'Keep our heads on and keep trying for the win' - Another second for Kaden Groves at Giro d'Italia

RAPOLANO TERME ITALY MAY 09 Kaden Groves of Australia and Team Alpecin Deceuninck competes during the 107th Giro dItalia 2024 Stage 6 a 180km stage from Viareggio to Rapolano terme 322m UCIWT on May 09 2024 in Rapolano terme Italy Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Kaden Groves (Alpecin Deceuninck) at the 2024 Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Getty Images)

It was stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia last year when Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) got to throw his hands up to celebrate victory ahead of Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) but in 2024 the Australian hasn't yet managed to displace the Italian from the top step.

Before stage 11, Groves had already come close to victory once at this year's Italian Grand tour, on stage 4, but ended up standing one spot below Milan in second place. It's no surprise then that it was the Lidl-Trek rider's wheel that Groves was looking to hitch onto during the lead in on Wednesday, though in the end that didn't quite go to plan. 

Simone Giuliani
Australia Editor

Simone is a degree-qualified journalist that has accumulated decades of wide-ranging experience while working across a variety of leading media organisations. She joined Cyclingnews as a Production Editor at the start of the 2021 season and has now moved into the role of Australia Editor. Previously she worked as a freelance writer, Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a correspondent for Reuters and Bloomberg. Cycling was initially purely a leisure pursuit for Simone, who started out as a business journalist, but in 2015 her career focus also shifted to the sport.