Author: Henri Giroud

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Report Wout van Aert has won the first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné. In the hilly opening stage through the Ardèche, the Belgian champion crossed the line first in the bunch sprint. As a result, Van Aert is the new leader in the general classification and the points classification. On the day’s final climb, the peloton increased its pace and some of the fastest riders could not keep up. A sprint with a depleted peloton seemed inevitable. Frenchman Rémi Cavagna tried to escape just before the final kilometre, but a strong effort from Christophe Laporte prevented Cavagna from doing…

After dominating the opening two days, Team DSM and Lorena Wiebes tackled the streets of London on Sunday evening with the aim of making it three wins from three. In command throughout the race, the team worked superbly together through the technical circuit before setting up Wiebes for the finale who surged to the line, completing the hat-trick and claiming the GC crown with it. The final stage of racing saw the peloton take on the traditional RideLondon Classique route from when it was a one-day race, with fast action around the streets of London, taking in some iconic landmarks…

Report The Giro concluded with a 17.4 km individual time trial in Verona, starting initially on flat terrain, then continuing over a 4.5 km long and 5 per cent steep climb before the riders then tackled the fast and technically demanding descent to the finish right in front of the old amphitheatre in Verona. Jai Hindley, who claimed the pink jersey in spectacular fashion on yesterday’s stage, took to the course today with a 1:25 minute cushion and crossed the finish line in a time of 23:55 minutes, with the day’s win going to M. Sobrero. With this performance, Jai…

Report Before the Giro comes to a close with the individual time trial on Sunday, there was a brutal 178km stage with around 4,500m of climbing through the Dolomites to contend with today. Two long and difficult climbs, as well as the final Marmolada ascent was a last big challenge for everyone after three weeks in the saddle. In the fight for pink, Carapaz, Hindley and Landa were quite on par until today’s stage and so the fight for the overall victory was still relatively open. BORA – hansgrohe was represented by Lennard Kämna in the day’s 15-man breakaway, but…

Report Koen Bouwman has scored an impressive double in the nineteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia. The 28-year-old Dutchman won his second stage and secured the blue mountain jersey. If he arrives safely in Verona on Sunday, he will be the first Dutchman to win the Giro mountain jersey. After the eighteenth stage, Bouwman announced that he would try to get in the breakaway. He kept his word and joined Edoardo Affini in a sizeable leading group. After the blue jersey wearer had already taken the points on the first two climbs, he was also first on the Kolovrat. On…

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Joao Almeida suffered flu symptoms overnight and tested positive for Covid. As a result, he has been withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia before the start of today’s stage. The Portuguese rider was in fourth place and led the young riders competition by over ten minutes. All the other members of his UAE team have tested negative. “Almeida woke up last night from persistent pain in his throat and the test gave a positive result. We observe strict rules of prevention and, in addition to sanitizing the environments which the team uses each day (cars, buses, hotel rooms, etc.), we keep…