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'We'll attack in the Pyrenees' – Early Tour de France mountains to fuel GC skirmish

Contenders on full alert with stage 5 and 6 menu including Col de Marie Blanque, Col du Tourmalet, Cauterets summit finish

Cycling News

Tour de France 2023 stage 5 preview: Route map and profile of 163km from Pau to Laruns

The Tour de France peloton heads south into the high Pyrenees in the first major test for the serious yellow jersey contenders

The Independent UK

Perpignan city guide: Where to eat, shop and stay in the ‘Catalan capital’ of France

A captivating mix of Old Town alleys, genre-spanning architecture and museums, plus tempting markets and restaurants, makes this Pyrenees city a worthwhile destination, says Anna Richards

The Independent UK

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Tour de France 2023: stage-by-stage guide to this year’s race

The Grand Départ will be in the Basque Country this year before crossing the Pyrenees and then heading across the Massif Central

The Guardian - UK

F1 Spanish GP: Verstappen heads rain-hit final practice

Teams were braced for inclement weather, with thunderstorms fast approaching Barcelona from the Pyrenees in the north.

Autosport

F1 Spanish GP: Verstappen quickest again in rain-hit final practice

Teams were braced for inclement weather, with thunderstorms fast approaching Barcelona from the Pyrenees in the north.

Motorsport

Activists demand EU halts 'green' funds for Spain ski resort

Spanish environmental groups have called on the European Union to open an inquiry into the approval of 26.4 million euros of “green” recovery funds to join two ski resorts in the rapidly warming Pyrenees mountain range

The Independent UK

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Farming and tourism under threat as winter drought dries up France's Lake Montbel

Set at foot of the Pyrenees mountains, Lake Montbel is famous in south-west France for its turquoise waters, massive size and thriving aquatic life.

Reuters

France to reconsider Pyrenean gas pipeline project to Spain, Portugal

As the energy crisis deepens in Europe, France is reportedly willing to reconsider its opposition to the proposed MidCat natural gas pipeline across the southern Pyrenees mountain range.

Radio France Internationale

British man, 50, dies in paragliding accident in Spanish Pyrenees

A rescue team rushed to him via helicopter but he later died

Wales Online

Brit, 50, dies in paragliding accident in the Pyrenees mountains

The man’s body was found on the south side of a 8,572ft mountain peak called Pico Gallinero

Evening Standard

Brit, 50, killed in paragliding tragedy close to popular Spanish mountain peak

A 50-year-old British man has reportedly died after a paragliding accident on the south side of the Pico Gallinero mountain, in the Spanish Pyrenees, with a rescue team unable to save him

Daily Mirror

France's Macron punctures Spanish project for cross-border gas pipeline

Building a gas pipeline across the Pyrenees mountains is in "Europe's interest" and is a project that Spain will vigorously defend despite top-level French opposition, a Spanish minister said on Tuesday in Madrid. French President Emmanuel Macron, however, has argued the project is "unnecessary".

Radio France Internationale

Tour de France: Pogacar wins stage 17 but Vingegaard holds firm – as it happened

Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard put on a dominant display, leaving the pack far behind before battling it out for the stage win

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Tour de France: Canada’s Houle wins stage 16, Vingegaard keeps lead as race hits Pyrenees

Canadian cyclist Hugo Houle claimed an emotional first-ever grand tour stage victory on Tuesday, while Jonas Vingegaard stayed in the overall lead of the Tour de France after a tough 16th stage as the race hit the Pyrenees.

The Guardian - UK

Tour de France 2022: Hugo Houle wins stage 16 as race hits the Pyrenees – as it happened

Houle becomes only the second Canadian winner of a stage, the top three emerge unscathed, and Nairo Quintana goes fourth

The National (Scotland)

Pro-independence democracy demo 'Europe's biggest ever artistic political action'

PRO-INDEPENDENCE activists linked up across the European continent to demonstrate for people's right to decide ...

The Independent UK

Tour de France 2022 stage-by-stage guide, route maps and profiles

The 2022 Tour de France begins in Copenhagen and finishes in Paris, via the Alps and the Pyrenees

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Brown bear population in Pyrenees highest for a century, says study

Monitors identify 70 individuals in 2021, with 114 newborns since launch of repopulation scheme in 1996

France 24

Frozen in time: Andorra, a European exception

Andorra, a microstate nestled between France and Spain in the heart of the Pyrenees, attracts millions of tourists every year for winter sports or shopping trips for cheap alcohol and cigarettes. Its flourishing financial sector contributes to an image of a tax haven. But today, the principality is facing criticism.…

Daily Mirror

Pyrenees explosion: At least seven including two children killed in blast and fire

An explosion was heard at around 1.30am today, before a huge fire broke out at a home in Pyrénées-Orientale, killing seven people including two children

France 24

From exiles to expats: Toulouse's role in shaping Spanish history

The southern French city of Toulouse is famed for its rugby club, its pink brick buildings, its sunny climate, its nightlife and its storied history. Since the 20th century, it's also become home to one of the largest Spanish communities in France. The biggest wave arrived in the wake of…

The Conversation

How Lourdes became a byword for hope

Thousands of apparitions of the Virgin Mary have been reported by Christians across the world, from fourth-century Asia Minor, which is now Turkey, to contemporary California. Of all of these, the most renowned are the visions of Our Lady of Lourdes, reported in the mid-19th century by a teenage girl…

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