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Waerenskjold wins fastest Tour de France stage in history
July 15, 2026 at 06:25 PM
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AJAl Jazeera English
Norway’s Waerenskjold wins fastest Tour de France stage in history
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BNBBC News
Tour de France results: Soren Waerenskjold makes long-range sprint to win fastest-ever stage
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TGThe Guardian
Wærenskjold wins fastest ever Tour de France stage in frenzied sprint to Nevers
(opens the publisher’s site)Norwegian Soren Waerenskjold won the fastest road stage in Tour de France history, averaging 50.91 km/h in the 11th stage.
- Waerenskjold launched a long-range sprint to win the 161-km stage from Vichy to Nevers.
- The average speed of 50.91 km/h beat the previous fastest stage record of 50.3 km/h set in 1999.
- Waerenskjold said the win was his "biggest win so far" and that he was able to sprint well despite not being the fastest rider.
- Overall leader Tadej Pogacar retained his lead of three minutes and 36 seconds over Jonas Vingegaard.