Pace, Heat & an Emotional Comeback Win | Giro d'Italia 2026 | THEMOVE+
5/27/202635 min
Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin break down Michael Valgren's incredible win via a late solo attack from the breakaway on a hot, hard day through the foothills of the Dolomites. They discuss what the win means for Valgren, who has had a long road back from a terrible crash in 2022, and how important this is for his EF team, which has struggled to make an impact thus far at the race. They also preview tomorrow's Stage 18, going into why they think will win and how it will unfold.
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Johan Bruyneel· Host0:39
[bell dings] Let's not forget this guy, uh, is-- has been around for a while. He's thirty-four years old. Uh, won Amstel Gold, won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, um, won Tour of Denmark several times, I think, uh, other, I mean, other big races. Uh, and then I just checked. I mean, he hadn't, he hadn't-- before today's, uh, this year's stage win in Tirreno, he hadn't won a single race since two thousand twenty-one. Um, you know, we, we saw that, uh, when he crashed, I think it must have been two thousand twenty-two, uh, this, this accident or whatever it was, and then he, he was kind of forced to go back to the Devo team of, uh, EF.
Spencer Martin· Host1:20
Yes. Yeah.
Johan Bruyneel· Host1:21
Uh, to get a lighter program and get back into it. So it must have been a really serious, serious injury. And, you know, after