Vande Velde: "I prefer to lead by example than speak out"

Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) has some good and bad memories of the Giro d'Italia but he ended the 20th Grand Tour of his career and almost certainly his last ever Giro, with a smile on his face.

Stephen Farrand
Head of News

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.