Greipel steps up to end Lotto Soudal's dire spring

Lotto Soudal have endured a difficult spring, failing to win a race since Paris-Nice and misfiring time and time again in the Classics on home roads in Belgium. Fortunately, they have always been able to count on André Greipel to turn things around, and the German sprinter did it again at the Giro d'Italia with a perfectly executed sprint finish in Tortolì.

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Stephen Farrand
Head of News

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.