alaphilippe, it was a bitter-sweet finish - a gritty ride, a brave comeback, and a win that wasn't. It was not the first time such misfortune happened to Alaphilippe. In 2020, he raised his arms in celebration before the finish at the Liege-Bastogne-Liege Monument classic, only to see Slovenian Primoz Roglic effectively beating him to the line. The Frenchman was then disqualified for deviating from his sprint line. (Reporting by Julien Pretot; editing by Pritha Sarkar)
