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TOUR DE FRANCE

Christian Prudhomme, the director of the Tour de France, during a press event in Paris on Tuesday.
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Oct 30, 2024
Tour de France 'comes home' as 2025 route unveiled
After successive starts outside France, the 2025 Grand Depart is in the northern French city of Lille.
Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma celebrates after crossing the finish line and winning the third edition of the women's Tour de France cycling race in southeastern France on Sunday.
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Aug 19, 2024
Niewiadoma wins women's Tour de France by just four seconds
Katarzyna Niewiadoma completed the eight-stage tour in 24:36:07, just ahead of second-placed Demi Vollering.
Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar cycles past the Negresco Hotel in Nice, France, on Sunday, during the 21st and final stage of the 111th edition of the Tour de France.
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Jul 22, 2024
Pogacar hails 'golden age' after securing third Tour de France title
The victory gave Pogacar the first Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double since Marco Pantani in 1998.
UAE Team Emirates team's Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar cycles to the finish line to win the 15th stage of the 111th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 197.7 kilometers between Loudenvielle and Plateau de Beille, in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France on Sunday.
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Jul 15, 2024
Pogacar pulverizes opposition at Tour de France
The Slovenian extended his overall lead to more than three minutes on Sunday with a convincing second straight stage win in the Pyrenees.
Astana Qazaqstan Team's Mark Cavendish celebrates as he wins Stage 5 of the Tour de France on Wednesday, giving him the most career stage wins in the history of the event.
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Jul 4, 2024
Cycling's comeback king Cavendish to carry on doing the thing he loves
Now 39 and in his 15th Tour de France, Cavendish has overcome injuries, illnesses and years in the wilderness to shine as brightly as anyone could expect.
Tadej Pogacar rides during a training session ahead of the Tour de France in Florence, Italy, on Thursday.
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Jun 28, 2024
'Unbeatable' Pogacar eyes rare Tour-Giro double despite bout with COVID-19
"The Giro-Tour double is difficult to achieve," the Team UAE rider said Thursday. "It's a big challenge, but I'm ready to take it on."
Tadej Pogacar (left) rides behind rival Jonas Vingegaard and Vingegaard's teammate Sepp Kuss during the Tour de France in July last year.
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Jun 27, 2024
Tour de France favorite Pogacar says he has 'never felt so good on a bike'
The Slovenian is seeking to become the first cyclist since Marco Pantani in 1998 to win both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in the same season.
Jonas Vingegaard celebrates with his bike after winning the Tour de France in Paris on Sunday.
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Jul 24, 2023
Jonas Vingegaard secures second straight Tour de France title
Runner-up Tadej Pogacar, the 2020 and 2021 Tour champion, won the white jersey as the best under-25 rider for the fourth year in a row.
Jonas Vingegaard opened up a commanding lead over rival Tadej Pogacar during Stage 17 of the Tour de France between Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc and Courchevel, France, on Wednesday.
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Jul 20, 2023
Tour de France leader Jonas Vingegaard deals crushing blow to rival Tadej Pogacar on Stage 17
Jonas Vingegaard took a giant stride toward a second consecutive Tour de France title when rival Tadej Pogacar cracked in unexpected and spectacular fashion during Stage 17, the toughest of the race, on Wednesday.
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Jul 23, 2023
Champion-in-waiting Jonas Vingegaard leads Tour de France back to Paris
Vingegaard, who also won in 2022, described the race as 'the best in the world' after three intense weeks that started in Bilbao, Spain, on July 1.
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Jul 23, 2023
'Euphoric' Jonas Vingegaard targets another Tour de France triumph
Two-time champion Tadej Pogacar won the 20th stage, but Vingegaard leads the Slovenian by more than seven minutes ahead of Sunday's ceremonial ride to the finish line on the Champs Elysees.
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Jul 14, 2023
Ion Izagirre charges late to win Stage 12 of Tour de France
Ion Izagirre gave his Cofidis team, and Spain, its second victory in this year's Tour de France by winning the 12th stage with a late, brutal attack on Thursday.
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Jul 13, 2023
Jasper Philipsen sprints to fourth stage win of Tour de France
Belgian Jasper Philipsen sprinted to his fourth stage victory on this year's Tour de France with a powerful final burst on Stage 11 from Clermont-Ferrand to Moulins.
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Jul 10, 2023
Jonas Vingegaard maintains Tour de France lead in Stage 9
The 26-year-old former fish factory worker, who won last year and was second in 2021, said he tries only to focus on his own race.
Japan Times
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Jul 6, 2023
Jai Hindley takes yellow jersey with victory in fifth stage of Tour de France
Australian Jai Hindley crossed the line alone to win Stage 5 of the Tour de France on Wednesday to take the overall leader's yellow jersey, as defending champion Jonas Vingegaard won a tactical battle with key rival Tadej Pogacar.
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Jul 5, 2023
Jasper Philipsen claims Tour double in crash-marred finale
Australian Caleb Ewan took second place and German Phil Bauhaus finished third in the fourth stage.
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Jul 4, 2023
Jasper Philipsen delivers to take Tour's third stage
Philipsen was a cut above the rest, finishing off his team's work in impressive fashion for his third career win on the Tour and his seventh victory of the season.
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Jul 3, 2023
Victor Lafay ends Cofidis' long wait with victory in Stage 2 of Tour de France
Cofidis had not won a stage on the Tour since Sylvain Chavanel in 2008.
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Jul 3, 2023
Mix of calm and concern as Tour de France heads to riot-hit France
While the vast majority of the Tour de France peloton is not concerned by the riots that have been hitting France following the fatal shooting of a teenager by police, some have expressed concern that the race might be disrupted.
Japan Times
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Jul 2, 2023
Adam Yates wins Tour de France opener ahead of twin brother
Two-time Tour winner Tadej Pogacar came in third, 12 seconds adrift at the end of the 182-km circuit starting and ending in the Basque city.
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
Honda and Nissan consider mutual production of vehicles, report says
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in October 2023.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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