Made for Mads, ToB: Grégoire victorious, GP Industrial & Artigianato

 

Mads Pedersen tried to win. The Dane was previously second on stage three, fifth on stage 12 and sixth on stage four. Sunday's stage 15 was his fifth day in a long range breakaway and it paid off, with a tight hold on the green points jersey with 237 points over Jonas Vingeggard's 139. Pedersen claimed his long-awaited victory at this year's Vuelta a Espana. He pipped Orluis Aular (Movistar) and Marco Frigo (Israel Premier Tech).

"I had to follow everything keep the speed a bit high so none really wanted to go and then when Frigo he went I would say7, 800m to go that was perfect because he would kind of do the lead out so I was closing in slowly and after the corner it was 220m to go so it was time to open the sprint."

-Mads Pedersen

Tour of Britain stage 6...

In Cardiff, Romain Grégoire secured his final victory in the 2025 Tour of Britain. In a fast-paced sixth stage, attacks from Remco Evenepoel, the Frenchman held on to his green jersey. He took the best young rider classification, scored the thirteenth victory in 2025 for Groupama FDJ, and the first overall win since the 2023 Tour du Limousin.

"It's something great in my career, and to win ahead of Julian and Remco makes it even bigger, so I'm just happy. It was really close this morning, I was nervous because I knew I could win, but I could also be 10th tonight. It was really close, but I felt good. I had good legs on the climb, and after, I managed to have a sprint finish to get the bonus for the sprinter, and everything went really well. 

It was the first race of the hard race block during September with Grande Bretagne and then Luxembourg and then the World Championships, so starting with a victory like this will give me a lot of confidence, and I hope I get another victory during this block.

-Romain Grégoire

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