“The Giro was a big turning point” - Brandon McNulty credits Giro d’Italia stage win with turnaround in form
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Having started the season strongly with the overall victory at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana and a stage win in the time trial at the UAE Tour, Brandon McNulty now finds himself in the overall lead of Paris-Nice going into the final two stages of the race.
The American rider is part of a very strong UAE Team Emirates squad, with incredibly talented GC riders such as Juan Ayuso, Adam Yates and Tadej Pogačar often leading the team ahead of him in the big races. However, his recent performances now allow him to stake a claim to more leadership opportunities this season.
McNulty credits his victory on stage 15 of last year’s Giro d’Italia for his recent success, as it marked the first Grand Tour stage win of his career, having fallen just short in previous participations at the major three-week races.
In an interview with Cycling Weekly, McNulty acknowledged the importance of that victory, as he stated that “the Giro was a big turning point, of course, getting a first Grand Tour win is so big for anyone so that day was super super special”.
After a couple of missed opportunities, it is clear to see why that win gave him such a big boost in confidence, as he went on to say that “it just seemed like it was slipping away, that Grand Tour win, I just kept getting sick with one thing or another but yeah, I still pulled it off and turned everything around last year”.
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- Podcast sounds great. Two so called experts stating the f*cking obvious.wrsty04-11-2026
- A mindset that reminds me of Tim Declerq. I loved watching that guy just pound away the kilometers, hours at the front, holding an entire breakaway in check on his own. Bjerg seems like a similar guy. Curling, the team sport.RidesHills04-11-2026
- He will be lol, but he can still win on the climbs hahaawp04-11-2026
- I would love to have his inconsistency. How many wins this year? 2 TdF stages, a WC, a Euro championship, San Sebastian, multiple wins early year. Monument podiums. I'd take it. I don't think he has a chance in the TdF, but he is still amazing.mij04-11-2026
- He's not going to win the TdF. Maybe if they make every single stage a TT he could win. But I still believe Tadej would just sharpen his TT skills and win.mij04-11-2026
- You beat me to it. Should he make a full recovery (likely) and go light early in the year. One, two, three. Don't ask me, I don't give a damn. Should he be on a Feel-Like-He's-Fixin'-to-Die High.Yepperoni04-11-2026
- The deciding factor may be the (TBD) number of (any type of) kilometers without Pogacar.Yepperoni04-11-2026
- Unexplained chronic fatigue is an all too common bitch. The hard to find definitive answer may lie buried in gut mechanisms. A mystery of the deep.Yepperoni04-11-2026
- It's weird to say Evenepoel would be making a "serious mistake by adding the 2027 Giro d'Italia to his calendar, warning that such a decision could even be interpreted as a lack of confidence in his ability to win the Tour de France." It may well be a mistake but with so many commentators (of all sorts) continuously claiming almost everything Remco does as being a mistake, almost nobody should care what the pundits and the disparagers should say. His team may not want him to do the Giro, and that matters. But it's possibly or probably up to Remco to decide and it may not have to be decided on until a month or so ahead of the race. Yes , Remco is inconsistent much like the majority of the best riders but he's enjoying a period of not having been recently injured (or sick). Whatever he does he need not be concerned with critics who will second guess any perceived failure no matter what. I suspect he will have enough other races on his schedule so he won't be considering it. But the worst reason to not race it is because of what some will say - humorous that be.Yepperoni04-11-2026
- I'll say clean sweep all grand tourZamorano04-11-2026
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👏💛 @BrandonMcNult retakes the overall lead with 2 stages to go #ParisNice 🇫🇷. #UAETeamEmirates #WeAreUAE
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