As teams hire, fire and sort their rosters, 'Super-Team' Jumbo-Visma gets stronger, and Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux, who punched way above their weight look poised for a solid season ahead. Spencer Martin looks at this week's team shuffle news...

After strong lead-outs from first Movistar and then Trek-Segafredo, it was triple Vuelta a España winner, Primož Roglič, who was first to swoop across the finish line in Laguardia ahead of Mads Pedersen and Enric Mas. Roglič also took the leader's red jersey from his teammate Edoardo Affini.

So far the 2022 Vuelta a España has been all Jumbo-Visma and Sam Bennett. But we are only three stages in and there is a long road to Madrid. Ed Hood has his Grand Tour eye on the precedings in Holland to give us his first 'Rest Day Round Up'.

Stage 1 of the 2022 Vuelta a España through the streets of Utrecht was won by the very powerful Jumbo-Visma team. It wasn't the winner of the previous three Vueltas that pulled on the leaders red jersey, but Robert Gesink.

The stage finish in Cahors was expected to be a bunch sprint, but first the break and then Christophe Latour had different ideas. As the escape was being reeled in, Laporte jumped past them and carried on for the much wanted French stage win. Nothing changed on the overall, Jonas Vingegaard still in the lead before Saturday's time trial.

A super strong break formed early and was whittled down to four riders: Bouwman, Formolo, Dumoulin and Mollema. The stage victory came down to a sprint from these four and it was the young Bouwman who had the best legs after a tough 196 kilometres. The bunch came in at 3 minutes with López keeping the pink jersey.

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Tom Dumoulin decided last Friday evening to take unpaid leave for an indefinite period. He takes a break in his career, because he has not felt happy as a cyclist for a year. Whether he will ever return to the peloton is now the big question. We look at the circumstances and hear from other riders.

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