"We are going to drink a lot of champagne now" - Anthony Turgis intent on celebrating biggest career win at the Tour de France
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The seventh and biggest victory in the career of Anthony Turgis came on Sunday afternoon and in a stage for the ages at the 2024 Tour de France too as the TotalEnergies rider triumphed on the hotly anticipated gravel stage 9.
"'I didn't even dare to raise my hand beforehand when asked who of us could win a stage, but this is the holy grail. This is really a fantastic experience," reflected an emotional Turgis in his post-stage interview, having fought off competition from the likes of Tom Pidcock, Derek Gee, Ben Healy and Alex Aranburu among others in a frantic sprint for the line from the breakaway.
Heading into the finale though, Turgis was actually a little out of place as Jasper Stuyven took the Flamme Rouge solo. "With Stuyven we had a tough nut to crack, but at the finish I looked left, right and again… Then you think: I'm riding in the lead in the Tour de France," recalls the 30-year-old Frenchman, who is riding his 7th Tour. "All sorts of things go through your head, and then you win. An incredible feeling!"
"This is a prestigious victory. Earlier this year I was unlucky, because I was also in that big crash in Dwars door Vlaanderen," Turgis concludes. "But this is so good. We are going to drink a lot of champagne now, because we have a rest day tomorrow."
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2024 Tour de France stage 9 results:
| 1 | TURGIS Anthony | TotalEnergies | 210 | 04:19:43 |
| 2 | PIDCOCK Tom | INEOS Grenadiers | 150 | + 00 |
| 3 | GEE Derek | Israel-Premier Tech | 110 | + 00 |
| 4 | ARANBURU Alex | Movistar Team | 90 | + 00 |
| 5 | HEALY Ben | EF Education-EasyPost | 70 | + 00 |
| 6 | LUTSENKO Alexey | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 55 | + 00 |
| 7 | ROMO Javier | Movistar Team | 45 | + 12 |
| 8 | STUYVEN Jasper | Lidl-Trek | 40 | + 18 |
| 9 | GIRMAY Biniam | Intermarché-Wanty | 35 | + 01:17 |
| 10 | MATTHEWS Michael | Team Jayco-AlUla | 30 | + 01:17 |
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Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He regularly contributes to DartsNews.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he covers professional cycling and darts. In cycling, his work includes liveblogs from major races, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, alongside race reports and analysis. He has also conducted interviews with professional riders.
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- lol yeahmij08-11-2026
- I know, their headlines can be so misleading. Pidcock had a great season with 5 wins. and some solid 2nds. no reason to take away from that with a fake headline.mij08-11-2026
- You can clearly see the the posture change from slightly sitting to again out of the saddle while changing of gears in the video of the sprintabstractengineer08-11-2026
- He has already beaten Pogi twice in the TDF. the achievement is over. He cannot beat Pogi now and he only has a few years left at the top. Win Giro and compete in the TDF, maximise palmares.abstractengineer08-11-2026
- Just looked again at the photo. Yeah I stand by that. If MS had fallen over in Brands direction I don’t even think she would have hit her. You must be a UCI race commissioner. I’ll be sure to check my sock height should I ever see you on a ride. Looks like everyone else on here sees what I see.mij08-11-2026
- I said looking at the photo it doesn’t appear she deviated. Chill out, not stating my word is the final judgement. Just commenting that based on the photo I don’t see it. And BTW the Dutch coach even said she didn’t impede her.mij08-11-2026
- Blah Blah Blah !frieders308-11-2026
- MS said she was changing gears so that caused her slight deviation. Nothing was intentional.frieders308-11-2026
- How can you use a photo post incident to judge the incident itself (which is not hard to find if you’re prepared to invest the same amount of time in searching as writing that comment? It’s harsh but technically right even though this or worse is not always sanctioned in every race. The two things that went against MS (who unfortunately for her would still have won without making her mistake) are that it was not a bunch sprint where there could have been an overlooked incident or mitigating circumstances explaining a deviation. Everything was focused on just those 2, Schreiber was riding beautifully balanced which made her sudden deviation look unnatural stroke as if it could have been in some part intentional whilst she was slowly drifting ever closer towards the barrier to a point that would have reached obstruction level. In her defence, it might have been the realisation she was heading towards that that made her react suddenly and caused the deviation involuntarily. In any case, congratulations to her for the ride of her life, in people’s minds she will be credited for it.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- Good boy Obviously doesn’t need that much help dealing with pressure, as some have suggested. Wiser (and humbler) than many far further along their careers. About offering him the moon, recently someone came up with an explanation of the downfall of a football great (either referring to Maradona or Portuguese Ronaldo) saying it was kind of normal after coming back from the moon, except that others, including some who actually did go to the moon like Armstrong (Neil in case anyone is too switched off to realise) didn’t go through any of the same motions after coming back. A lot of how you deal with situations has less to do with the situation than with your character.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
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