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Saturday 6 July 2019

CUCKOO

FOR COCO

Slovakia's Peter Sagan is seen
prior to a training session, in
Brussels, Friday, July 5, 2019,
ahead of upcoming Satur-
day's start of the race.
Associated Press

Cycling's new

generation

ready to
deliver at

Tour de

France

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN
AP Sports Writer
BRUSSELS (AP) — No mat-
ter who wins, this year's
Tour de France will see a
changing of the guard.
And if the names of Wout
Van Aert, Kasper Asgreen,
Enric Mas or Caleb Ewan
don't ring a bell now, they
might soon be on every-
body's lips.
In the absence of many
stalwart riders who have
stamped their mark on cy-
cling's marquee event in
recent years, new faces
will emerge this summer.
There is a long list of top rid-
ers missing the Tour, which
starts on Saturday from
Brussels with a 194.5 kilo-
meter (120.8-mile) stage
through Flanders and back
to the Belgian capital, and Gauff avoids 2 match
that number includes:
— Four-time champion
Chris Froome, who is miss- points in Centre Court win
ing out for the first time
since 2011.
— 2018 runner-up Tom Du- United States' Cori "Coco" Gauff celebrates after beating Slovenia's Polona Hercog in a Women's singles match during day five of
moulin. the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday, July 5, 2019.
Associated Press
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