Dutch sprinter Olav Koolj beat the heat and surged across the finish line in Pau to claim the Tour de France Stage 5 victory.

Dutch debutant Olav Kooij won the fifth stage of the Tour de France 2026 on Wednesday in a chaotic sprint finish sparked by a crash 5 kilometers from the line that hampered several teams' hopes. The ...

PAU, France (AP) — Dutch rider Olav Kooij won the fifth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish on Wednesday, while ...

Olav Kooij claimed his maiden Tour de France stage victory after producing a perfectly timed sprint to win Stage 5 from Lannemezan to Pau on Wednesday. Racing for Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, the ...

Watch highlights from Jonas Vingegaard expressing his frustration following a bike change during Stage 5 of the Tour de France 2026 in Pau, France.

Starting in the Hautes-Pyrénées village of Lannemezan for a sixth time, the Tour de France offers a straightforward affair across 158.3km to Pau for stage 5. It's set up for a charge among the ...

The climbing starts immediately with the 9.6km climb of Côte de Cenves, followed by five more classified climbs packed into the opening 75km of the stage. Riders then get a breat ...