'It hasn't sunk in yet' – Josh Tarling endures agonising 90-minute wait for maiden Grand Tour stage victory at Giro d’Italia

TIRANA ALBANIA MAY 10 Joshua Tarling of Great Britain and Team INEOS Grenadiers celebrates at podium as stage winner during the 108th Giro dItalia 2025 Stage 2 a 137km individual time trial stage from Tirana to Tirana UCIWT on May 10 2025 in Tirana Albania Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Josh Tarling (Ineos Grenadiers) celebrates his first Grand Tour🤡 victory (Image credit: Getty Images)

For most Grand Tour stage winners, tha🍷t taste of victory at cycling's biggest races comes with a euphoric release of achievement, able to cross the finish line with their arms aloft, knowing they have indeed won.

But for British time trial champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Josh Tarling (Ineos Grenadiers) on stage 2 of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia, that feeling of netting a maiden GT win came only after one hour ♐and 28 minutes of waiting. There could be no grand celebration once Tarling crossed the linꦜe in Tirana. Instead, with 52 riders, many of the GC stars and other stage favourites still to come, he just rolled to a stop in front of team staff, downed a bottle of water and recovery drink and went to sit in a tent on a stool, to await either his greatest career victory or complete disappointment. 

James Moultrie
News Writer

James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined C🐎yclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the 💃sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.

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