A SINGLE FILE line of riders weaves through farm fields during Milano-Torino in October. Photo: Tim De Waele/ Getty Images
SIMON YATES (Mitchelton-Scott) celebrates taking the pink jersey as leader of the Giro d’Italia on stage 6 to Mount Etna. On stage 19, however, he cracked and fell off the final GC podium. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
THE PELOTON speeds through an underpass during stage 5 of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in February. Photo: Bryn Lennon/ Getty Images
AFTER FALLING off his bike on the steep final climb, Wout van Aert (Veranda’s Willems) puts his cyclocross skills to use and runs toward the finish during Strade Bianche. Photo: Francesco Rachello / Tornanti.cc / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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THOMAS DE GENDT (Lotto-Soudal) wins stage 3 of the 98th Volta a Catalunya in March. Photo: David Ramos/ Getty Images
FLEMISH FANS catch a view of the peloton during E3 Harelbeke in March. Photo: Tim De Waele/ Getty Images
THE WOMEN’S peloton races through the Plugstreets of Gent- Wevelgem in late March.
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FERNANDO GAVIRIA (Quick-Step Floors) celebrates after winning stage 1 of the Amgen Tour of California in May. Photo: Chris Graythen/ Getty Images
THE PELOTON soars above the city of Pettorano sul Gizio during stage 9 of the Giro d’Italia in May. Photo: Tim De Waele/ Getty Images
CHRIS FROOME (Team Sky) leads Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), in the pink jersey, through the narrow tunnel near the summit of Monte Zoncolan, during stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia in May. Photo: Tim De Waele/ Getty Images
CHRIS FROOME (Team Sky) looks down to see his chasing rivals after attacking on the Colle delle Finestre during stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia in May. Photo: Tim De Waele/ Getty Images
SNOWPACK and switchbacks greet riders on Switzerland’s Furkapass during stage 6 of the Tour de Suisse in June. Photo: Tim De Waele/ Getty Images
PETER SAGAN (Bora-Hansgrohe) warms up with
his skinsuit rolled down before the stage 3 team time trial of the Tour de France. Photo: Brian Hodes
Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) battle during stage 9 of the Tour de France, which utilized pavé sectors near Roubaix. Photo: Chris Graythen/ Getty Images
MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI (Team Sky) crashes on a pavé sector during stage 9 of the Tour de France to Roubaix. Photo: Getty Images
AMID RISING dust clouds and team cars, riders jostle along a section of gravel road during stage 10 of the Tour de France.
Photo: Tim De Waele/ Getty Images
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Alaphilippe, wearing the King of the Mountains polka-dot jersey at the 2018 Tour, greets his teammate Bob Jungels after stage 17. Photo: Tim De Waele/ Getty Images
THE TOUR descends the Col d’Aubsique. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
CHLOE HOSKING (Alé-Cipollini), Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon-SRAM), and Anabelle Dreville (Lotto- Soudal) accelerate during stage 3 of the Ladies Tour of Norway in August. Photo: Luc Claessen/ Getty Images
THIBAUT PINOT (Groupama-FDJ) sprints to victory atop Lagos de Covadonga during stage 15 of the Vuelta a España in September. Photo: Michael Steele/ Getty Images
THE PELOTON snakes through Cheddar Gorge during stage 3 of the Tour of Britain in September. Photo: Justin Setterfield/ Getty Images
A SINGLE FILE line of riders weaves through farm fields during Milano-Torino in October. Photo: Tim De Waele/ Getty Images
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