Back racing after being injured in Latvia, Clement Desalle claimed in Talavera de la Reina his first MXGP of the season during the opening race of the Spanish GP. He scored a fourth overall in his class, while Dylan Ferrandis also got a fourth with a podium result in the first MX2 race.
Team IAM Cycling closes a successful week with a second and first place of the GC at the Belgium Tour only days after a sensational stage win by Roger Kluge at the Giro d'Italia.
Roger Kluge of Team IAM Cycling wins Stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia with a smart move in the final kilometer. The team celebrates its biggest success only a couple of days after the owner has announced to discontinue the sponsorship.
Colombian Esteban Chaves produced a spectacular ride for ORICA-GreenEDGE to win stage fourteen of the Giro d’Italia. In the subsequent 15th stage, a Mountain TT, Chavez showed another great performance that saw him moving up from third to second in the general classification.
For the first time this season a rider beats Herlings in a MX2 race, and of course it was Dylan Ferrandis who was the first to defeat the leader of the series. Winner of the first heat, Ferrandis claimed his second podium in a row in Arco di Trento (Italy) with another second place overall.