Stage 6 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia looked to come down to a two-man sprint between Simon Clarke and Alessandro De Marchi, who lead the race from early on, but a catch at 200m saw the race come down to a bunch sprint. Ultimately, it was a win for Mads Pedersen (TFS) in Napoli.
Tim Merlier opened his victory account for the year, winning Stage 2 of the 2022 Tirreno-Adriatico.
France’s Victor Lafay claimed Stage 8 in Guardia Sanframondi as he powered to victory from a 9-man breakaway group at the bottom of the 4km long finishing climb.
Cesare Benedetti of the BORA-hansgrohe team excels on the first alpine stage of the 2019 Giro d’Italia, surging out of a large breakaway group that formed almost immediately at the start of the stage.
From Yahoo Sports, the final eight man rosters for the 18 World Tour teams as well the the four wildcard teams for the 2019 Giro d’Italia, starting Saturday morning in Bologna, Italy.
Matteo Montaguti conquered Stage 3 of the 2019 Tour of the Alps to fly the Italian flag at the race.
Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) was the deserving winner of the inaugural Tour of the Alps.
Defending champion Simon Gerrans signalled his intentions early at the Santos Tour Down under, taking a dominant sprint win and the ochre leader’s jersey on stage one into Angaston