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SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2022 Team BikeExchange-Jayco rider Simon Yates scored his second stage win at the Giro d’Italia, making a solo attack late in a thrilling Stage 14 to earn a hard-fought victory in Turin. It was a big day for the team, which also saw sprinter Dylan Groenewegen win the Veenendaal-Veenendall Classic in the Netherlands. Yates, riding his TCR Advanced SL Disc team bike with a CADEX WheelSystem, made the decisive move with about 5km to go, just before the final descent into Turin. The 147km stage featured five categorized climbs totaling about 3000m of climbing and saw plenty of attacks from...

Monday, May 16, 2022 After a fast race with several breakaway attempts, Liv Racing Xstra rode smart and strong to deliver Rachele Barbieri to the finish for her second win of the season. Omloop der Kempen consisted of 122 flat kilometers with the start and finish in Veldhoven. Anticipating a bunch sprint, Liv Racing Xstra brought a powerful squad to the start line. The team took control of the peloton and put together a formidable lead out in the final kilometers of the race, enabling Barbieri to finish off the work by securing the victory aboard the Langma Advanced SL Disc. “I am...

Monday, May 16, 2022 Team BikeExchange-Jayco rider Kristen Faulkner rode consistently well over the inaugural Itzulia Women stage race to finish third overall – her first WorldTour podium of the season. Faulkner kicked off the three-day Itzulia by riding an aggressive race. After early breakaway attempts were caught, she launched an attack with 18km to go and was joined by Demi Vollering and Pauliena Rooijakkers. The trio extended a gap that the peloton could not recover. Faulkner was unable to contest for the sprint, finishing third, just two seconds back of the win and 39 seconds ahead fourth place aboard...

MONDAY, MAY 16, 2022 Team BikeExchange-Jayco rider Dylan Groenewegen collected his third win of the season over the weekend, dashing to a stage victory at the Tour de Hongrie. Groenewegen delivered the win to cap a brilliant team effort on Stage 4 of the five-day stage race in Hungary. His team helped chase down a four-man breakaway that was caught inside the final 25km of the hilly 177km stage, then put the 28-year-old Dutchman in position to unleash his winning sprint. Riding his Propel Advanced SL Disc team bike with a CADEX WheelSystem, Groenewegen launched his sprint from 200 meters out, beating fellow Dutch...

FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2022 BikeRadar and its affiliated print magazine Cycling Plus published their 2022 Bike of the Year awards and the Giant Revolt Advanced Pro gravel bike was crowned overall winner, the highest honor in their annual awards feature. It was a historic win for the flagship model of the Revolt range. The Revolt Advanced Pro 0 model not only won the gravel bike category, it also became the first gravel bike to earn the overall crown from BikeRadar and Cycling Plus. “It’s a bike that captures the gravel zeitgeist by offering performance and versatility in equal measure,” said Warren Rossiter, senior technical editor...