Gilbert wins a windy stage 17 at the Vuelta a España: Daily News Digest
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Philippe Gilbert tops Sam Bennett to win a windy stage 17 at the Vuelta a España as Nairo Quintana jumps up to second overall, Dylan Groenewegen sprints to victory on stage 5 of the Tour of Britain as Matteo Trentin retakes the GC lead, American rosters for road worlds unveiled. Those stories and more in today’s Daily News Digest.
Story of the Day: Gilbert wins stage 17 of the Vuelta a España
Philippe Gilbert (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) picked up his second stage victory of this year’s Vuelta a España on a stage 17 that played out in a way few predicted.
The 37-year-old Belgian took the win from the breakaway, which finished the stage well over an hour ahead of the time schedule, ahead of Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) with Deceuninck-Quick-Step’s Rémi Cavagna in third.
Movistar’s Nairo Quintana finished with the escapees to surge from seventh to second overall after a windy day that saw a massive break build a dangerous advantage on the pack in the early goings. A whittled down red jersey group ultimately managed to limit the gap to around five and a half minutes, keeping Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic in red, but with Quintana jumping back into the podium conversation and now sitting 2:24 back.
More to come…
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With a solid mix of GC action and breakaway battles – and one hectic sprint finish – week two at the Vuelta a España offered plenty of intrigue.
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Groenewegen sprints to Tour of Britain stage 5 victory, Trentin retakes lead
Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) nabbed his third stage victory in five days at the OVO Energy Tour of Britain. The 26-year-old Dutchman proved fastest in a bunch kick in Birkenhead, winning stage 5 ahead of impressive youngster Matthew Walls (British national team) and Matteo Trentin of Mitchelton-Scott.
Dylan Groenewegen wins stage 5 of the Tour of Britain. Photo: SWPics/Cor Vos © 2019
That third-place finish was enough to propel Trentin back to the top of the GC standings after stage 4 winner Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) spent one day in the leader’s jersey. Trentin now leads van der Poel by three seconds with three stages left to race.
American selection for Yorkshire worlds unveiled
USA Cycling has announced the American rosters for the upcoming road world championships in Yorkshire.
Reigning U.S. road champ Alex Howes and his EF Education First teammate Lawson Craddock, Sunweb’s Chad Haga, and Jumbo-Visma’s Neilson Powless make up the four-rider men’s squad. Haga – who nabbed a time trial stage win at the Giro d’Italia this May – and Craddock will both race the worlds TT as well as the road race.
Alex Howes wins the U.S. men’s road title. Photo: Wil Matthews
Brandon McNulty (Rally UHC) is another notable set to attend, as a member of the men’s under-23 team.
The seven-rider women’s road race squad is composed of national champion Ruth Winder and her Trek-Segafredo teammate Tayler Wiles, Leigh Ann Ganzar (Hagens Berman-Supermint), Coryn Rivera (Sunweb), Leah Thomas (Bigla), Chloe Dygert-Owen (Sho-Air TWENTY20), and Katie Hall (Boels-Dolmans. Two-time world TT champ Amber Neben will race the time trial alongside Thomas and Dygert-Owen.
Colorado Classic to return in 2020
The Colorado Classic will return in 2020. Organizers have announced that presenting sponsor VF Corporation has signed on for another year, with the race expecting to run from August 27 to 30 in 2020.
Chloe Dygert-Owen makes her move on stage 3 of the Colorado Classic.
The UCI 2.1-rated stage race ran as a women’s-only event this year for the first time, with Chloe Dygert-Owen sweeping all four stages and taking the overall title.
Coming up at the Vuelta
Stage 18 of the Vuelta a España runs 177.5 kilometers from Colmenar Viejo to Becerril de la Sierra.
With four category-one climbs on offer, the day is sure to see some excitement.
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Feature Image: Philippe Gilbert wins stage 17 of the Vuelta a España. Photo: Luis Angel Gomez/Cor Vos © 2019
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