Vuelta: double blow for Primoz Roglic
The Slovenian won the fourth stage and jumped to the top of the standings
The Slovenian won the fourth stage and jumped to the top of the standings
After a third and a second place, the Belgian is able to raise his arms to the sky at the finish line in Castelo Branco, confirming him in the red jersey.
The Belgian rider still narrowly misses out on the stage win, which goes to Kaden Groves, but takes the satisfaction of wearing the red jersey.
The men’s pursuit quartet returns to the podium after Tokyo 2020 gold.
The blue quartet beat Denmark in the ‘final’ of the men’s pursuit.
The Azzurri lose the confrontation to Australia (3:40.730) and will play for bronze against Denmark.
The Belgian after the time trial also wins the road race.
Verbanese’s statements after silver in the men’s time trial.
The Verbania native is silver in the men’s time trial behind Belgium’s Evenepoel, gold as an eve favorite. Bronze to the other Belgian Van Aert.
Eighth was Elisa Longo Borghii, the only Italian woman in the race.
“One of my goals was to go to the Olympic Games,” he admits.
“It could be my last Games, as Los Angeles 2028 is far away. I would like to leave a good mark, in this beautiful place, for Italy.”
The Belgian is one of the big favorites for tomorrow’s Olympic individual time trial.
“I tried, really, to file on everything. One day I allowed myself two beers, the ultimate in snark.”
Since the individual road time trial re-entered the Olympic calendar by opening it to professionals, Italy has never made the podium.
The Slovenian champion’s manager did not rule out the possibility of giving up the Olympic Games in order to aim for another important goal, the World Cup.
The Slovenian outfielder ends a dominated Grande Boucle on a high note.
“He must not make the mistake of making himself hated and raising doubts about his greatness.”
The words of the Slovenian champion after his fifth stage victory in this edition of the Grande Boucle, which he is about to close as a dominator.
The Slovenian cyclist also won the 20th stage of the Grande Boucle.
The Slovenian dominates the 19th stage; Jonas Vingegaard, second in the general classification, now has a gap of more than 5′.
The 32-year-old Belgian beat two breakaway companions, including 2014 World Champion Kwiatkowski, in a sprint. Pogacar still in yellow jersey.
The Ecuadorian wins for the first time at the Grande Boucle by catching up and pulling away from Simon Yates. The Slovenian is increasingly yellow jersey even though Evenepoel gained about ten seconds.
The Belgian rider also makes stage 16 of the Grande Boucle his own.
The Lombard rider will run two more seasons with the Kazakh team.
The yellow jersey gives in the Pyrenees the tear that could prove decisive in winning the overall victory.
“It was an incredible epilogue to a perfect week,” said the Piedmontese woman.
The Slovenian cyclist won the 14th stage of the Grande Boucle.
The Australian wins the women’s Corsa Rosa’s big stage, while the Ornavasso athlete retains the lead with one stage to go by just one second.