Rui Costa impresses in Canada

Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) showed that he is a huge favourite for the world road race championships with his double victories at the Grands Prix Cycliste de Quebec and Montreal but Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) also showed his class in Canada and confirmed that he will be a threat in Ponferrada in two weeks' time. The Portuguese rider has a real chance of retaining the rainbow jersey for another year.

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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.