Michael Woods rues mechanical issues as Gianluca Brambilla pips him to Tour du Var 2021 overall victory

The Italian stole a march on the rest to secure the stage and GC, as Tao Geoghegan Hart finished second on the final stage three

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By Jonny Long
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Michael Woods looked to be closing in on Israel Start-Up Nation's first overall victory as a WorldTour outfit, but Trek-Segafredo's Gianluca Brambilla had other ideas.

Attacking on roads local to his home of Monaco, the Italian dropped Valentin Madouas, undoing Groupama-FDJ's hard work setting up the move, before soloing to victory, holding a number of talented chasers at bay.

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Jonny Long

Hi. I'm Cycling Weekly's Weekend Editor. I like writing offbeat features and eating too much bread when working out on the road at bike races.


Before joining Cycling Weekly I worked at The Tab and I've also written for Vice, Time Out, and worked freelance for The Telegraph (I know, but I needed the money at the time so let me live).


I also worked for ITV Cycling between 2011-2018 on their Tour de France and Vuelta a España coverage. Sometimes I'd be helping the producers make the programme and other times I'd be getting the lunches. Just in case you were wondering - Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen had the same ham sandwich every day, it was great.

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