Vuelta a España race leader Torstein Træen (Bahrain Victorious) has had a career filled with comebacks and responding to adversity, be that from his cancer diagnosis in 2022 – which was discovered thanks to a doping test – or his latest extended period off the bike due to a concussion in March of this year.
His resilience has been paramount on the road to wearing the red jersey at the ongoing Vuelta, best shown in how he rode the entirety of his first Grand Tour with a broken elbow, just a year after doctors discovered he had testicular cancer, and he was cleared to ride again after recovering from surgery.
