{"id":118335,"date":"2026-04-18T19:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/career-upsurge-continues-as-riccitello-revs-up-with-mountain-win\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T19:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:10:21","slug":"career-upsurge-continues-as-riccitello-revs-up-with-mountain-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/career-upsurge-continues-as-riccitello-revs-up-with-mountain-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Upsurge Continues as Riccitello Revs up with Mountain Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"justify-start\">\n<nav class=\"align-left col-span-full mb-base\" data-pom-e2e-test-id=\"breadcrumbs\"\/>\n<p>American climber Matthew Riccitello clocks up third victory of the season with another dominant display. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"border-border-light border-t py-base-tight\">\n<div class=\"flex h-4 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sm:inline\">Listen<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/p>\n<p class=\"fp-leadCaption py-tight text-left font-utility text-utility3-size leading-utility3-line-height text-secondary\">Matthew Riccitello raced to sixth overall in the Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta despite riding for teammate Paul Seixas (Photo: Dario Belingheri\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Updated April 18, 2026 01:52PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>US climber <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/matthew-riccitello\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew Riccitello<\/a> added another win to his season tally Saturday, decimating his rivals in the Tour du Jura Cycliste in the east of France.<\/p>\n<p>The 24 year old drove clear just over 3km from the top of the final climb, throwing down the gauntlet on the forested ascent. He was chased hard by those behind but while they held him at a handful of seconds for several hundred meters, the gap then soared.<\/p>\n<p>His surge came after Decathlon CMA CGM teammates L\u00e9o Bisiaux and Nicolas Prodhomme rode aggressively on the early part of Mont Poupet, effectively softening up the group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a team we rode really well today, all of our bases covered,\u201d Riccitello said. \u201cI\u2019m just happy I could finish it off. It was a big team effort and it was a good day for the team. It was good for Nicolas and L\u00e9o to be aggressive in the first part of the climb, then I knew I had good legs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The victory is win number three this year for the rider from Tucson, Arizona, following on from his stage and overall success in the Tour de la Provence.<\/p>\n<p>He was second on Friday in the Classic Grand Besan\u00e7on Doubs, another hilly French race with a summit finish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt 3.5km to go, after L\u00e9o accelerated, I started an attack and went as hard as I could to the finish. I thought if I got a gap I could hold it off, it wasn\u2019t easy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bisiaux raced in for second, 21 seconds back, after sitting on the chaser Jordan Jegat (TotalEnergies) in the closing minutes.<\/p>\n<h2>Eyeing a breakthrough Grand Tour podium<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_983301\" class=\"pom-image-wrap photo-alignnone\"><img alt=\"Matthew Riccitello photographed in this year's Volta a Catalunya (Photo: Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-983301\" style=\"color:transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2268140355.jpg?width=3840&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover 1x\" src=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2268140355.jpg?width=3840&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover\"\/><figcaption class=\"pom-caption\"><span class=\"article__caption\">Matthew Riccitello photographed in this year\u2019s Volta a Catalu\u00f1a (Photo: Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Riccitello is amongst the most exciting of the young US talents, taking a stage plus the overall in last year\u2019s Sibiu Tour and, better again, fifth on GC in the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a.<\/p>\n<p>He has steadily improved since turning pro in 2023, having taken 56th in that year\u2019s Giro and 30th in the 2024 Vuelta.<\/p>\n<p>Riccitello is provisionally scheduled to ride the Vuelta once again this year and will turn his attention toward that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking for some rest now and then focusing on the second part of the season,\u201d he said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Riccitello helped teammate Paul Seixas to second overall in the Volta ao Algarve. 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