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Thymen Arensman of Ineos Grenadiers won stage 14 of the Tour de France with a solo breakaway victory at Superbagnères, attacking near the top of the final climb and building a significant lead.
Thymen Arensman of Ineos Grenadiers narrowly avoided disaster on stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia after a late mechanical issue forced him to swap bikes with teammate Connor Swift and endure a frantic chase back to the peloton. Despite a close call with a support vehicle, Arensman managed to rejoin the pack safely, with Tim Merlier winning the stage.
Geraint Thomas struggled on stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia but managed to keep up with the pace set by his Ineos Grenadiers teammates on the Passo Brocon climb, ultimately finishing alongside Dani Martínez.
Tom Pidcock expresses shock and frustration at Tadej Pogacčar's dominant solo performance to win the 2024 Strade Bianche, finishing in fourth place almost four minutes behind. Pidcock criticizes his own tactics and the difficulty of the new route, describing the chasing group as "30 dead bodies." He also highlights the challenge of consuming nutrition during the grueling race, ultimately feeling stunned and disheartened by the outcome.
Ineos-Grenadiers had a disappointing start to the Tour de France, with their best finish coming from Carlos Rodríguez in 13th place. Tom Pidcock and Egan Bernal finished 33 seconds behind after struggling on the final climb. The stage was described as the toughest Tour opener in a decade. Despite the setbacks, Rodríguez remained positive about his performance and expressed his ambition to achieve a good result. Bernal's return to form also provides hope for the team. With plenty of stages left, Ineos-Grenadiers will take each opportunity as it comes.
Ineos Grenadiers, once a powerhouse in the Tour de France, is facing a lack of clear grand tour contenders for the near future. With questions hanging over all its established winners, the team will be calling on relatively raw riders Dani Martínez and Carlos Rodríguez for the upcoming Tour. The team's oncoming GC conundrum is ironic given it let two of its most consistent GC racers go when Adam Yates and Richard Carapaz signed out this winter. Ineos Grenadiers needs a rider with proven podium potential if it wants grand tour victory in the medium term.
Geraint Thomas conceded the maglia rosa to France's Bruno Armirail on stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia, but Ineos Grenadiers insisted it was part of their strategy for overall victory in the third week of the race. Thomas will start Sunday's stage to Bergamo 1:41 down on Armirail but still in control of his overall hopes, with his rivals still in the game for overall victory. Ineos Grenadiers' team directeur sportif Matteo Tosatto said the decision to let the maglia go was a sign of their confidence and control, not one of weakness.
The Giro d'Italia will be a very different race without Remco Evenepoel, who has left the race after testing positive for COVID-19. Ineos Grenadiers now have the strongest collective, but with Evenepoel gone, their race changes from one of looking for opportunities to suddenly having to adopt much more responsibility. Primož Roglič has had his own setbacks too, but Jumbo-Visma will look at Ineos and company with much more optimism. The real tactical plays have to come from riders like João Almeida, Lennard Kämna, Aleksandr Vlasov or Damiano Caruso.
Geraint Thomas narrowly missed out on beating Remco Evenepoel in the Giro d'Italia stage 9 time trial, but his strong performance puts him in second place overall, 45 seconds behind Evenepoel. Thomas confirmed his improving form and expressed his desire to fight for the Giro victory. His teammate Tao Geoghegan Hart was just one second slower than Thomas and remains well-positioned for the GC fight. Thomas said he was surprised at how close the gaps were between the top finishers in the time trial.
Ineos Grenadiers dominated the first mountain stage of the Giro d'Italia, with their trio of pacemakers keeping the front peloton under control and squeezing the gap down to just under two minutes by the finish. Despite the idea of shrinking the gap to keep Remco Evenepoel in the lead being at the back of his mind, Geraint Thomas said the main goal was simply to stay in control. The Gran Sasso will be the next battle, but after two days of steady rainfall, other, more unpredictable, factors might yet make a difference.
Mathieu van der Poel of Alpecin-Deceuninck won the Milan-San Remo cycling race, finishing ahead of Filippo Ganna of Ineos Grenadiers and Wout van Aert of Jumbo-Visma. Van der Poel claimed his second Monument victory of his career, 62 years after his grandfather Raymond Poulidor won the same race. After Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates accelerated hard on the Poggio, Van der Poel blasted away over the summit for a dramatic solo victory.