10 recent impressive victories

10 recent impressive victories

Cycling has a long history of impressive victories that people still talk about. Who doesn't know how Greg LeMond won the 1989 Tour de France with a gap of only 8 seconds? or when Eddy Merckx blowed everyone away in the Pyrenees during the Tour de France of 1969? But also recent cycling history has some impressive victories. I'm listing a few of them down below.

Ronde van Vlaanderen 2016 : Peter Sagan

It was problably not a very long solo but it was a day that you felt that Peter Sagan was clearly unbeatable and there was no way that he was not going to win. He accelerated on the Paterberg and nobody was able to follow him. He left everyone behind and rode solo to the finishline like it was a glory ride.

Worldchampionship Time Trial 2019 : Chloe Dygert-Owen

Many people were expecting a lot from Chloe Dygert-Owen in this time trial. She was very dominant in the American circuit all year long and she showed good form before the time trial. It was only hard to expect where she could finish because she only competed against main European riders during the Tour of Callifornia. But she performed way above expectations. She chased down multiple riders that started minutes in front of her and blow all favourites away.

 

Giro d'Italia 2018 stage 19 : Chris Froome 

It's been a criticism for many years: Chris Froome won his grand tours due to his dominant team. But this time he did almost all himself. He attacked from a very long distance, expanded his lead against a strong chasing group and took pink. It's been one of the longest solo wins in recent grand tour history.

Paris - Roubaix 2010 & 2012 : Fabian Cancellara & Tom Boonen

We rarely saw such dominating riders in the Spring classics since Cancellara and Boonen during these years. Cancellara won 3 of the 4 main cobble classics and Boonen won even all of them in one Spring. Both riders were very dominanted during the cobble races but both showed their biggest performance for the last one: Paris - Roubaix. They both attacked from about 50 km from the finish line, rode all alone over the endless cobble sections, hard wind against a strong chasing group. They rode as easily over the cobbles, as I would ride through butter.