#stage-win

#stage-win

The Vuelta a España has long been a special race for Jay Vine, having made his WorldTour debut there in 2021, started all of the past five editions, claimed the KOM jersey in 2024, and now has taken three stage wins after his latest solo triumph into Pal on stage 6. But this one was perhaps the most important for the Australian, with his wife, Bre, and young son, Harrison, awaiting him at the finish in their native Andorra.

Sylvain Moniquet (Cofidis) took his first professional victory on stage 2 of the Tour du Limousin-Périgord, timing an attack perfectly in the final 2km to win solo in Grèzes as the general classification favourites failed to get a chase together. The 27-year-old Belgian went away from a fractured lead breakaway group and held a narrow lead to the line, with Alexandre Delettre (TotalEnergies) taking second eight seconds later and Ewen Costiou (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) third, a further three seconds back.

The Irish rider debuted at the 2024 Tour de France determined to win a stage, and while he rode bravely and twice put himself in position to win, all he won was hearts.