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Mark Cavendish is riding the Giro d’Italia because his team are not planning to take him to the Tour de France. Correction, they are not currently planning to take him to the Tour de France. Because while Fabio Jakobsen might be the first-string sprinter in the eyes of Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl management, that is not a status carved in stone tablet.
Sam Bennett ended his near year-long wait for a win with a thrilling victory at the Eschborn Frankfurt Classic in Germany this afternoon.
With just a single top-10 finish in Monuments going into Sunday’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl were feeling the pressure ahead of La Doyenne. After the horrific mass pile-up that ended Julian Alaphilippe’s chances and sent the French world champion to hospital, it looked like the Belgian team’s terrible run would continue – only for Remco Evenepoel to put in a timely reminder of his stardom with a pulverising attack on La Redoute to save Patrick Lefevere’s bacon.
Had Yves Lampaert been leading Paris-Roubaix when he was taken out by a spectator, the witch-hunt would surely have already begun. As it was, the Belgian had been in possession of a shot at the podium. At most.
For almost 100 undulating kilometres, 21-year-old West Australian Cassia Boglio is swept along Spanish roads at an average speed of 42km/h, with a large bunch as she made her European racing debut at Vuelta CV Feminas in February. Just six months earlier, she completed her first ever block of 'proper' road racing for ARA Pro Racing, leaping into a pandemic affected domestic season.
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) proved the toughest on the final climb to win Stage 4 at the UAE Tour as he moved into the leader’s jersey. The pack was slowly whittled down in the 40km as the race climbed to Jebel Jais, but there was still a bulging front group as the race entered the final 4km. Ad/> UAE and Ineos Grenadiers were trying to tee up Pogacar and Adam Yates respectively but their rivals refused to disappear as the race came down to an uphill sprint.
QuickStep-Apha Vinyl Team manager Patrick Lefevere has opened the door for Mark Cavendish to ride the Tour de France again. Cavendish impressed with a stage 2 win at the UAE tour on Monday, boosting his chances as he goes head to head with Fabio Jakobsen for a spot on the Tour.
Andre Greipel has said it would be a strange move if Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl decided to leave Mark Cavendish out of their Tour de France squad. The cycling season is cranking into life, and plenty of column inches have been devoted to the battle between Cavendish and Fabio Jakobsen for the sprinter’s spot on Quick-Step’s team for the Tour.