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'That played in my favour in the end' – The harder it got, the more Mathieu van der Poel thrived in brutal Tour de France breakaway
Dutchman scorches to third Tour stage win in Ussel ahead of Johannessen and Pidcock after another blazing hot day of racing -
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'We wanted to calm things down' - UAE team management justify the decision to keep Tour de France stage 9 break on ultra-tight leash
The gap rarely rose above 90 seconds during the last part of the fraught, hot stage into Ussel
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'I would change the whole calendar' - Tour de France leader Tadej Pogačar argues for an end to summer racing in places with intense heat
Slovenian speaks out after completing stage reduced by 30 kilometres because of red alert -
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Slovenian leads the overall classification ahead of Jonas Vingegaard and Isaac Del Toro -
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'I don't think I would have come around him anyway' Brit concedes after taking third behind Mathieu van der Poel in Ussel, but takes positives from strong ride in break
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As it happened: Breakaway holds off charging bunch on Tour de France stage 9 as former world champion wins in Ussel
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Tour de France: Massive turn of power nets Mathieu van der Poel stage 9 breakaway victory just ahead of bunch sprint
Four-rider breakaway sprints for the win with Tobias Halland Johannessen second, Tom Pidcock third, Alex Baudin fourth in Ussel -
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