team final tour

Simone Biles leads U.S. women's gymnastics team to Olympic gold, kicking off Paris 'redemption tour'

Atlanta 1996, London 2012, Rio 2016 and now, Paris 2024. 

The U.S. women's gymnastics team is golden once again.

After winning the team silver medal in Tokyo, Simone Biles led Team USA back to the top of the Olympic podium, winning a gold medal in Tuesday's team final.

Italy took silver and Brazil the bronze, winning its first Olympic team medal. It was the first Olympic team medal for the Italians since 1928.

Biles officially became the most decorated American gymnast in the history of the Olympic Games with eight medals.

She was previously tied with “Magnificent Seven” star Shannon Miller at seven Olympic medals.

Biles was already the most decorated gymnast in history from any country if you include world championship medals in the tally. She now has 38 combined world and Olympic medals.

Tuesday's gold extends a 32-year medal streak at the Olympics for the U.S. women, beginning at the 1992 Barcelona Games. It's their fourth team gold medal.

Biles clinched the gold with a gravity-defying routine on floor, tumbling to the music of Taylor Swift and performing two of her eponymous skills.

"We had the most fun I've ever had at a meet," Suni Lee said after the U.S. won gold. "It's super special because we all knew how much we wanted it. We put in the work and did everything that we needed to do."

Biles shared the team's pre-competition ritual, which involved "bumping music, loud."

"We were just having a good time while we were getting ready," Biles said. "And we all knew what the job was once we got in here."

The U.S. kicked off its night on the vault, where it built strong momentum heading into the uneven bars. Lee anchored the bars lineup with a gutsy routine that expertly juggled risk and reward, earning a 14.566.

A fall off the beam by Jordan Chiles sent a jolt of nerves through the U.S. team in the third rotation, but Lee got the team back on track with a confident exercise. Biles narrowly averted disaster on a side aerial, the easiest skill in her beam routine, but managed to stay on.

Team USA has several points of difficulty advantages, so Chiles' missed routine had little impact on its gold medal chances. She more than redeemed herself on floor, where she served up high-flying acrobatics and magnetic stage presence in equal measure, tumbling to Beyoncé.

Reigning Olympic floor champion Jade Carey performed just one routine, a Cheng on vault that earned a 14.800. She sat out floor in the final after a disastrous qualifying routine, when she appeared to get lost in the air on her double tuck, doing only a full tuck and rolling backward, out of bounds.

Carey said in a  post on X  that she “hasn’t been feeling the best” in Paris and hadn't eaten in several days before Sunday's qualifying.

Hezly Rivera, 16, was the team’s only newcomer and didn’t compete in Tuesday’s final. She will still get a medal for her contributions to the team in the qualifying round.

Heading into the Paris Olympics, the U.S. women weren't afraid to say it — they wanted that gold medal.

Biles called Paris a “redemption tour” for the Tokyo returners.

“I feel like we all have more to give and our Tokyo performances weren’t the best,” Biles said at the Olympic trials in Minneapolis . “We weren’t under the best circumstances, either, but I feel like we have a lot of weight on our shoulders to go out there and prove that we’re better athletes.”

Even Suni Lee, who came away from Tokyo with the all-around gold medal, was hungry to achieve Olympic glory with her teammates by her side.

“I think this time around, we’re so much more mature and know what we can do and what we can’t do,” Lee said.

Two Olympic all-around champions will go head to head in the all-around final for the first time. Biles and Lee contend for gold Thursday.

I’m the newsroom coordinator for NBC News Digital and cover all things gymnastics, culture and breaking news. My past work includes coverage of Simone Biles’ road to the 2024 Paris Olympics , the death of a fan at Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” and the Vermont shooting of three Palestinian students . You can often find me live-blogging major events in pop culture like the Oscars, the Grammys and the Super Bowl.

It’s no secret the United States women’s gymnastics team wants to stand atop the medal podium once again. The team themselves coined the 2024 Paris Olympics their “redemption tour.” 

Redemption can come in many ways, but it starts for Team USA in the team final. 

Three years ago in Tokyo,  Simone Biles withdrew from the competition with the “ twisties ” – a phenomenon where a gymnast experiences a disconnect between their mind and body and gets lost in the air. 

Biles opened up about her Tokyo experience on the Call Her Daddy podcast, where she equated the “twisties” to forgetting how to drive a car you’ve driven every day.

“It’s terrifying because … I am my car,” Biles said. 

Back in Tokyo, the American team, which was favored to win gold, ended up going home with the silver behind the Russian Olympic Committee. The Olympic team gold medal streak that began in 2012 had been officially broken. 

Many assumed Tokyo would be Biles’ final Games, but after a two-year break from the sport, Biles is back and better than ever. 

She’s now 27 years old, married to Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens, and is placing her mental health at the forefront. 

"I have to take care of myself a little bit more, and listen to my body and make sure that I'm making time for the important things in my life,” Biles said. “Whereas before it was all 'Go, go, go,' (and) making time after.” 

Biles comes to Paris with two of her teammates from Tokyo – defending Olympic all-around champion  Suni Lee and her Texas training mate  Jordan Chiles . 

Jade Carey , who competed in Tokyo as an individual, also returns. Those four are joined by  Hezly Rivera , who at age 16 is the  youngest member of the U.S. delegation  across any sport. 

Once the U.S. team was pieced together following the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, the words “redemption tour” quickly emerged. 

"This is definitely our redemption tour,” Biles said. “I feel like we all have more to give and our Tokyo performances weren’t the best. We weren’t under the best circumstances either … But for us I know we’re stronger than what we showed in Tokyo.” 

The first stop on the “redemption tour” was the qualification day, where the U.S.  qualified to the team final with a commanding lead of over five points.  However, the competition wasn’t necessarily smooth sailing. 

Biles started the competition on the balance beam, where she performed a routine good enough to secure her spot in the event final in second place. Then, while warming up for the floor exercise in the next rotation, Biles felt a tweak in her calf. 

She was evaluated by medical staff, who wrapped her lower leg. She then continued the competition while favoring her left leg. 

Despite the pain, the thought of pulling out of the competition never crossed Biles’ mind according to her coach Cecile Landi, who said Biles began to feel better as the meet progressed. 

Biles ended the day in first place all-around with a 59.566, which is the highest score put up by any gymnast at an international competition this Olympic cycle. Biles qualified for the vault and floor final in first, and the beam final in second.

Per USA Gymnastics, Biles will be competing on all four events in the team final. 

That news bodes extremely well for Team USA’s chances to grab the gold, as Biles’ contributions to the team provide a score boost that is impossible to replace. 

The Americans can increase their score further and lock in the gold medal with improvements from Carey, who revealed after the competition that she was  not feeling well . As a result, Carey had several uncharacteristic mistakes on the floor -- an event where she is the reigning Olympic champion -- and finished with a score of 10.633. 

A repeat of qualifications, combined with a typical performance for Carey and tidying up a few wobbles in the beam rotation can make the U.S. team untouchable. 

Although the gap between first and second is quite large (5.435 points to be exact), the distance between the teams ranked second through fourth after qualifications is a matter of tenths. 

Team finals will begin with a blank slate, meaning no scores carry over. However, contrary to qualifications where each team is allowed to drop a score – in the team final three gymnasts will compete in each event for every team and all three scores will count. Two medals are seemingly up for grabs for any team that wants to rise to the occasion. 

Expect a tight battle between Italy, China and Brazil. 

Italy was consistent in the qualifying round, led by  Alice D’Amato . Consistency is exactly what the Italians will need in a three-up-three-count scenario if the team wants to bring home an Olympic medal for the first time since winning silver in 1928. 

China is a powerhouse on uneven bars and balance beam but weaker on vault and floor exercise. The Chinese, who haven’t won a team medal at the Games since 2016, will start the competition on its best events, perhaps giving a glimpse into its medal prospects early on. 

Brazil, on the other hand, is strong on vault and floor, where the team is led by  Rebeca Andrade . The Brazilians have never won an Olympic team medal but come to Paris as the silver medalists from the World Championships in 2023. 

What you need to know

When is the women's gymnastics team final.

The women's gymnastics team final will take place Tuesday, July 30. The event will stream live on  Peacock and  NBCOlympics.com starting at 12:15 p.m. ET. The event will air in primetime on NBC at 8 p.m. ET. 

What apparatus will each team start on?

The United States and Italy will start on vault, China and Brazil will start on the uneven bars, Japan and Canada will start on the balance beam, and Great Britain and Romania will start on the floor exercise. 

Who will compete in the lineup for Team USA during the team final? 

Vault: Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Simone Biles Uneven Bars: Jordan Chiles, Simone Biles, Suni Lee Balance Beam: Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, Simone Biles Floor Exercise: Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Simone Biles 

What were the highest scores from qualifications?

• The United States' Simone Biles posted the highest all-around score (59.566), in addition to the highest score on vault (15.300) and floor exercise (14.600)
• Algeria's Kaylia Nemour posted the highest score on the uneven bars (15.600). 
• China's Zhou Yaqin posted the highest score on the balance beam (14.866). 

Note: Some components of NBCOlympics.com may not be optimized for users browsing with Internet Explorer 11, 10 or older browsers or systems.

Redeemed! US women win gymnastics gold behind Simone Biles, Suni Lee

By nbc new york staff and the associated press • published july 30, 2024 • updated on july 30, 2024 at 3:03 pm.

Simone Biles  called  the Paris Olympics  the "redemption tour" for the U.S. women's gymnastics team. On Tuesday, we got a chance to see just how much redemption, as the United States won gold in the women's team final.

Biles  joined  Jordan Chiles ,  Suni Lee  and  Jade Carey  in bringing gold back to the United States after taking team silver behind Russia in Tokyo. Hezly Rivera, who didn't participate in the team event, also gets a medal.

The 27-year-old Biles  competed in all four events of the team final  despite a calf injury, which she suffered in floor warmups during qualifying on Sunday She still topped the all-around with the highest scores on floor and vault during the qualifying, and it didn't appear to hamper her efforts in the final on Tuesday.

24/7 New York news stream: Watch NBC 4 free wherever you are

Lee bested Biles on bars and beam, Tuesday, but Biles was near the top of the charts of every rotation, as expected. This was the team event; the two will face each other later in the Games at the individual all-around.

Ultimately, the US women scored 44.100 on vault, 43.332 on uneven bars, 41.699 on beam and a 42.165 on floor.

Get Tri-state area news delivered to your inbox. Sign up for NBC New York's News Headlines newsletter.

The outcome — the Americans on top with the rest of the world looking up — was not in doubt from the moment Chiles began the night by drilling her double-twisting Yurchenko vault.

By the time Biles, the  left calf that bothered her during qualifying  heavily taped, stepped onto the floor for the final event — a floor exercise set to music by Taylor Swift and Beyonce — her fifth Olympic gold medal was well in hand.

The 27-year-old provided the exclamation point anyway, sealing the Americans' third gold in its last four trips to the Games.

The Americans remain peerless (if not flawless, this is gymnastics after all) when at their best.

And over two hours in front of a crowd that included everyone from tennis great Serena Williams and actor Natalie Portman to Biles' husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens, Biles left little doubt about anything.

Her status as the sport's greatest of all time. Her ability to move past the “twisties” that  derailed her in Tokyo . Her spot in the pantheon of the U.S. Olympic movement.

Three years after removing herself from the same competition to protect herself — a decision that changed the conversation around mental health in sports — Biles pushed her medal total in major competition to a staggering 38 and counting.

Yet her return to the Games wasn't so much about winning. It was about a joy she had lost somewhere along the way.

It seems to have returned. She leaned into the crowd that roared at every flip, every leap and, yes, every twist. With her husband — on break from NFL training camp — waving an American flag while sitting next to her parents, Biles did what she has done so well for so long save for a couple of difficult days in Japan during a pandemic: she dominated.

Yet the 27-year-old hardly did it alone. Lee and Chiles were on the team that earned silver in Tokyo with Biles watching from the sideline. They navigated a series of setbacks both physical and personal to return to this moment and get the gold they so badly wanted.

And there they were on the biggest stage, Chiles doing all four rotations right next to her good friend Biles while doubling as the U.S.'s hype woman. Lee mixing her elegance with grit while dazzling on beam and uneven bars, her two best events.

More gymnastics

Paris Olympics Day 4 in pictures

Gymnastics at the Olympics: how does scoring work, how many rotations are there, and more

Carey won the floor exercise in Tokyo, but did it with an asterisk of sorts. She's earned her way in through a nominative process the sport's governing body has since abandoned. She was with Team USA in Tokyo but not actually part of the official four-woman squad.

She vowed to write a different ending this time, and the Cheng vault she did on the first rotation scored a 14.800 — second only to Biles — to give the U.S. a commanding lead before Biles even saluted the judges.

The only real drama centered on who would finish next to the Americans on the medal stand.

Italy, which was a  surprising second to the U.S. during qualifying , earned its first Olympic team medal since 1928 by holding off Brazil, which took bronze for its first medal in the biggest event in the sport.

This article tagged under:

What to Watch: Day 7 Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Latest news from the paris 2024 paralympic games, tatyana mcfadden wins 20th career para track & field medal, silver, ties u.s. record.

The seven-time Paralympian's historic medal came in her second event of the Games, the women's 100-meter T54. She crossed the tape with a time of 15.67 seconds. McFadden will also race in the 400 meters and the marathon later this week.

Jessica Long Wins Gold for 30th Career Paralympic Medal

Teammates Morgan Stickney and Christie Raleigh-Crossley capture silver in their final faces of the night

U.S. Women's Wheelchair Basketball Defeat Great Britain to Advance to Semifinal

Ixhelt Gonzalez led the charge with 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Rose Hollerman added 15 points and 13 rebounds.

Malkamaki Shatters Her Own World Record to Win Gold

Noelle Malkamaki won gold in the women’s shot put F46, setting a new world record with a throw of 14.06m, surpassing her previous record of 13.60m set earlier this year.

U.S. Road Cycling Women Add Three Gold Medals in Road Events

Four more cyclists are set to compete this afternoon for Team USA

Ezra Frech is golden in high jump

This victory marks Frech’s second gold at Paris 2024, following his win in the men’s 100m T63 last night.

Blackwell, Medrano repeat their 1-2 performance in the Mens 400m T38

Jaydin Blackwell equalled his world record, while Ryan Medrano ran a new personal best.

Leanne Smith wins Gold in 100m Freestyle S3

Smith set a new Paralympic Record with a time of 1:28.81 and won her first Paralympic Gold medal.

Ian Seidenfeld Advances to Semifinals

He will advance to face Matteo Parenzan of Italy in the semifinals on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 2 p.m. Seidenfeld is the last U.S. table tennis athlete still in the competition.

Roxie Trunnell becomes the most decorated Para Equestrian athlete in Team USA history

Trunnell secured a silver in the Individual Event Grade I with a score of 78.000

Fiona Howard wins gold in Para Equestrian Individual Event Grade III

Fiona and her horse, Diamond Dunes are making their Paralympic debut in Paris.

Rebecca Hart Claims Her First Individual Para Equestrian Medal, Gold, With Floratina

The five-time Paralympian has waited over 25 years for her chance to secure the top podium spot. She recorded a personal best score of 77.900 in the Individual Championship Test Grade III class.

Wheelchair Rugby Wins Silver after loss to Japan in Gold Medal Match

The U.S Wheelchair Rugby team becomes the most decorated team in history and wins their seventh straight medal

Ezra Frech Wins His First Paralympic Medal

The 19-year-old won the men's 100-meter T63 with a time of 12.06 to set a new personal best.

Stickney, Coan Go 1-2 in Women's 400m Freestyle S7

Both athletes secured their first medals of the 2024 Paralympic Games.

Team USA Paratriathlon has the Most Successful Games Performance in History

Eight athletes secured a medal in this morning's competition, including three golds, four silvers and one bronze.

Miles Krajewski and Jayci Simon Secure the First-Ever Para Badminton Medal for the U.S.

The duo, who are both just 19 years old, beat the world No. 2 team from India twice to reach the gold-medal match against China. After a tough battle against an experienced team, they are taking home silver.

Roderick Townsend wins his third straight Paralympic Gold medal

Team USA secured a total of five track and field medals tonight. Jaleen Roberts won silver in T37 Long jump. Susannah Scaroni won bronze in T54 800m. Brian Siemann won bronze in T53 400m and Daniel Romanchuck won bronze in T54 400 meters.

Wheelchair Rugby Defeats Great Britain to Advance to Gold Medal Contest

Team USA defeated Great Britain 50-43 in the wheelchair rugby semifinals to advance to the gold medal contest.

Wheelchair Basketball Men Finish Group Play Undefeated

The team will face the fourth-ranked team from group A in the quarterfinals

Sitting Volleyball Defeats France in Pool Play in Straight Sets

The team will be back on the court on Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 2 p.m. to face Italy in their final group stage matchup.

Stutzman Clinches Gold in Men's Individual Compound Open

Matt Stutzman of Team USA secured his first Paralympic gold medal with a 149-147 victory over Xinliang Ai of China in the men's individual compound open.

Team USA Goalball Finishes Pool Play Ranked Second After Win over Iran

They will compete against Japan, the third-ranked team from pool B, in the quarterfinals tomorrow, Sept. 2, at 7:30 p.m.

Jason Tabansky Wins Gold in the Men’s Individual W1 Event

This triumph was Tabansky's first Paralympic medal, secured with a decisive bullseye that ultimately put him ahead of Han.

PR3 Mixed Coxed Four Wins Silver

PR3 Mixed Doubles Sculls Places Seventh

Four U.S. Athletes Advance to Finals Tonight in Para Swimming

Morgan Ray and Zach Shattuck of Team USA placed third and eighth overall in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB6. Jessica Long placed fourth overall in the women’s 200m IM SM8. Noah Jaffe placed eighth overall in the men’s 200m IM SM8 heats.

Mallory Weggemann and Julia Gaffney Go 1-3 in Women's 200-Meter Medley SM7

Weggemann defended her title in the discipline, becoming the first to do so since Erin Popovich did it during the 2004 and 2008 Paralympic Games.

Jaydin Blackwell Wins Gold and Sets New World Record, Ryan Medrano Gets Silver in 100m T38

The U.S. go 1-2 in the men's 100-meter T38 final, with Blackwell setting a new world record by crossing the tape in 10.64 seconds. Ryan Medrano, who learned of the Paralympics via Noelle Lambert while on Survivor, set a new personal best (10.97)

Olivia Chambers Wins Gold in the Women's 400m Free S13 During her First Paralympic Games

The 21-year-old athlete from Arkansas touched the wall with a time of 4:29.93.

Elouan Gardon Captures Bronze in Men's C5 4,000m Individual Pursuit

Gardon finished with a time of 4:18.880, over six seconds ahead of Austria’s Franz-Josef Lasser, who clocked in at 4:25.009.

Beatriz Hatz Wins Bronze in Women's Long Jump

U.S. teammate Annie Carey finished sixth with a jump of 4.96 meters.

Team USA Goalball Defeats France 5-4 in Second Group Play Matchup

They will close out pool play tomorrow, Sept. 1, at 1:15 p.m. against Iran

Scaroni Wins Silver in 5,000m T54

Susannah Scaroni, the 5,000m T54 world record holder and Tokyo 2020 gold medalist, secured silver in the final with a time of 10:45.18.

Tracy Otto Finishes in the Top 8 of Women's Individual W1

Otto faced the reigning gold medalist from Tokyo in her quarterfinal match, but came up just short of the win. She will compete in the mixed team event with Jason Tabansky on Sept. 2.

Gia Pergolini Wins Team USA’s First Gold Medal of the Paralympic Games

Gia Pergolini earned Team USA’s first gold medal of the Paralympic Games in the women’s 100m backstroke S13 with a time of 1:04.93.

Best Earns Silver in Men's 100m T47

Korban Best of Team USA earned his first Paralympic medal, securing silver in the men’s 100m T47 with a personal best of 10.75 seconds.

Stutzman and Polish Advance to Men's Individual Compound Open 1/8 Elimination Round

Both Matt Stutzman and Kevin Polish of Team USA advanced to the 1/8 elimination round of the men’s individual compound open after strong performances in the 1/16 elimination round.

Stroud Advances in Men’s Singles

Conner Stroud defeated Costa Rica's Jose Pablo Gil 6-3, 6-1 in the first round of men’s singles wheelchair tennis. He will next face Japan’s Takashi Sanada on Saturday, Aug. 31.

Women's Sitting Volleyball Drops Its First Group Stage Game Against Longtime Rival China

The two powerhouses that are projected to meet again in the knockout stages added another chapter to their storied rivalry, as China captured the win in four sets (21-25, 25-20, 25-18, 26-24). Heather Erickson scored a team-high 21 kills for the U.S.

Men's Goalball Endures Loss to Brazil in First Day of Pool Play

The team will return to the court on Saturday, Aug. 31, to face the host country, France, at 1:15 p.m. in their second of three pool play games.

Ellie Marks Wins Team USA's First Medal at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Christie Raleigh-Crossley earned Team USA’s second medal of the Games with a silver in the women’s 50m freestyle S10. Grace Nuhfer earned silver in the women’s 100m butterfly S13 in her Paralympic debut with a time of 1:03.88.

Team USA Wins, 66-56, Over Spain in Men's Wheelchair Basketball Opener

Jake Williams led the team with an impressive 22 points and seven assists. Steve Serio scored a triple-double.

Team USA Wheelchair Rugby Wins Opener Against Canada; Sarah Adam Makes Historic Debut

Team USA secured its first win of Paris 2024, defeating Canada, 51-48, in the Group A preliminary round of wheelchair rugby.

U.S. Track Cyclists Fall in Qualifiers, Set Sights on Upcoming Events

Samantha Bosco and Shawn Morelli competed in the qualifying round of the women’s C4-5 500m time trial, finishing 12th and 13th, respectively. Branden Walton and pilot Spencer Seggebruch finished sixth in the men’s B 4,000m individual pursuit.

U.S. Para Swimming Advance Four Athletes to the Medal Rounds

Ellie Marks, Christie Raleigh Crossely, Grace Nuhfer and Olivia Chambers will all compete in the evening medal session.

Miles Krajewski and Jayci Simon Beat India to Win Their First Match of the Games

The 19-year-olds defeated the world No. 2 India, making their Paralympic debuts at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Medal Table

Highlights from paris 2024 paralympic games, olivia chambers secures silver in the women's 200-meter individual medley sm13 final | paris....

Olivia Chambers secured silver in the women's 200-meter individual medley SM13 final at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Gam...

Jaydin Blackwell Sets World Record, Running to Gold in the Men's 400-Meter T38 Final | Pari...

Jaydin Blackwell set a world record, earning a gold medal in the men's 400-meter T38 final at the Paris 2024 Paralymp...

Rebecca Hart Wins Gold in the Women's Individual Grade III Event | Paris 2024

Rebecca Hart won gold in the women's individual Grade III event at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Video supplied by...

Christie Raleigh-Crossley Takes Home Gold in the Women's 100-Meter Backstroke S9 Final | Par...

Christie Raleigh-Crossley took home gold in the women's 100-meter backstroke S9 final at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Ga...

Ezra Frech Secures Second Medal, Winning the Men's High Jump T63 Final | Paris 2024

Ezra Frech secured his second medal, winning the men's high jump T63 final at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Video ...

Brittni Mason Claims Silver in the Women's 100-Meter T47 Final | Paris 2024

Brittni Mason claimed silver in the women's 100-meter T47 final at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Video supplied by...

Fiona Howard Wins Gold in the Women's Individual Grade II Event | Paris 2024

Fiona Howard won gold in the women's individual Grade II event at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Video supplied by...

Leanne Smith Sets New Paralympic Record, Earning Gold in Women's 100-Meter Freestyle S3 Fina...

Leanne Smith set a new Paralympic record of 1:28.81 to earn gold in the women's 100-meter freestyle S3 final at the P...

Team USA Paralympic Medalist Portraits

Ezra frech and jaydin blackwell soar and stride, respectively, to gold medals, three events, three medals: historic firsts highlight u.s. para equestrian athletes’ first day of competition, riding in paris would be like riding in her ‘backyard’ for france-born para-equestrian beatrice de lavalette, day 7 top shots at paris 2024 paralympic games, bts with team usa, ezra frech shows off his two gold medals at team usa house | paris 2024.

Ezra Frech shows off his two gold medals at Team USA House after competing at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

Jaosn Tabansky Reacts to Winning His Gold Medal in the Men's Individual W1 at Team USA House...

Jason Tabansky reacts to winning his gold medal in the men's individual W1 at Team USA House after competing at the P...

The U.S. Mixed Coxed Four PR3 Team Shows Off Its Silver Medal at Team USA House | Paris 2024

The U.S. mixed coxed four PR3 team showed off its silver medal at Team USA House after competing at the Paris 2024 Pa...

U.S. Paratriathlon Athletes Show Off Their Paralympic Medals at Team USA House | Paris 2024

The U.S. paratriathlon team showed off their medals at Team USA House from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

Para-Badminton Duo Miles Krajewski and Jayci Simon Serve Their Gold Medals at Team USA House...

Para-badminton duo Miles Krajewski and Jayci Simon serve their gold medals from the mixed doubles SH6 at Team USA Hou...

Matt Stutzman Flexes His Para Archery Gold Medal at Team USA House | Paris 2024

Matt Stutzman flexed his gold medal won in the men's individual compound open at Team USA House.

Beatriz Hatz Talks Through Her Best Photo Moments of Winning Bronze in the Women's Long Jump...

Beatriz Hatz talked through the photo moments of her winning bronze in the women's long jump T64 final at the Paris 2...

Team USA Cheer Generator

Celebrate Team USA by sharing a personalized cheer!

SEE WHO'S QUALIFIED FOR PARIS FROM YOUR STATE

Team usa qualified athletes, loading athletes map..., team usa is proudly funded by fans like you.

YOU can make an impact and support Team USA athletes with the pursuit of their Olympic and Paralympic dreams.

Follow @TeamUSA

Official team usa tickets, upcoming games, paris 2024 paralympic games, milano cortina 2026 olympic games, milano cortina 2026 paralympic games, la 2028 olympic games, la 2028 paralympic games, brisbane 2032 olympic & paralympic games, 'never miss a moment'.

reCAPTCHA helps prevent automated form spam.

The submit button will be disabled until you complete the CAPTCHA.

Olympic gymnastics highlights: Simone Biles, USA capture gold medal in team final

Editor’s note: Simone Biles has won Olympic gold in the team final , all-around final and vault final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

PARIS – The U.S. women’s gymnastics team had framed it as a redemption tour. But in the end, it was more of a clinic, a showcase – a dominant show of twisting and acrobatic force.

Led by the incomparable Simone Biles , the Americans coasted to yet another Olympic gold medal Tuesday night at Bercy Arena, finishing atop the podium for the third time in the four most recent trips to the Summer Games. They finished nearly six points ahead of the silver medal winners Italy, with Brazil grabbing bronze. It was never really close.

From NFL plays to college sports scores, all the top sports news you need to know every day.

"It was super exciting. We had fun. We enjoyed each other's time out there, and we just did our gymnastics," Biles said.

Get Olympics updates in your texts! Join USA TODAY Sports' WhatsApp Channel

Less than 48 hours after overcoming calf pain in qualifying , Biles competed – and excelled – in all four events , starting the night with a soaring Cheng vault and ending it with her signature floor routine, set in part to the music of Taylor Swift.

"I think it speaks volumes of her strength," said Chellsie Memmel, technical director for the U.S. women. "What she was able to come back from with the whole world watching — and a world watching with a magnifying glass again, just waiting to see what she was going to do.

"We all knew she could do it like. That wasn't ever a question in my mind that she could do it, and it continues to just solidify her place as the greatest gymnast of all the time."

Biles' teammates also more than did their parts.  Suni Lee , the reigning Olympic all-around champ, was masterful on balance beam and strong on uneven bars. Jordan Chiles, like Biles, competed in all four events and finished with just one notable mistake, on balance beam. And Jade Carey, who has been nursing an illness , hit a terrific vault in her only event of the night. (Hezly Rivera, who competed in qualifying, did not participate in the three-up, three-count format.)

More from Paris: Simone Biles' redemption and Paris Olympic gold medal was for herself, U.S. teammates

“Having this opportunity definitely felt really good,” Chiles said. “And being able to be a part of winning this gold medal and everything that I've just gone through, it's just been an amazing experience. So, I'm really just proud of each and every one of us that are up here. This smile is always gonna be smiling because it's just been an amazing experience.”

After the Fierce Five and the Final Five, this group – led by Biles – had talked about wanting to redeem itself after taking home silver at the 2021 Tokyo Games. "The four of them called it their redemption tour — that they certainly did," Memmel said.

It was at those same Olympics, and in this team final, where Biles withdrew from competition abruptly with what she later revealed was a case of the "twisties," which left her feeling disoriented and unsafe while twisting through the air. Perhaps it was fitting then that, in her first event of the final, she was back on vault – and back twisting with confidence in her Cheng vault, which is one of the most difficult in the world.

"As soon as I landed vault, I was like, 'Oh yeah we’re gonna do this,'" Biles said.

It was clear, from the start, that tonight would be different. All four gymnasts who competed for Team USA were also on the team in Tokyo, where restrictive COVID-19 measures had left the arena mostly and eerily empty. So after the U.S. won gold on Tuesday night, one of Biles' coaches, Cecile Landi, was asked what it too to get here over the last three years — for Biles and the team.

"A lot. That's all I have to say. A lot. It's been a roller coaster over the past three years, with a lot of good times and very difficult times," Landi said. "So today's just amazing."

On Tuesday, Biles' parents and husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens , were able to watch and cheer for the Americans from the bleachers. The crowd also featured big-name celebrities and sports figures, including Michael Phelps, Serena Williams, Natalie Portman and Nicole Kidman. Chants of "U-S-A" rang out sporadically after almost every rotation, and American flags waved throughout the stands.

They had plenty to cheer for, of course, thanks to Biles and company. With Tuesday's gold, the 27-year-old passed Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals won by an American gymnast . She now has eight – and perhaps a few more on the way over the next week, with the all-around and apparatus finals still to come.

"We know if they do their normal gymnastics, it should be good enough and that's what we really focused on," Landi said.

Simone Biles, US gymnastics teammates leaned on each other to win this Olympic gold medal

Simone Biles and this U.S. women's gymnastics team have talked about powering through obstacles they faced, in part, by relying on each another .

Even while they were competing against one another in individual competitions over the course of the year, there were always signs of the genuine relationships that had grown between the returning members of this team. At the national championships earlier this summer, Biles noticed that Lee was struggling and walked across the gym during the competition to talk with her about it . In between rotations, it was normal to see Biles and Carey chatting, with Biles bursting out into laughter.

"Even (Monday) night, we were all having a little powwow − (Chiles, Lee and I) in the room, just talking about our age, what we're going through, how hard the Olympics is and all that stuff," Biles said. "... I think it translates out of the gym, as well. And once we're good and close and tight knit outside, then you see what you saw tonight. It was pretty good. It was fun. And we supported each other." Read Tom Schad's full story on the bond the U.S. women's gymnastics team has.

Simone Biles has more Olympic medals than any other American gymnast

Simone Biles and the U.S. women's gymnastics team  winning gold in the team final  gives Biles more Olympic medals than any other American gymnast. She has eight Olympics medals in three Games, breaking the tie she had with  Shannon Miller . It also gives her 38 combined Olympic and world championships medals, which is more than all other teams combined.

"Honestly, I would’ve had to Google that, I’m not really sure, I don’t keep count, I don’t keep stats," Biles said Tuesday night. "I just go out here and do what I love. It’s amazing now that I hear it, but I don’t think I’ll truly understand the depth of it until I walk away from the sport."

Jordan Chiles showed out in a big way to help US win gold

The Olympic gold medal around Jordan Chiles ’ neck more than makes up for the disappointment of missing out on the women's gymnastics all-around final. She will forever be  an Olympic champion , and she knows that the U.S. women wouldn't have won this title without her contributions. She competed on all four events Tuesday night, leading the Americans off on three of them.

“Having this opportunity definitely felt really good,” Chiles said . “Being able to be a part of winning this gold medal … it’s just been an amazing experience.”

Simone Biles' floor routine

Simone Biles closed out the entire Olympic women's gymnatics team final on floor and got a standing ovation from the crowd. She scored a 14.666.

Simone Biles' beam score

Biles appeared to almost lose her balance on a wolf turn, then did lose her balance on an aerial, clinging to the edge of the beam with her toes. But she didn't let the wobble turn into a fall, and ultimately, her score of 14.366 was still be one of the higher marks of the night.

Simone Biles ' uneven bars score

Simone Biles isn't a big fan of the uneven bars, nor is she quite as dominant on that apparatus as the other three. But she was smooth and steady in her routine, nearly sticking the landing en route to a score of 14.400. And she was grinning wide as soon as her feet hit the ground.

The U.S. gymnasts look almost relaxed as they reach the midway point, while some of their would-be rivals have already suffered mistakes. Both Brazil and China had falls on the balance beam in this rotation, which could only widen the gap between Team USA and the rest of the field.

Simone Biles' vault score

Simone Biles didn't do her signature Yurchenko double pike , opting for the second-hardest difficult vault being done these days. Biles scored a 14.9 for her Cheng, which included a small hop on the landing. She smiled and exchanged high fives with coach Laurent Landi and then Cecile Landi, who is both Biles' co-coach and coach of the U.S. women here in Paris. 

That Biles opted for the "easier" vault isn't a surprise. First, the U.S. didn't need it. Though the Yurchenko double pike is worth 0.8 points more than the Cheng, they still posted 44.1 points on the rotation. Second, Biles tweaked her left calf in qualifying. There's no reason to push it. 

Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles beam scores

The Americans gave themselves enough of a cushion on vault and uneven bars that they could have afforded to make a mistake or two — and still win gold. That meant Jordan Chiles' fall when mounting the beam wasn't reason to panic. Chiles recovered from the mistake and was relatively clean for the rest of her routine for a score of 12.733, and Suni Lee then followed with an outstanding performance and a 14.600.

Suni Lee' bars routine

Suni Lee, who specializes on uneven bars, got a deduction for her feet touching the floor. She still scored a 14.566.

Jordan Chiles' bars routine

Jordan Chiles killed it on bars, scoring a 14.366, and she let out a huge scream after. We're verging into the territory when the competition becomes a coronation.

How many rotations in gymnastics final?

There are four. Here was the complete run-of-show for the U.S. women.

• Vault:  Jordan Chiles (14.400), Jade Carey (14.800) and Simone Biles (14.900)
• Uneven bars:  Jordan Chiles (14.366), Simone Biles (14.400) and Suni Lee (14.566)
• Balance beam:  Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee and Simone Biles
• Floor exercise:  Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles and Simone Biles

Simone Biles' calf was wrapped, but she was walking normally

Simone Biles was walking normally but had a wrap that covered almost her entire left calf. Remember, she tweaked the left calf on floor exercise warmups during qualifying, and briefly left the floor before returning and getting her ankle heavily taped. She remained in the competition and showed no ill effects, posting the highest individual score. Coach Cecile Landi said afterward it was a flareup of an injury that occurred several weeks earlier, but that it wasn't a cause for concern.

Who is Simone Biles married to?

She is married to NFL player Jonathan Owens , who is in the arena, sitting with Biles' parents and wearing a T-shirt with "BILES" on it and a huge photo of his wife in action on it. He landed in Paris on Tuesday morning. In addition to the team final, Owens will be able to watch Biles in the all-around final on Thursday, Aug. 1.

During the first rotation, Owens was seen with a pen in hand, possibly recording scores, as Biles performed her vault routine. Mic’ed up on NBC’s broadcast, Owens let out a healthy “let’s go!” after Biles recorded a 14.900 on the vault, the highest score among the three U.S. gymnasts.

What are the twisties?

Biles missed most of the Tokyo Olympics after developing a case of “ the twisties ,” which caused her to lose her sense of where she was in the air and jeopardized her physical safety.

How does Olympic gymnastics scoring work?

A gymnastics routine gets two scores: One for difficulty, also known as the D score or start value, and one for execution. Every gymnastics skill has a numerical value, and the D score is the sum total of the skills in a routine. The execution score, or E score, reflects how well the skills were done. A gymnast starts with a 10.0, and deductions for flaws and form errors are taken from there. Add the D and E scores together, and that’s your total for an apparatus. (Vault scores will always be higher because it’s a single skill.)

Simone Biles, U.S. women got huge welcome from crowd

The teams are being introduced to the crowd, Simone Biles and the U.S. women receiving the biggest of all from the crowd. Biles forgot they were supposed to pose and started walking onto the floor before catching herself. Her and Jade Cade were cracking up.

Simone Biles' moves named after her: What to know

Simone Biles has left her mark on the sport of gymnastics. In addition to her record number of medals — she has 37 at the world championships and Olympics, more than any other gymnast, male or female — Biles has five skills named after her. Skills are named after the first gymnast to do them in a major international competition, like the world championships or Olympics. She has two on vault, two on floor exercise and one on balance beam. Here’s are the Simone Biles moves named after her . — Nancy Armour

Simone Biles' Yurchenko double pike: What to know

The Biles II is also known as the  Yurchenko double pike , one of five moves named after Simone Biles . Vaults are categorized by “families,” which are based on the entry. On Yurchenko vaults, a gymnast does a roundoff onto the takeoff board and a back handspring onto the table. Biles then follows it with a double somersault in the piked position.

Few men even try this vault, which is so difficult because of the power it takes to get two somersaults as well as its lack of a bailout. If something goes awry, more likely to land on her head or neck than her knees.

Biles began doing this vault in 2021 but didn’t do it at a worlds or Olympics until the 2023 world championships. With a 6.4 difficulty value, it is the hardest vault in the women’s code.

When Biles did the vault last year, she took a half-point deduction for having coach Laurent Landi standing on the landing mat, ready to step in and redirect her into a safe position if it looked as if she was headed for a scary landing. But neither Biles nor Landi feel the need for him to do that anymore.

The most difficult vault commonly executed by other gymnasts is valued at 5.6, eight-tenths lower than the Biles II, so doing it gives Biles a huge scoring advantage.

Is Simone Biles the greatest gymnast of all time?

Biles is the greatest gymnast of all time . She has consistently dominated the sport for over a decade, which would have been an unimaginable feat just a few years ago as most gymnasts reach their peak in their late teens. Her ability to win is in a class of its own. With 37 Olympic and world championship medals — 27 of which are gold — Biles has won the most of any gymnast in history. She has also not lost an all-around competition since 2013. 

Biles redefines the possibilities of her sport not just in her record-breaking number of wins and medals, but also in the unmatched difficulty of the skills she completes. Biles has no less than five skills named after her — two on the vault and floor and one on the balance beam — because she was the first, and in most cases, the only athlete to complete them in competition. 

How many Olympic medals does Simone Biles have?

Biles has won eight Olympic medals , five of which are gold. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Biles won three individual golds in the all-around, vault and floor exercise and led Team USA’s “Final Five” to the team gold. She also added a bronze medal on the balance beam. At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Biles added a silver medal in the team event and an additional bronze medal in the balance beam to her hardware collection. 

How many Olympics has Simone Biles been to?

The  2024 Paris Olympics  are  Simone Biles ' third Olympic Games.

Where Simone Biles trains and what it's like to train with her

Simone Biles trains at Champions Centre World, which is owned by Biles’ parents Nellie and Ron and is just outside Houston, has become one of the premier gyms in the country. WCC has two gymnasts on  the five-woman US team  at the  2024 Paris Olympics , Biles and Jordan Chiles, with  Joscelyn Roberson  a traveling alternate and Tiana Sumanasekera a non-traveling alternate. It also sent the most gymnasts, five, to the Olympic trials, and had three more at the  US championships .

"Training with Simone is, like, once in a lifetime," said Roberson,  who moved to WCC after the US championships in 2022 . "She's always so bubbly in the gym. Plus, she can hit. All the time. Like, she never has a bad day, which is insane to me."

How Simone Biles, US Olympic women's gymnastics shattered age stereotype

Simone Biles, 27, is seeking to become the oldest all-around Olympic champion in women's gymnastics in 72 years, and she is one of four athletes on the U.S. team who fit what used to be a rare mold, as repeat Olympians in their 20s. The other three − Jade Carey (24), Jordan Chiles (23) and  Suni Lee  (21) − all competed in college between their two Olympic appearances, which also used to be uncommon. ( Hezly Rivera , 16, rounds out the team.)

With an average age north of 22 years old, it will be the oldest U.S. women's gymnastics team to compete at the Olympics since 1952, according to USA Gymnastics.

"The longevity of this sport has been totally changed. Simone has changed that," Chiles said . not to control everything that I can’t control anymore,” Biles said.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Olympic gymnastics highlights: Simone Biles, USA capture gold medal in team final

Simone Biles, US women complete Olympic ‘redemption tour’ by winning gold

• Associated Press

PARIS — Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Sunisa Lee spent the night before perhaps the biggest gymnastics meet of their lives restless.

No character style: There was a tension in the air. They’d all been in the Olympic spotlight before, experiences that left them with medals but also the kind of scars — be they physical, psychological or both — that heal but never really go away.

And here they were in Paris, the leaders of a star-laden U.S. team everyone expected to finish atop the medal stand, and something wasn’t right.

In a different time, in a different era, it might have festered. Might have followed them onto the floor at Bercy Arena and into the history books, too.

This is not a different time. This is not a different era. This is now.

So the oldest team the U.S. has ever sent to the Olympics, a group that has spent their respective careers breaking barriers about what a female gymnast can and can’t do, what they can and can’t be, did something they never used to do..

They talked, with Biles — three years removed from a Tokyo Games that dragged the conversation around mental health and sports kicking and screaming into the light — right in the middle of it.

“I think there was a little bit of struggle,” she said. “So it was really needed.”

By the time they walked onto the floor for the Olympic final, the tension was gone, largely replaced with joy.

And not soon after, gold.

The self-described “Redemption Tour,” the moniker given to a team filled with women who wanted to return to the Games for deeply personal reasons, ended with Biles and the Americans where they have almost always been since she burst onto the scene 11 years ago: on top of the podium, the rest of the world looking up.

Eight years after winning gold in Rio with a group that called Aly Raisman grandma because she was all of 22, Biles — now 27 and married — was back again with Jade Carey (24), Chiles (23), Lee (21) and teenager Hezly Rivera at her side.

“We don’t have to be put in the box anymore,” Biles said.

No, they don’t.

With Biles at her show-stopping best, the Americans’ total of 171.296 was well clear of Italy and Brazil and the exclamation point of a yearlong run in which Biles has cemented her legacy as the greatest ever in her sport, and among the best in the history of the Olympics.

“She’s the greatest of all greats,” said Chiles, who now has gold to go with the team silver she, Lee and Biles earned in Tokyo, when Biles removed herself from the team final to protect herself.

Stay updated on Tampa Bay’s sports scene

Subscribe to our free Sports Today newsletter

You’re all signed up!

Want more of our free, weekly newsletters in your inbox? Let’s get started.

Chiles, who seemed like a longshot to make it this spring after injuries piled up, was pretty good in her own right. She began the night by drilling her double-twisting Yurchenko vault, sending the Americans on a four-apparatus stop on their “Tour” that felt equal parts coronation and celebration.

By the time Biles, the left calf that bothered her during qualifying heavily taped, stepped onto the floor for the final event — a floor exercise set to music by Taylor Swift and Beyonce — it was over.

She joked she knew she simply needed to stay on her feet to win. She did more than that, providing an exclamation point on the U.S.’s third gold in its last four trips to the Games.

The Americans remain peerless (if not flawless, this is gymnastics after all) when at their best.

And over two hours in front of a crowd that included everyone from tennis great Serena Williams and actor Natalie Portman, Biles left little doubt about anything.

Her status as the sport’s greatest of all time. Her ability to move past the “twisties” that derailed her in Japan. Her spot in the pantheon of the U.S. Olympic movement.

She now has a staggering 38 medals in major international competitions. Eight of those have come under the Olympic rings, moving her past Shannon Miller for the most by an American gymnast.

Yet her return wasn’t so much about winning. That’s never really been the point anyway, just a byproduct of her unparalleled excellence. It was about a joy she had lost somewhere along the way.

It seems to have returned. She leaned into the crowd that roared at every flip, every leap and, yes, every twist. With her husband — on break from NFL training camp — waving an American flag while sitting next to her parents, Biles did what she has done so well for so long save for a couple of difficult days in Japan during a pandemic: she dominated.

Biles met with her therapist in the morning to put her in the right mindset. There was brief — very brief — moment of trepidation as she raced down the vault runway, the event that began to spin out of control in Tokyo.

Only this time, she essentially stuck her Cheng vault, the one that sends her spinning through the air in a fraction of a second.

Afterward, she exhaled.

“I was like ‘Yes, please no flashbacks or anything,’” Biles said. “But I did feel a lot of relief. And as soon as I landed I was like ‘Oh yeah, we’re going to do this.’”

Yes they were. Just like always.

The only real drama centered on who would finish next to the Americans on the medal stand.

Italy, which was a surprising second to the U.S. during qualifying, returned to the podium for the first time since 1928 by holding off Brazil for silver.

Yet there was no question about the top spot. There rarely ever is when Biles is involved.

The road back to this moment has been difficult at times. Uncertain. They felt the weight of everything on Monday night. Rather than let it weigh them down, they shed it.

“I think the talk that we had yesterday definitely helped all of us like come together tonight,” Lee said. “And it just made it so much more special.”

By WILL GRAVES, Associated Press

The Associated Press is an independent, not-for-profit news cooperative headquartered in New York City. Our teams in over 100 countries tell the world's stories, from breaking news to investigative reporting.

MORE FOR YOU

• Advertisement

ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SUBSCRIBERS

The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on desktop, mobile, and our app for subscribers only. To enjoy the e-Newspaper every day, please subscribe.

How Simone Biles helped USA Gymnastics to win team gold at Paris Olympics 2024

Simone Biles and Team USA win gold

Simone Biles helped inspire the United States to victory in the women’s gymnastics team final at the Paris 2024 Olympics as her self-billed “redemption tour” got off to a dream start.

The United States won silver in the team final at Tokyo 2020 with Biles later withdrawing from the Games because of the ‘twisties’, a destabilizing mental block similar to the ‘yips’ in golf or baseball.

But Biles was back to her best in Sunday’s qualifying session and was solid again on all four apparatus today. She scored 14.900 on the balance beam as the USA assembled a formidable team score of 171.296 — almost six points ahead of second-placed Italy . Brazil took bronze.

The USA’s gold is their eleventh Olympic medal in the women’s team event.

Simone Biles, U.S. women’s gymnastics golden once again after dominant display of redemption in Olympic team final

The photograph everybody has been waiting for

Getty Images

Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles, Hezly Rivera and Jade Carey with gold around their necks.

Advertisement

What’s next the U.S. women’s gymnastics team

(Jamie Squire / Getty Images)

More medal opportunities await the U.S. women’s gymnastics team, as four members qualified for individual event finals.

Simone Biles and Suni Lee will be back in action on August 1 for the women’s all-around final. Lee is the reigning champion while Biles won the title in 2016.

On August 3, Biles and Jade Carey will compete in the vault final. The next day Lee will compete in the uneven bars final.

Then on August 5, Biles will compete in the balance beam final along with Lee. Biles will also compete in the floor exercise final with Jordan Chiles.

A complete list of Simone Biles’ Olympic medals

• Rio 2016: Team — gold
• Rio 2016: All-around — gold
• Rio 2016: Vault — gold
• Rio 2016: Floor exercise — gold
• Rio 2016: Balance beam — bronze
• Tokyo 2020: Team — silver
• Tokyo 2020: Balance beam — bronze
• Paris 2024: Team — gold

Don’t worry — Hezly Rivera gets a medal, too

We’ve received a few questions asking this but, yes, Hezly Rivera will receive a gold medal after Team USA’s win today.

The 16-year-old featured in Sunday’s qualifying but was left out today.

A reminder: you can let us know what you made of that final by emailing [email protected] .

Women’s gymnastics team final — full results

Italy claimed second and Brazil broke British hearts to win bronze.

• United States: 171.296
• Italy: 165.494
• Brazil: 164.497
• Britain: 164.263
• Canada: 162.432
• China: 162.131
• Romania: 159.497
• Japan: 159.463

Simone Biles makes U.S. Olympic history

Simone Biles has become the most decorated American gymnast in the history of the Olympic Games.

She has now won eight medals — five of them gold — to surpass the great Shannon Miller.

What a performance

Simone Biles is the GOAT.

She nails her floor routine to put the Americans back on top after the team finished second in Tokyo. A couple steps out of bounds lowered her score slightly, but she needed better than a 8.864 for the USA to surpass Italy.

She scored a 14.666.

Simone Biles does it in style!

She scores a 14.666!

Simone Biles gets the job done

Simone Biles has done it.

She completes her floor routine to a rapturous reception.

The United States of America has won gold.

Step forward Simone Biles

The United States has one gymnast left to complete the fourth and final rotation.

Simone Biles.

She needs to register a single-figure score for the team to reclaim gold.

Team USA are on the brink of gold

Jordan Chiles served up an extraordinary floor routine full of sass, smiles and solid landings. She began with a wink before nailing her full-twisting double layout and ended with a double layout that had all her teammates throwing their hands up in celebration.

Her 13.966 means Simone Biles will only need a score in the single digits to secure the team gold.

When Chiles stepped off the floor, Suni Lee congratulated her and summed up what everyone watching was thinking: “That was fire .”

Jordan Chiles delivers on the floor

Incredible! Jordan Chiles ups the ante, scoring a 13.966, an improvement on her 13.866 in qualifying. It’s the second highest floor exercise score of the day, behind only Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade.

She looks so incredibly emotional after that performance, what a performance.

Next up: Jordan Chiles

Jordan Chiles is on the floor.

One down, two to go

Suni Lee opens the U.S. lineup on the floor with a hit routine and all three tumbling passes landed in bounds with big smiles.

She got deducted for the small hops and shuffles she took on her landings, but her 13.533 is a great score for Lee given that her difficulty score is a bit lower than her teammates’ on floor.

More disappointment for Brazil

It has been a tough afternoon for Brazil and Jade Barbosa just stepped out of bounds during her vault landing. That naturally impacted her score: a 13.366 hampered by a low execution score of 8.466.

That won’t do Brazil’s medal hopes any good…

Suni Lee gets Team USA underway

Sunisa Lee is first out for Team USA for the floor exercise.

She scored a 13.100 in qualifying … but surpasses that here! It’s a wonderful routine and she scores a 13.533 that edges the United States ever closer to gold.

Simone Biles’ parents prepare for the final event

The family of Simone Biles watches on.

Their daughter is on the verge of winning her eighth Olympic medal and fifth gold.

How the United States will finish

It is time for the final rotation. The United States will finish on the floor.

First Suni Lee, then Jordan Chiles and then Simone Biles.

Gold is within touching distance for the USA

With only one event left, the U.S. leads the pack with 129.131. Italy is 3.602 points behind in second, and Britain rounds out the top three.

Brazil sits in sixth, but Rebeca Andrade can change that with a huge vault. Her scores typically hover just under 15.000.

Three hit routines on floor will clinch the gold for Team USA. A few landings out of bounds are likely, but those wouldn’t put the win in jeopardy.

IFA World Tour Finals 2024

• GET TICKETS
• 18 - 21 July 2024
• Rhein-Neckar-Stadium Mannheim

FOLLOW US :

IFA FISTBALL WORLD TOUR

Finals 2024.

The IFA Fistball World Tour Finals 2024 will take place in Mannheim (Germany) from July 18 to 21. Eight men’s and eight women’s teams will play for the Club World Cup titles in the Rhein-Neckar Stadium.

• WORLD TOUR FINALS

FISTBALL TOP CLUB TEAMS TOGETHER

Which fistball team is the best in the world?

Who will secure the most important crown in world club fistball? Since 2018, the IFA World Tour Finals have replaced the former World Cup. In addition to the champions of the continental associations, the best-placed teams on the World Tour from the previous year also have the chance to qualify for the final event.

In 2024, eight men’s and eight women’s teams will once again compete in the established format to decide the winners.

LATEST NEWS & ARTICLE

• MATCH SCHEDULE

GIVE US THE SPIRIT

18 july 2024, group stage, women & men, 19 july 2024, group stage & semifinals, 20 july 2024, placement matches, 21 july 2024.

• WORLD TOUR FINALS 2024

FACTS & FIGURES

Four World Tour Finals have been held so far. After the coronavirus pandemic, the top teams have visited Curitiba (Brazil) twice in a row. In 2024, 16 teams from a total of four countries will take part.

• Vaihingen/Enz (GER)
• Salzburg (AUT)
• Curitiba (BRA)
• Switzerland

• PAST EVENTS

HIGHLIGHTS WT FINALS

SG Novo Hamburgo - TSV Pfungstadt

Gold Medal Match Men (WT Finals 2023)

TV Jahn Schneverdingen - Clube Duque de Caxias

Gold Medal Match Women (WT Finals 2023)

Union Tigers Vöcklabruck - Clube Duque de Caxias

Bronze Medal Match Men (WT Finals 2022)

SOGIPA Porto Alegre - TSV Dennach

Gold Medal Match Women (WT Finals 2019)

Support the organization and become part of the WT Finals 2024!

• GET YOUR TICKETS

See the 2024 World Tour Finals LIVE in Mannheim

Enjoy the IFA Fistball World Tour Finals  in the Rhein-Neckar-Stadium – on all four competition days from the preliminary round to the finals with the WT Finals Event pass, the finals matches with the weekend ticket or with a daily ticket.

Tour de France: Team-by-team ratings

Our comprehensive analysis of every squad's Tour de France performance

Tour de France team ranking

After the 2020 Tour de France drew to a close in Paris on Sunday, we've all had enough time to digest the events of the past three weeks, the ins and outs, ups and down of Le Grand Boucle.

We've pored through 21 days of action to find the most memorable moments of the race, we've analysed the top 10 GC riders, checked out the prize money rankings , and we've pulled apart the peloton to find the winners and losers of the Tour.

But what about the teams themselves? With 21 stages and four jerseys up for grabs, it would've been a big ask for all 22 squads to leave France with a concrete prize. And so it proved – a select few rose to the top, others disappointed, while bad luck or a simple lack of resources saw some teams come away with very little to show for 3,484km of hard work.

8 memorable moments from the 2020 Tour de France Rating the Tour de France top 10 Philippa York's Tour de France winners and losers Pogačar, UAE Team Emirates top Tour de France prize earners

It's our final piece of analysis of this strange, delayed edition of the Tour de France. After all, the races are coming thick and fast with the Road World Championships coming up and the Classics and Giro d'Italia on the horizon, too.

Read on for our 2020 Tour de France team ratings.

AG2R La Mondiale – ★★★☆☆

Best GC: Mickaël Cherel – 26th at 1:40:51

Top results: Nans Peters – winner on stage 8

Get The Leadout Newsletter

The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!

Summary: With team leader Romain Bardet going into the race – his last Tour before leaving for Sunweb – proclaiming a goal of targeting stage wins, coming away from the race with one in the bag looks a good result for AG2R.

Bardet wasn't responsible for it though; instead it was teammate Nans Peters celebrating as he prevailed from the break on a hard day to Loudenvielle, adding to his stage win at last year's Giro.

While supposed co-leader Pierree Latour was anonymous before leaving the race injured, Bardet looked a real GC threat before his own withdrawal due to concussion after stage 13. He lay fourth overall heading into that stage, and who knows what might have been later on. Another highlight was Benoît Cosnefroy's two-week stint in the polka dot jersey, even if he couldn't sustain the challenge through the final week as stronger climbers came to the fore. (DO)

Arkéa-Samsic – ★½☆☆☆

Best GC: Warren Barguil – 14th at 31:04

Top results: Nairo Quintana – fourth on stage 4

Summary: Simply put, a Tour team built around their star addition for 2020, Nairo Quintana, had nothing to offer when the Colombian's GC bid collapsed after he was injured in a crash on stage 13. He had looked good up to that point, scoring a fourth place on Orcières-Merlettee early on, but it's another case of 'what might have been'.

Warren Barguil quietly (almost silently) rode to 14th overall, half an hour ahead of Quintana. The Frenchman scored the team's only other top 10 placing with sixth on stage 16.

We have to mention the scandal that has erupted around the team since the end of the Tour, with details emerging of a stage 17 police raid and subsequent investigation. Those involved are innocent until proven guilty, of course, but the news only adds to what ended up a very disappointing campaign. (DO)

Astana Pro Team – ★★★★☆

Best GC: Miguel Ángel López – sixth at 6:47

Top results: Alexey Lutsenko – winner on stage 6 ; Miguel Ángel López – winner on stage 17

Summary: On the face of it, Miguel Ángel López's sixth place looks a decent result for the Tour debutant – and it is – but falling from third to sixth on La Planche des Belles Filles was not how he or Astana will have wanted to end what was a very good Tour for the Kazakhstani outfit. 

Alexey Lutsenko grabbed a stage win from the break on Mont Aigoual to ensure the race was a success no matter where López ended up, and the Colombian only looked to get stronger as the race went on, too.

His highlight came on the Col de la Loze, storming to victory on the toughest climb of the Tour as a battle for yellow played out behind him. In the end, a third Grand Tour podium wasn't to be for him, but nevertheless Astana can be very happy with their three week's work. (DO)

B&B Hotels-Vital Concept – ★½☆☆☆

Best GC: Pierre Rolland – 18th at 1:08:26

Top results: Pierre Rolland – second on stage 12

Summary: Three years after their creation, Jérôme Pineau's team made their debut at the Tour de France, and gave a good account of themselves. They were unable to come away with a dream stage win, but Bryan Coquard came close with third on the crosswind stage to Lavaur, a day that apparently gave a lot of confidence to the team as a whole.

From then on, they mucked in with chasing down breaks on the sprint days and animated many of the other days. 'Attaque de Pierre Rolland' is a catchphrase formed over years of commentators’ bingo, and the Frenchman was true to his aggressive, scattergun approach at this Tour, and looked on the verge of mounting a KOM challenge in the Alps.

Kévin Reza also played a leading role in the peloton's anti-racism demonstration on the final day. Next year's Tour starts in the team's native Brittany and they'll be confident they’ve done enough to be invited back. (PF)

Bahrain McLaren – ★★★½☆

Best GC: Mikel Landa – fourth at 5:58; Damiano Caruso – tenth at 14:03

Top results: Mikel Landa – fifth on stage 9

Summary: Like 2019 when Vincenzo Nibali won the race's penultimate stage, Bahrain McLaren's Tour was salvaged late on as new Grand Tour leader Mikel Landa ascended the ranks of the top 10 to finish fourth overall in Paris.

The Spaniard, who led the new-look team and matched his previous best result , looked iffy on some stages and best of the rest behind the Slovenians on others, and ultimately jumped up to fourth in the most unexpected way – a time trial.

Elsewhere, it was a quieter campaign for the team, with Wout Poels breaking a rib on day one and Pello Bilbao making the break on a couple of occasions. Damiano Caruso's tenth place – his best at a Tour de France after a very strong final week – was the icing on the cake of what can be considered a successful race for the team. (DO)

Bora-Hansgrohe – ★★★☆☆

Best GC: Lennard Kämna – 33rd at 2:15:39

Top results: Lennard Kämna – winner on stage 16

Summary: Lennard Kämna's stage victory at Villard-de-Lans saved what would otherwise had been a disappointing Tour for the German team, winning from the break after overpowering Richard Carapaz 20km from the line.

It was still a good race in the grand scheme of things, though, in the build-up, Bora-Hansgrohe would have been aiming for the green jersey with Peter Sagan as well as a GC bid with Emanuel Buchmann.

Buchmann, injured in a crash at the Critérium Dauphiné, never reached his best form, while Sagan wasn't close to top form either, his best finish third place on two stages, and ultimately he was easily bested by Sam Bennett in the battle for green. The team did well to battle for stage wins too, with Kämna's breakaway victory meaning they at least salvaged something from the race. (DO)

CCC Team – ★★☆☆☆

Best GC: Simon Geschke – 48th at 2:44:27

Top results: Greg Van Avermaet – third on stage 6

Summary: If this was the team's final Tour de France, it was a slightly limp way to bow out. Matteo Trentin was active in the green jersey battle but was never really a threat for it. When it came to stage wins, Greg Van Avermaet and Ilnur Zakarin came close, the latter let down by his descending skills , while the team was active in numerous breakaways, too.

Van Avermaet and Trentin were both in the decisive move on stage 19 but questions over communication – first raised when Trentin signed over the winter – resurfaced as they came away empty-handed, with Van Avermaet apparently unaware of the tactic of Trentin attacking, which ultimately served only to lay Søren Kragh Andersen's path to victory.

A collective highlight was their joining forces with Bora-Hansgrohe on stage 14 to distance the sprinters but with Van Avermaet and Trentin in your team, you expect a better return. (PF)

Cofidis – ★★½☆☆

Best GC: Guillaume Martin – 11th at 16:58

Top results: Jesús Herrada – second on stage 6

Summary: A mixed bag for Cofidis, who will surely come away from the Tour with a sense of disappointment. Back as a WorldTour outfit, Elia Viviani was signed at some expense to help end their 12-year run without a stage win at the race. Fourth at Île de Ré was his best result, however, while Jesús Herrada came closest to victory on Mont Aigoual.

Instead, the team's leading light was Guillaume Martin, who backed up a great Dauphiné with a statement of his GC credentials. He was third overall up until stage 13, when he plummeted to 12th . He ended up 11th, continuing his line of progression in the Tour (23rd, 21st, 12th, 11th), but left a slightly disappointing taste as the ambition would have been a top 10, if not before the race then certainly after the first week.

Still, Martin was widely talked about in the early phases of the race, and finished it as the top Frenchman, giving plenty of exposure to the French team and a good deal of optimism for the future. (PF)

Deceuninck-QuickStep – ★★★★½

Best GC: Julian Alaphilippe – 36th at 2:19:11

Top results: Sam Bennett – green jersey, won stages 10 and 21 ; Julian Alaphilippe – winner on stage 2 , three days in yellow

Summary: Another good Tour for the Belgian team, with three stage wins, the green jersey , and a spell in yellow. They put a lot of resources behind Sam Bennett's green jersey bid, and they were rewarded, ending their old foe Peter Sagan's long run as the winner of the points classification.

Bennett's curious inferiority complex was maybe not entirely lifted but he proved himself worthy of what is still comfortably the best sprint set-up in the peloton, with Michael Mørkøv once again underlining his credentials as the best lead-out man in the world.

Julian Alaphilippe won a scintillating stage in Nice and pulled on the yellow jersey once again, and from that early point, his race automatically qualified as a success. However, after last year, the Frenchman is judged by different standards to everyone else, and the rest of his Tour was a slight disappointment.

Firstly, he lost yellow in a sloppy fashion, with an illegal feed , and after that, he infiltrated almost every breakaway going but came up short every time. He maybe could have picked his battles a little better but it was clear this wasn't the sparkling Alaphilippe of 2019, and he appeared human again by the final week. (PF)

EF Pro Cycling – ★★★★☆

Best GC: Rigoberto Urán – eighth at 8:02

Top results: Daniel Martínez – winner on stage 13

Summary: The American squad headed to the Tour with three Colombians ready to do battle in the mountains, but that triple threat never really came into being. Rigoberto Urán was – somewhat surprisingly – one of only two Colombians to make the top 10 in Paris, his eighth a nice result after his career-threatening injury sustained at the Vuelta a España a year ago

It was a very quiet eighth though, even if he battled to podium contention heading into the final week. A struggle on the Col de la Loze and a less-than-ideal time trial meant that didn't come to pass, however.

Daniel Martínez added some flair to EF's Tour with a wonderful stage win on the Puy Mary. The Dauphiné winner boosted his stock further as he outfoxed Bora-Hansgrohe duo Max Schachmann and Lennard Kämna to take the team's first Tour win since 2017. Ultimately, a successful race for EF. (DO)

Groupama-FDJ – ★½☆☆☆

Best GC: Sébastien Reichenbach – 24th at 1:39:27

Top results: Sébastien Reichenbach – third on stage 16

Summary: A Tour to forget for the French team, with their mercurial leader Thibaut Pinot left with another soul-searching task and another year wondering if the stars will ever align . Pinot finished the race, and only dropped out of GC contention on the first day in the Pyrenees, but his Tour was effectively over on the first day, when he crashed in Nice and someone rode into his back.

It was a similar story for the promising David Gaudu, who was unable to make an impact in his leader's absence and had to abandon on stage 16.

Valentin Madouas was a spritely presence, Stefan Küng took his opportunity for breakaways, and Sébastien Reichenbach was third on stage 16, but the mood will have been subdued in Paris. It can be attributed to simple bad luck, but there may be a touch of regret at leaving out the in-form Arnaud Démare in order to go all-in for Pinot. (PF)

Ineos Grenadiers – ★★★☆☆

Best GC: Richard Carapaz – 13th at 25:53

Top results: Michał Kwiatkowski – winner on stage 18

Summary: The 2020 Tour de France was a bruising experience and something of a wake-up call for the British team. Given the astronomical standards they've set themselves with seven victories in the eight previous Tours, anything less is automatically deemed a huge disappointment , if not outright failure.

Egan Bernal came into the race with doubts over his back, and his capitulation on stage 15 had already been signposted. It led to a tide of questioning, from team selection to training methods. Even before that, Ineos, after dominating the Tour for so long, were largely relegated from the front of the bunch as Jumbo-Visma stamped their newfound authority.

On a collective level, they now have competition, and also on an individual, with the rise of Tadej Pogačar sure to be a concern to the team who thought they possessed the rider of the next decade.

After Bernal's abandon, the team did re-set and managed to salvage something from the race. Richard Carapaz lit up the Alps with his incessant attacks but it was Michał Kwiatkowski whose name was put to a stage win, crossing the line arm-in-arm with Carapaz in one of the most enduring images of the Tour.

It was a great moment for the rider who has sacrificed so much of his own potential for those previous yellow jerseys, and a show of team pride, but it will do little to deflect from the reality that Dave Brailsford will have to go back to the drawing board. (PF)

Israel Start-Up Nation – ★☆☆☆☆

Best GC: Dan Martin – 41st at 2:30:25

Top results: Hugo Hofstetter – fourth on stage 5

Summary: The Tour de France debutants had a tough time in France, despite turning up with a pretty solid squad in Nice. Dan Martin was the team's biggest signing for 2020, but was unlucky to fracture his sacrum at the Dauphiné and couldn't add to his two stage victories – as was the aim, rather than a GC bid, this year.

They were active in breaks with Krists Neilands, Ben Hermans and Guy Niv, but with only so many stages up for grabs it was always going to be tough going to get that bit of luck and prevail.

Sprinters André Greipel and Hugo Hofstetter grabbed a handful of top 10 finishes between them, with the Frenchman coming off better. The race would've been a good learning experience for the team, and they'll be back next year with more big names – Froome, Woods, Impey – and greater expectations. (DO)

Jumbo-Visma – ★★★★½

Best GC: Primož Roglič – second at 0:59; Tom Dumoulin – seventh at 7:48

Top results: Primož Roglič – winner on stage 4 , 11 days in yellow; Wout van Aert – winner on stages 5 and 7

Summary: The Dutch squad enjoyed a near-perfect Tour, only for it to fall apart on the penultimate day of the race as an incredible ride from Tadej Pogačar shockingly dispatched of Primož Roglič with ease.

The image of Tom Dumoulin and Wout van Aert staring at the big screen on La Planches des Belles Filles in shock at what was unfolding will be one of the enduring images of the Tour, but there were plenty of positives beyond the GC loss.

Roglič – impervious in the race lead for half the race – took a stage win on day four, while Wout van Aert, who looks the best all-rounder in the sport and probably the top rider of 2020, sprinted to two wins while also serving as a domestique deep into the mountains.

Tom Dumoulin's improving form is a plus, too. The Dutchman looked close to his best at times after almost a year of injury and illness , and his seventh-place – despite putting himself to work for Roglič – will be a reason for additional cheer. (DO)

Lotto Soudal – ★★★½☆

Best GC: Thomas De Gendt – 52nd at 2:51:56

Top results: Caleb Ewan – winner of stages 3 and 11

Summary: Two stage wins, courtesy of Caleb Ewan , represents a decent enough return, but it was a tough Tour for the Belgian team. The race started out in disastrous fashion, as they lost Philippe Gilbert and John Degenkolb on a crash-ridden opening day in Nice.

That not only hampered their sprint lead-out but left them looking very much one-dimensional, as Gilbert would have been eyeing up a number of breakaway opportunities on the hilly route. Thomas De Gendt wasn't his usual self, and in the second half of the race the team was largely reduced to a cluster of riders shepherding Ewan through the mountains.

With the Giro d'Italia starting in less than two weeks, it was a huge effort to make just to arrive boxed-in on the Champs-Élysées, and that might have left a slightly sour taste. Ewan's two stage wins – the first a sensational weaving sprint – were a drop from his three last year, but none of his rivals won more. (PF)

Mitchelton-Scott – ★★½☆☆

Best GC: Adam Yates – ninth at 9:25

Top results: Adam Yates – four days in yellow; Luka Mezgec – second on stages 14 and 19

Summary: A quieter than usual presence at the Tour, Mitchelton-Scott's race was all about Adam Yates, and to a lesser extent sprinter Luka Mezgec. The Briton spent four days in yellow in the first week, but didn't look like a genuine GC challenger, eventually falling to ninth after the time trial.

Yates talked of stage wins before the race, but after his time in yellow seemed determined to stay in the top 10 fight rather than letting go and trying for a win. His third place on stage 2 was the closest he came to that. 

Mezgec, meanwhile, mixed it up in the sprints but wasn't at the level of the stage contenders. Two second-place finishes came when he proved quickest from reduced groups behind Søren Kragh Andersen. The rest of the squad were less active – a far cry from the comparative feast of four stage wins in 2019. (DO)

Movistar – ★★★½☆

Best GC: Enric Mas – fifth at 6:07

Top results: Team classification; Carlos Verona – third on stage 8

Summary: Technically, Movistar were, once again, the best team in the Tour de France, but we all know that's not true. Their targeting of the teams classification – at times at the expense of other ideas – has become a source of amusement, but they stayed true to themselves and all took to the podium in Paris for the fifth time in six years.

With Enric Mas finishing fifth overall, it wasn't actually a bad Tour for the Spanish team, their first of the post-Landa-Quintana-Carapaz era. You'd be forgiven for thinking Mas had only arrived in France in the final week – he didn't have a good start to the race and was 12th overall after the first week, but went on to place fifth on the Grand Colombier, sixth on the Col de la Loze, and fifth from the GC group in La Roche-sur-Foron. Finally, a strong time trial took him into the final top five.

Beyond Mas, Movistar had a quiet race, with Marc Soler infiltrating a few breakaways and Alejandro Valverde staying in and around the GC picture to finish 12th. Mas' final-week resurgence saved Movistar's Tour and altered their perspective. There must have been worries at the halfway mark, but Mas, who had three pairs of shoes to fill and a burden of expectation as 'the next big thing in Spain', does appear to offer a solid future for the team. (PF)

NTT Pro Cycling – ★☆☆☆☆

Best GC: Michael Valgren – 73rd at 3:41:45

Top results: Edvald Boasson Hagen – second on stage 7

Summary: Yes, NTT really were at the Tour de France this year. European champion Giacomo Nizzolo was their main man after looking rejuvenated so far in 2020, but was forced out of the race in the Pyrenees with a knee injury.

The Italian's best result was a rather distant third place behind Caleb Ewan's magical sprint in Sisteron, while teammate Edvald Boasson Hagen went one better in the crosswinds of stage 7, though he wasn't close to Wout van Aert at the finish in Lavaur. That second might elevate themselves above the other 'one-starers' but NTT brought so little else to the race.

The second half of the race saw Michael Gogl make the break of the day twice and Walscheid once, but the fact that we had to scour race reports to confirm this should tell you how well those went. NTT ended the race with five riders in Paris; you have to wonder if things would have turned out much differently had they started with that many. (DO)

Team Sunweb – ★★★★★

Best GC: Marc Hirschi – 54th at 2:54:34

Top results: Marc Hirschi – winner on stage 12 , combativity prize; Søren Kragh Andersen – winner on stages 14 and 19

Summary: If you told me before the Tour that I'd be writing this, there's no way I'd have believed you, but Sunweb were arguably the best team at the 2020 Tour de France. They may not have won the most stages or done anything on GC, but in terms of racing as one collective unit, they were outstanding.

Søren Kragh Andersen won two stages and Marc Hirschi one, and on each occasion they played the numbers game to great effect. Hischi was sensational on his debut Tour and could have had more, but Sunweb's successes were largely down to timing and tactics. Perhaps they stand out because so many had written them off. They'd lost Tom Dumoulin last winter and left Wilco Kelderman and Sam Oomen for the Giro, leaving no GC leader.

Even then, they declined to bring their top stage hunter and former green jersey, Michael Matthews, who is being sent to the Giro and so will also miss the Classics before leaving for Mitchelton-Scott. The ethos at Sunweb very much prizes the collective over the individual. It's a somewhat polarising approach, with Dumoulin and Matthews the latest in a long and alarming list of riders breaking their contracts, but at the Tour de France we saw its merits. (PF)

Total Direct Énergie – ★☆☆☆☆

Best GC: Romain Sicard – 31st at 2:13:02

Top results: Anthony Turgis – ninth on stage 1; Fabien Grellier – one day in polka dots

Summary: The final squad among the one-star crew. Total Direct Énergie had one of the weakest squads at the Tour and it was therefore no surprise to see them struggle. They'll have been looking towards Niccolò Bonifazio and Lilian Calmejane for a result, but the Italian's tenth place on stage 3 was the best either could manage.

Instead, the team were visible in breakaways, and, after stage 1, in the polka dot jersey for a day courtesy of Fabien Grellier's efforts in Nice. The likes of Mathieu Burgaudeau, Jérôme Cousin and Romain Sicard were in numerous breaks through the rest of the race.

They put up a good fight and got their name out there, which, sometimes, is the best you can say about the minnows at cycling's biggest race. (DO)

Trek-Segafredo – ★★★★½

Best GC: Richie Porte – third at 3:30

Top results: Mads Pedersen – second on stages 1 and 21; Toms Skujinš – second on stage 8

Summary: Richie Porte said his third place finish felt like a victory , and that'll be the case for the team as a whole, who would have ripped your arm off for a spot on the Paris podium ahead of the race.

It was a blow to lose Bauke Mollema through a crash on stage 13, but Porte picked up the mantle and got stronger and stronger, culminating in a brilliant penultimate-day time trial. The team made a big blunder in the crosswinds on stage 7, with Porte and Mollema both losing time, but thereafter they shepherded Porte well, with strong protection coming from none other than the world champion Mads Pedersen.

The Dane sprinted to second place on the first and last day, underlining his ability but also raising question marks over whether it was worth rotating the sprint leadership between him, Jasper Stuyven and Edward Theuns. (PF)

UAE Team Emirates – ★★★★★

Best GC: Tadej Pogačar – winner at 87:20:05

Top results: Tadej Pogačar – yellow, polka dot, white jerseys, winner of stages 9 , 15 and 20 ; Alexander Kristoff – winner on stage 1

Summary: When funding from UAE's second largest Emirate, Abu Dhabi, came in to take on the former Lampre-Merida team in 2017, the aim was to become one of the very top teams, and now they have their first Tour de France victory.

Tadej Pogačar was simply extraordinary in winning three stages, three jerseys, becoming the second youngest Tour winner of all time and one of only eight debutant champions. After Alexander Kristoff's stage win in Nice, the team had the yellow jersey on the first day and the last day, and the champagne will have flowed.

However, it must be said Pogačar's victory was more a display of individual brilliance than a collective effort. Fabio Aru abandoned early amid a tirade of unnecessary criticism from his management, and Davide Formolo left with a broken collarbone.

David De la Cruz had an impressive ride on the Col de la Loze, where his turn exploded the yellow jersey group, but Pogačar didn't have anything like the support Roglič had at Jumbo-Visma, underlined by his losses in the stage 7 crosswinds. Pogačar showed he didn't really need a team , but they'll surely be looking to strengthen around a rider who could dominate this generation. (PF)

★★★ ★★ – Team Sunweb, UAE Team Emirates

★★★ ★½ – Deceuninck-QuickStep, Jumbo-Visma, Trek-Segafredo

★★★ ★☆ – Astana Pro Team, EF Pro Cycling

★★★½☆ – Bahrain McLaren, Lotto Soudal, Movistar

★★★ ☆☆ – AG2R La Mondiale, Bora-Hansgrohe, Ineos Grenadiers

★★½☆☆ – Cofidis, Mitchelton-Scott

★★☆☆☆ – CCC Team

★½☆☆☆ – Arkéa-Samsic, B&B Hotels-Vital Concept, Groupama-FDJ 

★☆☆☆☆ – Israel Start-Up Nation, NTT Pro Cycling, Total Direct Énergie

Thank you for reading 5 articles in the past 30 days*

Join now for unlimited access

Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

*Read any 5 articles for free in each 30-day period, this automatically resets

After your trial you will be billed £4.99 $7.99 €5.99 per month, cancel anytime. Or sign up for one year for just £49 $79 €59

Try your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

Patrick is a freelance sports writer and editor. He’s an NCTJ-accredited journalist with a bachelor’s degree in modern languages (French and Spanish). Patrick worked full-time at Cyclingnews for eight years between 2015 and 2023, latterly as Deputy Editor.

The role of motivation and goal setting in cycling: How to set goals and stay motivated without burning out

The importance of nutrition in cycling performance: Dietary strategies for optimal performance and recovery

Kaden Groves clinches third Vuelta a España stage win after inheriting points lead from Wout van Aert

Most Popular

Tour Championship

East Lake Golf Club

HOW SCOTTIE GOT SO GOOD

Payday at Doral

Here's the prize money payout for each team at the 2022 LIV Golf Team Championship - Miami

Charles Laberge/LIV Golf

In the first seven events of LIV Golf’s inaugural season, the Saudi-backed circuit paid prize money payouts of $25 million combined for its individual and team competitions. For its eighth and final event of 2022, the upstart tour doubled that.

The overall purse for the LIV Golf Team Championship – Miami was $50 million, with the four-man team that won on Sunday—the 4 Aces—earning $16 million to split among its members—Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch and Pat Perez.

MORE: Phil and Brooks' saucy exchange at LIV Golf Miami was definitely real and spectacular

This week’s event was solely a team competition, played at Trump National Doral in Florida, and it employed a unique format. On Friday, the four highest-seeded teams among the 12 total received byes. The remaining eight teams competed in a head-to-head match-play bracket with the teams playing a mix of singles and foursome matches.

The four winning teams on Friday advanced to Saturday to face the top four seeds, playing the same format from Friday. The four winning teams on Saturday then advanced to Sunday, where the format changed. All players on all four teams played stroke play, with all four members’ scores counting toward the team total.

In the end, the 4 Aces, the No. 1 seed entering the championship, pulled out the victory on Sunday. Johnson, Reed and Perez all shot two-under 70s and Gooch has a one-under 71. The team's seven-under aggregate was one stroke lower than Punch GC, which saw Cameron Smith shoot the day's best score overall (seven-under 65). However, Matt Jones and Marc Leishman stumbled with matching two-over 74s while Wade Ormsby could only shoot one-under 71.

By pocketing another $4 million, Johnson increased his on-course LIV earnings for 2022 to $35,637,767. That includes a $18 million bonus for being the top player in the upstart circuit's season-long points race in 2022 but doesn't include the reported $150 million guaranteed for him just to sign with the league.

“It’s been amazing,” Johnson said. “This week’s been incredible. This whole season has gotten better and better and obviously this finale has been unbelievable.”

Here's the prize money payouts for each team this week at Doral.

MORE: Everything you need to know about this week's LIV Golf Team Championship

Winner: $16 million

4 Aces GC (Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch, Pat Perez), -7

Second: $8 million

Punch GC (Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Matt Jones, Wade Ormsby), -6

Third: $6 million

Smash GC (Brooks Koepka, Peter Uihlein, Jason Kokrak, Chase Koepka), +4

Fourth: $4 million

Stinger GC (Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace, Hennie Du Plessis), +10

T-5: $3 million

Cleeks GC (Graeme McDowell, Richard Bland, Laurie Canter and Shergo Al Kurdi)

Crushers GC (Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri)

Fireballs GC (Sergio Garcia, Carlos Ortiz, Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra, Abraham Ancer)

Majesticks GC (Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Sam Horsfield and Henrik Stenson)

T-9: $1 million per team

Niblicks GC(Harold Varner III, James Piot, Turk Pettit, Hudson Swafford)

Iron Heads GC (Kevin Na, Sihwan Kim, Sadom Kaewkanjana, Phachara Khongwatmai)

Torque GC (Joaquin Niemann, Jed Morgan, Adrian Otaegui, Scott Vincent)

Hy Flyers (Phil Mickelson, Matthew Wolff, Bernd Weisberger, Cameron Tringale)

More from Golf Digest

Trending now.

The Grand Tour: Prime Video Previews Original Team’s Final Adventure

by Regina Avalos, September 3, 2024

(Photo: Prime Video)

Get ready for one more adventure with the original crew of The Grand Tour . A new feature-length episode of the Prime Video series is set to be released later this month, and the streaming service has unveiled two preview videos for what will be the final installment featuring the original crew.

Featuring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, the special will follow the trio as they travel through Zimbabwe. The series finale of The Grand Tour will mark the end of a 22-year long partnership of the trio.

Prime Video revealed the following about the upcoming special:

Join the trio for one last road trip as Jeremy Clarkson, James May & Richard Hammond take three cars they’ve always wanted to own on an emotional adventure through Zimbabwe. Watch The Grand Tour: One For The Road on the 13th of September on Prime Video. Join Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May as they travel across the globe on their Grand Tour. A show about adventure, excitement and friendship… as long as you accept that the people you call friends are also the ones you find extremely annoying. Sometimes it’s even a show about cars, reviewing Italian classics, hot hatchbacks, muscle cars, pick-up trucks, luxury vehicles and more. There’s something for everyone (If you like middle-aged men doing things with cars, then this is the show for you!)”

Hammond spoke about the future of the series in a recent interview. He revealed the following, according to Radio Times :

“It will be carrying on. The Grand Tour continues. We’re stepping away as the hosts, but Prime will be continuing it. So I can’t wait to sit on my own chair and watch somebody else do it. That’s amazing. We’ll always be on hand to talk if they want to talk to us, absolutely. But it’s not for us to shape it anymore. We’re stepping away. We made the show that we made… But there’ll be a different team doing a different show, and they’ll devise the show that fits them.”

The previews for One for The Road special episode are below.

What do you think? Have you enjoyed The Grand Tour ? Will you continue watching the series with a new team?

If you’ve ever owned a Reliant Robin then you’ll know how low I regard this trio.

Mark Cavendish confirmed for final Tour de France appearance

Astana-Qazaqstan announce team which will support Manxman at his final attempt at the stage win record

• Sign up to our newsletter Newsletter

Sir Mark Cavendish will head to his final Tour de France as the first ever knight to race the Grand Tour, it was announced on Monday.

Although the news was long-trailed, his participation at his 15th and final Tour was confirmed by Astana Qazaqstan, who also detailed the support the Manxman will have in his bid to break the stage win record.

His lead-out train will be formed of Cees Bol, Michael Mørkøv and Davide Ballerini, with the latter two also present the last time Cavendish won a stage, in 2021.

Also present for the Kazakh team in Florence this Saturday will be Alexey Lutsenko, Yevgeniy Fedorov, Harold Tejada and Michele Gazzoli.

His first chance at Tour immortality will come on stage three of this year's race, from Piacenza to Torino, the first sprint opportunity.

At present, Cavendish is tied on 34 for the record for  Tour  stage wins with Eddy Merckx, but will have around eight opportunities to best this over the three weeks of the event.

Earlier in June, the 39-year-old, who is in his last year as a professional cyclist, followed Bradley Wiggins, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny in becoming a cycling knight. However, Cavendish will be the first of this select group to race the Tour post-knighthood.

Get The Leadout Newsletter

The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!

Last month, Cavendish took the  164th road victory of his storied career , which put him one win ahead of Italian sprinter  Mario Cipollini , who landed 163 victories during his professional career, making him the most successful male sprinter in cycling history . 

He narrowly missed out on victory at the Tour last year,  finishing second on stage seven into Bordeaux , before  crashing out the next day . At the end of the 2023, he  opted to continue on for one final year with Astana Qazaqstan  with the aim of landing one more win at the  Tour .

This year, he has so far  tasted victory at the Tour Colombia  and the  Tour of Hungary .

Cavendish raced the recent Tour de Suisse in an effort to build up his ability to complete the most mountainous tests, of which there are many at this year's Tour de France. As much as speed at the end of flat stages, it will be staying power in hilly days which will allow the Manxman the opportunity to beat the record.

Thank you for reading 20 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access

Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

*Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription

Join now for unlimited access

Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

Adam is Cycling Weekly ’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling on tarmac, he's happy. Before joining Cycling Weekly he spent two years writing for Procycling, where he interviewed riders and wrote about racing. He's usually out and about on the roads of Bristol and its surrounds. Before cycling took over his professional life, he covered ecclesiastical matters at the world’s largest Anglican newspaper and politics at Business Insider. Don't ask how that is related to cycling.

The former orphan defended her title in the women's cycling H4-5 time trial, further cementing her Paralympic legacy

By Anne-Marije Rook Published 4 September 24

Oops. Cube inadvertently leaks Shimano's budget gravel groupset, which fills the void between GRX and Tiagra

By Joe Baker Published 4 September 24

Team’s director of racing will not be included in on the ground Vuelta a España management group

By Tom Thewlis Published 16 August 24

Event will be Cavendish's final appearance for Astana Qazaqstan after he won a record-breaking 35th Tour de France stage in July

By Tom Thewlis Published 8 August 24

Time trial gold medallist could feature for Soudal Quick-Step during six day event in September

By Tom Thewlis Published 30 July 24

Slovenian won his third Tour title in Nice last weekend, and picked up a host of new trophies on Strava

By Tom Thewlis Published 24 July 24

Slovenian abandoned race after being caught up in crash on stage 12, Vuelta a España participation now in doubt

The British team are always under pressure to match their past best, but it’s not going to happen anytime soon

By Adam Becket Published 23 July 24

It turns out second place is not always 'first loser'

By James Shrubsall Published 21 July 24

Three Tour de France wins before turning 26, the Giro-Tour double, the suggestion of a triple crown. Records tumble for the Slovenian

By Adam Becket Published 21 July 24

Useful links

• Tour de France
• Giro d'Italia
• Vuelta a España

buyers-guides

• Best road bikes
• Best gravel bikes
• Best smart turbo trainers
• Best cycling computers
• Editor's Choice
• Bike Reviews
• Component Reviews
• Clothing Reviews
• Contact Future's experts
• Terms and conditions
• Privacy policy
• Cookies policy
• Advertise with us

Cycling Weekly is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site . © Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA. All rights reserved. England and Wales company registration number 2008885.

Presidents Cup captain’s picks: How to watch, times, more

Change Text Size

The Presidents Cup returns to The Royal Montreal Golf Club in Montreal, Canada, from Sept. 24-29. International Team Captain Mike Weir and U.S. Team Captain Jim Furyk are set to announce their picks live on Golf Channel on Tuesday, Sept. 3, to round out their 12-man teams.

Click here for Weir's captain's picks for Montreal.

How to follow (all times ET)

• Tuesday: 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel)

Team standings through BMW Championship

Max Homa in Presidents Cup limbo after his season ends at BMW Championship

International Team Captain Mike Weir announces Shigeki Maruyama as captain’s assistant for 2024 Presidents Cup

How it works: Presidents Cup

Summit Golf Brands unveils International, U.S. Team uniforms for 2024 Presidents Cup

Justin Thomas wants to make Presidents Cup ‘just as bad’ as Ryder Cup

East Lake, Presidents Cup hopeful Keegan Bradley playing with end in mind at Wyndham Championship

Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men provisional start list announced

Paris 2024 olympic games gold medallists remco evenepoel (soudal quick-step) and tom pidcock (ineos grenadiers), headline the 108-rider provisional start list for the lloyds bank tour of britain men, which gets underway in kelso, scottish borders on tuesday (3 september)..

“I am looking forward to returning to racing at the Tour of Britain, after my post-Olympics break,” said Evenepoel. “My last period of racing was very special for me and it was great that I could recharge a little afterwards, but it’s time to pin on a number again as I look forward to the big races of this autumn. It is especially nice that I can start in Scotland, where I have the memories of winning the Worlds ITT race last summer."

Olympic road race and time-trial champion Evenepoel, and cross-country mountain bike champion Pidcock, will be joined by a brace of British silver medallists from the team pursuit squad in Ethan Hayter (INEOS Grenadiers) and Ethan Vernon (Israel – Premier Tech).

Hayter, who is also the current Lloyds Bank British national road race champion, is part of an INEOS Grenadiers line-up who will feel well at home on stage three in South Yorkshire, with team members Ben Swift, Connor Swift, and Ben Turner, hailing from Rotherham, Thorne, and Doncaster respectively in that region.

Connor and Ben arrive at the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men having finished first and third respectively at the British national gravel championships in Scotland this weekend. The INEOS Grenadiers line-up is completed by race debutant Tobias Foss, the 2022 world time-trial champion.

Vernon will be joined by a trio of Brits in his team with Jake Stewart, Stevie Williams, and recent history maker Joseph Blackmore, who last weekend became the first British rider to win the Tour de l’Avenir. Australian pair Nick Schultz and Simon Clarke, twice a top 10 overall finisher from his seven participations, complete that line-up.

Commenting on the race, Williams said; “This will be my third Tour of Britain and, after coming close to getting a really good result last year, I’m even more motivated to do well. I love racing in the UK and going there with three other British riders, it doesn’t get much better than that. Hopefully it’ll be a good week with the boys.”

Teammate Stewart added; “It’s the first time I’ll have done the race with my trade team as opposed to a national one, and we’re coming with a really strong squad that can be competitive across all the stages and the GC, especially with Stevie and Joe.

“I’m going to bring everything I’ve learned from the lead-outs in the Tour de France for the link up with Ethan. Also, I was so close to a stage win in 2022, so if the opportunity arises it would be amazing to get my hands up in the air. With the strength of the squad we’ve got it’s going to be a good week.”

The Bahrain Victorious team will make their race debut, but with a familiar name to British fans leading them in Wout Poels, who has one a stage on each of his four appearances in the race, and twice finished as runner-up overall (2015 & 2018). Among his teammates will be Pello Bilbao, who has five top 10 overall finishes across the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France, with stage wins in both races.

Former Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men winner Julian Alaphilippe joins Evenepoel in the Soudal Quick-Step team, with the duo will be joined by Bretagne Classic runner-up and GiroNextGen points jersey winner Paul Magnier, neo-pro Gil Gelders, who recently finished top ten at the Deutschland Tour, Martin Svrcek, and Gianni Moscon, whose last appearance in the race in 2019 saw him finish sixth overall.

A quartet of reigning national road race champions join Hayter in displaying their special jerseys at the race, with Rasmus Pedersen (Denmark, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team), Markus Hoelgaard (Norway, Uno-X Mobility), Emīls Liepiņš (Latvia, Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), and Norman Vahtra (Estonia, Van Rysel – Roubaix).

Liepiņš will have hometown hero Oscar Onley (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) at his side as the Tour begins on stage one, with Onley enjoying the distinction of starting his national race in his hometown of Kelso, while teammate and fellow Scot Sean Flynn, and TRINITY Racing’s Callum Thornley, from Peebles, will also enjoy home support in the Scottish Borders on day one.

Adding to INEOS Grenadiers’ South Yorkshire contingent on home roads on day three will be Saint Piran’s James McKay, who lives in Sheffield where the race starts. Other Brits like him making their Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men debuts include Joseph Pidcock (TRINITY Racing), younger brother of Tom, Ben Wiggins (Great Britain Cycling Team), and Ben Askey (Groupama-FDJ Continental).

Among the other British riders lining up in Scotland will be Matt Holmes (Great Britain Cycling Team) and Mark Donovan (Q36.5 Pro Cycling), who have both won the Best British Rider prize in the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men, in 2019 and 2023 respectively.

“I’m very excited for my home race,” said Donovan. “Last year was great, with Damo [Damien Howson] and I finishing 3rd and 5th in the GC. This year, I’m aiming to take it a step further, either by winning the overall or at least securing a podium spot. Winning my home race would be incredible! The first stages will be tough, likely followed by a few sprint stages towards the end. As a team, we’re coming in with the ambition to win, and I’m really looking forward to it.”

Other riders to look out for include Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility), who wore the mountains jersey at the Tour de France for ten days this summer, Damien Howson (Q36.5 Pro Cycling), who finished third overall in 2023, Jacob Scott (REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland), a double winner of the King of the Mountains jersey (2019 and 2021) in the race, and Tour of Austria prologue winner Cameron Rogers (Lidl-Trek Future Racing).

Commenting on the provisional start list, Rod Ellingworth, Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men Race Director, said; “We are very excited by the line-up of teams and riders who will be on the start line in Kelso on Tuesday, headlined by our 2024 Paris Olympic Games medallists.

“The publication of the provisional start list adds to the sense of excitement building around the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men, and we now can’t wait to get racing underway, and for six days of action packed racing for fans to look forward to.”

In total 18 teams, including six that participated in this summer’s Tour de France, from 12 countries will line-up in Scotland for stage one on Tuesday 3 September for a field of 108 riders.

The Scottish Borders stage is followed by legs in the Tees Valley, South Yorkshire, the East Midlands and West Northamptonshire, before concluding in Suffolk on Sunday 8 September after six stages of action-packed racing.

Fans wanting to see Remco Evenepoel, Julian Alaphilippe, and more in action firsthand at the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men can now book and enjoy a range of premium hospitality opportunities and experiences, available via Sportive Breaks here.

Find the provisional start list here

Williams powers to stage two Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men victory in Redcar

Stevie Williams powered to the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men second stage victory from a three-up sprint after an attritional day of racing from Darlington to Redcar.

Magnier soars to Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men first stage win in Kelso

Paul Magnier soared to the win on the first stage of the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men, with a scintillating sprint finish victory for the 20-year-old Soudal Quick-Step rider in Kelso.

Golden triple on final day at the velodrome at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

The Great Britain Cycling Team signed off their track success in the velodrome, blazing to three gold medals and a silver at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.  

• Become a member
• Become an official fan
• Membership dashboard
• Register for e-newsletter

Find Events Near Me:

• Challenge Rides & Sportives
• Leisure Rides
• Events for young people

Get into British Cycling

Register with british cycling today, it's free, first name:, please enter your first name., please enter your surname., email address:, please enter your e-mail address., confirm email:, please confirm your e-mail address., please enter a password., confirm password:, please confirm your password., i'm interested in:, the type of riding i do is:.

Register Now

Upgrade to enjoy these benefits...

Discounts on top cycling brands

Enjoy over 100 offers on bikes, kit and more.

Peace-of-mind insurance

£20m third-party liability cover

Free legal support

Get the help you need in case of an incident

Members Voice forum

Have your say on things you care about

Login to your British Cycling account.

Membership number:, this field is required..

• I don't know my username/password
• Not registered yet?
• Need further help? Contact us

Retrieve your account details

Forgotten password.

If you do not know your password, enter your username and we will send a password reset to your registered email address.

Username / Membership No:

Forgotten username / membership number.

If you don't know your username, enter the email address with which your account is registered and we will send you a reminder.

E-Mail Address:

We have found a match between your Facebook account and British Cycling.

To link accounts please enter your British Cycling password. You only need to do this once.

• Fantasy Vuelta

Jasper Philipsen get his vengeance! Belgian sprinter wins final bunch sprint at the Renewi Tour

Jonathan Milan won the two bunch sprints of the Renewi Tour until today, but the technical finale launched obstacles that took him out of the fight for victory. Jasper Philipsen seized the opportunity and a great leadout from Mathieu van der Poel to win stage 4.

Six riders formed the day's breakaway during today's flat stage. Luca Van Boven, Dries de Bondt, Bert van Lerberghe, Stefan De Bod, Jan Maas and Alex Colman formed the move of the day.

Prize Money Renewi Tour 2024 with €89.100 available

But as expected the group stood very little chances. They battled amongst each other to be the last rider caught and that was ultimately Dries de Bondt who survived until 8 kilometers to go. But the sprinter teams were already deep into a positioning battle in the relatively narrow road that led to the finish.

The finale was extremely tense, with a sudden acceleration with 2 kilometers to go. Plenty of touching followed, with a crash eventually impossible to prevent. The main favourites remained in front, Lidl-Trek were in front for the decisive sharp corner with 400 meters to go but Jonathan Milan lost a lot of speed in the berm.

Mathieu van der Poel brought Jasper Philipsen to the front at the right time and with a textbook leadout led the Belgian to his first stage win in the race. He was unmatched; with Christophe Laporte and Arnaud De Lie riding to second and third on the day.

Primoz Roglic closer and closer to the red jersey - "Sometimes you win something, sometimes you lose something. Today I was on the right side"

"i can’t say now that it’s not a goal when i’ve pulled myself apart for the points" - wout van aert aims for polka dot victory next to his points classification lead.

Results powered by FirstCycling.com

Read more about:

Place comments.

You are currently seeing only the comments you are notified about, if you want to see all comments from this post, click the button below.

Confirmation

Are you sure you want to report this comment?

UNDER_ARTICLE

Wed 04 Sep 2024

Thu 05 Sep 2024

Travis Kelce's Team Takes Legal Action Over 'Fabricated' Document Suggesting Taylor Swift Romance Is A PR Stunt

Entertainment Editor

NFL star Travis Kelce ’s team is taking legal action over a supposed “leaked” contract suggesting his relationship with Taylor Swift is a PR arrangement.

Travis and Taylor began dating last year following her split from The 1975 singer Matty Healy , and have since made several public appearances together, including at her Eras Tour and at the Super Bowl , where his team came out on top earlier this year.

However, an alleged legal document from Travis’ PR firm Full Scope that was recently shared online claimed the pair were planning to announce they had split at the end of this month, and included proposed wording for the announcement.

His PR team has now denied the validity of the document, insisting to the Daily Mail it is “entirely false and fabricated” and “not created, issued or authorised by this agency”.

They added: “We have engaged our legal team to initiate proceedings against the individuals or entities responsible for the unlawful and injurious forgery of documents.”

Images of the document appear to be Snapchat screenshots, and were widely circulated on Reddit earlier this week.

Taylor first spoke publicly about her relationship with Travis in an interview with Time magazine last year.

She explained: “This all started when Travis very adorably put me on blast on his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell. We started hanging out right after that.

“So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other.

“By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple. I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.”

The 14-time Grammy winner continued: “When you say a relationship is public, that means I’m going to see him do what he loves, we’re showing up for each other, other people are there and we don’t care.

“The opposite of that is you have to go to an extreme amount of effort to make sure no one knows that you’re seeing someone. And we’re just proud of each other.”

More In Entertainment

Pendrith, Conners and Hughes named to International Team for upcoming Presidents Cup

Corey Conners hits a shot during the third round of the BMW Championship, at Castle Pines Golf Club, in Castle Rock, Colo., on Aug. 24. Christian Petersen/Getty Images

This year’s Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal Golf Club will be the most Canadian version of the international men’s golf event, ever.

Taylor Pendrith, Corey Conners and Mackenzie Hughes were named to the International Team on Tuesday for the coming best-on-best tournament that sees 12 players from around the world – excluding Europe – face 12 golfers from the United States in match-play competition. It’s the first time three Canadians have played in the prestigious international event at the same time.

Canadian golf legend Mike Weir used three of his six captain’s selections on Pendrith, Conners and Hughes. He also picked South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Korea’s Si Woo Kim and Australia’s Min Woo Lee to be on his team.

Weir, who is from Brights Grove, Ont., said it was a nice bonus to have the most-ever Canadians on the International Team when Royal Montreal hosts the Presidents Cup from Sept. 24-29, but the decision was based purely on putting forward the most competitive team possible.

“You have to be fair to the whole international community. I think I was very justified on the three [Canadian] picks,” said Weir after practice with the captain’s picks at Royal Montreal. “I think it just shows the state of Canadian golf that we can pick three for five or six guys that were in the mix.

“You do want the Canadian fans. I think they’re going to be very engaged with all our International players but having some Canadians on there brings a little bit more juice, so to speak, to our team.”

Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, Korea’s Sungjae Im and Byeong Hun An, as well as Australia’s Adam Scott and Jason Day had already been automatically selected as the top six golfers on the International Team rankings after the completion of the BMW Championship on Aug. 25.

Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor, both from Abbotsford, B.C., had been vying to join the team but missed out. Weir said that it was tough to not include them on the team and have four or even five Canadians playing on home soil.

“Both those calls to those guys were extremely difficult,” Weir said. “The way they handled it just showed me a lot about their character, which I already knew, but even made me respect them even more.

“I just told them that they’re going to be on these Cups going forward, and stay engaged with this Presidents Cup team.”

Weir’s International side will face off against Jim Furyk’s U.S. squad in the match-play competition.

Furyk named his six captain’s picks to the U.S. team shortly after Weir’s announcement. Keegan Bradley, Sam Burns, Tony Finau, Brian Harman, Russell Henley and Max Homa were all added to the squad.

They join world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, No. 2 Xander Schauffele, No. 4 Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay and Sahith Theegala.

Furyk said it was a long process to settle on his lineup after being appointed captain a year ago.

“It seems like the train is moving really slowly to get to this point but it picks up a lot of speed for the next three weeks getting us to Royal Montreal,” he said. “Good to have 12 guys on our team.

“I know they’re bonding, jelling, talking a lot about the event, and now we’ll put some finishing touches on our pairings and getting these guys ready to go in three weeks.”

The U.S. beat the Internationals 17 1/2 to 12 1/2 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte in 2022. It was the Americans’ ninth consecutive victory at the event.

Indeed, the International team has only won the event once in 14 tries, emerging victorious at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in 1998 when captain Peter Thompson led them to a 20 1/2 – 11 1/2 triumph over Jack Nicklaus’s American squad.

“I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how many years it’s been, but I think the things we’ve done to increase our chances are a lot of the little things behind the scenes,” Weir said. “It’s no secret that we’ve struggled to form unity with all the cultural differences and things the International Team has had to deal with over the years.

“That’s why we’ve implemented a lot more engagement amongst the players playing practice rounds and us doing some dinners to get the guys together to get more familiar with one another.”

The three Canadians have that familiarity baked in. All three grew up playing against each other in Ontario junior competitions and then attended Kent State University together.

Their playing styles are complementary as well.

Pendrith, from Richmond Hill, Ont., has one of the biggest drivers on the PGA Tour. Conners, from Listowel, Ont., is arguably the best ball striker in the world. Hughes, from Dundas, Ont., is renowned for his accuracy with his putter.

Report an editorial error

Report a technical issue

Follow related authors and topics

Authors and topics you follow will be added to your personal news feed in Following .

Interact with The Globe