‘I didn’t know if I’d ride a bike again’ Milan Vader caps comeback with Guangxi win

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Motivation is nine-tenths of the law at this point in the year. When Milan Vader expressed an interest in riding the Tour of Guangxi, Jumbo-Visma management figured the trip to China might be worth the effort after all. Any thoughts of sitting out the final WorldTour race of the season were put to one side. Vader’s enthusiasm for the adventure was based on what he had read online about the decisive climb to Nongla on stage 4, and the ascent proved as appealing in reality as it had done in theory. After the peloton was whittled down on the lower...