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Stage winner Australia's Michael Matthews rides breakaway during the fourteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 192.5 kilometers (119.6 miles) with start in Saint-Etienne and finish in Mende, France, Saturday, July 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Matthews wins Tour Stage 14, Pogacar can’t drop Vingegaard
MENDE, France (AP) — Michael Matthews soloed to victory on the 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday when defending champion Tadej Pogacar tried in vain to regain time on leader Jonas Vingegaard.
 
FILE - In this Sunday, July 21, 2019 file photo, France's Thibaut Pinot, center, and Spain's Mikel Landa climb Prat d'Albis during the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race starting in Limoux and finish in Prat d'Albis, France. Pinot will not compete in the Giro d’Italia because of lingering back pain related to a crash in the Tour de France last year, it was announced Saturday, April 24 2021. The 30-year-old Pinot has struggled with injuries since his promising third-place finish in the Tour de France in 2014. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, file)
Frenchman Thibaut Pinot won’t race in Giro due to back pain
 
France's Romain Bardet wearing the best climber's dotted jersey celebrates on the podium after the twentieth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 59,5 kilometers (36,97 miles) with start in Albertville and finish in Val Thorens, France, Saturday, July 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
More Tour frustration for France but future looking bright
 
France's Thibaut Pinot climbs the Galibier pass during the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 208 kilometers (130 miles) with start in Embrun and finish in Valloire, France, Thursday, July 25, 2019. (AP Photo/ Christophe Ena)
French rider Pinot pulls out of Tour de France in the Alps
 
France's Julian Alaphilippe wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey arrives at the start of the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 185 kilometers (114,95 miles) with start in Limoux and finish in Prat d'Albis, France, Sunday, July 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Pinot strikes again in Pyrenees, Alaphilippe stalls
 
Evenepoel keeps Vuelta lead as Vine wins another stage
LAVIANA, Spain (AP) — Jay Vine is having fun in the Spanish Vuelta.

The Australian won his second Vuelta stage on Saturday, two days after overcoming a flat tire to take his first win at a Grand Tour race.
 
Spectators stand along the road during the fourteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 117,5 kilometers (73 miles) with start in Tarbes and finish at the Tourmalet pass, France, Saturday, July 20, 2019. (AP Photo/ Christophe Ena)
Taste of the Tour: A festival of lard at high altitude
LA MONGIE, France (AP) — It’s one of the unwritten rules of the Tour de France. When the riders go uphill, cholesterol levels do, too.
 
The breakeway group rides during the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 217 kilometers (135 miles) with start in Saint-Flour and finish in Albi, France, Monday, July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/ Christophe Ena)
Thomas blowing in the wind at Tour de France
ALBI, France (AP) — Geraint Thomas and his teammates don’t need a mountain to deliver a hammer blow on their rivals at the Tour de France.
 
The pack with France's Julian Alaphilippe wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, right, rides during the ninth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 170.5 kilometers (105.94 miles) with start in Saint Etienne and finish in Brioude, France, Sunday, July 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
After a Tour on TV, Pinot now looms large in the picture
BRIOUDE, France (AP) — Like a lost love, the Tour de France gains in value for riders who can’t race in it.
 
France's Thibaut Pinot, right, and France's Julian Alaphilippe crosse the finish line of the eighth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 200 kilometers (125 miles) with start in Macon and finish in Saint Etienne, France, Saturday, July 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Pinot, Alaphilippe boost French hopes at Tour de France
SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) — As their country prepares to celebrate Bastille Day, Julian Alaphilippe and Thibaut Pinot were in the mood for fireworks a day in advance at the Tour de France.