Tour de France Bronze to Olympic Gold for Richard Carapaz
Less than a week after standing on the third step of the podium at the 2021 Tour de France, Richard Carapaz came to Tokyo today and took the top spot in the 2021 Olympics mens road race.
Less than a week after standing on the third step of the podium at the 2021 Tour de France, Richard Carapaz came to Tokyo today and took the top spot in the 2021 Olympics mens road race.
Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) took his revenge as he managed to beat double stage winner Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quick Step) on the final stage of the 2021 UAE Tour while Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious), a former stage winner at the Abu Dhabi Breakwater, rounded out the podium.
Sam Bennett of the Deceuninck-Quick Step team won his second bunch sprint victory of the 2021 UAE Tour at Palm Jumeirah in Dubai
Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) emerged as the winner of Stage 5 of the 2021 UAE Tour atop Jebel Jais two years after his teammate Primož Roglič saw victory on the mountain.
Sam Bennett of the Deceuninck-Quick Step team won the bunch sprint on the 4th stage of the UAE Tour (the Hope Probe Stage), besting David Dekker (Jumbo-Visma) and Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) at Al Marjan Island.
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) claimed the win atop Jebel Hafeet on Stage 3 of the 2021 UAE Tour
Coming off of the cyclocross World Championships, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) did not expect to take a leadership role at the 2021 UAE Tour Stage 1, but found himself racing comfortably in the echelons and rode to victory.
Here’s the cycling news highlights for Thursday, February 18, 2021
Just weeks after getting his first pro win in the Dauphine, BORA-hansgrohe’s Lennard Kamna picked up a win in Stage 16 of the 2020 Tour de France.
Marc Hirschi of Team Sunweb nearly survived a long solo breakaway to win Stage 9 of the 2020 Tour de France on a day that also saw the maillot jaune move to the shoulders of Primoz Roglic.