Interview: Cavendish’s tally of 35 Tour de France stage wins sounded insurmountable at the time, but Pogacar is ripping up the race in a way even peak Ineos could only dream, admits their former road

CARCASSONNE, France — 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 Pogačar tightened his hold on the yellow jersey.

Former Wolves and England footballer Geoff Thomas has completed his seventh Tour De France challenge with the hope of raising £1m for research into leukaemia. Thomas, who lives in Worcestershire, has been part of Tour 21 team which has been following the exact same route as the Tour De France, a week ahead of the professionals racing.

Tim Wellens’ Tour de France had been excellent but understated. The Belgian national champion is arguably Pogacar’s most important domestique — both a rouleur who looks after the yellow jersey on the flat, and a strong enough climber to set a punishing initial pace at the base of climbs.

Technological evolution in media the past 75 years has turned the Tour de France from a niche spectator event mainly for the French to a global media phenomenon.

The jersey spotted was a white away number 10 from the NFL’s modern Nike Era adorning the name of the reigning Tour de France Champion Tadej Pogacar. Sleeper Seahawks tweeted a photo of the broadcast early Friday morning which was reshared throughout the fanbase all over social media throughout the final day of the work week.

An Ineos-Grenadiers team car has hit a spectator during the Tour de France in the Pyrenees. TV footage showed the car knocking down the fan, who appeared to be holding a mobile phone, about 200 meters from the top of the Col de Peyresourde.

After leaving Manchester United Brailsford is back with the INEOS Grenadiers, reportedly conducting an 'audit' of their processes

The second week of the Tour de France concludes with a hilly, lumpy stage as the race travels away from the Pyrenees and sets up an Alpine showdown in the final, decisive week.Tadej Pogacar takes a commanding lead of almost four and a half minutes over Jonas Vingegaard into today’s hilly stage 15 after eking out a few more seconds on the finish line,