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Tadej Pogačar has produced an explosive finish to win the first stage of the Spanish Vuelta by edging British rider Ethan Hayter by 0.09 seconds in the opening time trial. Pogačar, who’s bidding to become just the ninth rider to win all three Grand Tours, put himself in position from the offset by completing the highly technical 9.5-kilometer (5.9 mile) course through the streets of Monaco in 10 minutes and 57 seconds. Hayter finished four seconds faster than compatriot Josh Tarling, who was racing just over a week after his younger brother Finlay Tarling was killed after being struck by a vehicle during the Volta a Portugal.
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The International Testing Agency says South African cyclist S’annara Grove has been provisionally suspended because of a failed doping test. It says Grove’s sample collected on July 28 at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow returned an “adverse analytical finding” for ipamorelin which it says is “a synthetic peptide used to stimulate the body’s natural production of growth hormone.” The ITA says Grove has been informed of the case and has the right to challenge the provisional suspension. The 32-year-old Grove rides professionally for the Smurfit Westrock team and is listed as a competitor in the current Tour of Britain. The third stage of the race was Friday.
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Welsh rider Josh Tarling is set to take part in the Spanish Vuelta starting this weekend. It's just over a week after his brother Finlay Tarling was killed in the Volta a Portugal. Netcompany Ineos has named its team for the race and included the 22-year-old time trial specialist Josh. He returns to the Vuelta after making his debut in 2024 and a month after completing his first Tour de France. The 19-year-old Finlay Tarling was killed during the eighth stage of the Volta a Portugal on Aug. 14 when he was struck by a vehicle that entered the road. The driver reportedly missed the signs from stewards and entered the road going in the opposite direction of the race.
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FILE - Josh Tarling, of Britain, gets ready to start the men's cycling time trial event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 27, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
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Tadej Pogacar’s pursuit of the Grand Tour hat trick will highlight the Spanish Vuelta that begins this weekend in Monaco. Pogacar won a record-equaling fifth Tour de France title in July, adding to add to his 2024 Giro d’Italia triumph and leaving the Vuelta as the only Grand Tour race he is yet to conquer. It was at the Vuelta in 2019 that Pogacar made his Grand Tour debut as a 20-year-old. The Slovenian hasn’t competed in the Vuelta since then. Pogacar hadn’t committed to the Vuelta by the time the Tour de France ended.
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Two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard will not race again this season after fracturing a collarbone at the Tour de France. His Team Visma-Lease a Bike has announced the news. Vingegaard won the Giro d’Italia and Paris-Nice stage race in a successful first half of the season. He crashed out of the Tour de France’s 15th stage a month ago as his great rival Tadej Pogačar dominated. Vingegaard says “the start of my training has been delayed and it is not possible for me to get back to top level.”
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FILE - Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, left, talks to Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, right, before the start of the eleventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Vichy and finish in Nevers, France, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)
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Cycling team NSN has withdrawn its development squad from the rest of the Volta a Portugal race following the death of its rider Finlay Tarling. The 19-year-old Tarling died in what organizers called a serious incident on Friday. Local media reports said he was struck by a car that entered the road. The driver reportedly missed the signs from stewards and entered the road going in the opposite direction of the race. NSN says, “Following Fin Tarling’s tragic passing on Friday, the NSN Development Team has withdrawn from the remaining Volta a Portugal stages.” Tarling, from Wales, was a time-trial specialist.
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Organizers of the Volta a Portugal cycling race say 19-year-old British rider Finlay Tarling has died following a serious incident. Organizers added Friday’s eighth stage was stopped after the incident “as a sign of respect and mourning.” Local media reports say Tarling was run over by a car that entered the road. No other details were immediately available. Tarling was a time-trial specialist for NSN Development Team.