Back to the Future: Caleb Ewan Wins First WorldTour Race in Three Years, Sam Bennett Continues Resurgence
Two former alpha sprinters continue to return to form in 2025 with wins in Basque Country, Pays de la Loire.
Caleb Ewan is an Australian road and track bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Dstny. A sprinter, Ewan has a style similar to that of Mark Cavendish, taking an extremely low position that offers him an aerodynamic advantage. Wikipedia
Caleb Ewan is an Australian road and track bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Dstny. A sprinter, Ewan has a style similar to that of Mark Cavendish, taking an extremely low position that offers him an aerodynamic advantage. Wikipedia
Two former alpha sprinters continue to return to form in 2025 with wins in Basque Country, Pays de la Loire.
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Not the Tour that Caleb Ewan was hoping for, but a place in history nonetheless.
Caleb Ewan is first at 13h05 (CET), while Jonas Vingegaard rolls down the ramp as the last rider at 17h00 (CET).
'We know that with Caleb we have one of the fastest in the peloton. Even if the two crashes have impacted him,' says team boss.
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'I empathize a lot with him and I feel for him. He’s been coping with it for a while now,' says team director Allan Davis.
Sweltering transition stage in south-west France offers an important opportunity for Ewan, Jakobsen, Groenewegen and other fast men.
'Every stage is like a mini World Cup race. It’s so intense. That’s great for the sport and for the viewers but it makes it hard work for the pure sprinters,' says Australian.
'We have the experience of losing the Tour on the last day and we have won three grand tours so we know that we have to stay focussed,' says Zeeman.
Another crash at a key moment dashed Ewan's hopes on stage 13 of the Tour de France.
Bad luck turns to no luck at all for Caleb Ewan as a crash takes down the Australian on stage 13.
Day's escape move stays clear following crash by Caleb Ewan.
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'I have to have better legs than I had today, otherwise I’m in big trouble,' says Australian sprinter.
When Caleb Ewan went down, so did Roglič and Haig.
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