Tour '26, Stage 8: Two in a Row!

Once the peloton had caught the lone escapee remaining, it was eyes down for the sprint.  Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quick Step) came from a long way back to claim his second stage victory in a row in Bergerac. It was looking like Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling) was about to get his first stage at the Tour de France in two years until Merlier came from seemingly nowhere.  On his wheel was Olav Kooij (Decathlon-CMA CGM) who was hoping he would be the sprinter to win two stages in the 113th Tour de France. Tomorrow, we go back to the hills, so I expect it won't be a day for these pure sprinters.  Will it be the breakaway that succeeds or will it be a GC day?

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Gent-Wevelgem '25: Capturing the Moment

I was confident that Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) would make his long solo effort stick.  In his post-race interview, he revealed that he wasn't so sure.  He pointed out that he was well aware just how fast the peloton can close in the final kilometers of a race.  It wasn't until he looked back at four-hundred meters and saw no one that he finally felt that he would win Gent-Wevelgem for the second time in a row.  He has now won a total of three times, tying a record held by Cippolini, Sagan, Boonen and Merckx.  That is some seriously big names in the annals of professional cycling.  No man has won Gent-Wevelgem four times.... yet.

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"Capturing the Moment GW25-6" (Original art by Greig Leach)