Oh my goodness, but it has been a week of racing. And that means it was quite a week swimming in the Twitterstream. We have the fascination which was the Ronde, the Giro that finally caught fire and a lot of fun in the gruppetto. Jump in!
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Giro d’Italia 2020 – Stage 15 – Tao takes the day while Joao gives it all
Stage 15 of the Giro was a summit finish – but it was slightly overshadowed by a riveting Ronde van Vlaanderen. That said, the stage had its own thrills and spills, and it had a nail-biting finish to see whose shoulders the maglia rosa would rest on during the peloton’s day off. The GC had its timbers shivered …
Tour de Suisse 2017: Spilak reigns supreme
It’s the Tour de Suisse and, as usual, we’ve enjoyed beautiful scenery, a variety of stage winners and leader’s jersey wearers, riders scrapping to secure their Tour de France slots, yet more Peter Sagan stage wins and, more importantly, a hard-fought nip-and-tuck battle for the overall win (for the second time) by Simon Spilak. After steadily gaining ground in the days leading up to Friday’s queen stage, he struck out solo with 8km remaining to take both stage victory and the leader’s jersey with nearly a minute’s advantage, which he held over the next two stages. Damiano Caruso, who wore the leader’s jersey for two days, and Steven Kruijswijk rounded out the final podium.