Author: Henri Giroud

UCI Women’s WorldTour leader Lizzie Deignan and Italian Road and TT champion Elisa Longo Borghini have prolonged their respective contracts with Trek-Segafredo for two years. Deignan made the most of the condensed 2020 season and achieved great success upon the racing calendar’s restart, winning GP Plouay and La Course by Le Tour de France before soloing to victory in the prestigious Liège-Bastogne-Liège. In between these landmark triumphs, the 31-year-old Brit put up some great performances in the Giro Rosa, scoring two podium placings, a team time trial win, and a notable sixth place in the Road World Championships in Imola.…

Highlights Report Hugh Carthy took his first Grand Tour victory atop the mythical Alto de l’Angliru on stage 12 of the Vuelta a España. Our Prestonian also moved up into third overall ahead of the second and last rest day of the race. With the shadow of the mighty Angliru cast over the race for the past week, all eyes were on stage 12 of the 2020 Vuelta. A climb seldom used throughout the history of the race because of the punishing gradients that would often lead to riders protesting the race organizers’ decision to use it, the Angliru has…

Highlights Report Today, David Gaudu made another step in his – young – career. The French climber was looking forward to it for so long, and it finally came on the Vuelta on Saturday. In what he considered to be the queen stage of the 2020 Tour of Spain, the 24-year-old rider has today conquered his very first win on a Grand Tour. Furthermore, he did it in a mountaintop finish, which is a first for him since he turned pro. Beating Marc Soler on the line after a long breakaway and the invaluable support from Bruno Armirail throughout the…

Highlights Report Primoz Roglic has won the tenth stage of the Vuelta a España in an impressive way. The leader of Team Jumbo-Visma won on the uphill finish in Suances after a strong sprint. Due to the boni seconds and a split in the peloton, the Slovenian regained the lead in the overall classification. For Roglic it is his third stage victory in this Vuelta. He previously won the first and the eighth stage. It marked his tenth victory of the season, the twenty-first for Team Jumbo-Visma. With his stage victory, he also strengthened his leading position in the points…

Highlights Report After the start in Castrillo del Val, the riders set off on a 158 km slightly undulating course to Aguilar de Campoo, which today offered a second chance for the sprinters. Only two riders formed today’s leading group, which was able to break away relatively early from the field. The gap to the peloton levelled off at three minutes throughout the race and it was only a matter of time until they were brought back. Unfortunately, Pascal Ackermann went down after 60 km, but he was able to continue the race and caught up with the peloton not…

Highlights Report Primoz Roglic has won the eighth stage of the Vuelta a España. The rider of Team Jumbo-Visma managed to stay ahead of his opponents on the Alto de Moncalvillo after the decisive attack. By doing so, he took important seconds on his closest attackers for the general classification. On the final climb team leader Roglic was well-surrounded by his teammates. Sepp Kuss attacked in the last kilometres after which the joust between the favourites began. In the last hectometres Roglic left the other riders behind and rode to his ninth victory of the season. In the general classification…

Like the overture at the start of a sweeping opera, the season got going with a great deal of noise at the Santos Women’s Tour Down Under. Chloe Hosking’s victory on stage one represented just the beginning of an unforgettable season on and off the bike. While the women got the ball rolling in Australia, Rally Cycling’s men were kept busy on both sides of the Atlantic. In South America, the Vuelta a San Juan was followed by a memorable tilt at Tour Colombia 2.1, where the team partnered with Colombian health insurance company Colmédica, bolstering engagement with UnitedHealth Group’s international…

Highlights Report Mike Woods rode his way to a solo victory after a perfectly timed attack in the closing stages of stage 7 of the Vuelta a España. This is the Canadian’s second career stage victory at the Vuelta. If week one told us anything about how this year’s Vuelta was going to be raced, it’s that it was going to be a fast and furious race. Cold weather, strong winds, heavy rain, tough mountain top finishes and a seemingly endless barrage of attacks made the first week enthralling to watch. One day after the rest day, yet another hard…