Reports came in this morning that Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb), Tiesj Benoot (Lotto Soudal) and Axel Domont (Ag2R – La Mondiale) all abandoned the 2018 Tour de France overnight due to sickness or injury.
Mitchelton-SCOTT’s Simon Yates held off Sunweb’s Dutchman Tom Dumoulin to win his second stage of the 2018 Giro d’Italia and extend his lead in the overall standings
Former junior and U23 World Champion Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Merida) took his first Giro d’Italia stage victory after opening his Grand Tours account at La Vuelta last year.
Matej Mohoric of the Bahrain-Merida squad hung on to the lead after a late escape to snatch the win in the 10th stage of the 101st Giro d’Italia – the longest stage of this year’s race.
The 2018 Giro d’Italia hit the mainland today in a nearly flat 159km stage from Pizzo to Praia a Mare in southern Italy. All eyes were on Elia Viviani to go for another sprint win today but he was nipped at the line by BORA-hansgrohe’s Sam Bennett.
Stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia goes to Enrico Battaglin, winning a bunch sprint in Santa Ninfa
The last Grand Tour of the year, the 2017 Vuelta a Espana starts on August 19.
Chris Froome was flanked by his Team Sky mates as he crossed the line on the Champs-Elysees, and claimed the famed maillot jaune of the 2017 Tour de France by a margin of 54 seconds
BORA-hansgrohe’s TT specialist Maciej Bodnar rode hard to support his teammates on every stage of the 2017 Tour de France, but today was his chance to shine.
Astana Proteam rider Fabio Aru became the leader of the G.C. in the 2017 Tour de France and for the first time in his career took the yellow jersey after finish of stage 12 in Peyragudes.