Cycling News

Itzulia crash changes everything for Vingegaard and Evenepoel’s Tour de France plans – Philippa York analysis

Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel at Itzulia

It’s not often you can mention ‘Primož Roglič’ and ‘crash’ in the same sentence and it turns out that he’s the lucky one. But cycling is full of surprises, which is why the Bora-Hansgrohe leader surviving two falls and abandoning the race while in the leader’s jersey can be described as fortunate. Miraculous, even.

Itzulia Basque Country was supposed to be about three from the big four contenders for the Tour de France going up against each other, checking on how Remco Evenepoel dealt with racing a Jonas Vingegaard in good form and a Roglič without any hampering injuries.

Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at CyclingNews RSS Feed…