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Belgian rider Remco Evenepoel competes in the men's Elite Individual Time Trial cycling event during the UCI 2025 Road World Championships in Kigali, Rwanda, on Sunday.
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Sep 23, 2025
Evenepoel completes time-trial triple as Pogacar left trailing
Pogacar, who celebrated his 27th birthday on Sunday, had set out to do the time trial and road race double at the world championship, but finished fourth.
Pro-Palestinian protesters wave flags and banners during the final stage of the Vuelta a Espana in Madrid on Sunday.
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Sep 16, 2025
Cycling fears spread of race-halting protests after Vuelta chaos
The three-week stage race was repeatedly disrupted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators fired up by the presence in the race of the Israel Premier Tech team.
Pro-Palestinian protesters wave flags and shout as the Vuelta a Espana peloton rides by in Poio, Spain, on Tuesday.
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Sep 10, 2025
Vuelta a Espana director vows to finish race despite pro-Palestinian protests
Stage 16 ended 8 kilometers before the finish after a large protest blocked the road 3 km from the scheduled stage end.
Tadej Pogacar, wearing the leader's yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium with his team after winning the Tour de France in Paris on Sunday.
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Jul 28, 2025
Dominant Tadej Pogacar cruises to fourth Tour de France title
Pogacar, the defending champion, embarked from the start in Lille as clear favorite and won four stages along the way.
Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar celebrates on the podium as the overall leader of the Tour de France on Saturday in Jura.
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Jul 27, 2025
One of the hardest Tours, Pogacar says, as he moves to brink of fourth win
The defending champion leads Jonas Vingegaard by 4:24 in the general classification heading into Stage 21, which will feature a spectacular finale in Paris.
Tadej Pogacar leads rival Jonas Vingegaard during the ascent of La Plagne on Friday in the French Alps.
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Jul 26, 2025
Master Pogacar has Tour de France peloton under his thumb
The contrast with Pogacar's almost effortless style on the last mountain day was striking as the three-time champion controlled his chief rival.
UAE Team Emirates XRG's Tadej Pogacar in action during stage 18 of the Tour de France in Vif, France on Thursday
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Jul 25, 2025
Tour de France stage shortened due to infected cattle
The stage will now be just 95 kilometers long instead of the planned 129.9 km.
A protester runs onto the road near the finish of Stage 11 of the Tour de France on July 16.
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Jul 24, 2025
Activists protest Gaza war during Tour de France and call for Israeli team ban
Dozens of pro-Palestinian activists waved flags and unfurled banners on Wednesday as the Tour de France peloton rode through Dieulefit.
Tim Wellens celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win Stage 15 of the Tour de France in Carcassonne, France, on Sunday.
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Jul 21, 2025
Tim Wellens wins Stage 15 as Team UAE continues to dominate Tour de France
Team UAE rider Tadej Pogacar held on to the overall lead.
Ineos-Grenadiers rider Thymen Arensman crosses the finish line to win Stage 14 of the Tour de France on Saturday in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France.
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Jul 20, 2025
Thymen Arensman gives Ineos something to cheer about at Tour as doping cloud hangs
Slovenian Tadej Pogacar retained the overall leader's yellow jersey as he took second place by beating chief rival Jonas Vingegaard.
Tadej Pogacar celebrates on the podium after winning the 13th stage of the Tour de France in the the Pyrenees mountains on Friday.
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Jul 19, 2025
Dominant Pogacar not in a giving mood as Tour lead swells
After storming to his fourth stage victory, the three-time Tour de France winner dismissed the idea that he should back off to spare his competitors.
Tadej Pogacar (right) and Jonas Vingegaard in action during Stage 12 of the Tour de France on Thursday
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Jul 18, 2025
Vingegaard and team get a taste of their own medicine on the Tour
Vingegaard was left shattered by Pogacar's brutal attack in the climb up to Hautacam in the 12th stage, leaving the two-time champion 3:31 behind his rival in the standings.
Tadej Pogacar rides during Stage 11 of the Tour de France in Toulouse, France, on July 16.
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Jul 17, 2025
Race favorite Tadej Pogacar escapes unscathed after crash at Tour de France
Pogacar went down about five kilometers from the line, and the peloton eased off to allow the overall race favorite to rejoin.
Alpecin-Deceuninck rider Jasper Philipsen crosses the line to take the first stage of the Tour de France in Lille, France, on Saturday.
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Jul 6, 2025
Philipsen wins windy Tour de France opener as Evenepoel trapped in split
Philipsen took the yellow jersey in a frantic sprint finish in the northern city of Lille, his 10th Tour de France stage win.
UAE Team Emirates' Tadej Pogacar rides during the team presentation ahead of the Tour de France in Lille, France, on Thursday.
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Jul 4, 2025
Tadej Pogacar expresses respect for Tour de France rival Jonas Vingegaard
The 26-year-old Slovenian won the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and world title in 2024 and is the hot favorite again.
Tadej Pogacar celebrates after winning the men’s road race at the world championships in Zurich on Sept. 29, 2024.
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Jul 3, 2025
Tadej Pogacar looking to join greats with fourth Tour de France crown
The 112th edition of the race begins in Lille on Saturday.
Riders sprint for the finish line during the third stage of the Giro d'Italia in Vlore, Albania, on Sunday.
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May 12, 2025
Cyclist hit by charging goat during third stage of Giro d'Italia
Video footage showed the animal breaking out of a herd that had been kept under control as the peloton passed before contacting the back wheel of Smith's bike.
Geraint Thomas puts on the overall leader's yellow jersey on the podium after the 19th stage of the 105th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, between Lourdes and Laruns, France, in July 2018.
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Feb 18, 2025
British Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas to retire at end of season
Thomas won the Tour de France in 2018, after securing gold for Britain in the team pursuit in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
Belgium's Remco Evenepoel competes at the Paris Olympics on July 27.
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Dec 29, 2024
Olympic champion Evenepoel eyes return in time for cycling's Ardennes classics
The 24-year-old Belgian had hoped to resume racing at the start of March but said on Saturday that he was not going to rush back after his latest mishap.
Belgium's Remco Evenepoel at the world championships in Zurich on Sept. 29.
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Dec 4, 2024
Olympic champion cyclist Remco Evenepoel says 'long journey' ahead after collision
The 24-year-old Belgian, who won road race and time-trial gold at the Paris Olympics, was rushed to hospital Tuesday after striking the open door of a stationary van.
Autumn to be cut short as harsh winter arrives suddenly
A short-lived autumn is expected this year, with temperatures staying unseasonably high through October before plunging in late November, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Tim Cook arrives in Tokyo as Apple prepares to reopen Ginza store
Apple is reopening its redesigned store in Ginza, Tokyo, on Friday. The location holds special importance for the company — it was its first overseas store, which originally opened in 2003.
Taiwan isn’t as susceptible to invasion as one would think
Soldiers participate in a military exercise in Miaoli County, Taiwan, in July 2022. While China may desire to unify the island, military, geographic, political and economic factors make a successful invasion unlikely.
Osaka Expo tickets being resold at exorbitant prices as closing date nears
With just three weeks left until the closing of the Osaka Expo, most admission slots are nearly fully booked. On auction sites, however, many reserved tickets are being traded at high prices.
South Korea’s baby bust threatens its demographic future
Marriage is rapidly declining in South Korea as rising education and career aspirations collide with traditional gender norms.
As Japan keeps buying gas, Aboriginal Australians pay the price
Paulina “Jedda” Puruntatameri with Antonia Burke and Tiwi fisher Clinton offshore of Melville Island, one of the Tiwi Islands, in Australia's Northern Territory. Together with other Tiwi, Jedda has been campaigning for years to stop Australian company Santos and its backers, including Japanese investors, from drilling for natural gas at the Barossa gas field.
Who’s who in the LDP presidential race?
(Clockwise from top left) Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi; former foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi; Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shinjiro Koizumi; former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi; and former minister of state for economic security Sanae Takaichi
Tax-advantaged investments no lost cause for U.S. residents of Japan
While some American taxpayers assume they are ineligible to participate in Japan’s tax-deferred savings schemes, certified public accountant Rick Gundlach says that this is no longer the case.
Aichi Triennale’s message from the world: Free Palestine
“Between Currents and Bloom,” an eye-popping crocheted seascape by Indonesian artist Mulyana, dazzles with Instagram-ready cuteness while recalling a vibrant ocean now threatened by warming seas.
Twice-a-year injection could make HIV prevention easier, developer argues
Jared Baeten, Gilead Sciences' senior vice president and virology therapeutic area head, hopes regulatory approval elsewhere for lenacapavir as a preexposure prophylaxis — for reducing the risk of contracting HIV — could lead to real discussions toward ending HIV in Japan.

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