New Zealander Tom Scully won his first race in GreenArgyle on Sunday, when he took the final stage of La Route du Sud, giving Cannondale-Drapac its second victory in as many days. Pierre Rolland won the race’s queen stage on Saturday.
Scully, 27, rode for Drapac Professional Cycling Team last season and this is his first win in the WorldTour. He won the 154-kilometer tilt from Gers-Saint Michel to Nogaro with a mixture of craft and strength.
“I knew it would be hard for a team to chase in the heat, as it was really easy to go into the red in these conditions,” said Scully.
In a nail-biting cat-and-mouse game in the final kilometers of the race, Scully was one of five riders of the original nine-rider break that stayed in front of the peloton on the line.
