{"id":687230,"date":"2026-07-12T06:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/687230\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T06:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T06:38:08","slug":"not-a-lot-of-other-things-they-can-do-tour-de-france-stage-winner-merlier-welcomes-shortening-of-stage-9-amid-extreme-heat-cyclingnews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/687230\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Not a lot of other things they can do&#039; \u2013 Tour de France stage winner Merlier welcomes shortening of stage 9 amid extreme heat &#8211; Cyclingnews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxPLTN1blZfWlRqZ09hU2txVERuNUYtU3ZXZHhOMk01UE9fcXozelhEd0xOYlBwX3c4c3ViTXl2OVBSV3JMMVhFNmltUDF2ZWZyczlfdUl2d1U4LW9XQV80VHlLdmw4a1FJdE5pczBXbTFVbHpVTHJFaWRkZ1pjbXFiN2U4ZFJoMFh3TzB1QXFKMDNwV1dWZmlwSEVacFdKVE02RVNaQjZ6QzQyNkotU2JTb0pWbC1QR3N6QnhLSzI2b051THRvNTVhVWEzRXhQYVJqMG0xWDhVczBQeWRRSVNpWE5fS1huR1hGSTdiOHRCNFk3OWNfTFRjc0J2a09Jem8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Not a lot of other things they can do&#8217; \u2013 Tour de France stage winner Merlier welcomes shortening of stage 9 amid extreme heat<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Cyclingnews<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOeUdINk9GdzVrT2lTRHVsSlZoX2tieGtPOFdWYnRjZW9KNVlHSVZjQjBzd2w4TmJ5cl9zU29IV2JaVmRNYWp2LWxidGIyQ0p2dFZxNkw2ZUJaMWVxSVdHX1RWX2hPZFF3WmR5YjdKYmdlbFJQdVg3cHV5Uk81SjJJVjdwM2tjTV9OVzg2RGNwRTRsdU9TLTljZVhDTzlIZXM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Heatwave forces Tour de France organisers to shorten Sunday\u2019s stage nine<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxQb3c2OEx2YzNPVVhLSVAwUTFDQ3FwSUtwLTFqbHJpNXlVUk90TVZNR1d4dTFtN1pMUS1mU1NYUlhyb0hRT0RUOXRvMnUwemxtOXBuZElrZUUwS1RWT1h4WjVPWnpLY01aTWM3UDhTOERyMjdZQy1OWnJsdjdIMGVja25TMVktQzFPLTNZdFNwYU90c1lzSzJhbHBVeU4tSnE1WEktMXp3WE1FY0dOQUxnTVpKUnU2R0oxVG5WRzdB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tour de France 2026 Stage 9 shortened after &#8216;red heatwave alert&#8217; issued &#8211; &#8216;It has been decided to adapt the route&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;TNT Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxOVVZIbzBlRFZEQlZFTVQ0ajJxRF9tQjZtYUJldVJsbWY3T3JyeGhRQXJ6azBtVUpLbG9fVHpfNGF1T2pLNXJPVDRzWGE1MVRvY0M2N3BaZTJMUFJ2M2RoZk9kaTd3RVcwOUtKMGJLeGhxcWdsV0ZtLUpuU1NXeXJBWG9jOXRzWm5fVEJvNUw0R1lfSE52T0xzRzQ4bFpUSlNEVzdPWE5jY3MyQ1ZfSlNHX3F2U1drR0czSHhjY2dIdTJMVkVheVpWSzFn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Temperatures set to soar at the Tour de France as UCI clamps down on ice socks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Cycling Weekly<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxPM2NaSk9xQW9wMndFMm9FSlhlSzRKVFJqbnUxZXlkRDZQdVFDLXhWc29MOGdlR1hOVDhZOXA0MVpDc1JTZTRTc1JjQ2RYTHF0Z0JGYTNMclJqR0FDRWxoNkEwamYyanFBMF9rdzBPS3NDRkRDanZoNG5lSVhqWmhlOC1TOFNpUmVRVE4yX1ZGR1VNd1ZVejdrblhQblh1OTl6NDk4Mml3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tour de France faces existential crisis as heatwave slowly roasts riders<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Not a lot of other things they can do&#8217; \u2013 Tour de France stage winner Merlier welcomes shortening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-687230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}