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Three stages, three different riders in red, one sprinter standing head and shoulders above the rest. If that pretty well sums up the Dutch ‘gran salida’ then we will attempt to delve a little further into the intricacies of the first phase of the 77th edition of La Vuelta.
On a day Utrecht became the first city in the world to have hosted the start of all three of cycling’s Grand Tours, the Dutch delight continued as veteran climber Robert Gesink led home the winning Jumbo-Visma team to take the first red jersey of the 77th edition of La Vuelta. Gesink, 36, finished with the triple champion Primoz Roglic right in his wheel as all eight riders from Jumbo-Visma completed the 23.3km course together to deny their nearest challengers Ineos Grenadiers by 13 seconds.
Olav Kooij earned his second stage win in three days at the Tour of Denmark on Thursday, as Jumbo-Visma earned a 1-2 in Stage 3 after Christophe Laporte came second in a bunch sprint. Magnus Cort of EF Education-EasyPost came over the line in third, with Jhonattan Narvaez (INEOS Grenadiers) and Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) completing the top five.
Wednesday saw the Tour of Denmark individual time trial race return in the second stage of the five-stage race, which Magnus Sheffield won in sensational fashion. The American Ineos Grenadiers rider smashed the field to win his first professional time trial race, and clinch his third victory in an impressive debut season, following a powerful display in Assens. Ad Sheffield crossed the line in 13 minutes, 35 seconds after the 12.2km race which started and ended in Assens, and endured a nervous wait to see if anyone could better his time.
Egan Bernal says he is “super happy to be racing again” after making his return to cycling seven months after a life-threatening accident. Bernal suffered a big crash in January which put him in intensive car with several surgeries required as he suffered 20 fractures including a fractured vertebrae. Ad The Ineos Grenadiers rider made his comeback on Tuesday at the Tour of Denmark, finishing two minutes behind Stage 1 winner Olav Kooij.
Team Jumbo-Visma rider Olav Kooij won the opening crash-marred stage of the Tour of Denmark to lead the five-stage race, but it was Ineos Grenadiers’ rider Egan Bernal who stole the headlines after he made his return seven months after a life-threatening collision. It was announced on Monday that Bernal would make his return to the peloton after a catastrophic crash back in January left him with 20 fractures.
Geraint Thomas is better now than when he won the Tour de France in 2018, according to INEOS Grenadiers racing director Rod Ellingworth, despite the Welshman sitting a distant third in the general classification this year. With two stages remaining in the 2022 Tour, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) holds the yellow jersey and a 3’26” lead over defending champion Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates).
There was a stunned reaction from Eurosport's commentators as key Ineos Grenadiers rider Adam Yates got dropped in a dramatic moment on Stage 17 at the Tour de France. All the pre-stage hype involved experts imploring Ineos to «have no regrets» and making it abundantly clear that «they have to go for it» to take the race to UAE Team Emirates and Jumbo-Visma. Ad/> Ineos already boasted a clear numerical advantage over their general classification rivals — UAE Team Emirates and Jumbo-Visma — as the race reaches its business end in the Pyrenees.