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Daily Mirror
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- Sport
- Daily Mirror
'Superwoman' sports star shares horror pic of injury that left her 'blessed to still have leg'
WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: Chloe Dygert has shared an insight into the recovery from an injury that almost led to her losing a leg - leading to the American star being branded "superwoman" Chloe Dygert admits she feels "blessed to still have my leg" as fans hailed the American sports star as "superwoman" as she continues to fight a horrendous injury suffered five years ago - but which continues to plague her today. The 28 year-old cyclist withdrew from the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift earlier this month, despite making the time cut on the fearsome Col du Madeleine by seven seconds The American was visibly distraught, clutching her leg which she nearly lost in a terrifying crash in 2020. "With other medical problems, other things it is fine to push through, but with my leg there is a line," she said in an interview with her team Canyon-SRAM-Zondacrypto. "That was crossed yesterday. There is still a lot to do this season and we can't risk everybody started passing me, I was standing still. I was like, 'there is no way I am going to make time cut, there is just no way. 'Then about 10km from the top I just had a full on panic attack, started crying, panicking. My leg was killing me. I couldn't hear any more, my ears were clogged because I am still sick. It was just not a good time.' Dygert has had lingering problems with her leg after a horror crash almost led to her leg having to be amputated at the 2020 World Championships in Imola. She lost control on a descent, catapulting over a metal barrier, and along with a serious laceration, she bled profusely at the scene. 'It is the spasming, the muscle tightening. It feels like there is a hammer, I guess. I've never really been able to explain the pain," she added. "It feels like when you get hit by something really hard, it just feels like that constantly. 'It never goes away, and it gets worse. There was no relief going uphill that long. So once I got to the top and I could get off my bike, it was one of the greatest feelings.' WARNING: Graphic Images It's been a challenging journey back for Dygert, who clinched gold in the Team Pursuit at the Olympics last summer. Just under a week after withdrawing from the Tour de France Femmes, Dygert has taken to social media to update her followers on her health. She shared images of her terrifying crash that resulted in a deep flesh wound five years ago. "Sometimes I take for granted how truly blessed I am that I still have my leg. God is so good. I am so blessed. I am forever grateful." Her fans were quick to show their support. "You are amazing inspiration! Real fighter," one admirer commented. Another added: "So much respect for you! An example to everyone!". "Superherowoman," responded a third. A fourth fan chimed in with: "A very strong lady you deserve a lot of respect!".
SBS Australia
29-07-2025
- Sport
- SBS Australia
Tour de France Femmes: Wiebes claims back-to-back stage wins
Lorena Wiebes has stormed to her second successive stage victory at the Tour de France Femmes, winning the fourth leg with a dominant sprint finish. The Dutch rider from Team SD Worx launched her move around 250 metres from the line and proved untouchable, sealing another emphatic stage victory. Fellow Dutch rider Marianne Vos again took second place, with Ireland's Lara Gillespie third. Wiebes also triumphed in a chaotic sprint on Monday and now sits second overall, trailing Vos, who retains the yellow jersey. Sarah Gigante finished 49th on the stage, and remains the highest-placed Australian in 19th overall. It was Wiebes' fifth stage win overall, a record since the event's revival in 2022. Jeannie Longo holds the all-time record, with 24 stage wins from 1985 and 1989. On the largely flat 130.7-km stage from Saumur to Poitiers the peloton remained tightly packed until the closing stretch before a showdown amongst the sprinters. Wiebes timed her effort perfectly, leaving her rivals unable to respond before it was too late. Former champion Demi Vollering continued racing despite a heavy crash on Monday. Vollering, from the FDJ-Suez team, underwent medical tests that excluded a risk of a concussion and finished the day safely in the peloton. She remained sixth overall, lagging 25 seconds behind race leader Marianne Vos. The place to watch the 2025 Tour de France — live, free and exclusive — plus the fourth edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is right here on the SBS On Demand Hub .
RTÉ News
25-07-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
'I am buzzing' - Lara Gillespie part of history-making Irish trio at women's Tour de France
Lara Gillespie has been in a race against time to make it to the Tour de France Femmes but, following her recovery from a bad injury, she will make history in the race on Saturday afternoon. The women's Tour de France begins in Vannes, Brittany and, for the first time ever, there will be an Irish presence. In fact not one but three Irish riders will take part: Gillespie, current national champion Mia Griffin and last year's title holder Fiona Mangan. This is the fourth edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, but Irish women were also absent from the previous women's race run by the Tour organisers between 1984 and 1989. The event is the biggest race on the women's calendar, and has greatly helped the growth of the women's side of the sport, and gives Gillespie a lot of satisfaction be lining out in it. "I am buzzing to be one of the first Irish girls to be at the Tour, so that is really exciting to be part of," she told RTÉ Sport on Friday. "I'm happy to see Fiona and Mia in there and we can experience this whirlwind together." Gillespie has long shown her talent on the track, taking European championship titles at junior, under 23 and Elite level. The Enniskerry rider was, along with Griffin, part of the Irish team pursuit squad which finished a fine ninth in last year's Olympics. She is an accomplished road race rider too, and secured a contract with the UAE Team ADQ WorldTour-level squad last summer following victory in the Antwerp Port Epic Ladies race, plus the Giro Mediterraneo Rosa. This season has been a very promising one for the 24-year-old, with strong results in a number of races. She was runner up in the Fenix Omloop van het Hageland, and third in both Le Samyn des Dames and the Danilith Nokere Koerse. In May she was fourth on a stage of the Vuelta España Femenina, one of the biggest races in the sport. "I am super grateful and feel really privileged to be part of the team," she said of her selection for the Tour de France Femmes. "It is a really great opportunity and a great team we have here." However, she almost missed the chance. In mid-June, Gillespie fell in the Elmos Dwars door het Hageland race. She remounted and was able to sprint in 12th, but after the race it became clear that something was amiss. "I had an unfortunate crash over a month ago where I landed on my sacrum," she said. "I had fluid in the bone. I didn't break anything, but I had to really rest a lot from the races." Trying to get ready for the Tour, she went to Spain with her first coach, Martin O'Loughlin. They worked hard together and she quickly built form. "I had a really nice ten days in Majorca, with Martin motorpacing me," she said. "That was really cool. I knew if I left that camp sprinting good, doing high intensity, doing high volume then I could get through to the team. "So that is what happened, and so I am here with a really strong team, really good energy. We are ready to fight for some stages, so that is really cool." The 24-year-old is a strong sprinter and will relish the opportunity to square up against the world's best such as the Dutchwoman Lorena Wiebes. Stages one and two are lumpy and feature uphill finishes which may favor different types of riders, but days three and four are predicted to end in bunch gallops. From there things get progressively more mountainous, meaning sprint specialist Gillespie's best chances of high placing will be in the first half of the race. Griffin (Roland Le Dévoluy) and Mangan (Winspace Orange Seal) will also be looking forward to those early stages, with aims of helping their teams but also trying to show their own strength too. There is an additional goal for the trio; building up vital experience in the sport's top event in order to grow as competitors and to become even stronger. And making history for Irish cycling? That's a significant motivation too. Tour de France Femmes schedule: Stage 1, Saturday 26 July: Vannes to Plumelec, 78.8 km (49 miles) Stage 2, Sunday 27 July: Brest to Quimper, 110.4 km (68.6 miles) Stage 3, Monday 28 July: La Gacilly to Angers, 163.5 km (101.6 miles) Stage 4, Tuesday 29 July: Saumur to Poitiers, 130.7 km (81.2 miles) Stage 5, Wednesday 30 July: Chasseneuil-du-Poitou to Guéret, 165.8 km (103 miles) Stage 6, Thursday 31 July: Clermont-Ferrand to Ambert, 123.7 km (76.9 miles) Stage 7, Friday 1 August: Bourg-en-Bresse to Chambéry, 159.7 km (99.2 miles) Stage 8, Saturday 2 August: Chambéry to Saint François Longchamp – Col de la Madelaine, 111.9 km (69.5 miles) Stage 9, Sunday 3 August Praz-Sur-Arly to Châtel Les Portes du Soleil Pré Lajoux, 124.1 km (77.1 miles)
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Capgemini becomes an Official Partner of the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift until 2029 to power cycling through tech and innovation
Capgemini press contact: Victoire Grux Tel.:+33 6 04 52 16 55E-mail: Tour de France press contacts: Fabrice Tiano – ftiano@ - +33 6 33 86 28 64Mélanie Vallage – mvallage@ - +33 7 89 31 57 38 Julien Rozenblum – jrozenblum@ - +33 6 40 16 67 67 Capgemini becomes an Official Partner of the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift until 2029 to power cycling through tech and innovationParis, June 5, 2025 – Capgemini announced today that it has become the Official Technology Partner, for the next 5 years, of 14 cycling races, including the world renowned Tour de France, to help drive innovation in professional cycling. Together, they will leverage technology, innovation and artificial intelligence (AI) to grow the cycling community, engage fans all over the world and bring cycling into people's lives. This agreement, that goes beyond the Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, will see Capgemini support a series of international cycling events, that include both men's races - such as La Vuelta, Paris-Nice, Critérium du Dauphiné, Paris-Roubaix, Paris-Tours, La Flèche Wallonne, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the Tro Bro Leon, and the women's races of La Vuelta Femenina by Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift, La Flèche Wallonne Femmes, Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes. As part of this new global long-term partnership, Capgemini is the Official Technology Partner of each of these events, bringing its deep expertise in digital innovation, technology and AI into the professional cycling field. Over the next five years, Capgemini will support these top cycling events in realizing their technology roadmap, delivering cutting-edge technological solutions aimed at enhancing performance insights, supporting international audiences and engaging fans, from casual enthusiasts to amateur cyclists. In 2024, the Tour de France reached more than 1 billion TV viewed hours in 190 countries and broke digital records with nearly 100 million website visits and 1.6 billion impressions on social media. With this partnership, Capgemini extends its sports sponsorship portfolio that focuses on bringing the breadth of the Group's capabilities to enhance leading global events with technological innovation, high performance and team spirit at the heart. As a global company based in 50 countries, with well-established operations across regions that have a strong cycling fanbase such as Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, UK, and USA, Capgemini will promote the fourteen cycling races internationally. 'At Capgemini, we are proud to partner with 14 iconic global sports competitions including the world-famous Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Each embody the driving principles of precision, endurance, high performance and teamwork – attributes that we, at Capgemini, live by every day,' said Aiman Ezzat, Chief Executive Officer of Capgemini. 'This partnership reflects our commitment to bringing the Group's breadth of expertise and capabilities to enhance the future of sport through cutting-edge innovation, data-led insights and an augmented fan experience.' 'We are very proud to launch this long-term partnership with Capgemini, leader in technology and innovation. This strategic partnership will help to promote and accelerate our digital ambitions for the Tour de France and all A.S.O. Cycling events around the world. New digital solutions will help to further enhance the Fan experience and engage new communities with innovative and upgraded features and services,' says Yann Le Moënner, A.S.O. Managing Director. Transforming sport through technology and innovationThe partnership builds on Capgemini's already strong track record in adding value to the fan experience and sporting performance through its portfolio of sports sponsorships. In 2024, for the 37th America's Cup, Capgemini and America's Cup Media revealed the breakthrough WindSight IQTM technology in Barcelona. Through a combination of technology, engineering, data, and design, Capgemini developed a LiDAR-based sensor system that made the yacht racing more understandable and engaging for viewers. The solution enabled the viewers to visualize the wind and model potential race results, enhancing the fan experience. This year, Capgemini is a Principal Partner of Women's Rugby World Cup 2025, set to kick off in the UK in August. Since 2022, the Group has played a pivotal role in advancing inclusivity in the sport as a Global Partner of the Women in Rugby initiative and enabling the Capgemini Women in Rugby Leadership Programme, to support a new generation of female leaders in rugby. For the 2025 Ryder Cup in September, Capgemini will bring a generative AI powered version of its Outcome IQ, a tool that puts the intelligence of real-time data in the palm of every fan's hand, helping to enhance the fan experience by tracking outcome probabilities shot by shot. Capgemini is Worldwide Partner to the Ryder Cup up until and including the 2027 Ryder Cup in County Limerick, Ireland. About CapgeminiCapgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 The Future You Want | Attachment 06_05_Capgemini_becomes_official_partner_of_the_Tour_de_FranceError in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Sky News
19-03-2025
- Sport
- Sky News
Tour de France returning to the UK in 2027
The Tour de France is returning to the UK in 2027. As well as the men's race, the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will also take place across England, Scotland and Wales. This is the first time both Grand Departs will take place in the same country outside of France, with organisers expecting millions of fans to line the streets to watch. The men's competition will begin in Edinburgh, with further route details expected this autumn. This is the first time part of the women's race will take place in the UK, however the men's competition has graced British shores twice - first in 2007 and again in 2014 when crowds of supporters cheered from the roadsides of Yorkshire and London for three stages. Christian Prudhomme, general director of the Tour de France, said: "The Tour de France and the UK share a rich history, and I am delighted to bring the Grand Depart to the country in 2027. "Britain has always welcomed the tour with enthusiasm and pride, and this collaboration across England, Scotland, and Wales promises to make the event even more special." Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogacar is the current men's title holder, while Polish athlete Kasia Niewiadoma is the women's. Past UK winners have included Sir Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Thomas, and four-time Tour de France champ Chris Froome. Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Indurain have won the most tours with five each. Indurain is the only man to win five consecutive tours. The return of the Tour de France to the UK is the result of a collaborative effort from key partners - including British Cycling, UK Sport, the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments, and event stakeholders. Simon Morton, director of events at UK Sport, said: "This will be the biggest free spectator event ever hosted in the UK, offering the public front-row access to world-class sport across villages, towns and cities." A landmark social impact programme will be delivered as part of the build-up to the races. Organisers hope it will tackle inactivity, improve mental wellbeing, boost economic growth and support communities to thrive. Jon Dutton, chief executive of British Cycling, said: "This is not just about the race - it's about creating a national moment that encourages healthier lifestyles, supports cycle tourism, and brings communities together." Scotland's First Minister John Swinney described it as a "tremendous honour", while Wales' First Minister Eluned Morgan said the events would help showcase the country as a "top international destination for cyclists". Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy added the opportunity will "cement Britain's reputation as a destination for major international sporting events". She said: "This will stimulate growth, attract new visitors and leave a lasting legacy for athletes and fans alike. "Staging the Tour de France Femmes in Britain for the first time will also be a historic occasion and inspire the next generation of female cyclists while supporting our mission of breaking down barriers for women and girls to get more involved in sport."
