Australian Michael Storer has ridden to the biggest triumph of his flourishing cycling career, pedalling brilliantly to the Tour of the Alps title in Austria.
The 28-year-old Perth rider, who's in the form of his life, outclassed a high-quality field in the mountainous five-day stage-race, overturning an 11-second deficit overnight to completely eclipse the Dutch leader Thymen Arensman on Friday and take the overall crown by an emphatic one-minute 31-second margin.
Storer, giving his ambitious Swiss team Tudor Pro their biggest victory, had been locked in a final-day duel with Team Ineos leader Arensman, but soon wiped out his deficit when he went on the attack against his rival 35km from home on the penultimate climb of the 112.2km route around the Tyrolean town of Lienz.
