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Eritrea's Biniam Girmay celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of Belgium's Wout van Aert, left, to win the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 203.6 kilometers (126.5 miles) with start in Aurillac and finish in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France, Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Primoz Roglic crashes near finish of stage won by Biniam Girmay on Tour de France

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Britain's sprinter Mark Cavendish crosses the finish line to win a record 35th Tour de France stage win to break the record of Belgian legend Eddy Merckx in the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 177.4 kilometers (110.2 miles) with start in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and finish in Saint-Vulbas, France, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Mark Cavendish breaks the record for most career Tour de France stage wins with his 35th victory

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The pack with Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, passes the Arc de Triomphe during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) with start in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and finish on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Tour de France won’t finish in Paris for first time in more than a century because of the Olympics

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Stage winner Britain's Mark Cavendish celebrates on the podium after the fourteenth stage of the Tour de France, in Villars-les-Dombes, France, Saturday, July 16, 2016. Mark Cavendish wants another go at the record for most career stage wins at the Tour de France he shares with Eddy Merckx. After announcing his retirement earlier this year, the ace sprinter has backpedaled and will compete with the Astana Qazaqstan team for one more season. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Ace sprinter Mark Cavendish delays retirement to chase outright record for Tour de France stage wins

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, and Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the best young rider's white jersey, pump fists prior to the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 166 kilometers (103 miles) with start in Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc and finish in Courchevel, France, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Pogacar hits the ground during Stage 17 of the Tour de France, but he gets back on his bike

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Athletes ride during the ninth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 182.5 kilometers (113.5 miles) with start in Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat and finish in Puy de Dome, France, Sunday, July 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Woods secures big win at top of famed Tour de France mountain as Pogacar closes gap on Vingegaard

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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

Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, Richard Carapaz of Ecuador, runner-up to Pogacar as best climber wearing the dotted jersey, Spain's Enric Mas, runner-up to Pogacar for the best young rider wearing the white jersey, and Sam Bennett of Ireland, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, and Most combative rider of the Tour de France, Marc Hirschi of Switzerland, left, take the start of the twenty-first and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 122 kilometers (75.8 miles), from Mantes-la-Jolie to Paris, France, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/=332028000404=)

Pogacar riding to victory at COVID-defying Tour de France

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Lukas Postlberger of Austria is treated by medics during the stage 19 of the Tour de France cycling race over 166 kilometers (103 miles), with start in Bourg-en-Bresse and finish in Champagnole, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Ouch! Bee sting to the mouth floors Tour de France rider

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German Lennard Kamna crosses the finish line to win stage 16 of the Tour de France cycling race over 164 kilometers (102 miles) from La Tour-du-Pin to Villard-de-Lans, France, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. (Stuart Franklin/Pool via AP)

Lennard Kamna posts solo win in the Alps, Primoz Roglic keeps yellow jersey

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Belgium's Wout Van Aert celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 168 kilometers (105 miles), with start in Millau and finish in Lavaur, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (Benoit Tessier/Pool via AP)

Seventh heaven: Furious stage kick-starts Tour de France

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Caregiver Maude Leneveu, left, and union representative Corinne Bryand, pose outside the Pasteur hospital where they work in Nice, southern France, and where the Tour de France is racing this week-end, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. Both say the race should go ahead, despite increasing infections in France's battle against the coronavirus. (AP Photo/John Leicester)

For health workers, the pandemic Tour de France is a big ask

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

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The pack rides 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)

Taste of the Tour: Fine wooden toys and fruit pie in Queyras

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Spectators watch the riders during 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)

Taste of the Tour: A signature dessert in Kirk Douglas’ wake

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

The pack rides past cows wearing jerseys during the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 230 kilometers (142,9 miles) with start in Belfort and finish in Chalon sur Saone, France, Friday, July 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Taste of the Tour: Stunning prizes, tasty steaks in Auvergne

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

The pack rides during the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 160 kilometers (100 miles) with start in Mulhouse and finish in La Planche des Belles Filles, France, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Taste of the Tour: Moonlight wine and ‘Beautiful Girls’

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Fans set off flares as the group of leaders passes during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 175.5 kilometers (109 miles) with start in Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs and Alpe d'Huez, France, Thursday July 19, 2018. Superhero costumes, bunny outfits, shirtless, Tour de France spectators come in every color. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

TASTE OF THE TOUR: Duck legs and red wine in Carcassonne

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Spectators watch the riders arrive for the start of the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 101 kilometers (62.8 miles) with start in Saint-Girons and finish in Foix, France, Sunday, July 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

TASTE OF THE TOUR: Intestines for breakfast, black paintings

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

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