Despite the dominance of the Deceuninck – Quick-Step outfit in recent seasons, Viviani was yet to claim a stage win at the Tour de France. Adding to his La Vuelta and Giro wins, he completed the ’collection’ yesterday. The victory also catapulted him to second…
Tear gas, disappointing retirements, and yet a new generation of cyclists look set to take the peloton by storm. This year’s Tour was a mixed bag – so let’s try to make sense of the results of the ASO’s weird and wonderful 2018.
Good things happened in twos during the first week of Le Tour 2018. Slovak world champion Peter Sagan, Tour debutant Fernando Gaviria of Colombia, and Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen all won two stages of the race, with the 23-year-old Gaviria taking the first-day stage in which…