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Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard waits for the start of the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 144.6 kilometers (89.9 miles) with start in Embrun and finish in Isola 2000, France, Friday, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Two-time Tour de France champion Vingegaard calls for carbon monoxide ban to prevent doping abuse

Two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard is calling for a ban of the controversial carbon monoxide rebreathing method used by athletes to measure their performances.
 
Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar poses as he receives the Velo d'Or award trophy during a ceremony, in Paris, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Albania will host the opening 3 stages of next year’s Giro d’Italia

 
FILE - The pack passes a windmill near the village of Beek during the 50th edition of the Amstel Gold cycling race over 258 kilometers (160 miles) with start in Maastricht and finish in Valkenburg, southern Netherlands, Sunday, April 19, 2015. (AP Photo, File)

NATO summit in the Netherlands threatens to derail 2025 Dutch cycling season

 
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme unveils the 2025 Tour de France cycling race roadmap, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Tour de France unveils 2025 route that includes a climb up the ‘evil’ Mont Ventoux

 
Reigning World Champion Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar celebrates winning Il Lombardia, Tour of Lombardy cycling race, in Como, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)

Pogačar wins 4th straight Tour of Lombardy with another trademark solo attack

 

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Tour de France winner Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, lifts his bicycle after 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/Thibault Camus)

Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard wins the Tour de France for 2nd straight year

 
Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the best young rider's white jersey, looks back to see the lead he has in the final sprint over Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, as he crosses the finish line to win the twentieth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 133.5 kilometers (83 miles) with start in Belfort and finish in Le Markstein Fellering, France, Saturday, July 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Pogačar wins Stage 20 but Vingegaard is virtually assured of Tour de France win

 
A crying stage winner Slovenia's Matej Mohoric, right, is congratulated by Italy's Matteo Trentin, left, after the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 173 kilometers (107.5 miles) with start in Moirans-en-Montagne and finish in Poligny, France, Friday, July 21, 2023. (Tim De Waele/Pool Photo via AP)

Matej Mohorič fights tears after winning Tour de France 19th stage by 0.004 seconds

 
Philippe Planet poses for a portrait with his daughter Laurine and grandson Evan Bousset in their tricolour Citroen 2CV during the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 167 kilometers (104 miles) with start in Vulcania and finish in Issoire, France, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

AP photographers take a look at characters on the Tour de France with a colorful portrait gallery

 
Denmark's Kasper Asgreen celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of Netherlands' Pascal Eenkhoorn, right, and Norway's Jonas Abrahamsen, left, to win the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 185 kilometers (115 miles) with start in Moutiers and finish in Bourg-en-Bresse, France, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Asgreen holds on to win 18th stage of Tour. Vingegaard protects big lead

 
Belgium's Wout Van Aert climbs as the Mont Blanc is seen in the background during the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 22.5 kilometers (14 miles) with start in Passy and finish in Combloux, France, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Belgian ace Wout van Aert leaves Tour de France ahead of second child birth

 
Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium after 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)

Vingegaard takes huge lead at Tour de France after dropping Pogacar in final big test in the Alps

 
Stage winner and overall leader Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard reacts after the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 22.5 kilometers (14 miles) with start in Passy and finish in Combloux, France, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat/Pool Photo via AP)

Vingegaard closer to Tour victory after sensational time trial extends lead to nearly 2 minutes

 
Belgium's Nathan van Hooydonck crashed during the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 179 kilometers (111 miles) with start in Les Gets Les Portes du Soleil and finish in Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, France, Sunday, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Tour de France teams ask fans to behave better after mass pileup in 15th stage

 
Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the best young rider's white jersey, sprint towards the finish line of the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 179 kilometers (111 miles) with start in Les Gets Les Portes du Soleil and finish in Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, France, Sunday, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Vingegaard keeps yellow jersey at Tour de France as Poels soloes to victory in 15th stage

 
Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, and Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the best young rider's white jersey, climb Joux Plane pass during the fourteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 152 kilometers (94.5 miles) with start in Annemasse and finish in Morzine Les Portes du Soleil, France, Saturday, July 15, 2023. (Bernard Papon/Pool Photo via AP)

Rodriguez wins big Alpine stage as Pogacar and Vingegaard lock horns again in Tour stalemate

 
Poland's Michal Kwiatkowski crosses the finish line to win the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 138 kilometers (86 miles) with start in Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne and finish on Grand Colombier pass, France, Friday, July 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Kwiatkowski wins mountaintop Tour stage, Pogacar cuts into Vingegaard’s lead with late attack

 
Belgium's Jasper Philipsen celebrates his fourth stage victory as he crosses the finish line ahead of Netherlands' Dylan Groenewegen, just behind Philipsen, and Germany's Phil Bauhaus, left, as he crosses the finish line to win the eleventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 180 kilometers (112 miles) with start in Clermont-Ferrand and finish in Moulins, France, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Jasper Philipsen secures 4th sprint win at Tour de France. Vingegaard keeps yellow jersey

 
Spain's Pelle Bilbao crosses the finish line to win the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 167 kilometers (104 miles) with start in Vulcania and finish in Issoire, France, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Bilbao sprints to first Tour de France stage win as Vingegaard keeps yellow jersey

 
Canada's Michael Woods approaches the finish line to win 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

 
Denmark's Mads Pedersen, left, sprints ahead of Belgium's Jasper Philipsen, right, to win during the eighth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 201 kilometers (125 miles) with start in Libourne and finish in Limoges, France, Saturday, July 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Pedersen wins Tour de France mass sprint after Cavendish crashes; Vingegaard keeps yellow jersey

 
Belgium's Jasper Philipsen celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 170 kilometers (105.5 miles) with start in Mont-de-Marsan and finish in Bordeaux, France, Friday, July 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Philipsen secures hat trick of Tour de France stage wins, Vingegaard stays in yellow

 
Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard leads Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar as they climb the Col du Tourmalet, during the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 145 kilometers (90 miles) with start in Tarbes and finish in Cauterets-Cambasque, France, Thursday, July 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Pogacar wins Pyrenees big stage and Vingegaard claims Tour de France yellow jersey

 
Australia's Jai Hindley crosses the finish line to win the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 163 kilometers (101 miles) with start in Pau and finish in Laruns, France, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Former Giro champion Hindley wins Tour mountain stage to claim yellow jersey as Pogacar loses ground

 
Britain's Adam Yates celebrates after crossing the finish line of the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 182 kilometers (113 miles) with start and finish in Bilbao, Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Adam Yates beats twin brother Simon Yates to win first stage of Tour de France

 
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

 
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