The Mitchelton-Scott pro gained 1,230 points thanks to his 10 days in the red jersey and managed to overtake Peter Sagan in the lead, if only by 80 points. Meanwhile, Alejandro Valverde moved up to third place after taking two stage wins at the Vuelta.
Froome won the Triple Crown – Le Tour (2017), La Vuelta (2017), and the Giro (2018). The Team Sky’s embarrassment of riches resulted in another Briton winning the next big prize – Geraint Thomas winning Le Tour earlier this year.
The end of the 2018 pro-cycling season is a hectic one to say the least, with an unusual number of teams making drastic changes in their roster for the next year. At the World Tour level, one of the biggest news was most certainly the…
