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Dan Challis

'My biggest ambition is to become one of the best lead out guys' – Jake Stewart on supporting Biniam Girmay’s Tour de France quest for stages

Jake Stewart.

When NSN Cycling made its landmark signing in Biniam Girmay over the winter, they did so with a clear ambition in mind: to win a stage and chase green at the 2026 Tour de France. The Girmay transfer was a key piece of the puzzle, but so was carving a squad of riders around the Eritrean who could deliver him to Tour glory.

Jake Stewart is set to be an important cog in that machine when the Tour sets off from the team’s new ‘home’ in Barcelona, operating as Girmay’s last man in the NSN sprint train.

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