Marc Soler of Movistar won Stage 2 of La Vuelta as Primoz Roglic extended his lead in the general classification. The Movistar rider held off a strong chasing group to win by 19 seconds, with Roglic taking second and the bonus seconds.
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Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) surged into the leader’s jersey at La Vuelta with victory on day one of the Spanish Grand Tour. A string of tricky climbs saw the general classification shaken up right from the off, with only eight riders finishing within 40 seconds of Roglic, and Chris Froome struggling badly as he continues to search for his top fitness and form after that horror accident in 2019.
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The Giro d’Italia is in turmoil after a second team this morning was forced to withdraw from the race due to Covid-19 testing. The race had already lost Mitchelton-Scott and has now lost Jumbo-Visma as well.
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Mitchelton-Scott have withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia after the team returned four positive Covid-19 results following the latest round of testing. The news comes after team leader Simon Yates had to withdraw ahead of Stage 8 after testing positive on Saturday.
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Sam Bennett won Stage 21 of the Tour de France in Paris to secure the points classification green jersey as Tadej Pogacar took the overall title after three weeks of dramatic Grand Tour racing. Bennett only needed to finish safely on the Champs Elysees to secure green, but made it a truly special day for Irish cycling with a famous stage win.
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