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%.
Sebastian Molano wins Stage 12 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana in a sprint, notching his first victory in the Spanish grand tour for UAE Team Emirates.
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.
Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceucninck) takes his second sprint win in Stage 5 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana, besting Filippo Ganna of the Ineos Grenadiers squad by a tire width.
Sprinter Kaden Groves of the Alpecin-Deceuninck squad took advantage of a late crash to power to an uphill sprint stage win in Stage 4 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana. Remco Evenepoel finished with the peloton to hold onto the La Roja.
Surviving a break that started just 10km into the stage, Kasper Asgreen (Soudal – Quick-Step) won the final sprint against his 3 attack group mates to win Stage 18 of the 2023 Tour de France.
Felix Gall wins the queen stage of the 2023 Tour de France, besting Simon Yates by 34 seconds. Pello Bilbao rounded out the podium.
Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers) survived the breakaway to win Stage 13 of the 2023 Tour de France atop the Col du Grand Colombier on Bastille Day.
After a 31km solo ride at the front, Spanish rider Ion Izagirre of the Cofidis squad won Stage 12 of the 2023 Tour de France.