On Friday at 1 PM, less than 24 hours before the 2025 Vuelta a España was due to get underway, Finlay Pickering received the phone call that would indelibly change the Bahrain Victorious’ racer’s second half of the 2025 season – and perhaps even more.
Teammate Damiano Caruso fractured his hand which left the Italian veteran out of action for the Vuelta on Friday morning. Bahrain Victorious immediately opted to replace him with Pickering, 15 years Caruso’s junior, who has never taken part in a Grand Tour before.
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