Tadej Pogacar ensured he will win the Giro d'Italia in a style reminiscent of cycling icon Eddy Merckx, blowing away the competition in Saturday's mountainous penultimate stage.Riding a bright pink bike to match the leader's jersey he has held since the second stage, Pogacar surged away on the punishing Monte Grappa climb to claim his sixth win in his debut Giro, matching the tally by Merckx, another non-sprinter, in 1973.
Lorena Wiebes won the uphill sprint to the line in Colchester on the opening stage of the RideLondon Classique
Andrea Vendrame won the 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Friday after slipping away from the other survivors of a long breakaway on a hilly 157 kilometre run from Mortegliano to Sappada."What an amazing victory from Vendrame," said Steinhauser, a 22-year-old German who has already won a stage on his Giro debut.