Michael Woods stays with Israel-Premier Tech until 'there's no more left to give'

PUY DE DME FRANCE JULY 09 Michael Woods of Canada and Team IsraelPremier Tech celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the stage nine of the 110th Tour de France 2023 a 1824km stage from SaintLonarddeNoblat to Puy de Dme 1412m UCIWT on July 09 2023 in Puy de Dme France Photo by David RamosGetty Images
Michael Woods was the first non-European to win up the Puy de Dôme at the Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images)

Michael Woods is targeting a grand slam of stage wins across Grand Tours in 2024, with only a stage victory at the Giro d’Italia missing from the set. The Canadian climber added to his two Vuelta stage wins this summer with a famous Tour de France stage victory atop the Puy de Dôme in its first appearance at the race since 1988.

He’s decided to take another crack in 2024 at the Giro d'Italia, where he hasn’t raced since 2018 and narrowly missed out on a win to Tim Wellens on stage 4. If he achieves the feat he'll join the club of riders to win a stage at all three Grand Tours, joined this past season by Magnus Cort and Mads Pedersen. 

James Moultrie
News Writer

James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews 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.