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.
Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) showed talent, craft and mastery to win stage 11 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana on the slopes up La Laguna Negra. The Spanish puncheur made his way into a hard fought breakaway and eventually powered to victory with a perfectly timed acceleration on the most gruelling slopes of the final climb.
Teams are starting to announce their rosters for the 2023 Tour de France, which kicks off Saturday, July 1 in Bilbao, Spain.
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.
Santiago Buitrago Sánchez (Bahrain Victorious) has won Stage 17 of the 2022 Giro d’Italia, the 168km long Ponte di Legno-Lavarone.
Jan Hirt (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) has won Stage 16 of the 2022 Giro d’Italia, the 202km-long Salò-Aprica route (Sforzato Wine Stage).
In the short but hard Stage 14 of the 2022 Giro d’Italia, Simon Yates excelled on the three repeat climbs of Supergà and Maddalena to eventually ride away to a solo win in the capital of Piedmont.
Escaping from a 25-man front group that was off the front from the 55.3km mark, Stefano Oldani of the Alepecin-Fenix team claimed his first pro victory in a superb manner at Genova to win Stage 12 of the 2022 Giro d’Italia.
