The triumph of Tadej Pogacar, Kim the short first African yellow jersey, the English on the roof of Europe … The Recap Sport of the weekend

Sports news was necessarily very provided with the final arrival of the Male Tour de France, combined with the big departure of the female event and the Euro final.

Double dose of Tour de France. Cycling enthusiasts had a well filled weekend on Saturday, August 26 and Sunday, August 27, with not only the arrival of men in Paris for the coronation of Tadej Pogacar, but also the departure of the women of Brittany with a Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt already in legs. But Oscar Piastri in Formula 1, Maxime Grousset in the Bassins and the English, winners of the Euro football, also shone, like the French swords who won the world title by teams in Tbilisi (Georgia) on Saturday.

Tour de France: Sacred Pogacar for the fourth time

Appeared tired and tired At the end of July, Tadej Pogacar won his fourth large loop (after 2020, 2021 and 2024). Enough to allow him to get tied with Christopher Froome, to a coronation of the recordme of the event: Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain and Eddy Merckx. In the general classification, he is ahead of the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike, at 4'24 “) and the German white jersey, Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, at 11 '). The Slovenian also validated the gain of the polka dot jersey, while Jonathan Milan finished in green.

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Despite the guarantee of offering this fourth final yellow jersey, “Pogi” attempted everything in the Montmartre hill over Sunday to try to win on the Champs-Elysées, but it was beaten by the Belgian Wout Van Aert, masterful in the Paris coast in the heart of an atmosphere of fire reminiscent of the fervor of the 2024 Olympic Games. Nantua and Pontarlier won by Australian Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck), the French Jordan Jegat (Totalenergies, at 32'44 “) signs a top 10 like his compatriot Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B & B Hotels, in 22’35”).

Tour de France women: the short in yellow, ferrand-prevôt in legs

After two days of racing in Brittany, the Frenchwoman Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt has already displayed a good form for her first participation in the Tour de France Femmes, which she aims to win by 2027. At the attack in the final of the 1st stage, she allowed her teammate Marianne Vos (Visma-lease a Bike) to take the yellow jersey on Saturday during the big departure given of Vannes.

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If the 38 -year -old Dutchman made her tunic at the end of the 2nd stage – won by the Spanish Mavi Garcia on Sunday – to the Mauritian Kim Le Court (AG Insurance -Soudal), “PFP” remains in the general classification: 3rd to 6 “. If it will be necessary to compose this week with a tough competition, in particular half vollering (FDJ -Suez, 5th to 13”) and “Kasia” Niewiadoma (4th to 10 “), the Champenoise saw its route to a podium emerging with the abandonment of Marlen Reusser, second in the Vuelta and the Giro this year.

Euro: England retains its crown by beating the Spanish world champions

The euro trophy remains “at home”. The Englishmen came to the end of the Spanish, defending world champions on Sunday in Basel (Switzerland), at the end of the penalty shootout (1-1, 3 tab 1). Led by their captain Irene Paredes, the Spaniards had nevertheless taken the lead in the first period. But despite his domination, her numerous attempts (24 shots for seven cades), La Roja has failed to take shelter. The equalization of Alessia Russo in the 57th redistributed the cards, taking the two teams to the extension and then to the penalties to the goal.

Beyond this second consecutive European coronation, the players of Sarina Wiegman win the price of combativeness. Beaten by entry by the Blue, they had to go through three extensions during the tournament to finally win the final victory. After Germany, England becomes the second nation of history to keep its title in one euro. Lot of consolation for Spain: Aitana Bonmati was elected best player in the tournament.

Formulas 1: Oscar Piastri Devance Lando Norris

Beaten on the sprint by Max Verstappen the day before, the Australian Oscar Piastri won the Sunday race of the Belgian Grand Prix on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, placing his McLaren in front of that of his teammate Lando Norris. A sixth victory of the season which allows him to increase his advance at 16 points on the Briton, at the top of the world pilot championship.

And this, despite a delayed departure of more than an hour due to weather conditions. If Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) has signed a good comeback, who left at the bottom of the grid to take 7th place, the French were not very vein. Surprising 5th of the sprint, Esteban Ocon (Haas) finished 15th and Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) last. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) enters, he, narrowly in the points with his 10th place.