In a two-man battle in the final kilometers of Stage 11 of the 2024 Tour de France, defending champion Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) emerged victorious, beating Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) across the line at Le Lioran.
Sven Abrahamsen of the Uno-X team came into Stage 8 of the 2024 Tour de France and seemingly decided to do all that he could to cement his position in the polka-dot jersey.
All the cards were in place for Mark Cavendish to take his 35th stage win today, and the Astana rider made history in the Stage 5 of the 2024 Tour de France to cement his legacy.
As the 2024 Tour de France moves into France from after three days in Italy, Tadej Pogacar dominates on the Col de Galibier to retake the yellow jersey.
Kevin Vauquelin (Arkéa- B&B Hotels) attacked the break on the second ascent of San Luca to take a career-first grand tour win at the 2024 Tour de France, but it was a preview of future GC battles that really animated the day.
Andrea Vendrame (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) attacked a nineteen man break with about 25km remaining to take a solo win in Stage 19 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia. It is his second win of the 2024 Giro.
Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) bested five or six of the best sprinters in the world to won Stage 18 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia, the 178 km long Fiera di Primiero-Padova.
A shortened Stage 16 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia still served up some excitement. Julian Alaphilippe led for most of the stage but no one was stopping Pogacar in his domination of the race. He took his fifth stage win with what looked like little effort.
Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) has won Stage 13 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia, the 179km long Riccione-Cento. Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Cofidis) and Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) finished second and third respectively.
After a long time at the front with Mirco Maestri and then a solo breakaway with 12km to go, Julian Alaphilippe takes the win on Stage 12 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia.