Tim Merlier took his third stage win in the 2024 Giro d’Italia, besting Jonathan Milan at the line. Tadej Pogacar led his team-mate Juan Sebastian Molano out with 2km to go but it wasn’t enough to upset the top sprinters.
After a late in the stage attack by Filippo Ganna, the sprinters made their expected run at the line, with Jonathan Milan powering through for the win from 300m out to win Stage 4 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia.
Teams are starting to announce their rosters for the 2023 Tour de France, which kicks off Saturday, July 1 in Bilbao, Spain.
Primoz Roglic triumphed in Tarvisio in the ski jumping Worlds with the Slovenian junior team in 2007 and did it again as a cyclist in Stage 20 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia.
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.
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.
Filippo Ganna claimed his third time trial victory of the season at the opening stage of the 2022 Tirreno-Adriatico as he covered the 13.9km at an average speed of 54.5km/h, showing his strength most where he faced the headwind.
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.
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