Vingegaard rides hot into Tour de France title defense with dominant overall victory in prestigious tune-up race, Ciccone scores final stage with breakaway raid.
UAE keeps its core Tour de France group together, with Rafal Majka, Diego Ulissi and Mikkel Bjerg also to remain two more years.
When COVID and crashes threw the team into crisis, Pogačar, McNulty, Bjerg and Hirschi bonded to become UAE Emirates' 'Class of '98.'
The defending champion hasn't landed a single blow on Jonas Vingegaard and has just two days to realistically crack him.
'What we did today, Mikkel Bjerg first and Brandon McNulty afterwards, was something exceptional,' says team boss Mauro Gianetti.
Pogačar's team sends home four riders from Slovenia and Suisse as spike in cases raises alarm bells before start of the Tour de France.
Three-time U23 world time trial champion keen on punching return ticket to Tour de France to help Pogačar aim for a third straight yellow jersey.
After an almost two-decade wait, the men's peloton got a taste of riding a wet Paris-Roubaix. We asked Matteo Jorgenson, Mikkel Bjerg, Zdeněk Štybar, and more, what it was like.
Despite rumors of illicit motorized assistance at the Tour de France, riders say it's highly unlikely.
McNulty, Vlasov, Almeida, Bjerg and Bagioli all shone brightly in their debut WorldTour seasons, and they're set to sparkle for years to come.
Triple U23 world time trial champion looking to hone his craft against the clock in neo-pro year before future run at classics.
Four of the top-five riders in the first stage are racing in the youth category in the Giro d'Italia.
Young stars are opting to bypass the Under-23 ranks entirely, making it more challenging to assess the strength of those riders who race in the category.