"To be the first British rider to win the Vuelta. The first rider to win the Tour and go onto win the Vuelta. However, he had always fallen just short previously at the Vuelta as a runner-up in 2011, 2014 and 2016. "We've had days of over 40 degrees, days like today of 10 degrees and raining, days of strong winds. His Tour win was a less spectacular one as he failed to win a stage in seeing off Rigoberto Uran by just 54 seconds for the yellow jersey.

Source: The Local September 10, 2017 00:33 UTC