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2020 season, Grand Tours, Reviews, Vuelta a España

Vuelta a Espana 2020 : Stage 5 – Tenacious Wellens triumphs

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Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) powered up the punchy finish on Stage 5 of La Vuelta to take his maiden Vuelta victory and the King of the Mountains jersey. The Belgian timed his effort to perfection, leaving breakaway companions Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) and new Sunweb kid-on-the-block Thymen Arensman resigned to second and third place respectively. Top ten on GC remain the same with Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic in red, despite a full gas start and a tangled crash in sight of the finish line.
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2020 season, Grand Tours, Vuelta a España

Vuelta a Espana 2020 : Stage 3 – Martin punches to victory, Roglic hangs on

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And the madness continues on Stage 3 of the Vuelta a Espana with a third consecutive summit finish. More attackity action in the final few kilometres culminating in a sprint finish among the GC contenders in which Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up) successfully surged ahead of race leader Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) cutting the latter’s advantage to just 4 seconds. KOM Richard Carapaz (INEOS) rounded out the podium. There was a gentle shake up on GC, largely due to a couple of mechanicals.

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2018 season, Grand Tours, Tour de France

Tour de France 2018 A to Z: From Accuracy to Martin on the Mur

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Another Tour de France has come and gone and while we wouldn’t call the 2018 edition the most captivating we’ve ever seen, we did, as always, find plenty of stories in every stage. We’ve gathered them together for our VeloVoices Tour de France A to Z. Here’s part 1 …

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