{"id":6081,"date":"2026-07-15T17:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6081"},"modified":"2026-07-15T17:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:04:40","slug":"waerenskjold-wins-fastest-ever-stage-of-tour-de-france-pogacar-protects-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6081","title":{"rendered":"Waerenskjold wins fastest ever stage of Tour de France, Poga\u010dar protects lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NEVERS, France (AP) \u2014 Norwegian rider Soeren Waerenskjold attacked late and powered to victory in the fastest ever stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday while Tadej Poga\u010dar protected his overall lead on the 11th day of racing.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6079\">Trump teases Thursday speech about elections: \u2018Our country has to shape up\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Waerenskjold finished just ahead of Olav Kooij, Jasper Philipsen and a host of other riders in a sprint finish that seemed inevitable on the relatively short and flat 161.3-kilometer (100.2-mile) route from Vichy to Nevers in central France.<\/p>\n<p>Poga\u010dar, who stretched his lead to more than 3\u00bd minutes with his third stage win of this Tour on Tuesday, finished among a bunch of riders with his main challenger Jonas Vingegaard to maintain his advantage.<\/p>\n<p>For the 26-year-old Waerenskjold, it was his first stage win, and no one seemed more surprised by it than himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means everything, it\u2019s my biggest win so far and like I said when I came here, I knew that there are two or three guys that are faster than me but if I\u2019m lucky and I have a good sprint like today then it\u2019s possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Waerenskjold had called the race doctor for treatment on his right hand a day after the Uno-X Mobility rider crashed on the hilly stage to Le Lioran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I have really good confidence and I believe in myself, but there\u2019s many, many times where I feel super tired and like it\u2019s impossible to win here,\u201d Waerenskjold said. \u201cSo yeah, it\u2019s crazy that it happened today.\u201d <\/p>\n<h3>Fastest stage ever<\/h3>\n<p>With an average speed of 50.9 kph (31.6 mph), the riders set a record for a road stage on the Tour.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6077\">Smoke in NC skies from Canadian wildfires could worsen by Friday; moderate air quality index for much of state<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mathieu van der Poel and Valentin Paret-Peintre attacked from the off and were reined in before four riders managed to get away \u2013 Julian Alaphilippe, Mathis Le Berre, Nelson Oliveira and Anthon Charmig.<\/p>\n<p>They reached Moulins with 100 kilometers to go with a lead of 1 minute, 15 seconds from the peloton.<\/p>\n<p>Alaphilippe fell behind when they reached the category 4 C\u00f4te de Billy-Chevannes, a 1.4-kilometer climb at 5%, leaving three leaders with a gap of 45 seconds going into the last 20 kilometers.<\/p>\n<p>That gap shrank to 19 seconds with 10K remaining, the rest of the riders gathered ominously in a huge bunch just behind, and it was no surprise when the leaders were finally caught with 5.5K remaining.<\/p>\n<p>The peloton slowed with the breakaways back on board as the riders positioned themselves among teammates for the looming final sprint.<\/p>\n<p>Waerenskjold was quickest to react when it got going.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I was too far back and then it opened up on the right side like it usually doesn\u2019t do, but it was a bit same feeling as my first big win in (Belgian race) Omloop het Nieuwsblad,\u201d the Norwegian said. \u201cThat was also like I was too far back and suddenly I\u2019m at the front, and then, yeah it\u2019s unbelievable.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6068\">England and Argentina resume fierce rivalry in the World Cup semifinals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP sports: https:\/\/apnews.com\/sports<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEVERS, France (AP) \u2014 Norwegian rider Soeren Waerenskjold attacked late and powered to victory in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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