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Most stage wins of the Tour de France

The most stage wins in the Tour De France is 34 and was achieved by Eddie Merckx (Belgium) between 1969 and 1978. This was equalled by Mark Cavendish (UK) between 2007 and 2021.

Mark Cavendish AKA 'the Manx Missile' won the 13th Stage of the 2021 Tour De France equalling Eddy Merckx all-time record for stage wins.

Who has the most Grand Tour stage wins?

Find out who the most successful riders are when it comes to victories at the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España

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Cycling's Grand Tours - the Tour de France , Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España - are the sport's three most prestigious races, and all take place over a three-week period with daily stages. 

The races are contested each year by some of the best cyclists in the world, meaning winning a stage at a Grand Tour is never easy. 

Unsurprisingly, Eddy Merckx tops the list for the most Grand Tour stage wins ever. The Belgian picked up a staggering 64 wins over the course of his career, adding to his unmatched 11 Grand Tour GC victories and countless other honours. 

What makes Merckx's record even more staggering is he won all 64 stages over the course of an eight-year period in the late 60s and early 70s. While other riders in the top-10 list for most Grand Tour stage wins have won overall events as well, Bernard Hinault is the only other rider classed as an all-rounder. 

As well as winning 41 stages to place him sixth on this list, Hinault triumphed overall in 10 Grand Tours. 

Meanwhile, sprinters comprise the rest of the riders in the top-10, and it is Italian rider Mario Cipollini who has the second-most Grand Tour stage wins ever, with 57. Cipollini picked up his stage wins between 1989 and 2003, the majority of which came in the Giro d'Italia.

In fact, Cipollini's 42 Giro stage wins is the most at the Italian Grand Tour in its history.  

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Delio Rodríguez has the most Vuelta a España stage wins, with all 39 of his Grand Tour stage wins coming at the Spanish race. The 1940s rider simply never competed at either of the other two races, but still comes in joint-seventh on this list. 

Alfredo Binda and Learco Guerra are two other riders within the top-10 not to have won at all three Grand Tours. The Italian pair have both won a disproportionate amount of Giro d'Italia stages, with some Tour de France stage victories also on their palmarès. However, neither rider won at the Vuelta a España during their careers.

In the Tour de France, Mark Cavendish is currently level on stage wins with Eddy Merckx, the pair both having secured 34 in their careers. Cavendish's four wins in the 2021 edition moved him level with the Belgian former rider, but he still has potential to overtake that figure.

Of the top-10 riders with the most Grand Tour stage wins, Cavendish is the only active one. The Manxman won his first Grand Tour stage at the 2008 Giro d'Italia - since then, he has picked up 53 victories at the three prestigious races.

1. Eddy Merckx (Bel) = 64 wins (24 Giro d'Italia, 34 Tour de France, 6 Vuelta a España)

2. Mario Cipollini (Ita) = 57 wins (42 Giro d'Italia, 12 Tour de France, 6 Vuelta a España)

3. Mark Cavendish (GBr) = 53 wins (16 Giro d'Italia, 34 Tour de France, 3 Vuelta a España)

4. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) = 48 wins (22 Giro d'Italia, 6 Tour de France, 20 Vuelta a España)

5. Alfredo Binda (Ita) = 43 wins (41 Giro d'Italia, 2 Tour de France, 0 Vuelta a España)

6. Bernard Hinault (Fra) = 41 wins (6 Giro d'Italia, 28 Tour de France, 7 Vuelta a España)

= 7. Delio Rodríguez (Esp) = 39 wins (0 Giro d'Italia, 0 Tour de France, 39 Vuelta a España)

= 7. Learco Guerra (Ita) = 39 wins (31 Giro d'Italia, 8 Tour de France, 0 Vuelta a España)

9. Rik Van Looy (Bel) = 37 wins (12 Giro d'Italia, 7 Tour de France, 18 Vuelta a España)

10. Freddy Maertens (Bel) = 35 wins (7 Giro d'Italia, 15 Tour de France, 13 Vuelta a España)

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Mark Cavendish Tour de France stage wins: Full list of 34 victories after sprinter equals Eddy Merckx’s record

Mark cavendish's fourth stage win at this year's tour de france equalled the record of the legendary belgian eddy merckx.

Mark Cavendish cemented his reputation as the greatest sprinter in the history of road cycling by equalling the long-standing record for Tour de France stage wins set by the Eddy Merckx .

The legendary Belgian, who won the grand tour’s general classification, took the last of his 34 stage victories in 1975.

Cavendish, 36, had amassed 30 Tour de France wins before he started this year’s race as a surprise late inclusion for the Deceuninck-QuickStep squad, but his most recent triumphs had come in 2016.

Since then, the Manxman has endured several years of bad luck and poor results after suffering from the Epstein-Barr virus, an illness which causes fatigue and fever .

However, the former world champion has made a stunning return to form at the world’s biggest bike race , re-establishing himself as the Tour’s foremost sprinter with four stage victories thus far.

His record-equalling win came in the 220km stage 13 from Nimes to Carcassonne on Friday, with the 36-year-old taking victory ahead of his own lead-out man Michael Morkov, with Jasper Philipsen third.

It is 13 years since a 23-year-old Cavendish took his first win at the Tour at Châteauroux, where he also won stage 6 of this year’s race after opening his account two days earlier in emotional fashion.

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He has won on the iconic Champs-Élysées in Paris a record four times, which came in consecutive years between 2009 and 2012 when the “Manx Missile” was at his near-unbeatable peak.

Cavendish also won the green points classification jersey in 2011, a competition which he currently leads this year.

There are two more stages in this year’s race which should end in a bunch sprint, so if the 36-year-old makes it through the mountains to Paris it raises the tantalising possibility that he could beat the Merckx record (and wrap up the green jersey) on the Champs-Élysées.

The full list of Mark Cavendish’s Tour de France stage wins 2008 Stage 5 – Cholet to Châteauroux Stage 8 – Figeac to Toulouse Stage 12 – Lavelanet to Narbonne Stage 13 – Narbonne to Nîmes 2009 Stage 2 – Monaco to Brignoles Stage 3 – Marseille to La Grande-Motte Stage 10 – Limoges to Issoudun Stage 11 – Vatan to Saint-Fargeau Stage 19 – Bourgoin-Jallieu to Aubenas Stage 21 – Montereau-Fault-Yonne to Paris (Champs-Élysées) 2010 Stage 5 – Épernay to Montargis Stage 6 – Montargis to Gueugnon Stage 11 – Sisteron to Bourg-lès-Valence Stage 18 – Salies-de-Béarn to Bordeaux Stage 20 – Longjumeau to Paris (Champs-Élysées) 2011 Stage 5 – Carhaix to Cap Fréhel Stage 7 – Le Mans to Châteauroux Stage 11 – Blaye-les-Mines to Lavaur Stage 15 – Limoux to Montpellier Stage 21 – Créteil to Paris (Champs-Élysées) 2012 Stage 2 – Visé (Belgium) to Tournai (Belgium) Stage 18 – Blagnac to Brive-la-Gaillarde Stage 20 – Rambouillet to Paris (Champs-Élysées) 2013 Stage 5 – Cagnes-sur-Mer to Marseille Stage 13 – Tours to Saint-Amand-Montrond 2015 Stage 7 – Livarot to Fougères 2016 Stage 1 – Mont Saint-Michel to Utah Beach (Sainte-Marie-du-Mont Stage 3 – Granville to Angers Stage 6 – Arpajon-sur-Cère to Montauban Stage 14 – Montélimar to Villars-les-Dombes (Parc des Oiseaux) 2021 Stage 4 – Redon to Fougères Stage 6 – Tours to Châteauroux Stage 10 – Albertville to Valence Stage 13 – Nîmes to Carcassonne

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Tour de France: Winners and records

The Tour de France has 4 jerseys on offer for the various competitions that take place within the race. The most prestigious jersey is the yellow jersey of the GC leader, which unfortunately has been tainted on a few occasions since the turn of the century (see table below). The green jersey is the points classification sought after by sprinters and classics men. The polka dot jersey recognizes the rider who obtains the most mountain points, while the white jersey is a GC for riders under 26.

* Initially Alberto Contador was the winner. He had to give back his title after charges of doping.

** Lance Armstrong’s victories (1999 t/m 2005) have been taken from him due to the use of doping. No new winner was declared.

Tour de France Records

Four riders remain in the record books for having won the Tour de France five times: Eddy Merckx, Bernhard Hinault, Miguel Indurain and Jacques Anquetil .

Anquetil pulled off the unthinkable in 1961 when he held the yellow jersey from the first day of the race right up until the end.

Peter Sagan holds the record for green jersey wins with seven.

Richard Virenque is the King of the Mountains in the Tour de France. He won the polka dot jersey 4 times in a row from 1994-1997, and added a further three jerseys in 1999, 2003 and 2004.

Tadej Pogacar took home the white jersey four times, while Andy Schleck and Jan Ullrich both won the young riders classification three times.

In 1969, Eddy Merckx won the yellow jersey, the green jersey and the polka dot jersey, the only man ever to do so in a single Tour de France. He also has the most stage wins with 34, a record that he shares with Mark Cavendish.

The youngest winner ever was Henri Cornet, winning the 1904 Tour at 19 years of age. The oldest winner is Firmin Lambot, who was 36 years when he won in 1922.

Cadel Evans is the oldest winner post WWII – in 2011 he was 34 when he finally won his yellow jersey after years of trying.

Tadej Pogacar is the youngest post-WW2 Tour de France winner. He turned 22 the day after he won the 2020 edition.

Who has the record of most stage wins in a single tour of France?

Here’s Exactly When Mark Cavendish Could Break the Record During the 2023 Tour de France

We see six opportunities for Great Britain’s Mark Cavendish to set a new record for the most stage wins in Tour history.

This is perhaps the most mountainous Tour in decades , with even the Tour’s easiest days containing a categorized climb or two, so Cavendish–and the Tour’s other sprinters–have fewer chances than usual to win stages and earn points toward the Tour’s green jersey competition .

Looking over the route , while the Tour’s organizers identify eight stages as ending in sprints, we see only six of them being suitable for Cavendish–mainly because there’s a climb or two in the final hour of racing that might drop the 38-year-old (and others) from the leading peloton. That leaves six chances for the Manx Missile to beat Merckx.

Here’s a rundown of each of these six stages along with the time they’re expected finish–in case you want to tune-in and (hopefully) watch Cav make history:

Stage 3 - Amorebieta-Etxano to Bayonne (187.4km) - Monday, July 3

The first French stage finish of the 2023 Tour should end in a field sprint, despite the four categorized climbs in the first half of the stage as the race winds its way out of the Basque Country and into France. But the sprinters’ teams have enough road left to reel back any breakaways, and while there’s an uncategorized bump of a climb inside 20km to go, we don’t see it being too much of an issue for Cav this early in the Tour.

The sprint itself will be fast: there’s a 180-degree right-hander at 2km to go and the race heads downhill toward the 1km to go banner before rising in the final 500m toward the finish line. If Cav’s team can keep him at the front and out of trouble, he could break the record here.

Expected Stage Finish Time: 11:30 a.m. EDT

Stage 4 - Dax to Nogaro (181.8km) - Tuesday, July 4

Even on his best day, Cav often struggles in the mountains . So with two hard days in the Pyrenees up next, it would be in Cav’s best interest to win one of these first two sprint stages. Stage 4 begins in Dax, near the home of France’s Andre Derrigarde, who won 22 stages at the Tour between 1953 and 1964, which puts him fifth on the all-time list.

A pretty straightforward stage, and the only categorized climb (the Category 4 Côte de Dému) comes with 27.4km to go. It could shed a few sprinters if they haven’t recovered well enough from the Tour’s first three stages, but given how few chances they have this week, they’ll fight like heck to make it over with the leading peloton.

The finish takes place outside of Nogaro on the Circuit Paul Armagnac, a motorsport track outside the town. The riders will complete about half of the circuit inside the final 3km, a sight we’re looking forward to seeing. Cav’s been a motorsports fan all his life, and would certainly appreciate breaking the record here.

Expected Stage Finish Time: 11:20 a.m. EDT

Stage 7 - Mont-de-Marsan to Bordeaux (169.9km) - Friday, July 7

If Cav makes it through the Pyrenees, he has a field sprint in Bordeaux to look forward to. Bordeaux is one of the Tour’s most famous cities when it comes to field sprints, and it’s been the site of some of the race's most memorable bunch gallops. Cav won a stage here himself back in 2010, his fourth stage win in that year’s Tour.

Some hard cornering between 4km- and 2km-to-go could make things dicey, but once the riders make it through it’s essentially a straight shot to the finish on a boulevard alongside the Garonne River. This is Cav’s last chance for a stage win before the race heads into the Massif Central for a series of hilly stages–and a summit finish on the famous Puy de Dôme.

Expected Stage Finish Time: 11:15 a.m. EDT

Stage 11 - Clermont-Ferrand to Moulins (179.8km) - Wednesday, July 12

After a Rest Day sandwiched between some hard days in the hills, Cav and the rest of the Tour’s remaining field sprinters get a chance to fight for the stage win in Moulins at the end of Stage 11, which could be their only chance for a win during the Tour’s second week.

By no means is this an easy stage, with three categorized climbs and a jagged profile throughout the first two thirds of the route. But things settle down considerably after the final climb–the Category 4 Côte de la Croix Blanche–which the riders summit with 61.3km left to race. So there’s time for the sprinters’ teams to reel in the breakaway.

This the first Tour de France stage to finish in Moulins, but the town frequently hosts March’s Paris-Nice. The “Race to the Sun” last visited in 2019, with Ireland’s Sam Bennett outsprinting Australia’s Caleb Ewan and the Netherlands’ Fabio Jakobsen to win the stage.

This is the last chance for Cav to win a stage before the race heads back into the mountains–and surviving them is no guarantee. If he hasn’t broken the record yet, he might not get another chance. But let’s think positive…

Stage 18 - Moûtiers to Bourg-en-Bresse (184.9km) - Thursday, July 20

Any sprinters who survive the Alps will be rewarded with a relatively flat stage from Moûtiers to Bourg-en-Bresse. By this point in the Tour, everyone is exhausted, so a breakaway could escape early and go the distance if the GC contenders want an easy day and the sprinters’ teams are too tired to chase.

The run-in to the finish in Bourg-en-Bresse is fairly straightforward with a few roundabouts and a couple of corners inside the final 5km. The road bends to the right inside the final kilometer, but the riders shouldn’t have to hit their brakes to make it through safely. With a Category 3 climb 28km from the finish of Friday’s Stage 19, this is Cav’s last chance to win one before the final stage into Paris.

Expected Stage Finish Time: 11:40 a.m. EDT

Stage 21 - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to Paris (115.1km) - Sunday, July 23

The Tour ends on Sunday, July 23rd with its traditional finish on the Champs-Élysées, a stage that Cavendish has won four times–a Tour record. But his last visit didn’t go so well–and had it–you might not be reading this (because we’d have little reason to write it).

Here’s the story: Cav came into Stage 21 of the 2021 Tour de France having already scored four stage wins in that year’s Tour, a miraculous achievement that was made even more amazing given the fact that the Manx Missile wasn’t even supposed to be racing and was called-up at the last minute by his Deceuninck-Quick Step team. He came into the final stage having equalled Merckx’s record, but he faltered in his last attempt to take the record for himself. Belgium’s Wout van Aert won the stage instead. Quick Step then left Cav off its roster for 2022, denying him more chances to make the record his own.

Now riding for Astana , Cavendish announced at May’s Giro d’Italia that this season would be his last . So assuming he has failed to win a stage and survived what is perhaps the most mountainous Tour of his career, he’ll enter Stage 21 with one last chance at history.

Expected Stage Finish Time: 1:30 p.m. EDT

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Mark Cavendish crashes out of Tour de France, missing outright record for stage wins

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Britain's Mark Cavendish (right) smiles prior to the fourth stage of the Tour de France in Nogaro, France on Tuesday. The ace sprinter crashed out of the race during the eighth stage on Saturday. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption

Britain's Mark Cavendish (right) smiles prior to the fourth stage of the Tour de France in Nogaro, France on Tuesday. The ace sprinter crashed out of the race during the eighth stage on Saturday.

LIMOGES, France — Mark Cavendish will have to share the record for most career stage wins at the Tour de France.

Competing in his final season, the ace sprinter crashed out of the race during the eighth stage on Saturday with a suspected collarbone fracture.

Cavendish equaled Eddy Merckx's record of 34 stage wins during the 2021 Tour, 13 years after his first success, but was not selected last year.

This edition was his last chance to become the outright record-holder after he announced in May during the Giro d'Italia that he will retire from cycling at the end of this season. Cavendish ended the Giro in style, winning the final stage in the historic center of Rome to post his 17th stage win at the Italian Grand Tour.

Known as "The Manx Missile" as he's from the Isle of Man, Cavendish was second in Friday's seventh stage.

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The 38-year-old former world champion crashed with 64 kilometers left while riding at the back of the peloton at about 45 kph (28 mph). TV images showed the veteran rider lying on the ground and holding his right shoulder in pain.

Cavendish's teammate, Gianni Moscon, said he had to brake suddenly because of a crash in front of him "and someone changed line and he just hit the rear wheel of the guy in front of him and went down."

"It was quite bad," Mosconi added. "I stayed with him but he wasn't able to go on with the race so we had to go back in the peloton."

Cavendish went into an ambulance for treatment and looked ashen-faced before his retirement from the race was announced.

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Merckx amassed his wins in the 1960s and 70s, an era during which his domination was such that he earned the nickname "The Cannibal." Unlike Merckx, who won a record five Tours, Cavendish has never won and specialized in the sprints.

His speed, prowess and longevity among his fellow sprinters have no equal at the Tour.

"It's so sad for a legend to finish the Tour like this," said former world champion Mads Pedersen, who won Saturday's stage in a mass sprint. "For me it was a pleasure to be able to ride with Mark Cavendish. I always had a good relationship with him in the peloton. Hopefully I can do some of the last races he does."

Cavendish became the fifth rider to abandon this year after Enric Mas, Richard Carapaz, Jacopo Guarnieri and Luis Leon Sanchez, who all crashed out. That became six toward the end of Saturday's stage when Belgian rider Steff Cras was caught in yet another pileup and retired.

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Cavendish was not selected for last year's Tour by his former Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team and joined the Astana-Qazaqstan team in January to extend his storied career by one season, hoping he would add at least one more more stage win.

Cavendish also won the Tour de France best sprinter's green jersey twice. He has won stages at all three Grand Tours — Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, Spanish Vuelta — and became a world champion in 2011.

"It's really, really, a shame. Everybody wanted to see him go for one more win," two-time Tour champion Tadej Pogacar said.

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It is the biggest cycling race in the world: a national event that France cherishes almost as much as its Eiffel Tower and its 360 native cheeses! Every year in July, the Tour de France sets off on the roads of France and crosses some of its most beautiful landscapes. Here’s everything you should know in advance of the 2018 race…

‘La Grande Boucle’

In over a century of existence, the Tour has extended its distance and passed through the whole country. Almost 3,500 kilometers are now covered each year in the first three weeks of July, with 22 teams of 8 cyclists. The 176 competitors criss-cross the most beautiful roads of France in 23 days, over 21 stages. More than a third of France’s departments are passed through, on a route that changes each year.

A little tour to start

The first ever Tour de France took place in 1903. It had just six stages – Paris-Lyon, Lyon-Marseille, Marseille-Toulouse, Toulouse-Bordeaux, Bordeaux-Nantes and Nantes-Paris – and 60 cyclists at the start line. At the time, the brave cycled up to 18 hours at a stretch, by day and night, on roads and dirt tracks. By the end, they’d managed 2,300 kilometers. Must have had some tight calves!

Mountain events are often the most famous and hotly contested. Spectators watch in awe as the riders attack the passes and hit speeds of 100 km/h. In the Pyrenees and the Alps, the Galibier and Tourmalet ascents are legendary sections of the Tour, worthy of a very elegant polka dot jersey for the best climber…

The darling of the Tour

In terms of the number of victories per nation, France comes out on top, with 36 races won by a French cyclist. In second place is Belgium with 18 wins, and in third is Spain with 12. The darling of the Tour remains Eddy Merckx, holding the record of 111 days in the yellow jersey. This Belgian won 5 times the Great Loop as Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault and Michael Indurain.

‘Le maillot jaune’

The yellow jersey is worn by the race winner in the general classification (calculated by adding up the times from each individual stage). This tradition goes back to 1919. It has nothing to do with the July sunshine or the sunflower fields along the roads; it was simply the colour of the pages of newspaper L’Auto, which was creator and organiser of the competition at the time.

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The Champs-Élysées finish

Each year the Tour departs from a different city, whether in France or in a neighbouring country. Since 1975, the triumphal arrival of the cyclists has always taken place across a finish line on Paris’ Champs-Élysées. It’s a truly beautiful setting for the final sprint.

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Seen from the sky and filmed by helicopters or drones, the Tour route resembles a long ribbon winding its way through France’s stunning landscapes: the groves of Normandy, the peaks of the Alps, the shores of Brittany and the beaches of the Côte d’Azur. In 2017, it was the Izoard pass in Hautes-Alpes that was elected the most beautiful stage, at an altitude of 2,361 metres. Which one gets your vote?

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The Giro d’Italia 2024 is about to kick off the Grand Tour season in men’s road cycling .

On Saturday 4 May, Venaria Reale will host the opening stage of the 107 th edition of the Corsa Rosa that will see its conclusion three weeks later in Rome on Sunday 26 May.

All eyes will be on the Slovenian superstar Tadej Pogacar , who aims to become the first rider since Marco Pantani in 1998 to achieve the Giro-Tour double.

Reigning champion and Olympic time trial gold medallist, Primoz Roglic , will not be defending his crown, as he has got his eyes set on the Tour de France.

The 2024 edition of the Italian Grand Tour features gruelling mountain stages in the Alps, gravel roads in Tuscany and more than 70 kilometres of time trial. The winner will lift the prestigious Trofeo Senza Fine (Endless Trophy) and wear the coveted Maglia Rosa in the Italian capital.

This year's race will cover a total of 3400.8 kilometres , making it the shortest edition in 45 years.

Find everything you need to know about the Giro d’Italia 2024 below, including the riders to look out for and how to watch the event live.

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Who are the riders to watch at the Giro d’Italia 2024?

Pink jersey (general classification).

There is one overwhelming favourite for the Giro d’Italia 2024, and that is Tadej Pogacar .

Fresh off his second Liège–Bastogne–Liège title in impressive fashion, the two-time Tour de France winner is arriving to Italy in top shape.

Pogacar started his season by conquering the gravel roads of Strade Bianche , riding 81 kilometres solo to claim victory in Siena.

At Volta a Catalunya , the Slovenian swept four out of seven stages, securing the overall victory and sending a clear message to his rivals at the Giro about who the man to beat is.

Geraint Thomas suffered heartbreak at last year’s Giro d’italia, narrowly missing out on the overall victory by just 14 seconds.

The 2018 Tour de France champion was leading the race going into the penultimate stage, only to relinquish the pink jersey to Primoz Roglic after the Slovenian's formidable performance in the individual time trial.

The INEOS Grenadiers leader has some unfinished business with the Corsa Rosa and will try to pose a challenge to Pogacar.

Among the outsiders is Australia's Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R), who finished fourth in the 2021 Tour de France.

This year, the 28-year-old has consistently finished within the top five in week-long stage races. At the Giro d'Italia warm-up race, the Tour of the Alps, he was the runner-up behind the former Maglia Rosa wearer Juan Pedro Lopez , who also will be lining up at the start line in Venaria Reale.

French veteran Romain Bardet recently said that he is at his best level in years and is convinced he can challenge for the podium.

A second place at the Liège–Bastogne–Liège behind Pogacar was a boost of morale for the 33-year-old, who has not been on a Grand Tour podium since 2018, when he finished third at the Tour de France.

Daniel Martínez will lead the BORA - hansgrohe team. The Colombian climber is no longer in the shadow of INEOS stars Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal , following his move to the German team ahead of this season.

In 2021, Martínez was a strong domestique for compatriot Bernal and helped him secure the overall victory. He also achieved his best overall result in a Grand Tour by finishing in the top five that year. With the absence of teammate Roglic, it is up to Martínez to secure a top result.

“The Killer Bees” Team Visma|Lease a Bike made history in 2023, becoming the first team to claim all three Grand Tours in a single year. Although a repetition of the historic achievement looks difficult, the Dutch team have put their faith in 21-year-old prodigy Cian Uijtdebroeks .

The Belgian has been under the wings of reigning Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard at the O Gran Camiño and Tirreno-Adriatico. Now he faces the ultimate test as Grand Tour captain.

Cyclamen jersey (points classification)

This year’s course is more sprinter-friendly than usual, featuring eight expected mass sprint finishes. Jonathan Milan of Lidl-Trek will aim to defend the maglia ciclamino (mauve jersey for the points classification) that he secured last year.

However, he will face a fierce competition for the mauve jersey as several of the world's top sprinters will travel to Italy.

Soudal Quick-Step will fully support Remco Evenepoel at the Tour de France, giving Tim Merlier the opportunity to pursue success at the Giro.

The Belgian has been one of the fastest sprinters during the first part of the season, winning three stages at the UAE Tour, the Nokere Koerse, and the sprinters’ classic Scheldeprijs.

Another challenge will come from Australian Kaden Groves . In 2023, the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider added stage wins at both the Giro and the Vuelta a España, where he also left with the green jersey.

Biniam Girmay will be back on Italian soil, where he outsprinted Mathieu van der Poel in the Giro two years ago to take his first Grand Tour stage victory. The Eritrean looks to be close to his form from 2022.

Dutch sprinter Olav Kooij will finally get his Grand Tour debut. The 22-year-old beat Mads Pedersen twice to claim two stage wins at the Paris-Nice in March and is one of the most promising sprinters in the peloton.

Five-time Vuelta a España stage winner Fabio Jakobsen is set to race his first Giro and can complete the set of Grand Tour wins, having already secured a stage victory at the Tour de France in 2022.

Will Filippo Ganna sprint for stage wins again? The Italian time trial specialist was fighting in the bunch sprints at last year’s Vuelta a España and showed a new side of his talent.

Despite not having shone in the last couple of years, Caleb Ewan and Fernando Gaviria are both multiple Grand Tour stage winners and they have the power to be competitive in the bunch sprints.

Blue jersey (mountains classification)

Unlike in the Tour de France, the winner of the mountains classification in the Giro d’Italia is usually not the same as the winner of the general classification.

Thibaut Pinot , who has since retired, clinched the blue jersey in the previous edition while finishing fifth overall.

However, the breakaway riders often view for the mountains classification.

A potential contender is Simon Geschke of Cofidis. The German rider was close to seal the polka dot jersey at the Tour de France in 2022, but ultimately Jonas Vingegaard ended up with both the yellow and polka dot jersey.

Other names to watch are Britain's Simon Carr , who just won a stage and the mountains classification at the Tour of the Alps, and Dutchman Koen Bouwman , who is aiming for his second blue jersey after claiming it in 2022.

Key stages of the Giro d’Italia 2024

Five stages are singled out by cycling experts as the most decisive for the Giro d'Italia 2024.

The first one arrives already on stage two , which is the earliest summit finish in 35 years. It is a true climbing test, which takes the peloton to Santuario di Oropa (6.2% over 11.8km) and will give an early indication of who will be the main general classification contenders.

A 40.6-kilometre time trial awaits the peloton on stage seven . The course is technical and the uphill finish should shake up the top ten. Some will see it as an oppornunity to gain time, while others will try to limit their losses.

Stage 15 is the queen stage of the 2024 Giro d’Italia. Containing 5,200 metres of elevation gain over 220 kilometres, it is a brutal day in the mountains. Hopefully, snowfall will not affect this blockbuster Alpine stage.

The riders get a rest day following the queen stage, but already on stage 16 , climbing legs will be tested again. It includes the Passo dello Stelvio , the Cima Coppi of this year’s race. At an elevation of 2,757 metres it is the second highest pass in the Alps.

The lack of oxygen at high altitude will make the peloton suffer. With over 100 kilometres remaining from the summit of Stelvio, the favourites who might fall behind still have the chance to catch up before the final ascents to Passo Pinei and Monte Pana.

Stage 20 , the penultimate stage before the procession around the streets of Rome, promises a decisive battle in the mountains for the final general classification. Two gruelling ascents of Monte Grappa - 18.2 kilometres at 8.1% - will determine who earns the right to wear the pink jersey in Rome and hoist the Endless Trophy .

Day-by-day route of the Giro d’Italia 2024

Saturday 4 May, stage 1: Venaria Reale-Torino, medium mountains, 140 km ⭐⭐⭐

Sunday 5 May, stage 2: San Francesco al Campo–Santuario di Oropa (Biella), medium mountains, 161 km ⭐⭐⭐

Monday 6 May, stage 3: Novara-Fossano, hilly, 166 km ⭐⭐

Tuesday 7 May, stage 4: Acqui Terme-Andora, hilly, 190 km ⭐⭐

Wednesday 8 May, stage 5: Genova-Lucca, medium mountains,178 km ⭐⭐⭐

Thursday 9 May, stage 6: Viareggio-Rapolano Terme, medium mountains, 180 km ⭐⭐

Friday 10 May, stage 7: Foligno-Perugia, individual time trial, 40,6 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Saturday 11 May, stage 8: Spoleto-Prati di Tivo, high mountains,152 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Sunday 12 May, stage 9: Avezzano-Napoli, medium mountains, 214 km ⭐⭐⭐

Monday 13 May: Rest day

Tuesday 14 May, stage 10: Pompei-Cusano Mutri (Bocca della Selva), medium mountains, 142 km ⭐⭐⭐

Wednesday 15 May, stage 11: Foiano di Val Fortore-Francavilla al Mare, hilly, 207 km ⭐⭐

Thursday 16 May, stage 12: Martinsicuro-Fano, medium mountains, 193 km ⭐⭐⭐

Friday 17 May, stage 13: Riccione-Cento, flat, 179 km ⭐

Saturday 18 May, stage 14: Castiglione delle Stiviere-Desenzano del Garda, individual time trial, 31,2 km ⭐⭐⭐

Sunday 19 May, stage 15: Manerba del Garda-Livigno (Mottolino), high mountains, 222 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Monday 20 May: Rest day

Tuesday 21 May, stage 16: Livigno-Santa Cristina Val Gardena (Monte Pana), high mountains, 202 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Wednesday 22 May, stage 17: Selva di Val Gardena-Passo Brocon, high mountains, 159 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thursday 23 May, stage 18: Fiera di Primiero-Padova, hilly, 171 km ⭐⭐

Friday 24 May, stage 19: Mortegliano-Cima Sappada, medium mountains, 157 km ⭐⭐⭐

Saturday 25 May, stage 20: Alpago-Bassano del Grappa, high mountains, 181 km ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Sunday 26 May, stage 21: Roma-Roma, flat, 122 km ⭐

How to watch the Giro d’Italia 2024

The Giro d'Italia 2024 will be shown live around the world. Here is a list of the official broadcast partners across different territories.

• Albania - Eurosport
• Andorra - Eurosport
• Austria - Eurosport
• Belarus - Eurosport
• Belgium - VRT/RTBF.be/RTL Belgium/VTM Medialaan/Eurosport
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Eurosport
• Bulgaria- Eurosport
• Croatia - Eurosport
• Cyprus - Eurosport
• Czechia - Eurosport
• Denmark - Eurosport
• Estonia - Eurosport
• Finland - Eurosport
• France - La Chaine L’Equipe
• Georgia - Eurosport
• Germany - Eurosport
• Greece - Eurosport
• Hungary - Eurosport
• Iceland - Eurosport
• Ireland - Eurosport
• Israel - STARZPLAY/Eurosport
• Italy - Rai/Eurosport
• Latvia - Eurosport
• Liechtenstein - Eurosport
• Lithuania - Eurosport
• Luxembourg - Eurosport
• Malta - STARZPLAY/Eurosport
• Moldova - Eurosport
• Montenegro - Eurosport
• Netherlands - NOS/Eurosport
• North Macedonia - Eurosport
• Norway - Eurosport
• Poland - Eurosport
• Portugal - Eurosport
• Principality of Monaco - Eurosport
• Romania - Eurosport
• San Marino - Rai/Eurosport
• Serbia - Eurosport
• Slovakia - Eurosport
• Slovenia - Planet TV/Eurosport
• Spain - EITB/Eurosport
• Sweden - Eurosport
• Switzerland - SRG SSR/Eurosport
• Ukarine - Eurosport
• United Kingdom - Eurosport
• Vatican City - Rai/Eurosport
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• Canada - FloSports
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• United States - MAX USA/BeIN Sport

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'numerous trains, chaotic finishes': up to a dozen contenders and the chance of shaky leadouts has the giro peloton on watch for carnage..

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There’s a forecast for chaos at the Giro d’Italia as a wildly deep field of fast-finishers tighten down their shoes for a bunch kick casino .

This year’s Giro may boast the most stacked set of speedsters seen at a modern grand tour.

In fact, the chase for the m aglia ciclamino points jersey and the race’s six nailed-on bunch sprints could be the best bit of a corsa rosa set to be dominated by Tadej Pogačar from day one.

“The list of sprinters in this edition of the Giro d’Italia is exceptionally qualitative and long,” Intermarché-Wanty director Aike Visbeek said in a team release.

“This will undoubtedly have an impact on the way the race unfolds, with numerous sprint trains and chaotic finishes.”

Caleb Ewan , Fabio Jakobsen, Tim Merlier , Jonathan Milan , and Olav Kooij are just the headliners of the Giro d’Italia’s glut of sprinters.

Beneath them, there are close to a dozen pedigree powerhouses that could contend for one of the Giro’s six to eight speedster stages.

Kaden Groves, Hugo Hofstetter, Danny van Poppel, Fernando Gaviria, Alberto Dainese, David Dekker, Phil Bauhaus, Juan Sebastian Molano, and Tobias Lund could all come away with a “W” in the column on the pancake profile finishes.

Biniam Girmay, Christophe Laporte, Matteo Trentin, Ethan Vernon, and U.S. sensation Luke Lamperti are there for the handful of “hardman” uphill finales.

And then there’s Filippo Ganna, who’s gotten a habit of popping up at the front of stages of all flavors.

Sprint depth and mixed ambitions could spell carnage

There’s a strange irony that the Giro d’Italia – the race that historically put burly bunch-kickers into cold sweats at the thought of its torturous Alpine passes – has attracted so many sprinters.

RCS Sport shifted the emphasis of its route and cut back on climbing for 2024 to lure Pogačar , and it went and caught the fast men too.

A watered-down parcours  that’s front-loaded with flat finishes has drawn the sprinter elite toward Italy.

Mark Cavendish, Jasper Philipsen, Sam Bennett, and Dylan Groenewegen are the only big names that are MIA while they wait for the TdF.

The opening week alone boasts three sprint finishes in a row, making the start of this Giro d’Italia prime hunting ground for a marquee result.

There’s a high chance some of the star sprinters will bail at the second rest day before the mountains arrive so they can reset for the Tour de France.

By then, they’ll already have had at least four attempts to taste the winner’s prosecco .

Strong sprinters field in Giro d’Italia 2024. Most sprinters from top-15 (PCS) at the start in Giro (2001-24): 8: ’24, ’08, ’02 6: ’19, ’11, ’07, ↕️ 4: ’20, ’16, ’14, ’10, ’04, ’03, ’01 3: ’23, ’18, ’09 2: ’06 — Cycling Statistics (@StatsOnCycling) April 30, 2024

But could there be too much of a good thing?

In the case of this year’s Giro and its sprinter stable, the answer could be “yes”.

The depth of the field, the number of teams with two sprint options, and several squads trying to balance GC objectives with stage-wins means there could be some carnage in this c orsa rosa .

“We would like to win stages with Phil [Bauhaus] and also do well on GC. We have the tools and the riders to compete in the sprint stages and overall,” said Bahrain-Victorious director Gorazd Štangelj.

“We don’t want to split our aims too much, so we will try to use other teams’ strengths to our benefit.”

Bahrain-Victorious will be joined by the likes of Jayco-AlUla, DSM-Firmenich PostNL, and Visma-Lease a Bike in trying to look after a classification rider and a sprinter in the madness of a Giro flat finish.

Few teams bring committed or experienced leadout trains to Italy, meaning sprints could become a washing-machine melee of uncontrolled mayhem.

Add to that a handful of finishes with narrow, gnarled urban streets, and tricky uphills, and things might get messy.

Giro sprinters based on stats pic.twitter.com/mLnavWfMP6 — Velofacts (@velofacts) April 27, 2024

After a season already shaken by a number of devastating high-profile crashes, this Giro could be fraught with tension.

“In each of stages 3, 4, and 5, there is a climb before the finish. Sprint trains will lose wagons there and certain sprinters will go overboard,” Bora-Hansgrohe director Enrico Gasparotto told Sporza .

“That will lead to chaotic sprints.”

Who could be king of the chaos?

The sprinter field for this month’s race is deep, but the favorites stand tall above the bunch.

Look to Ewan, Kooij, and home hero and reigning maglia ciclamino Milan as some of the top contenders.

But Belgian bullet Merlier is the most prolific winner of 2024 and could be apex predator.

Soudal Quick-Step is carting a beefy leadout train to Italy for its leader, and his will be the wheel every other sprinter wants to mark.

“With Tim there, we always have a good chance in the sprint. That is very motivating and it pulls the team up,” said Merlier’s Giro-bound leadout man Bert van Lerberghe. “I think Tim is one of the fastest in the world, if not the fastest when it comes to sprinting.

“One year Jasper [Philipsen] was the best in the world, the next Tim,” Van Lerberghe told Wielerflits .

Giro d’Italia top sprinters – Wins in 2024:

• Tim Merlier: 7
• Olav Kooij: 4
• Jonathan Milan: 3
• Caleb Ewan: 1
• Fabio Jakobsen: 1

Meanwhile, all Italian eyes will be on Milan.

The strapping trackie crushed the classics, won three times already this year, and hit the podium five times on his Giro debut in 2023.

Away from Italy, grand tour rookie Kooij, hot’n’cold Jakobsen, and the misfortune-addled Ewan will be under the microscope.

“Caleb [Ewan] cannot have lost all his sprint qualities in one year,” Jayco AlUla director Valerio Piva said of the Aussie, who hasn’t won a grand tour stage in three years.

“I believe he is still one of the strongest sprinters in the world,” Piva said.

If a rider wants to prove they’re the boss of modern bunch sprints, the approaching c orsa rosa is the place to do it.

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Leysin (Switzerland) (AFP) – Ineos Grenadier rider Carlos Rodriguez won the Tour de Romandie on Sunday as Dorian Godon took the sprint in the fifth and final stage in Vernier, near Geneva.

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It marked a first World Tour stage race victory for the 23-year-old Spaniard who finished seven seconds ahead of Alexandre Vlasov in the general classification.

The Russian was a further two seconds clear of German rookie Florian Lipowitz, his Bora teammate.

Rodriguez took the overall lead when he finished third in Saturday's mountainous 'queen' stage and had little difficulty in maintaining it in the straightforward 150.8km final stage.

He was content to stay in the peloton, surrounded by his Ineos team-mates, including Colombian Egan Bernal.

Rodriguez showed his potential last year by winning a mountain stage of the Tour de France in Morzine and then finishing fifth overall in Paris on his first appearance.

In early form this season, he won the final stage of the Tour of the Basque Country three weeks ago and took second place overall.

Sunday provided a second stage win of the race for French rider Godon (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale), who had already won the opener on Wednesday.

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Tour of Turkey: Tobias Lund Andresen wins stage 4 sprint, moves into race lead

Dane claims first professional victory ahead of Van Poppel in second and Uhlig in third

Tobias Lund Andresen ((Dsm-firmenich PostNL) emerged from a hectic finish to win stage 4 of the Tour of Turkey in Bodrum.

The Dane needed a late bike change but returned to the peloton and then timed his effort perfectly on the rising finish after Manuele Tarozzi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) and the remains of the early break were caught in the final kilometre.

Danny Van Poppel (Bora-Hansgrohe) finished second and Henri Uhlig (Alpecin-Deceuninck) third as other riders slowed each other in the search for the best wheel to follow.

Thanks to his stage victory and the time bonuses, Lund Andresen also took the race leader’s blue jersey, which he will wear during the 177.9km fifth stage from Bodrum to Kuşadası.

Lund Andresen was overjoyed to win his first professional race.

“The plan was that if Fabio made it over the climb, we’d go with him but he didn’t have the leg, so we made a nice plan for me and the team did an amazing job and I was able to take the win,” he said.

“It was a hard stage, with a lot of climbing. The roads are not the best, so it’s almost like riding cobblestones the whole day. It was grippy but that was quite nice for me.”

A breakaway again tried to foil the sprinters’ teams and the peloton, with eight riders going away with 110 km to race of the 137.9 km stage.

They worked well together and extended their lead to close to 2:00 but then Polti-Kometa and Astana Qazaqstan drove the chase. The Italian team was keen to defend Giovanni Lonardi’s race lead, while Astana Qazaqstan rode for stage 2 winner Max Kanter.

The hilly profile of the stage again ruled out the pure sprinters, with Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan), Fabio Jakobsen (Dsm-firmenich PostNL) and others dropped from the peloton.

The break reduced to five riders over the final climb after 95 km but James Whelan (Q36.5), Calum Johnston (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA),  Tarozzi, Owen Geleijn (TDT - Unibet) and Gianni Marchand (Tarteletto-Isorex) pushed on and held a lead of 40 seconds on the fast ride to Bodrum.

Whelan split the attack on a late climb with 10km to go, with only Tarozzi, Johnston and Marchand able to go with him. They attacked each other and the pace eased so the peloton closed the gap on the run-in to the finish.

Tarozzi refused to give up hope and attacked alone inside the final kilometre. He got a gap but then faded on the rising finish as Lund Andresen timed his effort to perfection.

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The wait is over: we’re officially in Grand Tour season. La Vuelta Femenina kicked off on Sunday with a blistering team time trial. We’ll keep you up to date as the women battle for the red jersey on the challenging eight-stage tour across (mostly northern) Spain.

Movistar’s Annemiek van Vleuten won last year’s race and became the first woman to win all three of the major women’s stage races (La Vuelta, Tour de France Femmes , and Giro Donne). But she retired at the end of 2023, so there is no chance of a repeat winner.

Stage 1: Valencia to Valencia, 16 km

Sunday’s 16-kilometer team time trial in Valencia, Spain, was flat and fast. This, first and foremost, means we got another look at the Visma-Lease a Bike TT helmets , and we also saw a lot of excellent team action.

It was a tight race throughout, with everyone looking to claim an early general classification lead. But it was Lidl-Trek that took the victory late in the day. The women averaged just under 50 km/h to finish in a time of 19:20. Gaia Realini led across the line and thus will wear the leader’s jersey heading into stage two.

Check out NBC’s Extended Highlights of Stage 1 on YouTube.

The lead didn’t come without drama. Ellen van Dijk and Elynor Bäckstedt both crashed, slightly holding up their teammates on the approach to the finish. But the American team managed to regroup and push to the line just 0.02 seconds over Visma-Lease a Bike.

“After crashing in the TTT, Ellen [van Dijk] has a wound on her chin, which will require stitches, as well as blows to her right shoulder and left knee. She will be taken to hospital for checks to rule out any fractures. Fortunately, there is no sign of concussion,” shared Lidl-Trek in a statement via social media .

In her post-race interview, when asked if the team would work to hold onto the leader’s jersey, Realini said, “For sure, we will take this jersey and defend it for the next stage.”

Stage 2: Buñol to Moncofa, 118.3 km

Alison jackson takes a stunning sprint win.

Alison Jackson (EF Education-Cannondale) won stage 2 of the Vuelta Femenina in a reduced sprint after surviving a crash-marred final kilometers. The Canadian beat Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime), who finished second, and Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ), who finished in third place. After taking the bonus seconds at the finish and in the intermediate sprint, Vas is our new GC leader.

The meat of the action came in the final third of the stage, with bonus points and seconds available at Porte L’Oronet (a Category 3 climb 40 km away from the finish), in the intermediate sprints following the climb, and at the finish line. With such a tight GC standing after Sunday’s team time trial, bonus seconds proved crucial for the green jersey.

Swinkels took the maximum points on the QOM climb. Amanda Spratt (Lidl–Trek) took second, and Gaia Realini (Lidl–Trek) third. Following the climb, Anneke Dijkstra (VolkerWessels) took the first sprint points toward the green jersey, Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime) took second, and Grace Brown (FDJ-SUEZ) took third. But it wasn’t a done deal until the sprint to the finish, which came with even more bonus points.

Check out NBC’s Extended Highlights of Stage 2 on YouTube.

The final kilometers were flat, with some technical turns and damp roads that required some serious bike handling. With three kilometers left, there was a major crash in the peloton, and then another at a roundabout with 2.4 km to go. Tons of riders went down.

Despite the crashes, Jackson delivered a beautiful sprint against a reduced group of riders. In her signature style, the victory was immediately followed by a dancing celebration.

“I was in the right position at the right time with teammates to take care of me from beginning to end. And then, we just made the right decisions. Crashes were happening, and I kept safe, playing it smart. At the finish, it was all due to my teammates,” said Jackson in her post-race interview.

Heading into Stage 3, Jackson will wear the green jersey, Vas of SD Worx-Protime will wear the leader’s jersey, and Swinkels of UAE Team ADQ will wear the polka-dot jersey. Lidl-Trek still leads the team classification, followed closely by Visma-Lease a Bike, and SD Worx-Protime.

Stage 3: Lucena to Teruel, 130.2 km

On the anniversary of her first ever pro win, marianne vos takes the stage three victory.

Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) won Stage 3 of the Vuelta Femenina, sprinting to a clear lead in the final meters after a crash fractured the peloton with 2.4 km to go. The 36-year-old Dutch rider beat Charlotte Kool (dsm-firmenich PostN), who finished second, and Olivia Baril (Movistar), who took third. After securing bonus points in an earlier sprint, Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime) maintains the leader’s jersey, and also takes over the green jersey.

Stage 3 was a 131-kilometer medium mountain stage. Riders traveled from Lucena to Teruel with another Category 3 ascent. There was also quite a bit of non-categorized climbing throughout—more than 2,000 meters overall—making the day pretty much relentless.

There were four riders who were unable to start the day because of injuries from yesterday’s crashes. Anna Henderson (Visma-Lease a Bike), Clara Emond (EF Education–Cannondale), Marta Cavalli (FDJ-Suez), and Sabrina Stultiens (VolkerWessels). Emma Norsgaard (Movistar) began the day but also had to abandon due to injury.

Once the climbing started around 30 km into the race, there were only a few breaks until the main event, the Alto Fuente de Robielos, which featured in the men’s 2023 race. Mireia Benito (AG Insurance-Soudal-Quick-Step) crossed the line on the climb first, while Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ) was able to maintain the QOM jersey.

Benito took a breakaway move with 85 km to go, and as is her style, she just kept growing that lead. By 50 km to go she had 5 minutes and 20 seconds on the peloton. The Spanish national time trial champion is comfortable on these solo breaks and found her rhyme well ahead of the pack for most of the day.

Check out NBC’s Extended Highlights of Stage 3 on YouTube.

With 43 km to go, an intermediate sprint came, on which Benito took maximum bonus points, still more than four minutes ahead of the peloton. Then, Grace Brown (FDJ–Suez) made her own solo break, which earned her bonus points in the sprint. The race leader, Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime), took the final points. Brown was eventually reeled back into the peloton.

With about 25 km to go, Vos and team Visma-Lease a Bike started putting the hammer down, getting into formation for the final push. With 10 km to go, Benito’s lead was down to 17 seconds, but she battled on. She was finally caught with 7.3 km to go. For her effort on the day, she earned the white jersey.

Just like yesterday, there was a serious crash with just 2.4 km. to go. This fractured the peloton pretty significantly. The final stretch included several roundabouts and tight turns. There was no real organization as the final sprint came together, but with less than 100 meters to go, Vos took a clear lead for the win by 2-3 bike lengths.

On this day in 2006, Marianne Vos took her first-ever pro victory. She now has 252 pro victories. In her post-race interview, Vos said that she was very pleased. “Yesterday, we worked hard and tried hard, and today, we went all-in. All the girls were working really hard for this, and of course, it’s really nice to be able to finish it off, so I'm very happy with this win.”

Stage 4: Molina de Aragón to Zaragoza, 142 km

American kristen faulkner blasts to victory in stage four of la vuelta femenina.

Kristen Faulkner (EF Education–Cannondale) won stage 4 of the Vuelta Femenina, sprinting alone after a breakaway starting at 7.3 km to go. The American finished 10 seconds ahead of Georgia Baker (Liv AlUla Jayco), who took second, and Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike), who took third. Vos now takes over the lead, five seconds ahead of Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime). Faulkner is now in third place in the overall GC.

Stage four covered 142 kilometers from Molina de Aragón to Zaragoza. The day included a net downhill, with a lot of flat, fast riding. Kind of the opposite of yesterday’s profile. But they were in a region known for extremely stiff winds, and today did not stray from that trend. Echelons all day.

It was a bank holiday in Spain, so the crowds were out in the wind and a bit of rain, but there were sunny skies for the race to the finish line in Zaragoza.

The lead group maintained a little over a minute on the peloton for a huge portion of the race. It was composed of 18 riders, including 5 from SD Worx. They were followed by a group of 40 riders chasing them.

Check out NBC’s Extended Highlights of Stage 4 on YouTube.

Vos was wearing green today, even though she was technically behind Blanka Vas, because Vas earned both the red and green jersey yesterday.

There was a sprint 12 km from the finish—in Santa Fe—which came with very important bonus points. Vos took maximum points and bonus seconds, which put her in the virtual lead, ahead of Blanka Vas.

Vas took second in the sprint, followed by Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl–Trek), Riejanne Ockeloen-Markus (Visma–Lease a Bike), and Alison Jackson (EF Education–Cannondale).

The first break in the lead group ahead of the finish came with 6 km to go. Faulkner took off, followed by Longo Borghini, Vos, and Jackson, but none could hang on. With 4.5 km to go, Faulkner opened up her gap to as much as 17 seconds. Faulkner crossed the line 10 seconds ahead of the sprint.

In her post-race interview, Faulkner said that the win was thanks to “a combination of planning and a bit of luck.”

Today’s stage was the fastest-ever women’s WorldTour stage, with an average of over 46 km per hour.

Stage 5: Huesca to Jaca, 113.9 km

Demi vollering dominates summit finish and takes over the leader’s jersey.

Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) won stage 5 of the Vuelta Femenina, in the first of three summit finishes of the stage race. Vollering battled with Yara Kastelijn (Credishop-Fristads) and Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) in the final steep climb, but broke away with around 1,000 meters to go. Vollering was all alone at the line, 28 seconds ahead of Kastelijn and Longo Borghini. This was Vollering’s first win of 2024 and she has taken over the lead of the GC.

To the mountains! From Huesca to Jaca, our first real mountain stage saw nearly 114 kilometers with a pair of category 2 climbs, one of which provided the day’s summit finish. More than 1,800 meters of climbing (5,905 feet) overall. The first climb, San Juan de la Peña, wasn’t ever incredibly steep, but at 18 km in length, it required endurance and pacing. The second, Rapitán Fort, came at the end—a 3.4 km climb with an average grade of 7.9 percent.

At the 54 km marker, Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) had a minor crash, but there were no real consequences. This stage was basically a long warmup to the climbs, and the peloton stayed together without any menacing breakaways.

Karlijns Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ) was first to the summit of San Juan de la Peña. She gained 10 bonus points. Once the group reached the monastery at the top of the climb, it was a steep technical descent. Gaia Realini (Lidl-Trek) went down hard, but managed to get back on the bike and to the group with the help of teammate Brodie Chapman.

Swinkels made a move with about 12 km to go and stayed 15-20 seconds ahead of the chase group as they entered the final climb. Just before the climb in Jaca, there was a sprint for points where Swinkels took maximum bonus points, followed by Vos.

The final climb brought all the switchbacks, with sections above 10 percent; this climb finish was short but extremely tough. Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) set the pace for the bulk of the climb, followed by Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) and Yara Kastelijn (Credishop–Fristads). Vollering opened a gap with less than 1,000 meters to go, and ran away with it, building 28 seconds on the chasers. Vollering reached the line first, followed by Kastelijn in second and Longo Borghini in third.

Vollering takes over the leader’s jersey and said in her post-race interview that she hopes she can keep it until the end. Swinkels maintains the polka-dot jersey, and Vos takes the green jersey.