Both men would go on to beat Iban Mayo’s long-held climbing record, set in the 2004 Criterium du Dauphine, by more than a minute.

Ben O’Connor won Thursday’s monster Alpine stage to the ski resort of Courchevel as three-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar responded to attacks from archrival Jonas Vingegaard and dropped h...

After Jonathan Milan had scooped up the intermediate sprint points, the lower slopes of the Col du Glandon were enlivened by an attack from Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe’s Primoz Roglic.