Australian rider Caleb Ewan produced an irresistible late burst of speed to pip a stunned Sam Bennett of Ireland on the finish line of stage three of the Tour de France on Monday.
Adam Blythe returned to the WorldTour with Lotto-Soudal in 2019, and to leading out Caleb Ewan, having fought in the lower ranks and for a job last year.“It’s a massive change from Aqua Blue,” Blythe told Blythe began with Lotto as a trainee in 2009 and raced for BMC Racing, Orica-GreenEdge and Tinkoff. His best results are 9x stage Santos Tour Down Under, 3x stage Tour de France and 1st place in Cyclassics Hamburg.
Ewan's bike was outfitted with a lust-worthy Campagnolo Record EPS drivetrain, and in keeping with the gold-standard build he uses an SRM power meter and a PC8 computer. The 29-year-old noted the changes, one being that he no longer uses the “It’s completely different, the racing’s the racing, it’s always the same, but here we have two chainrings instead of one, which is always good,” he continued.“It’s nice to back in the WorldTour which is a lot more as you’d expect to be. Caleb Ewan (born 11 July 1994) is an Australian road and track bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lotto–Soudal.
Last year, it wasn’t the races that was the problem, but everything around the races, where we stayed and these kind of things that made it difficult.”Aqua Blue surprised its riders in August with news that the team would fold immediately and left them searching for new jobs.“I was stressed, I was planning on stopping cycling if I didn’t have anything by mid October,” added Blythe.“I was definitely stressed about it. Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. In his year with Orica, now Mitchelton-Scott, he paired with sprinter Caleb Ewan.Ewan joined Lotto this 2019 season to get his chance to race the Tour de France after missing out in Mitchelton, which focused on the Yates twins and Grand Tours.“He’s still young, so I think he still has his best years ahead of him but he can definitely win and definitely win here,” Blythe added.“It’s quite exciting, [Team Lotto] changed quite a lot since I was last here. Tour de France (born 1994-07-11) is a professional road racing cyclist from Australia, currently riding for Lotto Soudal.
While all other sprinters in the race struggled for one stage victory, Ewan nabbed three in his maiden Tour de France, provoking comparisons to Mark Cavendish based both on sprinting style and dominance. Caleb Ewan (born 11 July 1994) is an Australian road and track bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lotto–Soudal.
All rights reserved. Caleb Ewan has won stages in all three Grand Tours. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. Adam Blythe returned to the WorldTour with Lotto-Soudal in 2019, and to leading out Caleb Ewan, having fought in the lower ranks and for a job last year.
The Fastest Bike of The Tour de France: Caleb Ewan’s Ridley Noah Fast The Lotto—Soudal rider won the final stage of the 2019 Tour de France on this tricked-out aero bike…
The Lotto—Soudal rider won the final stage of the 2019 Tour de France on this tricked-out aero bike. You can unsubscribe at any time. Bike of the Year . He also wore an This bike computer cuts a slim profile in front of your handlebar and displays power, riding metrics, heart rate, and more.These aggressive-looking shades fight fog, hug your face, and sport a durable, fast-changing lens.This aero-optimized helmet weighs just 220 grams and has 16 vents to promote air flow.Stage after stage, these 29g carbon and polyamide bottle cages grip your bottle tight to keep it secure on the bike. France’s Julian Alaphilippe retained the leader’s yellow jersey after the 198-kilometre stage from the Nice football stadium to the hilltop town of Sisteron in the Haute Provence region.
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It’s nice to be back in a professional setup.”Blythe won a handful of races with Lotto when he rode for them through 2011. Gaerne G.Stilo shoes and aero socks helped Ewan get the job done today. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google ‘In a peloton it is impossible not to ride in each other’s snot’: Teams nervous ahead of racing returnLotto-Soudal divides squad into three clusters to reduce risk of coronavirus
It all came good in the end and back in Lotto where I started, so it’s good.“You get a lot clearer picture on what you’re doing than in the last couple of years. The dropped seatstays are designed to add a bit of comfort to the frame There isn't a whole lot of seatpost sticking of Ewan's frame The rear brake on Scott's new Foil is under the bottom bracket Plenty of sponsors decorate the rear triangle of the Orica-Scott Foils Due to a miscommunication, the Syncros integrated bar/stem combos were delivered in the wrong size. Caleb Ewan hopes to “keep winning” after taking victory in a sprint finish to stage three of the Tour de France in Sisteron, denying Sam Bennett on the line. There’s no being bad and then being good, you have to be good constantly. For more information about how to do this, and how we hold your data, please see our privacy policyThank you for signing up to Cycling News.
It’s definitely exciting, for Caleb a new setup and still sort of finding his feet a little in the team.