This feature originally appeared in our Cycling Weekly's Review of the Year on 18 December 2025. Subscribe now and never miss an issue.
It was one of the most amazing redemption stories in recent cycling history. Seven years after cracking on the same climb and losing the Giro d’Italia with two days remaining, Simon Yates returned to the Colle delle Finestre and, this time, rode himself into the lead on the penultimate stage. The symmetry was striking: the place that once cost him a Grand Tour became the setting for his eventual triumph in that same race.
