Author: Henri Giroud

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…

Highlights Report On a very cold rainy day in the Pyrenees Ion Izagirre took a beautiful victory atop the famous climb Aramón Formigal. The Astana Pro Team rider made a strong attack from the breakaway group with some 3 km to go, taking a good gap enough to take his debut stage win at the Vuelta a España. By winning today’s stage Ion Izagirre became the 100th rider in cycling history, who won the stages of all three Grand tours! – It was a very tough stage. We knew that bad weather will hit the stage and that at the…

Highlights Report Tao Geoghegan Hart rode a perfect final stage to take overall victory at the Giro d’Italia. The INEOS Grenadiers rider wrote another page of British cycling history, winning the Italian Grand Tour by 39 seconds following an emphatic final day performance. Going into the final 15.7-kilometre time trial level with Jai Hindley (Team Sunweb), the London-born rider rode the stage of his life to capture the famous maglia rosa. Filippo Ganna completed a magical day for the team by winning the final stage in Milan, taking his fourth and the team’s seventh stage victory of the race. Winning a third of…

Highlights Report Lotto Soudal’s Tim Wellens claimed the stage win in Sabiñanigo after beating Guillaume Martin and Thymen Arensman in a three-man sprint. Wellens becomes also leader in the mountains classification. The three sprinted for the stage having broken clear from a larger breakaway group that formed earlier in the stage. After the stage Wellens announced having extended his contract with the team until end of 2022. “At the start of La Vuelta it was the goal of the team to win one stage”, commented aggressive rider Tim Wellens, who went in the break already for the third time in this…

Highlights Report Tao Geoghegan Hart struck a blow in the fight for Giro d’Italia victory by winning stage 20 atop Sestriere. The Brit showed his class on the race’s final day of climbing to out-sprint chief rival Jai Hindley at the line, with bonus seconds meaning the pair head into the final time trial level on time. In what looks set to be one of the closest Giro finishes in history, Tao’s second stage win (and the team’s sixth) sets up a final-day, winner-takes-all showdown in Milan. Just tenths of a second separate the two riders, with Hindley (Team Sunweb) narrowly pulling…

Highlights Report Sam Bennett racked ups his seventh win of the season after a flawless teamwork and a powerful sprint on stage 4 of the Vuelta a España, which on Friday gave the sprinters a rare opportunity to fight for glory in Ejea de los Caballeros. For Bennett, who is doing his second three-week race of the season after the Tour de France, where he became the first Irishman in 31 years to win the famous green jersey, it was the eighth win in a Grand Tour, one which underlined his status as one of the world’s best sprinters. Deceuninck…