The 2024 Tour de France kicks off on June 29 with a historic rollout from Florence, Italy. The first three stages of the race will run on some of the roads we’ve seen in the Giro d’Italia. With many of the national championships decided, teams have turned their focus to their selections for the Grande Boucle.
At Saturday dawned in Spain, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) looked on track to capture another stage win in the 2023 Vuelta a Espana, but at the end of the day, it was Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) who ultimately had the legs after a gruelling day of racing in the Sierra de Guadarrama.
Jumbo-Visma continued their domination of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana, with Primoz Roglic taking the win atop the iconic Angliru and teammates Jonas Vingegaard and Sep Kuss completing the podium. Kuss ends the day with a narrow 8 second hold on La Roja.
Rui Costa (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) maneuvered perfectly to win stage 15 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana in Lekunberri at the end of an extremely intense day of racing on Navarra roads.
Sebastian Molano wins Stage 12 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana in a sprint, notching his first victory in the Spanish grand tour for UAE Team Emirates.
Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) showed talent, craft and mastery to win stage 11 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana on the slopes up La Laguna Negra. The Spanish puncheur made his way into a hard fought breakaway and eventually powered to victory with a perfectly timed acceleration on the most gruelling slopes of the final climb.
Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) power to his first ever victory in the Vuelta a Espana as he got the best of World Champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) in Valladolid.
Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) surged to victory in a very demanding Stage 9 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana.
Sep Kuss and Primoz Roglic of the Jumbo-Visma squad ruled Stage 8 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana, taming the brutal slopes of Xorret de Cati.
Long time leadout man Geoffrey Soupe of the Total Energies team takes an unexpected sprint win today in Stage 7 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana. Lenny Martinez finishes safely in a dangerous finale to hold onto La Roja for one more day.