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  "description": "Red Bull came into the former Dauphiné without a major pre-race favorite, but 21-year-old neo-pro Luke Tuckwell now has a real chance to win the whole race.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-12T16:55:25.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Cor Vos\n\nA huge breakaway turned the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on its head on Friday's stage 6, as pre-race favorites like Paul Seixas (Decathlon-CMA CGM) and Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) were powerless to stop a move that included some dangerous – albeit less famous – riders from muscling into the general classification battle.\n\nWhen the dust settled atop the Cat. 1 Crest-Voland climb, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe had secured a double coup, with Maxim Van Gils outsprinting Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) for the stage victory as the team's 21-year-old Australian neo-pro Luke Tuckwell surged to the top of the overall standings.\n\n[race_result id=15 stage_id=90124 count=5 gc=0 year=2026]\n\n\"We are here without a big leader,\" Van Gils noted after the stage, in a race that teammate Remco Evenepoel decided to skip. \"This morning I had some questions in interviews, why we didn’t come with a big star. To win a stage and take yellow is really big.” For Van Gils in particular it's truly monumental: Auvergne is his first race since he broke his pelvis in a controversial crash at the Clasica Jaen in February that saw UAE Team Emirates-XRG's Jan Christen disqualified for an irregular sprint.\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "A breakaway turned the Tour Auvergne on its head and Red Bull is the big winner",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-12T17:10:51.179Z"
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