VN pod, ep. 89: The WorldTour peloton heads for the hills as U.S. spring racing heats up
b"The WorldTour peloton has left the pav\\xe9 behind, but the classics rage on for another week in the Netherlands and the Ardennes forest. Michael Valgren kicked off Ardennes week with a classy victory at the Amstel Gold Race, toppling heavyweights like Peter Sagan and Alejandro Valverde. On the women's side, Chantal Blaak took the win for Boels Dolmans, defending the title her teammate Anna van der Breggen nabbed last year.\\n\\nMeanwhile, the North American peloton got into gear this week at the Joe Martin stage race, where Rub\\xe9n Companioni and Katie Hall delivered overall wins.\\n\\nThe VeloNews podcast talks Amstel takeaways as well as the domestic racing scene \\u2014 with Canadian pro Rob Britton weighing in to boot \\u2014 as the Amgen Tour of California approaches.\\n\\nVeloNews tech editor Dan Cavallari also gets in on the fun as he prepares for the Sea Otter Classic \\u2014 and a string of his own tech-oriented shows soon to arrive on the VeloNews podcast network."