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Stage 5 of the Tour de France was only the first day in the mountains, but the race exploded in ways few could predict. Jai Hindley was allowed to join the breakaway, he won the stage and took the yellow jersey as Jonas Vingegaard created serious differences behind.

The Jumbo-Visma rider attacked the Col de Marie Blanque and won over a minute to Tadej Pogacar and all other riders who were with him in the peloton. Hindley took advantage of the climb to go solo off the front, and become a serious contender for the victory and podium of the race in the first day in the Pyrenees.

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Tour de France 2023 – Jai Hindley soars into yellow with Stage 5 win as Jonas Vingegaard cracks Tadej Pogacar

Felix Lowe

Updated 05/07/2023 at 17:24 GMT

Jai Hindley soloed to Stage 5 glory and the yellow jersey in Laruns as a pulsating day in the Pyrenees saw defending champion Jonas Vingegaard break his big rival Tadej Pogacar on the Col du Marie Blanque. Australian debutant Hindley now leads Vingegaard by 47 seconds in the new-look general classification, with Pogacar down to sixth after losing over a minute.

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Tour de France: Jai Hindley wins stage 5 as Vingegaard drops Pogacar in Pyrenees

Australian moves into yellow jersey after day-long attack

Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) won a tumultuous stage 5 of the Tour de France in Laruns to move into the yellow jersey, but Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) is now the clear favourite for overall victory after he dropped Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) on the Col de Marie Blanque, gaining more than a minute on his rival in the process.

Vingegaard is now up to second overall, 47 seconds behind Hindley, and the Dane is already some 53 seconds ahead of Pogačar after an ominous show of force on the Tour’s entry into the Pyrenees. Paris is still two and a half weeks away, but the road to overall victory very clearly runs through Vingegaard.

The Basque Grand Départ meant the first high mountains of this Tour arrived much earlier than normal, but there was nothing cagey about the peloton’s approach to a day that produced spectacle from start to finish, with Hindley part of a dangerous split that went clear before the road had even started to climb.

Powered by strongmen that included Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), that sizeable group built up a maximum lead of four minutes over the top of the Col de Soudet and they still had 2:30 in hand at the base of the Col de Marie Blanque.

Four kilometres from the top of the Marie Blanque, Hindley tracked an acceleration from Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroën) and the 2021 Giro d’Italia winner then proceeded to drop the Swiss rider to crest the summit alone and drop to the finish in Laruns as the stage winner.

“I was sort of improvising out there and enjoying bike racing and I just managed to find myself in that group,” said Hindley, who is making his Tour debut. “I enjoyed it out there today. It's really incredible. I have no words – I really have no words.”

Further down the mountain, Jumbo-Visma had taken over the pace-making in the yellow jersey group from UAE Team Emirates, and when Sepp Kuss went into overdrive on the upper slopes of the Marie Blanque, only Vingegaard and Pogačar could follow.

Vingegaard was clearly encouraged by what he saw. 1500m or so from the summit, he delivered a familiar acceleration that Pogačar simply could not match. While Pogačar battled to limit his losses, Vingegaard zoomed ahead into the mist, picking off the remnants of the break as he set about closing the gap to Hindley.

“We didn’t think this was the perfect stage for me, but, yeah, then when they started riding on the last climb, I had the feeling I had good legs,” Vingegaard said. “I said to Sepp that maybe he goes on the front. He did and I decided to attack as well.”

As simple and as complicated as that. The defending champion crested the summit 1:05 down on Hindley but 36 seconds clear of Pogačar, and he continued to improve his position on the 18.5km that remained to the finish in Laruns.

Vingegaard caught Gall, Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) in the closing kilometres, coming home fifth on the stage, 34 seconds behind the Australian.

Pogačar, meanwhile, waited for overnight leader and teammate Adam Yates on the descent off the Marie Blanque, but the damage was still considerable by the finish. In the Basque Country at the weekend, Pogačar picked off the bonus seconds, but the momentum of the race is suddenly all with Vingegaard, who confessed that he was surprised by his gains.

“Actually, yes,” Vingegaard said. “I wanted to test him a bit. And my legs were good and I’m super happy with where I am. I’m super happy with taking a minute, that’s a good time gain for me.”

How it unfolded

The opening instalment of the Pyrenean doubleheader saw the race encounter its first hors categorie ascent, but in keeping with the anarchic, ‘new normal’ of the modern Tour, the first defining moment of the day came even before the climbing had even begun.

The flat terrain after the start Pau encouraged a rapid start, and the peloton split after 15km or so during which Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) was always prominent towards the head of the bunch.

Once the dust settled, Van Aert was part of a 35-strong front group that also included Jumbo-Visma teammates Tiesj Benoot and Christophe Laporte, as well as GC dangerman Hindley, who had quality support in the form of German champion Emanuel Buchmann. The 37-strong group would proceed to amass a lead in excess of two minutes over the bunch before the Col de Soudet.

The UAE Team Emirates squad of Pogačar and yellow jersey Adam Yates took up the reins of pursuit, given that Vingegaard teammates up ahead, but their efforts failed to prevent the leaders from stretching their advantage to four minutes over the top of the mist-shrouded Soudet after Van Aert had briefly gone off the front with Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny) and Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek).

Gall attacked atop the climb to nab the mountains points, with Hindley looking very comfortable indeed, and the front group split up still further over the other side. Krists Neilands (Israel-Premier Tech) would slip away, later joined by Van Aert and Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep) over the Col d'Ichère, but they were pinned back by the rest of the break at the base of the final climb, the Col de Marie Blanque.

At that point, the Hindley et al had 2:30 in hand over the UAE-led peloton, but the AG2R contingent were keen to press on the pace on behalf of Gall. When the Swiss rider attacked 4km from the summit, only Hindley could follow. After working together for a time, the Australian opted to proceed alone.

At that point, the question seemed to be whether UAE Team Emirates could make inroads into Hindley’s buffer or indeed whether Pogačar would take matters in hand himself. Instead, it was Jumbo-Visma who laid down a marker in the yellow jersey group once Van Aert had dropped back, and their forcing created a selection that saw Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), Romain Bardet (Team dsm-firmenich) and Ben O’Connor (AG2R-Citroën) among those quickly distanced.

Adam Yates, Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla) and David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) were the next to go, and once Sepp Kuss came to the front on the upper reaches of the climb, only Vingegaard and Pogačar were able to follow. It was a striking selection given that this was still only the fifth day of the Tour, and an even starker message arrived shortly afterwards when Vingegaard pressed clear of Pogačar to strike the first telling blow of their prize fight.

It is far too soon, of course, to couch this as a knock-out blow, but Vingegaard’s early advantage on the scorecard is a sizeable one all the same. Pogačar, meanwhile, found himself relying on help from the undercard to stay in the contest, reaching Laruns in a group that included the Yates brothers, Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) and Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos).

Others suffered even more sobering afternoons, including Ben O’Connor (AG2R-Citroën), who lost 1:57, Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious), who conceded 2:55, and Egan Bernal (Ineos), who shipped 3:22.

The day and the jersey belonged to Hindley, who confirmed his credentials as a contender for the biggest prize, but Vingegaard already looms with intent. “We’ll just do our best,” the Dane said at the finish. “We’ll see what it ends with in Paris.”

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The 35-year-old Australian took a photo-finish victory after a 153.7km-stage from Lille Metropole to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut.

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Australian Simon Clarke won the fifth stage of road cycling 's 2022 Tour de France on Wednesday (6 July).

The 35-year-old rider of the Israel-Premier Tech team, who had joined an early five-man breakaway, edged Taco van der Hoorn of the Netherlands in a close sprint in Arenberg after an animated cobbled stage. Norwegian Edvald Boassen Hagen finished in third.

Clarke took his first stage victory at the Tour becoming the 14th stage winner for Australia at the Grande Boucle:

"The stage that I've won at the Vuelta before and the jersey I got at the Giro were all in the first week, in the first couple of stages, so when the team manager came to me this morning I thought, 'Maybe today is the day'," said the winner after the race .

"After the winter I had no team, then Israel-Premier Tech team rang me up and said, 'we give you that chance.' That gave me a reality check and I tried to make the most out of every opportunity since," he added.

2022 Tour de France: Stage 4 results - Wednesday 6 July

  • Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) 3:13:35
  • Taco van der Hoorn (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) +0:00
  • Edvald Boasson Hagen (Total Energies) +0.02
  • Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) +0:04
  • Magnus Cort (EF Education-EasyPost) +0:30

In a stage that featured 11 cobbled sections, Wout van Aert crashed with just over 95 km to go but managed to work his way back and hold on to his lead in the general classification by just 13 seconds from Neilson Powless .

Two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar crossed the finish line in seventh but managed to gain time on the other pre-race favourites.

2020 runner-up Primoz Roglic conceded more than two minutes to his compatriot, while Jonas Vingegaard limited his losses on the Slovenian to 13 seconds despite a puncture and three bike changes.

On Thursday, the peloton will ride through the Ardennes, including 70km in Belgium, in the 219.9km-stage from Binche to Longwy, the longest leg of this year's edition, featuring a hilly finale suited for puncheurs.

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2022 Tour de France: General classification standings after stage 5 on Wednesday 6 July

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  • Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) +0:13
  • Edvald Boasson Hagen (Total Energies) +0:14
  • Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) +0:19
  • Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) +0:25

Full rankings are available on the official Tour de France website.

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Fri 1 July: Stage 1 – Copenhagen-Copenhagen (time trial, 13.2 km) - Won by Yves Lampaert (Belgium), who also took the yellow jersey for overall lead of the race's general classification.

Sat 2 July: Stage 2 – Roskilde-Nyborg (202.5 km) - Won by Fabio Jakobsen (Netherlands) . Wout van Aert (Belgium) claims overall race lead.

Sun 3 July: Stage 3 – Vejle-Sonderborg (182 km) - Won by Dylan Groenewegen (Netherlands). Wout van Aert (Belgium) retains overall race lead.

Mon 4 July: Transfer Day - from Denmark to France.

Tue 5 July: Stage 4 – Dunkerque-Calais (171.5 km) - Won by Wout van Aert (Belgium), who retains overall race lead.

Wed 6 July: Stage 5 – Lille Metropole-Arenburg Porte du Hainaut (157 km) - Won by Simon Clarke (Australia), Wout van Aert (Belgium) retains overall race lead.

Thu 7 July: Stage 6 – Binche-Longwhy (220km)

Fri 8 July: Stage 7 – Tomblaine-La Super Planche de Belle Filles (176.5 km)

Sat 9 July: Stage 8 – Dole-Lausanne (186.5km)

Sunday 10 July: Stage 9 – Aigle-Chatel les Portes du Soleil (193km)

Monday 11 July: Rest Day

Tuesday 12 July: Stage 10 – Morzine Les Portes du Soleil-Megeve (148.5km)

Wednesday 13 July: Stage 11 – Albertville-Col du Granon Serre Chevalier (152km)

Thursday 14 July: Stage 12 – Briancon-Alpe d’Huez (165.5km)

Friday 15 July: Stage 13 – Le Bourg d’Oisans-Saint Etienne (193km)

Saturday 16 July: Stage 14 – Saint Etienne-Mende (192.5km)

Sunday 17 July: Stage 15 – Rodez-Carcassonne (202.5km)

Monday 18 July: Rest Day

Tuesday 19 July: Stage 16 – Carcassonne-Foix (178,5km)

Wednesday 20 July: Stage 17 – Saint-Gaudens-Peyragudes (130km)

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Friday 22 July: Stage 19 – Castelnau-Magnoac – Cahors (188.5km)

Saturday 23 July: Stage 20 – Lacapelle-Marival - Rocamadour (time trial, 40.7km)

Sunday 24 July: Stage 21 – Paris La Defence Arena – Paris Champs Elysees (116km)

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Tour de france stage 5 video highlights: a humdinger in the mountains, defending champion vingegaard gains time on pogacar but hindley is big winner..

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If stage 4 of this year’s Tour de France was a snoozer until the final ten kilometers, stage 5 was anything but. The day was the first big mountain stage of this year’s Tour de France and saw a huge breakaway group go clear early on, out of which some very strong riders emerged and lit up the race.

One of those, the Australian Jai Hindley , impressed greatly and pushed ahead alone towards the end. The Bora-Hansgrohe rider is a past winner of the Giro d’Italia and showed impressive form in what is his first Tour de France.

Also impressive was defending Tour champion Jonas Vingegaard , who put the hammer down on the final climb and landed his other rivals in a whole lot of difficulty.

Watch the video highlights below, and check out the report and results here .

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Elevation reenters the Tour as a factor as the peloton heads back to the mountains.

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Stage 5 - Pau to Laruns (162.7km) - Wednesday, July 5

After two hard days of hills in the Spanish Basque Country, Stage 5 offers no rest for the weary with the first of two stages in the Pyrenees. We usually don’t see mountains like this at this stage of the Tour, but the Tour’s opening weekend meant a first-week “jaunt” through the mountains that form the border between France and Spain was most feasible.

This is a relatively short stage (162.7km), and it starts rather gently, with about 70km of flat to rolling roads as the race heads southwest out of Pau and toward the intermediate sprint in Lanne-en-Barétous, where we should the Tour’s green jersey contenders do their best to score maximum points behind whomever has managed to escape by this point in the day.

And there’s good reason for him to go on the attack: the first of the day’s three categorized climbs is the hors catégorie Col de Soudet–the first “beyond category” climb of the 2023 Tour de France–and 20 points go to the first rider to its summit. 15.2km in length and with an average gradient of 7.2 percent, it’s the toughest climb the riders have faced so far, but with its summit more than 75km from the finish line in Laruns, the Soudet unlikely to have huge impact on Stage 5 beyond softening everyone’s legs before the finale.

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The final 40km are where this stage really gets interesting, first with the Category 3 Col d'Ichère (4.2km at 7 percent) and then in a big way with the Category 1 Col de Marie Blanque (7.7km at 8.6 percent). The second half of the Marie Blanque is super-steep with pitches in the 12-13 percent range. And with its summit just 18.5km from the finish line, it’s likely to determine the stage winner.

This is a tough stage to call. It’s built in a fashion similar to Stages 1 and 2, with a tough climb (with time bonuses at the summit) relatively close to the finish line. We could see a larger peloton hit the base of the Marie Blanque together, the UAE Team Emirates and Jumbo-Visma riding tempo on the lower slopes to set up their leaders for attacks as the climb steepens, with an elite group pulling away to contest the finish in Laruns.

The General Classification is still pretty tight at the top, which means any breakaway given a long enough leash to fight for the stage win will need to contain riders too far down the GC to not pose a serious threat. That doesn’t mean the yellow jersey won’t change hands, but if it does it won’t be someone that UAE Team Emirates or Jumbo-Visma think can win the Tour.

There’s a chance of scattered thunderstorms throughout the afternoon could make things interesting on the descent of the Marie Blanque.

Riders to watch

We’ve seen lots of stages for the Tour’s puncheurs, riders who excel on short, steep climbs–climbs like the Col du Marie Blanque. Despite the fact that he’s in the yellow jersey, don’t be surprised if Great Britain’s Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) gets in the mix, alongside his brother Simon (Team Jayco AlUla). Denmark’s Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), Spain’s Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious), Canada’s Michael Woods (Israel-PremierTech), and Belgium’s Dylan Teuns (Israel-PremierTech) are all good bets to win a stage like this one.

If a breakaway goes the distance, our pick is American Mateo Jorgenson (Movistar), who finished fourth on a stage with a similar finale in last year’s Tour. The 24-year-old has lost enough time so far that he’s not considered a GC threat. This is the perfect opportunity for him to take his first grand tour stage victory.

And of course, given how eager they’ve been to renew their rivalry, keep an eye on Pogačar and Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma). With time bonuses available at the top of the Marie Blanque, we could see them go on the attack as they did at the end of Stages 1 and 2, possibly setting-up someone else to win the stage in the process.

When to Watch

With another explosive finale expected , this is a stage you won’t want to miss. We’ll be tuning in around 10:35 a.m. EDT to see the riders hit the Category 3 Col d'Ichère which serves as a fitting prelude to the Col du Marie Blanque about 10km later. The stage is expected to finish about an hour later.

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What to expect from Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour musical extravaganza

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American pop superstar Taylor Swift will close out the Asia-Pacific leg of her record-shattering The Eras Tour with six concerts at the Singapore National Stadium from March 2 to 9. The Straits Times highlights what you need to know “all too well” about the musical extravaganza, named for the different “eras” of her career.

The Eras Tour In Numbers

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  • More than US$1 billion (S$1.34 billion) grossed so far over 60 shows in 2023, making it the first concert tour to pass this mark.
  • 151 shows in 22 countries, all held in large-capacity stadiums.
  • Venues with the most shows: SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, the United States, in August 2023; National Stadium in Singapore in March 2024. Both venues would have hosted six Eras Tour concerts by the end of 2024.
  • 45 songs over more than 3½ hours.
  • 9 to 10 Eras across 10 acts, depending on the songs performed during the acoustic set.

The Eras Stage

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A. Main stage

Catch the backup singers and instrumentalists at the wings, flanking the main screen.

For the most part, the main screen depicts what is happening on stage. But it will occasionally display special video footage during certain songs, such as Anti-Hero (Midnights).

Highlights:

  • Look What You Made Me Do (Reputation) features Swift’s backup dancers and singers trapped in glass boxes while dressed up as previous versions of her. 
  • Tolerate It (Evermore) showcases Swift acting out a crumbling relationship over a dramatically long dining table.

B. Diamond stage 

Keep an eye on this rhombus-shaped segment of the stage, as Swift spends most of her time here.

  • Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince (Lover) kicks off the concert, with Swift appearing from under a canopy of giant feathers.
  • Delicate (Reputation) showcases LED screens which line the stage floor and “shatter” during key moments of the song.

C. End stage

  • Karma (Midnights) ends the concert with a confetti shower over the stage and stadium floor.
  • 22 (Red) sends Swift and her posse of dancers to the end stage, so that she can bestow the fedora she is wearing on a concertgoer.  

D. Notable details

1. Dynamic lights: Roving spotlights and lights along the perimeter of the stage ensure that Swift is always well-lit. They also create stunning visual effects that can be seen even by those sitting in the nosebleed sections.

2. LED floor panels: People in the stands enjoy a visual feast in the form of a light show on the stage floor, which is lined with LED tiles. During Swift’s viral dive, for instance, the tiles are lit to resemble crashing waves.

3. Hydraulic platforms: These Lego-like blocks move up and down throughout the show, giving Swift a high vantage point from which to belt out her hits.

Highlights: Vigilante S*** (Midnights) and Ready For It (Reputation).

4. Epic dive: To set up the concert’s Midnights finale with a bang, Swift takes a leap into the stage. Footage on the floor panels then shows her “swimming” towards the main stage.

5. Acoustic set: Swift performs two surprise songs – which are different for every concert – accompanied by a guitar and a piano painted with flowers, respectively.

Striking Set Design

Lover house.

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Folklore Cabin

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Tay Map: Where Swift Will Strut On Stage When Singing These Songs

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Friendship bracelets

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Inspired by the lyrics of You’re On Your Own Kid, off the 2022 album Midnights, fans have taken to making beaded bracelets to trade with one another. These are often colour-coded according to the era, and might feature a song title, acronym, phrase or other “Swiftie” in-jokes and references. 

LED wristband

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All attendees will receive a white wristband, powered by infrared signal technology, which lights up in different colours throughout the concert. Pay close attention during Look What You Made Me Do (Reputation), as the wristbands create an effect of “slithering snakes”. 

Altogether Now: Fan Chants & Gestures

Here are some of the chants and gestures that fans will collectively partake in during the concert

Song: You Need To Calm Down (Lover)

Moment: After “control your urges to scream about all the people you hate”

Chant: “‘Cause shade never made anybody less gay”

Song: Fearless (Fearless)

Moment: After “it’s flawless, really something, it’s fearless”

Gesture: Make a heart with your hands

@dduhnisse the way everyone puts their 🫶🏼’s up i’m 🥹 @taylornation @taylorswift #taylorswift #tstheerastour #erastour #tstheerastourtampa #swifttok #tampatheerastour #theerastour #fearless #handheart #swifties #taylornation ♬ original sound - denise

Song: You Belong With Me (Fearless)

Moment: “When you know you’re ‘bout to cry”

Gesture: Double clap

@suannyfabyne The double clap during You Belong With Me 👏👏 #ybwm #theerastour #swifttok #metlifestadium ♬ som original - suannyfabyne

Song: Marjorie (Evermore)

Moment: Throughout

Gesture: Switch on your mobile phone’s flashlight and wave it in the air

@taylorswiftspeaknowtv1 The crowd waving their phone lights during marjorie on mothers day #taylorswift #swiftie #theerastour #marjorie ♬ original sound - Cameron

Song: Delicate (Reputation)

Moment : After the first “but you can make me a drink”

Chant: “One, two, three, let’s go b****”

Song: All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Red)

Moment: After “And you were tossing me the car keys”

Chant: “ F*** the patriarchy”

Song: Blank Space (1989)

Moment: After every line of the bridge, starting from “boys only want love if it’s torture”

Song: Bad Blood (1989)

Moment: After the first “If you live like that, you live with ghosts”

Chant: “You forgive, you forget, but you never let it go”

@jocelynljz The crowds were screaming bad blood chant out loud!! #badblood #badbloodtaylorswift #badbloodtaylorsversion #1989 #1989taylorsversion #erastourtaylorswift #erastour #tstheerastour #taylorswift #theerastourtaylorswift #swifttok #rainshow ♬ original sound - Junzhu

Song: Anti-hero (Midnights)

Moment: After “Like some kind of congressman?”

Chant: “Taylor, you’ll be fine”

Song: Karma (Midnights)

Moment: After “Karma takes all my friends to the summit”

Chant: “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs”

@tayvisnationn “Karma is the guy on the chiefs” taylor singing Karma Night1 Syndey. ——- #taylorswift #swifttok #taylorsversion #taylornation #swiftie #swifties #traviskelce #chiefs #taylorswifttraviskelce #traviskelcetaylorswift #tstheerastourfilm #erastoursyndey #sydney #karma #erastourtaylorswift #erastour #jasonkelce #kyliekelce #newheightspodcast #newheight #tayvis #tayvisnation #swelce ♬ original sound - Tayvis World

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US megastar Taylor Swift hits stage for first Sydney show after storms and lightning caused chaos

I've got news for you Melbourne — Sydney just brought its own special sauce to the Taylor Swift concert.

Yeah, yeah, we know Taylor shed one single perfect tear over her record-breaking crowd at the MCG — and every moment of her three shows there have been gushed over, analysed and Instagrammed.

American singer songwriter Taylor Swift is seen performing at Accor Stadium

But did you get a rainbow stretching out across the sky over the stadium after the heavens briefly opened as tens of thousands of sparkling, shimmying Swifties poured through the gates pulsing with anticipation?

Did you get the pop superstar's boyfriend, NFL player Travis Kelce, rubbing shoulders with musical goddesses Katy Perry and Rita Ora in the VIP box?

American singer songwriter Taylor Swift is seen performing at Accor Stadium Sydney’s Olympic Park

And did you get an epic duet between Tay Tay and her support act, Sabrina Carpenter, after lightning and rain washed out her warm-up show?

Because we did … and more.

Crowds outside the stadium let out a collective "ooooh" just before 6pm as a clap of thunder and lightning rumbled across the sky and staff cleared the floor inside.

American singer songwriter Taylor Swift is seen performing at Accor Stadium

Naturally they shake it off, pulling ponchos over their glitter and sequins and stomping through puddles in their cowgirl boots, safe in the knowledge that Tay Tay wouldn't let something like a Sydney summer storm get in the way of performing for her fans.

The superstar's performance was delayed by the weather, but fans in front of me used the time to obsessively snap photos of the VIP boxes, zooming in and screaming when they confirmed that boyfriend Travis Kelce was in the house, wearing a blue T-shirt.

American singer songwriter Taylor Swift is seen performing at Accor Stadium

And holy hell, my eagle-eyed colleague Xanthe Gregory also spotted singers Katy Perry and Rita Ora there too.

By the time Swift finally took to the stage, amid plumes of pink silks blowing in the air at 7:48pm, excitement had reached fever pitch.

"Sydney you are making me feel absolutely phenomenal right now!" she shouted to her adoring fans, saying she was thrilled to be singing to a sell-out crowd of 81,000.

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And it's clear the feeling was mutual.

"Here we are in one of the most exciting cities in the world on a Friday night," she said as the crowd roared.

"We got a little bit of a weather situation where we might get some rain, but I've never known an Aussie crowd who has let that get in the way of having a good time."

She's damn well right.

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After the wall-to-wall media coverage and Taylor mania, most people now know the deal: the three-and-a-half-hour-long show covers 10 albums the artist has released over 18 years, divided into a kaleidoscope of "eras", complete with shifting colours and moods and amazing sets.

The whole show is a nod to Swift's ability to reinvent herself — shapeshifting from her roots as a country singer, to her transition to a global pop sensation and her feminist take-back of ownership of her early works, or "Taylor's versions".

Taylor Swift on stage walking away.

Somehow, it means there's always a song that speaks to whatever "era" of your own you're in — the highs of beginnings, the heartbreak of endings and everything in between.

After Champagne Problems, Swift removed her earpiece and mouths about the roars from the crowd, "it's so loud", tapping her palm against her heart and lapping up the moment.

"You know that you pronounce my name cuter than everyone else in the world?" she adds later. 

"I love you Sydney, I'm calling it, we are going to have the night of our lives."

The famous moment when Swift bestows her hat on a fan is particularly touching on Friday night, as it goes to a nine-year-old with aggressive cancer.

American singer songwriter Taylor Swift is seen performing at Accor Stadium

And yes, the two "surprise songs" that change each concert during the acoustic set, sent the crowd into a frenzy.

The first, How You Get The Girl, from the album 1989, is suitably dreamy.

Next, she starts teasing she might drop a song from her upcoming album The Tortured Poets Department, saying the acoustic set "doubles as a show-and-tell if I have something fun to show you".

American singer songwriter Taylor Swift is seen performing at Accor Stadium

But she does give us a reveal of sorts, announcing there will be a bonus track called Albatross on the vinyl edition, as an "alternative cover" for the album flashes up on the screen behind her.

"I can't wait for you to hear it," she said.

But it's the second surprise song when the stadium really erupts, as Swift says the earlier weather had caused "a crime against Sydney which needs to be fixed", announcing she's bringing her cancelled support act Sabrina Carpenter onto stage.

a taylor swift fan at her first sydney concert dressed in a red and gold circus master suit

Dressed in a silver sequined mini, Carpenter takes a seat next to Taylor on her piano stool.

The Swifties in front of me lose their minds as Carpenter says they're going to sing a Swift song she first heard as a nine-year-old, and they launch into White Horse from the album Fearless before mashing it up with Coney Island from Evermore.

"We are going to Sydney zoo on 100 per cent of our days off here," Swift then says before Carpenter leaves the stage.

"I don't think you guys understand how cool the kangaroos are here. So strong, so bouncy."

Swift wearing black sequin jacket

At the end of the night, the crowd debates whether Swift has acknowledged the presence of her famous boyfriend in true crowd style, by changing the words of her final song Karma to refer to the Chiefs — his NFL team.

I reckon I heard it, but there's a hell of a lot of screaming going on.

Earlier in the night Swift told the crowd: "Sydney has such a special place in my heart, I have so many memories here."

And she created memories for Sydneysiders that will last forever. We were there, we were there, we were there.

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Getting tickets

On Tuesday last week, I wrote a piece for Guardian Australia about missing out on tickets to the Eras tour. My Swiftie daughter had introduced me to Taylor Swift and we bonded together over her music and at her concerts. 1989 in particular – a groundbreaking record for Swift – had a pivotal role in our lives: it was released just before I was diagnosed with cervical cancer and soundtracked that moment in my family’s life. As I recovered from major surgery, her song Out of the Woods was on repeat.

Reliving those memories with my daughter as we lined up online made missing out all worthwhile. Until something happened that was even better: a member of Taylor Swift’s team read the piece, reached out to my editors and gifted us two tickets to the Sunday night concert in Sydney. “Oh my GOD!!! I cannot believe this is happening,” I wrote in an email, ecstatic. “How is this even happening!!!” We packed our bags to make the long drive to Sydney from Bendigo for the show. It felt unreal – such a generous gift – and the show was incredible. It was so heartening to see all the parents with their young daughters; the mums and dads wearing glitter, getting into the spirit. There was so much love in the stadium that night, not just for Taylor, but also for each other. – Bridget Robertson

The hype before the show

For me, it was all the moments surrounding the concert. Overhearing Irish backpackers talking about how amazing all the Taylor Swift Australia hype is while floating in the ocean near them. Or my sister sending me pictures from her night shifts at the hospital where nurses had made her friendship bracelets. The little girls dressed in sparkles and cowboy hats with 13 written on their hands, running around excitedly outside Accor Stadium, just like I did when I was their age attending my first Swift concert. But oh how everything has changed since then. The Eras tour made the younger me – a diehard Swiftie – feel seen and finally embraced. And that was before the concert even started … – Claire Keenan

Swifties exchange friendship bracelets at the MCG before the first of Taylor Swift's three shows in Melbourne on 16 February

Getting ready with friends

A couple of hours before the show, all my friends were crammed into my tiny flat preparing for a three-and-a-half-hour marathon. Two were furiously bejewelling each other’s hair, one was carefully glitter-ifying the 13 he wrote on his hands, while another explained how comfortable her custom-made cowboy boots were. Swift soundtracked all of this. No matter how hard it is to clean up glitter, it was well worth the joy. – Sanjana Jose

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Swift isn’t the only star on her stage – her dancer Kameron Saunders was my favourite part of this Australian tour. For each night’s performance of We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Saunders delivered a different Australianism in place of the iconic “like, ever”. On the first night I attended, he said “Yeah nah”, with “Naur” and “Nah mate” on following nights. Fans rallied on TikTok for Saunders to quote The Castle – and on Sydney’s second night (which I also attended), the scream couldn’t have been louder for his perfectly delivered “Tell him he’s dreamin’!” – Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

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A three-hour extravaganza entails some difficult questions: when to hydrate? When to take a bathroom break? What to eat to ensure you do not faint into a sea of 80,000 neighbours? These are tough decisions, but please learn from my mistakes and do not, in your haste, ingest a box of stadium calamari. You will be doubled over in pain for the first 120 minutes.

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Luckily, 120 minutes is also the time it takes for Taylor Swift to reach the best song in her oeuvre: the lovelorn ballad August (no follow-up questions please). In certain corners, the phrase “salt air” is sufficient to induce an instant frenzy; hearing it caterwauled at ear-splitting decibels on Sunday’s show in Sydney warded away the last of the stomachache like an ancient ritual. The clouds parted; a bird flapped overhead; my skin cleared. – Michael Sun

Taylor Swift performs during the first night of the Eras tour in Melbourne on 16 February.

Running into the riggers

Look, I’m not saying that Taylor Swift fans all look the same, but if you are at one of her shows and amid a sea of glitter you see a row of grizzled blokes in steel-cap boots standing together watching, you’re going to go over and ask who they are. “Are you roadies?” I asked one of these men at her first Melbourne show.

“We’re the riggers!” he replied.

It explained the proud stepdad energy they were all giving off. Given these guys must have set up thousands of stages and watched thousands of shows in their time, I needed to know: was the Taylor Swift spectacle actually as impressive as it seemed to me? “It is fucking amazing mate,” he said. I don’t think Swift could get a better endorsement than that. – Sian Cain

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Charlie Woods competes in first PGA TOUR pre-qualifier

Woods’ first taste of tour pathways proves educational and entertaining.

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HOBE SOUND, Fla. - Charlie Woods competed Thursday at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches' pre-qualifier, his first attempt at qualifying for a PGA TOUR event, and the first step in a lifelong journey into the world of professional golf.

Charlie Woods prior to pre-qualifier for the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches at Lost Lake Golf Club. (Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)

Charlie Woods prior to pre-qualifier for the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches at Lost Lake Golf Club. (Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)

And while Woods did not advance from the pre-qualifier, his presence was notable. Uncharacteristically large crowds followed a laid-back Woods play the 18-hole qualifier at Lost Lake Golf Club. Woods was warm and jovial for the majority of the chilly morning, often laughing with his caddie for the day, J.J. Kutner, a close friend of near the same age as Woods, and playing partner Olin Browne Jr., a longtime mini-tour pro and son of three-time TOUR winner Olin Browne.

Charlie Woods tees off at Cognizant Classic pre-qualifier

“It was great. Charlie is a great kid and it was great playing with him,” said Browne Jr. “It’s definitely the most people I’ve ever seen at a pre-qualifier. Charlie’s got a beautiful golf game. It’s tough to come out here and play a professional event at 15 years old. I think he conducted himself beautifully. He didn’t have his best stuff today, but he hit some high-quality shots.”

Flanked with support from his mom, Elin and team members, Woods appeared to relish the experience of competing in a TOUR pre-qualifier for the first time. He was the first player on the putting green as dawn broke over the palm trees. Sporting a blue Greyson pullover, black pants, black cap and a white Sun Day Red glove, Woods teed off at 7:39 a.m. in front of excited onlookers. Multiple local and national media outlets followed along, as did dozens of Hobe Sound locals. Club members, local homeowners and curious fans packed the small parking lot at Lost Lake. The atmosphere was unique. A gallery of around 50, mostly retirement age, walked beside the Woods group, weaving in and out of the un-roped fairways.

A look at Charlie Woods' bag prior to pre-qualifier for the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches at Lost Lake Golf Club. (Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)

A look at Charlie Woods' bag prior to pre-qualifier for the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches at Lost Lake Golf Club. (Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)

“I just came down here four weeks ago, it's my first snowbird season,” said Tom Brennan, a retired firefighter from the Bronx. “This is just the best, being out here. He’s such a star.”

Backyards along the course’s residential route featured more fans looking on in lawn chairs with cocktails in hand, seemingly tailgating the experience.

“I live just up the street, I heard he was playing here so I figured I would come by,” said Hobe Sound resident Randy Eng, who followed Woods group by bicycle on the front nine. “I play the gold tees here, and my drives usually end up way behind his.”

The fan presence didn’t quite evoke the same feeling the swelling galleries of TPC Sawgrass on Sunday of THE PLAYERS Championship, but if the goal for Woods was to get professional reps under enhanced pressure, then Thursday’s round was an undoubted success.

While Woods will not advance into the Monday Qualifier, entering the pre-qualifier provided an experience that Woods can build from as he heads into his next season of high school golf. Woods team at the Benjamin School will look to defend their state championship when the season starts in March. Woods added an invaluable building block as he hones his game in pursuit of facing the test of TOUR qualification again.

The top five and ties at Woods' pre-qualifying site, Lost Lake Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Florida, will advance to Monday's open qualifier (Lost Lake is one of four pre-qualifying sites). The top four from the Monday qualifier will advance to the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, contested next Feb. 29-March 3 at PGA National's Champion Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Two of the four pre-qualifying sites were contested Wednesday. Advancing from Park Ridge Golf Club: Beau Titsworth, Austin Lemieux, Bryce Emory, Ryan Quinn, Larry Blatt and Keith Greene. Advancing from the Boca Lago site: Griffin Barela, Andrew Garner, Chris Wilson, Jake Hibbert, Chris Francoeur, Logan Perkins, Trevor Johnson, Julius Boros, Maximilien Sturdza, Parker Gillam and Nicholas Cummings.

Click here for a list of players currently registered for the Cognizant Classic's Monday qualifier.

Jimmy Reinman is a member of the PGA TOUR's digital content team. A native of Florida’s Space Coast, he is passionate about golf’s most emboldened characters and bizarre lore. He dreams of one day making center-face contact with a long iron.

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Onstage, a Feisty Olivia Rodrigo Tests Out Life After Girlhood

The opening night of the pop star’s Guts World Tour had sparkle and abandon, but making her songs feel big didn’t require much besides the songs themselves.

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By Jon Caramanica

Reporting from Palm Desert, Calif.

As a pop star, Olivia Rodrigo wields a rather unusual arsenal of weapons. She is an acute writer and an un-self-conscious singer. She largely abhors artifice. She is modest, not salacious. In just three years, she has achieved something approaching stratospheric fame — a four-times platinum debut album and a Grammy for best new artist — while somehow remaining an underdog.

But the weapon she returns to again and again is a very pointed and versatile curse word, one that she used to vivid effect on both her 2020 breakout hit, “Drivers License,” the first single from her debut album, “Sour,” and also on “Vampire,” the Grammy-nominated single from her second album, “ Guts ,” released last year. It’s in plenty of other places, too, giving her anguished entreaties an extra splash of zest. She wants to make it clear that underneath her composed exterior, she’s boiling over.

On Friday night at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, Calif., during the opening performance of the Guts World Tour, Rodrigo couldn’t get enough of that word. She used it for emphasis, to connote dismissiveness and to demonstrate exasperation. But mostly she used it casually, in between-song banter, not because she needed to, but because using it felt like getting away with something.

Much of Rodrigo’s music — especially “Guts,” with its detailed and delirious ruminations about new fame and its discontents — is about how it feels to act bad after being told how important it is to be good. It’s situated at the juncture where freedom is just about to give way to misbehavior.

This was true of her performance as well, which brought the perfection and order of musical theater to the pop-punk and piano balladry that her songs toggle between. Over an hour and a half, Rodrigo alternately roared and pleaded, stomped and collapsed. She led a reverent 11,000-person crowd — a sizable leap from the theaters she played on her first tour — in singalongs that were churchlike and raucous, but never rowdy.

Throughout the concert, Rodrigo made gestural nods to abandon — singing the first verse of “Get Him Back!” through a megaphone, knocking the mic stand down at the end of “All-American Bitch,” performing spicily for a camera peering up from beneath a clear section of the stage on “Obsessed.”

While she has an exuberant stage presence, she is not a full-service pop star, and is better for avoiding that trap. Rodrigo is on her surest footing when performing faithful, unflashy recitations of her songs. She opened the night with a boundlessly energetic “Bad Idea Right?” followed by “Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl,” perhaps the truest statement of purpose from her last album, and let the dry, groaning ’90s guitars telegraph anxiety and gloom.

Those songs emphasize Rodrigo’s yen to rock, which is earnest and studied and bolstered by an impressively roaring band that lent her a soupçon of grit. But she followed with an even more powerful troika of howling repudiations: “ Vampire ” into “Traitor” into “Drivers License,” a string of slow ballads that are among her most invigorating songs. (Almost as moving was hearing three young girls, maybe 8 years old, screaming their brains out to “Traitor” while watching its music video in the back of a tricked-out Mercedes Sprinter van in the parking lot before the show.)

But making her songs feel big didn’t require much besides the songs themselves. At the end of “The Grudge,” Rodrigo stood pointedly alone at the foot of the stage, a flash of self-sufficiency and defiance. (Dancers joined her for several songs, and for some, she danced along with them awkwardly.) Late in the performance, she sang a gasping “Happier” and the casually sinister “Favorite Crime” while seated at the edge of one of the stage’s tentacles. And although she was floating over the crowd on a crescent moon for “Logical” and “Enough for You,” two of her most heartbreaking songs, it was the firm quiver in her voice that thrilled the most, not the spectacle up in the air.

In her outfits, Rodrigo leans into a combination of demure and tough. Her fans have been taking note. In the crowd, there was near sartorial unanimity — young girls, mostly teenagers, in midthigh skirts and either black boots or Chuck Taylors. Almost everyone had at least one item that sparkled. It recalled early Taylor Swift tours, where young fans arrived in sundresses and cowboy boots by the thousands. At one point, Rodrigo asked the crowd if anyone had come with their father (many), then if anyone had come with a boyfriend or girlfriend (not many). Then she asked if anyone had dressed up for the show, and the crowd roared almost in unison. (Women outnumbered men so significantly, most of the men’s restrooms were converted to all-gender for the night.)

At the merchandise booths, vendors were selling the accouterments of girlhood: lavender butterfly-shaped tote bags, star-shaped stickers that adhere to your face (to emulate the “ Sour ” album cover) and Band-Aids with Rodrigo catchphrases. And onstage, the performers were advertising the power of girlhood: the members of Rodrigo’s band and dance troupe were all female, nonbinary or transgender.

Rodrigo has made supporting young women part of the tour, too: Proceeds from each ticket go to her charitable organization, Fund 4 Good, and will support “community-based nonprofits that champion girls’ education, support reproductive rights and prevent gender-based violence.”

That’s in keeping with Rodrigo’s enduring and persuasive narrative that girlhood is fraught. Her rendition of “Teenage Dream,” a ballad about wondering whether the best years of her life are already past, was particularly revelatory, especially with the backing visuals of Rodrigo as a young child toying around with performing, unaware of the realities of stardom.

The opener was Chappell Roan, a sexually frank singer whose big voice was obliterated by her arrangements. She offered a contrast to Rodrigo, who sings about sex in glancing references and punchlines, often hidden in the middle of a verse. (Beginning in April, the openers will be Remi Wolf, PinkPantheress and, very promisingly for the cross-generationally curious, the Breeders.)

That subject matter is still too raw for Rodrigo, who never places herself too far away from her youngest fans, or her younger self. But that might change soon. Rodrigo turned 21 a few days before this show, perhaps the final publicly acknowledged demarcation line between youth and adulthood. She did not let it pass without comment.

“I went to the gas station the other day and bought a pack of cigarettes,” she said, sitting at the piano after “Drivers License,” in what threatened to be the night’s sole moment of genuine misbehavior.

But then she confessed, “I promise I didn’t consume it, but I just bought it just because I could.” Did she add a curse word for emphasis? She fudging did.

Jon Caramanica is a pop music critic for The Times and the host of the “Popcast” podcast. He also writes the men's Critical Shopper column for Styles. He previously worked for Vibe magazine, and has written for the Village Voice, Spin, XXL and more. More about Jon Caramanica

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Daytona 500 highlights: All the top moments from William Byron's win in NASCAR opener

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If 2023 was a breakthrough year for William Byron , 2024 could prove to be even bigger.

Byron, who led all NASCAR Cup Series drivers with six wins last season, scored the biggest triumph of his career Monday evening, winning the 66 th annual Daytona 500 to kick off the 2024 season.

Byron took the white flag at Daytona International Speedway in his No. 24 Chevrolet seconds before a caution flag flew because of a last-lap crash. The 26-year-old edged his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman for the checkered flag, NASCAR officials ruled, after reviewing the sequence of events.

"Just extremely blessed and thankful for all the opportunities, now just want to keep it going," Byron said after exiting his car. "We have a lot to prove this year, and this is a good start obviously. Daytona 500, it’s freaking awesome!"

The one-two finish made a memorable day even more special for team owner Rick Hendrick and Hendrick Motorsports vice chairman, Jeff Gordon, who famously drove the No. 24 Hendrick Chevrolet to three Daytona 500 wins and four NASCAR Cup Series championships.

Monday marked the 40 th anniversary of Hendrick Motorsports' first race, and Byron’s win gave the team owner a record-tying nine Daytona 500 victories. Byron became the sixth different driver to win the Daytona 500 for Hendrick Motorsports and the first in nine years.

Monday's win marked Byron's 11th Cup Series victory since 2018. The Charlotte, North Carolina native made it to the NASCAR championship race in 2023, finishing fourth in the race and third in the final standings behind champion Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson, who won the 2021 title as a Hendrick driver.

Now Byron will seek to join Larson and 2020 Cup Series champion Chase Elliott, and bring another season title to NASCAR's most successful owner 35 races from now.

It was a particularly rough ending for Team Penske and Ford, which had multiple Daytona 500 contenders taken out in two late crashes. The first one, with eight laps remaining, wiped out pole-sitter and 2015 winner Joey Logano and Blaney, among others, in a massive 18-car crash. The final crash took out 2022 Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric, who was in position to win again on the penultimate lap before a wreck ended his and Penske's hopes for a victory lane celebration.

"It’s just a really unfortunate end. We had a shot to win the Daytona 500," Cindric said. "We were really in great position with the outside lane breaking up and kind of one-on-one with the 24 with the whole pack behind, so you can’t really ask for anything else other than that out of myself and the team. It just sucks a little bit.”

Cindric finished 22nd, Blaney 30th and Logano 32nd. Noah Gragson, driving the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 10, had the best finish for For in nignth. Joe Gibbs Racing's Christopher Bell came home third to lead the Toyota drivers.

“Honestly, we got really fortunate – with those two wrecks, you know," Bell said. "Being on the bottom lane, I was able to squeeze by that last wreck. We had an awesome Interstate Batteries DEWALT Camry. ... When we had track position, we were fast."

Continue below the photo gallery to read a recap and play-by-play of Monday's race.

2024 Daytona 500 final results

After reviewing the finishing order following the last-lap crash between Ross Chastain and Austin Cindric, NASCAR revealed the final results of the 2024 Daytona 500, which saw a handful of less-heralded drivers finish in the top 10:

  • William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet
  • Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet
  • Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota
  • Corey LaJoie, No. 7 Chevrolet
  • Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota
  • AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet
  • John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota
  • Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota
  • Noah Gragson, No. 10 Ford
  • Chase Briscoe No. 14 Ford

Click here for the full results from the 2024 Daytona 500 .

William Byron wins 2024 Daytona as race ends under caution

William Byron won the 66th annual Daytona 500 Monday at Daytona International Speedway after NASCAR's premier race was delayed one day by rain.

Byron edged Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman as a crash broke out just as Byron took the white flag for the final lap. Officials immediately threw a caution flag, and the checkered flag followed, giving Byron his first Daytona 500 win.

After a massive crash shook up the race with eight laps remaining, the race restarted with just four laps left with Byron and Ross Chastain leading two large packs. Near the end of the penultimate lap, Chastain tried to squeeze in front of 2022 Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric to retake the lead on the inside lane, but Chastain's No. 1 Chevrolet collided Cindric's No. 2 Ford, igniting a crash and bringing out the final caution as the final lap began.

Huge crash erupts as 2024 Daytona nears end

The "Big One" broke out at Daytona International Speedway with eight laps remaining in the 2024 Daytona 500.

Alex Bowman gave a hard shove to his Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron to push the middle pack forward, but Byron's No. 24 Chevrolet got loose, wiggled and then slammed into Brad Keselowski's No. 6 Ford, who was leading the inside lane. That contact near the front of the field triggered a massive crash that collected a 18 f cars including some of the favorites.

Among the cars taken out of the race in the crash: 2023 NASCAR Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney, three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin pole-sitter Joey Logano, the 2015 Daytona champ, and 2021 Cup Series champion Kyle Larson.

"It's speedway racing. It's a lot of fun until it sucks," Logano said after being checked and released from the infield care center along with Blaney, his Team Penske teammate.

Last year's winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr. also got collected, along with Noah Gragson, Chase Briscoe, Chris Buescher, Martin Truex Jr., Daniel Hemric, Todd Gilliland, Ryan Preece, Erik Jones, Tyler Reddick, Ty Gibbs, Anthony Alfredo and Daniel Suarez

Officials threw the red flag on Lap 192, halting the race as the mangled cars were removed from the track.

Daytona 500 nears end after final pit stops

Cars came down pit road for their final fuel stops with 20 laps remaining in Monday's race. Most of the drivers pitted with other cars from the same manufacturer.

Pit stops finished with 18 laps to go with Ross Chastain and Joey Logano upfront.

Joey Logano surges to the lead in Daytona 500 final stage

Pole sitter Joey Logano assumed the lead on Lap 163 of 200 and has maintained it with final pit stops for fuel approaching. David Ragan, driving a one-off car for RFK Racing, and Brad Keselowski, co-owner of RFK, also moved to the front of the field, following Logano in the bottom lane. Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch paced the top lane with less than 30 laps remaining.

Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch battle for the lead midway through third stage

Former teammates Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch battled for the lead midway through the third and final segment of the 2024 Daytona 500. Busch was a longtime teammate of Hamlin with Joe Gibbs Racing before moving to Richard Childress Racing last season.

Hamlin has won three Daytona 500, the most among active drivers. Busch has won two NASCAR Cup Series championships but has never taken the checkered flag at "The Great American Race."

Stage 3 goes green as Daytona 500 hits final segment

Austin Cindric and Bubba Wallace led two competing packs as Stage 3 began in the Daytona 500 with less than 70 laps to go.

The cars then went three-wide a few laps later with AJ Allmendinger, Martin Truex Jr. and Tyler Reddick taking over the lead of the three packs.

Ryan Blaney wins Stage 2 of 2024 Daytona 500

Ryan Blaney won the second stage of the Daytona 500 after a power move on the closing lap. The reigning series champion dropped down to the bottom lane below his Penske teammate Austin Cindric and surged past him to take the lead and the checkered flag for Stage 2. Cindric, who won the 2022 Daytona 500, moved up in front of Kyle Busch on the outside lane to avoid falling back and held on to finish second, with Daniel Suarez taking third and Busch fourth.

Here are the top-10 finishers of Stage (all will receive Stage points, with 10 points to the winner and one point to the 10th-place finisher:

  • Ryan Blaney, Ford
  • Austin Cindric, Ford
  • Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet
  • Kyle Busch, Cheverolet
  • Tyler Reddick, Toyota
  • William Byron, Chevrolet
  • Bubba Wallace, Toyota
  • Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet
  • AJ Allemdinger, Chevrolet
  • Chris Buescher, Ford

Stage 2 leaderboard shakes up with green flag pit stops

Kyle Busch takes the lead from Todd Gilliland on Lap 93 of 200, bringing Bubba Wallace with him.

A few laps later, 20 cars came down pit road to take fuel to make it to the end of Stage 2. The group was led by Wallace, Ryan Preece, Joey Logao and Martin Truex Jr. Preece was nabbed for speeding entering pit road and had to serve a pass-thru penalty.

Busch led the next group down pit road and one lap later Kyle Larson led another group as the entire field took fuel.

Stage 2 begins at 2024 Daytona 500

Kyle Larson and Josh Berry led the restart as Stage 2 began on Lap 70. Denny Hamlin, Alex Bowman, William Byron, Chase Elliott and Bubba Wallace also started near the front. But Joey Logano, the 2015 Daytona 500 champion who won the pole on Wednesday, led a surge on the outside, taking the pack three-wide to take over the lead on Lap 72.

The pole sitter has not won the Daytona 500 since Dale Jarrett triumphed in 2000.

Chase Elliott wins Stage 1 of 2024 Daytona 500

Chase Elliott, NASCAR's most popular driver, won the opening stage of the 2024 Daytona, edging his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson at the line. Elliott got a push from Ross Chastain in Turn 4 on the final lap to push him past Larson at the line.

Chevrolet drivers were the big winners of the 60-lap, opening segment and took the top six positions. After superior green-flag pit stops, Chevy drivers were grouped together in the closing stretch and held off a group of Toyota drivers. Here are the top 10 drivers in the first segment, who will all receive stage points:

  • Chase Elliott, Chevrolet
  • Kyle Larson, Chevrolet
  • Ross Chastain, Chevrolet
  • Alex Bowman, Chevrolet
  • Kyle Busch, Chevrolet
  • Denny Hamlin, Toyota
  • Martin Truex Jr., Toyota

Cars come down pit road under green for gas to end Stage 1

A large group of nine Chevrolets hit pit road for a splash of fuel with 10 laps to go in Stage 1, led by former NASCAR Cup Series champions Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson. One lap later, on Lap 56, Bubba Wallace led the Toyota drivers down pit road, including Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr. and Tyler Reddick.

Cars hit pit road under green in Stage 1

Green flag pit-stops began on Lap 40 of the opening stage, led by three cars from Team Penske. Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and Austin Cindric led a group of cars down pit road to fuel up with enough gas to finish the stage. Brad Keselowski, Christopher Bell and Daniel Hemric also pitted with the Penske cars.

One lap later, Chris Buescher came down pit road on his own, as did Michael McDowell on Lap 47 – never a good idea at superspeedways, when staying in the pack is optimal for speed.

Daytona 500 resumes after early yellow flag

The Daytona 500 restarted on Lap 12 with Ryan Blaney and Christopher Bell pacing the field. Blaney, who had moved to the rear before the start because he was driving a backup car, elected to stay out on track when most of the field hit pit road during the early caution for fuel and/or fresh tires.

The caution flag flew because of a multi-car crash on Lap 6. Seven cars were involved, and Harrison Burton, Carson Hocevar, Kaz Grala, and Austin Dillon were forced to take their cars to the garage with excessive damage – ending their race early.

Multi-car crash on Lap 6 of Daytona 500 brings out caution flag

Just six laps into the 2024 Daytona 500, a multicar crash has already occurred. While racing three-wide in tight packs, Brad Keselowski, on the outside lane, got into the back of John Hunter Nemecheck, who swerved into the middle lane and into Harrison Burton, who then made hard contact with Carson Hocevar, sending both into the grass. As Burton and Hocevar came back onto the track, they collected Austin Dillon, Kaz Grala, Ryan Preece, and Jimmie Johnson.

Six drivers racing in backup cars

Six drivers had to drop to the rear of the field before the green flag waved because they were forced to go to backup cars after crashing in Thursday's Daytona Duel races. The drivers include reigning series champion Ryan Blaney in the No. 12 Ford and two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch in the No. 8 Chevrolet. Also dropping to the rear: William Byron (No. 24 Chevrolet), Noah Gragson (No. 10 Ford), Kaz Grala (No. 36 Ford) and Daniel Hemric (No. 31 Chevrolet).

Green flag flies at 2024 Daytona 500

Two former champions led the 40-driver field as the green flag waved at Daytona International Speedway for the "The Great American Race." Joey Logano, the 2015 champion, was on the pole in the No. 22 Ford, and Michael McDowell, the 2021 winner, started alongside in the the No. 34 Ford.

Who won last year’s Daytona 500?

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. edged two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano in double overtime to win the 2023 Daytona 500. It marked Stenhouse’s third career Cup victory and his first since he won the Daytona summer race in 2017. The victory was also the first Daytona 500 win for JTG Daugherty Racing, a small team that hadn’t been to victory lane in any Cup Series race since 2014.

What is the Daytona 500 trophy?

The winner of the Daytona 500 will be presented with the Harley J. Earl Trophy, a four-foot-tall, five-foot-wide black and silver creation adorned with the winners of every Daytona 500.

The trophy is named after Harley J. Earl , an automobile designer, the father of the Corvette and the second commissioner of NASCAR.

They don't get to keep it, though. After the presentation, the big trophy, also known as the Harley J. Earl Perpetual Trophy, gets put back on display at Daytona International Speedway and the winner gets a smaller replica with a black base and a scaled-down version of the Firebird One that Earl created in 1954.

The winner's car also is put on display next to the trophy for fans to see over the next year. — C.A. Bridges, USA TODAY Network

How much money does the Daytona 500 winner get?

The total purse — all the money available to win — for the 2024 Daytona 500 is a record-breaking $28,035,991, up by more than $1 million from 2023, when the purse was $26,934,357. But as of 2016, NASCAR has not revealed how much of that the winner actually gets and how much goes to other drivers.

In 2015, it came out to about 9% of the total, so if that still holds, the winner of the 2024 Daytona 500 should get a payday of about $2.5 million. — C.A. Bridges, USA TODAY Network

What time does the 2024 Daytona 500 start?

The 2024 Daytona 500 is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. ET at Daytona International Speedway with the green flag around 4:30 p.m. ET.

What TV channel is the 2024 Daytona 500 on?

Fox is broadcasting the Daytona 500 with play-by-announcer Mike Joy and color commentators Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick .

Will there be a live stream of the 2024 Daytona 500?

The Daytona 500 can be live streamed on the  FoxSports website  and on the FoxSports app.

Who is the grand marshal for the 2024 Daytona 500?

Before the green flag flies, drivers must first be given a command to hit the track. That is the job of the grand marshal. For the 2024 Daytona 500, that job belongs to actor, producer, and former WWE star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson , who will deliver the proverbial "four most important words in motorsports”: “Drivers, start your engines.”

Can the Daytona 500 be deemed official even if all laps haven’t been completed?

A race can be called early if the rain will not stop, and the forecast continues to look bleak. But a race cannot be declared official until at least 100 laps have been completed or Stage 2 ends, whichever comes first (For today's race, Stage 2 ends at lap 130). If a race is called early, the driver in the lead at that point is declared the winner.

What happens if it rains once the Daytona 500 has started?

After Sunday's postponement, it's natural for weather to be on the minds of fans. So what happens if it rains once the race goes green?

NASCAR officials will first throw a yellow caution flag and then bring the cars down pit road to their stalls. From there, officials will throw a red flag, halting the race, and teams will cover the cars after the drivers exit. But crews are not allowed to work on cars or fix any damage during a red flag.

During a stoppage, you might see your favorite drivers or teams hit social media to converse with fans, do television interviews, grab some food, or just lay low.

Once the rain has slowed down or stopped, the fleet of Air Titans hit the track to dry it out. The Air Titans are big vacuum/sweeper trucks equipped with compressed air to blow water off the track and suck it up. Once the track is deemed safe enough to drive on, the race resumes.

Who has the most Daytona 500 wins?

Richard Petty truly was the king at Daytona. Petty won the Daytona 500 seven times (1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979 and 1981), three more than the next closest driver, Cale Yarborough (1968, 1977, 1983 and 1984).

Denny Hamlin has the most Daytona 500 wins among active drivers. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver, who will start eighth in the No. 11 Toyota, has won three times (2016, 2019 and 2020). Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson (2006 and 2013) is the only other driver in the 2024 Daytona 500 field with more than one win; the co-owner of Legacy Motor Club is driving the No. 84 Toyota in the 2024 race.

Click for a full list of Daytona 500 winners by year .

Starting lineup for the 2024 Daytona 500

It will be an all-Ford front row with two former Daytona 500 winners pacing the field.  Joey Logano, the 2015 winner, won the pole  Wednesday night. The two-time Cup Series champion will start alongside 2021 Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell.

Thursday night's Daytona Duel winners  will start on Row 2. Tyler Reddick starts third to lead the Toyota contingent, followed by fellow Toyota driver Christopher Bell.  Chase Elliott , the 2020 Cup Series champion, starts fifth, the best of the Chevrolet drivers.

Here are the top-10 starters for the 2024 Daytona 500. Click here for the full starting lineup :

  • 1. (22) Joey Logano, Ford
  • 2. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford
  • 3. (45) Tyler Reddick, Toyota
  • 4. (20) Christopher Bell, Toyota
  • 5. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet
  • 6. (2) Austin Cindric, Ford
  • 7. (48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet
  • 8. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota
  • 9. (77) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet
  • 10. (42) John Hunter Nemechek, Toyota

Odds to win 2024 Daytona 500

Denny Hamlin, a three-time Daytona 500 winner, is the favorite to win today’s race, according to BetMGM , along with two-time Cup Series champions Joey Logano and Kyle Busch, and reigning series champion Ryan Blaney.

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Here are drivers with the best odds to win the 2024 Daytona 500, per BetMGM as of Monday afternoon:

  • Denny Hamlin … +900
  • Joey Logano … +1200
  • Ryan Blaney … +1200
  • Kyle Busch … +1200
  • Brad Keselowski … +1300
  • Chase Elliott … +1500
  • Kyle Larson … +1600
  • Christopher Bell … +1800
  • Martin Truex Jr. … +1800
  • William Byron … +2000
  • Tyler Reddick … +2000
  • Bubba Wallace … +2000

How many laps is the Daytona 500?

Drivers will not race for 500 laps today but 500 miles. The oval at Daytona International Speedway is 2.5 miles, so to reach 500 miles, drivers need to race 200 laps around the track.

What are the Daytona 500 stages?

Nearly every NASCAR race is broken down into three stages, and drivers can collect stage points for finishing in the top 10 of a stage and a bonus point if they win a stage that would carry over to the playoffs later in the season.

Here the length of the stages for the 2024 Daytona 500: Stage 1: 65 laps; Stage 2: 65 laps; Stage 3: 70 laps.

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