"I'm an experienced guy in a really young team" - Elia Viviani shows Lotto teammates the way with 90th pro win at 2025 Tour of Turkey
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There aren't many more experienced riders in the entirety of the peloton Elia Viviani. For a while though, it looked as if the Italian's professional road career might be over as he struggled to find a contract after leaving the INEOS Grenadiers at the end of 2024. Lotto eventually came calling however, and now Viviani has rewarded his team with a stage win at the 2025 Tour of Turkey.
"I always think I can still have it. Finally, now everyone knows," a beaming Viviani reflected in his post-stage interview afterwards, having out-sprinted fellow elder statesman of the peloton Alexander Kristoff in a tight finale to stage 7 in Turkey on Saturday afternoon. "Stephane Heulot (Lotto's team boss ed.) gave me this chance and this is how I want to pay him back."
Taking on a mentorship role within Lotto, Viviani is hopeful he can help the next generation of the Belgian team succeed at the top level. "I'm an experienced guy in a really young team, and the first thing is that I want them to learn from me, from Jasper De Buyst, from these kind of guys," explains the nine-time Grand Tour stage winner in conclusion. "They can learn resilience, to continue believing in this modern cycling where everyone knows it's difficult to take a win, so I'm really happy."
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Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He regularly contributes to DartsNews.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he covers professional cycling and darts. In cycling, his work includes liveblogs from major races, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, alongside race reports and analysis. He has also conducted interviews with professional riders.
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- i think he can continue to race for maybe another 2 years till he drops out of podium contention. With his TT and his follow the leader in the Mountains,he should not need too many teammates too.abstractengineer14-10-2026
- Aren't they still shopping around for a main sponsor for next year?wrsty14-10-2026
- How broke is visma now? wtf they cant even fight moviestar and decathlon for riders and lose both their mid targets based on their budget and they cant even get those? Crazy...:/miguel13-10-2026
- TT But he won by a minute so he could have cut down on some of it
Rafionain-Glas13-10-2026 - weight is measurable. power is measurable. So why didn't he prepare that way from the TDF if he wanted to beat Pogi and after Pogi wasn't going to be there, to win.abstractengineer13-10-2026
- I hope Thibau and Tibor don't do the sameRafionain-Glas13-10-2026
- Seixas is exactly what I would like Pogi to be mentally and in his statements. Both come across as shy and who don't talk much but with Seixas, you can see that he enjoys success, that it boosts his ego, unlike Pogačar who seems to feel increasingly uncomfortable the more he wins. He's won so many times, people are saying he's boring. The french media hate him for winning so much, the french cycling fans are booing him... etc. etc. But remember one thing, Seixas will never physically reach Pogi's level. He's excellent, but he isn't at that level nor will ever be. His talking to the media, his relationship with people is already at a high level.PogiSloFans13-10-2026
- Paul Seixas is now the second-best rider in the world.megasmacky13-10-2026
- When will they start dropping Pogi? Oh yeah, when Pogi reaches 40+ years, that's when young cyclists will start dropping him. But until then... eat your hearts out and cry. Pogi will remain the G.O.A.T. for years to come. Capish?PogiSloFans13-10-2026
- I figure he would have found out how to outsprint Paul and take the win, maybe. He's 28 now but I would say he's right at the peak of his powers. It was great race though, Paul showed me something different about himself.awp13-10-2026
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