After a well-deserved rest day in Montpellier, the Tour de France caravan gets back on the road Tuesday for a brutal start to the third week. And it kicks off with a classic: a summit finish on the legendary Mont Ventoux,

Tadej Pogacar rampaged through the Pyrenees, winning atop Hautacam on stage 12, then demolishing the field in the time trial on stage 13, and those back-to-back wins have gone some way to ensuring the destiny of the Tour de France title is looking fairly well sewn up.

Christian Scaroni won an action-packed stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday as Isaac Del Toro's rivals cut into his overall lead and favourite Primoz Roglic abandoned the race.

Going into stage 16, Roglic trailed leader Isaac del Toro by 3.53, and admitted that he struggled to mount his bike on Monday’s rest day.

However, at the start of stage 16, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe sports director Patxi Vila was much more optimistic about his chances. "Of course, two days ago [Sunday] ...