extinct volcano in central france, but tadej pogacar hopes of winning the yellowjersey are alive. he got away from defending leader eunice vingegaard on the final climb but the dane hung in there to limit his losses to seven seconds. he says he will be glad with monday s rest day. drew savage, bbc news. this is a sad sight, mark cavendish say goodbye to his teammates after breaking his collarbone on stage eight, rolling him out of the rest of this year s two. he says he will retire from the spot at the end of the year but his astana team have offered him the chance to ride again next year, giving him the chance, they say, of breaking the outright record for stage victories. he currently has the record of 34 with eddy merckx. we ll see if he takes them up on that. don t try to annemiek van vleuten as won the women s giro d italia for the fourth time. the final stage was won by kiara consonni of italy, but
pogacar had the advantage, as the race favourites fought it out on the steep slopes leading to the finish line, but vingegaard hung in there and limited his losses. a strong ride from britain s tom pidcock saw him move up to seventh overall, behind adam and simon yates who are still fifth and sixth. meanwhile, mark cavendish has said goodbye to his team mates after a broken collarbone ruled him out of the rest of this year s race. he ll fly home to have surgery. but his team, astana-qazaqstan, have offered him the chance to ride the tour next year. and possibly break the outright record for stage victories, even though he d planned to retire at the end of this season dutch rider annameek van vleuten has won the women s giro d italia for the fourth time. putting herjoint second on the all time list with her fellow countrywoman anna van der breggen. italy s chiara consonni won the sprint finish on the final ninth stage in sardinia. van vleuten finished safely in the main bunch to confirm
the question. thank you very much. mark cavendish s team, astana-qazaqstan, have offered him the chance to ride the tour de france next year, and possibly break the record for number of stage victories at the race, even though he plans to retire at the end of this season. the 38 year old returned from hospital to the team hotel to say goodbye to his team mates after a broken collarbone suffered during saturday s stage 8 ruled him out of the rest of this year s tour. he ll fly home to have surgery with his team manager telling l equipe, we want mark to go on to 2024 and race his 15th tour de france to win his 35th stage. england need 80, australia need four more wickets. for more on these and other sports stories, you can go to our website.
to ride the tour next year. and possibly break the outright record for stage victories. he currently shares the record of 34 with eddie merckx. dutch rider annameek van vleuten has won the women s giro d italia for the fourth time. the final stage was won by chiara consonni of italy. but van vleuten finished safely in the main bunch to confirm overall victory, which means she now holds all three grand tour titles after winning won the first week long tour de france femmes last year, and the vuelta a espana earlier this year. a quick reminder of our top story, beyond that first wimbledon quarterfinal for that novak talk of x is going to going to have to come back on monday to finish his fourth round match against her cats you can get the very latest on the bbc sport website. for me
for the first time in 35 years. pogacar had the advantage, as the race favourites fought it out. 0n the steep slopes leading to the finish line.. but vingegaard hung in there and limited his losses. a strong ride from britain s tom pidcock saw him move up to seventh overall, behind adam and simon yates who are still fifth and sixth. meanwhile mark cavendish has said goodbye to his team mates after a broken collarbone ruled him out of the rest of this year s race. he ll fly home to have surgery. but his team, astana-qazaqstan, have offered him the chance to ride the tour next year and possibly break the outright record for stage victories. even though he d planned to retire at the end of this season. dutch rider annameek van vleuten has won the women s giro d italia for the fourth time, putting herjoint second on the all time list with her fellow countrywoman anna van der breggen. italy s chiara consonni won the sprint finish on the final ninth stage in sardinia. van vleuten finished sa