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Cycling-Milan outsprints Van Aert to win Tour stage eight, Pogacar still in yellow
Cycling-Milan outsprints Van Aert to win Tour stage eight, Pogacar still in yellow

The Star

time7 days ago

  • Sport
  • The Star

Cycling-Milan outsprints Van Aert to win Tour stage eight, Pogacar still in yellow

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 8 - Saint-Meen-le-Grand to Laval - Laval, France - July 12, 2025 Lidl - Trek's Jonathan Milan celebrates winning stage 8 REUTERS/Benoit Tessier LAVAL, France (Reuters) -Italy's Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) fought off Belgian Wout van Aert to win stage eight of the Tour de France from Saint-Meen-le-Grand to Laval on Saturday, with defending champion Tadej Pogacar retaining the yellow jersey. Milan, riding his first Tour, looked to have been caught off guard when Van Aert (Visma–Lease a Bike) hit the front, but the Italian battled back to overtake the Belgian, with Australian Kaden Groves (Alpecin–Deceuninck) coming in third. Slovenia's Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) remains 54 seconds ahead of Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick-Step) in the overall standings. (Writing by Trevor Stynes; editing by Clare Fallon)

Britain to invest 163 million euros in France's Eutelsat, Les Echos reports
Britain to invest 163 million euros in France's Eutelsat, Les Echos reports

The Star

time10-07-2025

  • Business
  • The Star

Britain to invest 163 million euros in France's Eutelsat, Les Echos reports

FILE PHOTO: Eutelsat Group logo is pictured at their Paris headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, April 3, 2025. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo (Reuters) -Britain will invest 163 million euros (140.49 million pounds) in French satellite operator Eutelsat, Les Echos reported on Thursday, citing an Elysee source, after a much bigger cash injection by France to help it compete with SpaceX's Starlink. French President Emmanuel Macron, who is on a two-day state visit to the UK, in a post on X thanked Britain as it continues to "follow us on the Eutelsat adventure". "We're over the moon to keep going with you. Together we go further!," Macron said. Eutelsat and the British and French governments could not immediately be reached for comment. The French state will become the largest shareholder in Eutelsat later this year and is leading a 1.35 billion euro capital increase to support the debt-laden company. By investing 163 million euros, Britain will maintain its 10.9% stake in Eutelsat, Les Echos said, avoiding dilution from the recapitalisation announced in June. The investment will bring the recapitalisation to a total of 1.5 billion euros, it added. It could also open the door to Britain's involvement in the European Union's IRIS² satellite constellation project, for which Eutelsat is one of the main contractors, the report said. Britain became a shareholder in satellite operator OneWeb in 2020 as part of a $1 billion bailout alongside investor Bharti Space, before OneWeb merged with Eutelsat in 2023. (1 British pound = 1.1602 euros) (Reporting by Gianluca Lo Nostro and Mathieu Rosemain; Additional reporting by Elizabeth Pineau in Paris and Muvija M in London; Editing by Barbara Lewis)

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