Tour de France 2026: Merlier completes hat-trick on stage 12 as big crash mars sprint – live: MSMN News

Updates from the 179.1km stage to Chalon-sur-Saône Wærenskjold wins fastest ever Tour stage | Email Tom170km to go Tudor’s Michael Storer has had an early technichal and is racing back solo to get back into the bunch. No break as of yet.174km to go The bunch is still together as...

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