2024 Road Season Wraps up at 2024 Il Lombardia
There may be some races left on the calendar, but Saturday’s Il Lombardia, the “Race of the Falling Leaves” marks the sentimental end of the season as the final memorial of the race calendar each year.
There may be some races left on the calendar, but Saturday’s Il Lombardia, the “Race of the Falling Leaves” marks the sentimental end of the season as the final memorial of the race calendar each year.
The finale of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana was a hard fought sprint with Kaden Groves (Alpecin Deceuninck) besting GC contendor Remco Evenepoel at the line mere seconds ahead of the peloton. In a show of unity, race winner Sepp Kuss of the United States crossed the line arm in arm with his Jumbo Visma teammates Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard.
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.
Alberto Dainese (DSM-Firmenich) took an emotional win on stage 19 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana as he sprinted to victory in Iscar, after 177.5km of racing from La Bañeza.
Remco Evenepoel became one of the youngest riders in history to amass 50 pro wins taking victory in Stage 18 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana on a tough day of racing that contained five classified climbs, including the brutally steep Puerto de la Cruz Linares, a 9.8km ascent averaging 8.6%.
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.
Jonas Vingegaard takes the win in Stage 16 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana to move within 29 seconds of his teammate and race leader Sepp Kuss in the General Classification.
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.
Remco Evenepoel powered to his second stage win at the 2023 Vuelta a Espana, coming out on top on the last day in the Pyrenees following a massive display of strength, guts and character.
Jumbo-Visma absolutely dominated Stage 13 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana, with Jonas Vingegaard taking the win over his teammate and race leader Sepp Kuss and Primoz Roglic taking third.