Tadej Pogacar closed on a fourth Tour de France title as Jonas Vingegaard failed to make a fight of it on the queen stage, which was superbly won by Ben O'Connor.
Majestic Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) surged to a fourth win in the Giro d'Italia after outkicking Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) and pink jersey Isaac del Toro (UAE Emirates-XRG) on the uphill finish at Vicenza. It was a fifth win of the race for the Danish powerhouse's Lidl-Trek team. Bon
Juan Ayuso's devastating late attack saw the Spaniard swoop to a maiden Giro d'Italia stage win in the race's first summit finish at Tagliacozza. Ayuso led home a UAE Team Emirates-XRG one-two ahead of Mexico's Isaac del Toro and Colombia's Egan Bernal
A powerful but measured ride from Ineos Grenadiers's Josh Tarling was enough to carry him to his first Grand Tour stage victory. The British national champion, who suffered disappointment due to a mechanical in last year's Olympic TT, enjoyed 90 sweaty minutes in the hot seat, fending off as