Author: Harold Dalton

Cycling industry professional with over 14 years of experience in professional journalism, television, and industry writing.

All content: La Leyenda del Caribe / Mibuc Setting out from a paradise-like Dominican beach and with the crystalline Caribbean Sea in the background, the first edition of La Leyenda del Caribe began on Monday with the Prologue stage. Two hundred racers representing 25 different nationalities crossed the starting line on the beach of Hotel Ocean El Faro to cover 16km of challenging terrain that put the cyclists to the test and gave them a taste of what they’ll to face in the coming days around Punta Cana. During the loop they had the opportunity to learn how their body…

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Report Michael Matthews (Team Jayco AlUla) won the third stage of the Giro d’Italia, a 213 km ride from Vasto to Melfi. He beat Mads Pedersen (Trek – Segafredo) and Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) in a sprint finish on a slight uphill. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) retained the overall lead after gaining a second in a bonus sprint. The stage was marked by a breakaway of two riders, Alexander Konychev and Veljko Stojni (Team Corratec-Selle Italia), who were caught with 15 km to go. Results Results powered by FirstCycling.com

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Report As the evening sun set over the Adriatic Sea in San Salvo, Abruzzo, a new sprint king was crowned at the 106th Giro d’Italia. Team Bahrain Victorious’ Jonathan Milan, 22 years old and already an Olympic & European track champion, took the very first road stage of his very first Grand Tour, and with it the points jersey, the ‘Maglia Ciclamino’. “It’s just incredible. I’m completely shocked. I always give 100%, I always give my best. Everything that’s happened this season: the falls, the tiredness, the illnesses, I didn’t believe I could win this first sprint stage of the…

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Report Three Giri Donne, one Tour de France, two Challenge by La Vuelta and, from Sunday, the first-ever La Vuelta Femenina. Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) further increases her endless palmares as she rewarded the Movistar squad with her first success in 2023 at the best possible venue: the Spanish team’s home Grand Tour. Van Vleuten made it happen again at the 94km decisive, Queen stage in Asturias, over the Collado Moandi (Cat-2) and, most importantly, the legendary Lagos de Covadonga (Hors Categorie), her 1’11″ gap from the eve enough after a phenomenal exhibition towards Laredo on Saturday. It wasn’t…

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