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Froome has confirmed retirement after a career defined by four Tour de France titles and Grand Tour success, with a dramatic crash in 2019 and subsequent struggles ending his competitive career following injuries sustained in August 2025. He leaves as one of cycling’s most decorated riders, with seven Grand Tours won.
Daisy Vollering has claimed victory on stage 9 and extended her overall lead at the Tour de France Femmes, joining Annemiek van Vleuten as the second rider to win multiple titles in the event’s modern era. Niewiadoma-Phinney and Longo Borghini complete the podium as the race heads into its final stages.
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Enric Mas has maintained a 1 minute 37 second lead in the Vuelta a Espana after a 32.1km time trial won by Stefan Kung. Primoz Roglic has moved up to second overall, 1:37 behind Mas, while Felix Gall drops to third ahead of a decisive mountain weekend.
Stefan Kung has won the 32.5km time trial in Jerez de la Frontera, reducing Primoz Roglic’s challenge and keeping Enric Mas’s overall lead at 1:37 with three stages left in the Vuelta a Espana. Roglic finishes fourth, while Felix Gall drops to third as Primoz closes the gap ahead of the mountains.