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Britain's sprinter Mark Cavendish, all-time record 35 Tour de France stage winner, waits for the start of the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 163.5 kilometers (101.6 miles) with start in Macon and finish in Dijon, France, Thursday, July 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

Top sprinter Mark Cavendish announces retirement from pro cycling

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FILE - Stage winner and new overall leader Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, left, and Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, climb during the eleventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 152 kilometers (94.4 miles) with start in Albertville and finish in Col du Granon Serre Chevalier, France, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The 110th edition of the Tour de France starting Saturday, July 1, 2023 from Bilbao, Spain, will feature a mouthwatering duel between defending champion Jonas Vingegaard and two-time winner Tadej Pogacar. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Defending Tour de France champion Vingegaard, 2-time winner Pogacar meet for next chapter of rivalry

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press