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Mathieu van der Poel

Mathieu van der Poel

Dutch cyclist, cyclo-cross and road racing

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  • 3h ago

    Tour de France riders sleep on balconies and battle power cuts as heatwave exposes shoddy race hotels

    Uno-X twins dragged mattresses outside at a spiderweb-filled hotel near Le Lioran, while Tadej Pogacar's UAE squad tripped the electrics with portable air-conditioning units during Monday's rest day in the Cantal.

  • 2d ago

    Tour de France press car hits barriers near Ussel finish, eight spectators injured, one seriously

    A L'Equipe vehicle struck metal barriers roughly 350 metres from the line in Ussel about 20 minutes before the riders arrived, Corrèze prefecture and police sources confirm.

  • 3d ago

    Tim Merlier wins second straight Tour de France stage in Bergerac bunch sprint

    Belgian sprinter Tim Merlier of Soudal Quick-Step outsprinted Biniam Girmay and Olav Kooij to claim his second consecutive stage victory and fifth career Tour win in Bergerac on 11 July 2026.

  • Jun 20

    Pogacar edges Van der Poel by 0.31 seconds to win Tour de Suisse time trial

    The world champion edged out his Classics rival in the 23.7 km flat time trial at Aarburg, extending his overall lead to over four minutes ahead of the final mountain stage.

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Hormuz tolls and Bastille armour

Trump strains Hormuz as Europe rearms and US politics loses a sanctions hawk

The serious news clustered around force and its price. Washington and Tehran traded blows around the Gulf, Europe put military solidarity on parade in Paris, and political shocks in Washington and Madrid complicated already fragile coalitions.

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