At Saturday dawned in Spain, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) looked on track to capture another stage win in the 2023 Vuelta a Espana, but at the end of the day, it was Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) who ultimately had the legs after a gruelling day of racing in the Sierra de Guadarrama.
Remco Evenepoel became one of the youngest riders in history to amass 50 pro wins taking victory in Stage 18 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana on a tough day of racing that contained five classified climbs, including the brutally steep Puerto de la Cruz Linares, a 9.8km ascent averaging 8.6%.
American Sep Kuss takes a solo win at the Observatorio Astrofisico de Javalambre to win Stage 6 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana while Lenny Martinez (Groupama-FDJ) finishes second and takes over La Roja from Remco Evenepoel.
Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) has won the 2022 Giro d’Italia, wearing the final Maglia Rosa of the General Classification leader and raising the Trofeo Senza Fine.
Alessandro Covi soloed from a breakaway group to win the Cima Coppi prize and Stage 20 of the 2022 Giro d’Italia. He made the break on top of the Pordoi before reaching the finish line of Passo Fedaia alone.
Koen Bouwman (Jumbo-Visma) secured his second stage win in the 2022 Giro d’Italia as he triumphed in a sprint of the five breakaway riders at Santuario di Castelmonte in Friuli.
Santiago Buitrago Sánchez (Bahrain Victorious) has won Stage 17 of the 2022 Giro d’Italia, the 168km long Ponte di Legno-Lavarone.
Rein Taaramäe of the Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux won Stage 3 of the 2021 Vuelta a Espana atop Picón Blanco today to take over the leader’s red jersey.
The 78th edition of the Vuelta a Espana is back and on schedule with its usual mid-August start date.
Switzerland’s Gino Mäder powered to a brave solo victory at the end of a 15km final climb above Ascoli Piceno to become only the second rider called Gino to win a stage at the Giro, after Bartali.