#worldtour

#worldtour

Ulissi sped past the survivors of the early breakaway, leading solo onto the final climb, significantly increasing his lead before a comfortable victory.

It feels like I'm turning a new page in my career. The goal for the future remains the same with IPT; developing me into a world-class lead-out rider, and that's something I'm really keen to do personally.

Guimard expressed deep concerns about the current state of French cycling, emphasizing that the country has seen a noticeable decline in the quality and performance of its riders since the start of the year.

Salaries for the top guys haven't exactly doubled, but have gone up significantly in the past few years, emphasizing the increasing financial power in cycling.

It's just the way the sport's going at the moment, it's getting younger and younger and the older you get the harder it is to keep your contract so I just have to accept that and take what I can get.