{"id":802450,"date":"2026-07-15T00:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T00:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802450\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T00:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T00:52:12","slug":"at-least-they-tried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802450\/","title":{"rendered":"At least they tried"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/kramon_260714_TdF_st10_12833.jpg\" alt=\"At least they tried\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"article__category\" href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/tour-de-france\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tour de France<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__sub-title\">Richard Carapaz came closest to bringing the fight to Tadej Poga\u010dar today. And even that wasn&#8217;t enough. <\/p>\n<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Iain Treloar\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"author__photo lazy \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Iain-Treloar-150x150.jpg\" width=\"99\" height=\"99\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kristof Ramon, Gruber Images<\/p>\n<p>The question hovering over the Tour de France is what options are left. With Tadej Poga\u010dar seemingly hell-bent on winning everything, at the slightest provocation, the question that hovers just out of sight is: What can you do to beat that?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For a while, it looked like Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) had cracked the formula. Just after the catch of the lone surviving breakaway rider, Movistar\u2019s Javier Romo, there was a surge from Carapaz and then he was away, throwing his bike back and forth in a limber side-to-side out of the saddle. The gap that grew out was, at first, hard-won, and then came in a rush. By the top of the Pas de Peyrol, it was looking like this might be the winning move.<\/p>\n<p>                This post is for paying subscribers only<br \/>\n            <a class=\"gh-btn\" data-portal=\"signup\" href=\"#\/portal\/signup\" style=\"color:#FF6F42\">Subscribe now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Already have an account? <a data-portal=\"signin\" href=\"#\/portal\/signin\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Did we do a good job with this story?<\/p>\n<p class=\"reactions\" data-post-id=\"6a56a38eca54aaea5cf989bc\">\n                    \ud83d\udc4dYep<br \/>\n                    \ud83d\udc4eNope\n                <\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/tour-de-france\/\" title=\"Tour de France\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f295a6 tour-de-france\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tour de France<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/richard-carapaz\/\" title=\"Richard Carapaz\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f2947b richard-carapaz\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Carapaz<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/news-and-racing\/\" title=\"News &amp; Racing\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f293b3 news-and-racing\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News &amp; Racing<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/ef-education-easypost\/\" title=\"EF Education-EasyPost\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f2916f ef-education-easypost\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EF Education-EasyPost<\/a>\n                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tour de France Richard Carapaz came closest to bringing the fight to Tadej Poga\u010dar today. 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