{"id":415824,"date":"2026-02-09T06:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T06:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/415824\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T06:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T06:08:09","slug":"its-a-tough-one-two-crashes-in-two-days-standout-week-ends-in-disappointment-for-ineos-prodigy-andrew-august-in-valencia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/415824\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s a tough one. Two crashes in two days\u201d \u2013 Standout week ends in disappointment for INEOS prodigy Andrew August in Valencia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fall removed August from contention and further destabilised a breakaway that was already under strain, with the peloton closing rapidly behind.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the growing pressure, August said the group had continued to believe in its chances, particularly with teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclinguptodate.com\/kim-heiduk\" title=\"Kim Heiduk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kim Heiduk<\/a> still present as a fast finisher. \u201cThere was still a breakaway with a little gap, but enough to believe in it,\u201d he said. \u201cI was still believing a lot, especially with Kim. We know he\u2019s super fast, so we were fully believing in him. But yeah, I guess it just wasn\u2019t meant to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That hope evaporated when Heiduk also crashed in the final kilometres, leaving the move fatally weakened. \u201cJust bad luck, to be honest,\u201d August said. \u201cI really felt for him, because these opportunities don\u2019t come often, and today was a good one. But yeah, it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked to reflect on the broader picture, August was clear that the week still carried positives. \u201cI think it was a big step for me this week,\u201d he said. \u201cSo overall, a lot of ups and downs, but I have to go home happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the final stage ended on the asphalt rather than the podium, August leaves Valencia with his first stage win at this level and a growing sense of belief, even if the closing chapter of the race did not unfold as hoped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fall removed August from contention and further destabilised a breakaway that was already under strain, with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[153252,4985,52999,153824,101,56,54,55,140919],"class_list":{"0":"post-415824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-andrew-august","9":"tag-cycling","10":"tag-ineos-grenadiers","11":"tag-kim-heiduk","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom","16":"tag-volta-a-comunitat-valenciana"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}