"It was a bunch sprint day, and the whole peloton was good with it. We tried to be safe, keep the body as cool as possible, and make it to the finish without an ...

"Did I time my sprint perfectly? I don’t know, because I launched my sprint without knowing how far I was from the finish… It was a mess to find my position, bu ...

"The intermediate sprint went quite well, and the final sprint too. There was just half a wheel between 2nd and 10th place, so I could have finished 5th as well ...

"We have a great atmosphere within the team, and it is the same now that we have the Yellow Jersey. Today was an easier stage, but it was still important to kee ...

"The plan was to go in the breakaway, especially as I have family here today. I’m feeling good, so I might as well make the most of it by being at the front on ...

Stage 7, heading to Bordeaux, smiled on sprinters, as the capital of Aquitaine often does on the roads of the Tour de France. Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) do ...

I want to thank my teammates and my team, because without them I wouldn’t be able to show that I’m the fastest. Since the start of this Tour de France, I knew ...

Prior to the Grand Départ, Fabio Jakobsen hinted that the first standard sprint would take place in Bordeaux. On paper, the flattish stage 7 definitely suits th ...

It was definitely hard points to get today. I hoped that Jasper [Philipsen], [Biniam] Girmay and Max Kanter as well wouldn’t be able to pass the climb, because ...

After two stages which culminated in expected bunch sprints it’s an altogether different challenge for the riders and teams to manage on Stage 7, with a 25.3km ...

Light-years behind the records of Eddy Merckx and nowhere as famous as the three other five-time winners of the Tour de France, Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinaul ...

"I would say this one goes in the top five of my Tour de France victories. I got flashbacks from the Tourmalet stage from 2023 [to Cambasque-Cauterets] when I b ...