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Dutch cyclist Demi Vollering claimed the yellow jersey at the Tour de France Femmes after a commanding stage eight victory, moving eight seconds clear of Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney with one day remaining in the gruelling mountain race.
Norwegian cyclist Sigrid Haugset captured her first Tour de France Femmes stage victory and the race's yellow jersey on Monday, holding off Belgian rival Lotte Kopecky in a gruelling mountain finish.
Jonathan Vaughters, former Cannondale-EF team boss, has defended pre-dawn doping tests at the Tour de France, arguing that night-time controls would have prevented decades of cycling's blood-doping scandal had they existed earlier.
Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogacar secured his fourth stage win at this year's Tour de France, launching a decisive attack on Saturday's mountainous 14th stage to increase his overall lead to 4 minutes 30 seconds as he pursues a third consecutive title.