Geoghegan Hart clinches Maglia Rosa as Ganna wins stage 21 – Giro d’Italia

Tao Geoghegan Hart came out on top of his unlikely duel with Jai Hindley to win the 103rd edition of the Giro d’Italia. A brilliant day for Ineos Grenadiers also saw Italy’s Filippo Ganna win his fourth and the team’s seventh stage win of the race after dominating the final 15.7km time trial in Milan.

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Geoghegan Hart wins stage 20 to set up final stage showdown – Giro d’Italia

The Giro d’Italia is set for the tightest finish in history after a breathless finale to Stage 20 saw Tao Geoghegan Hart outsprint Jai Hindley to win at Sestriere. Geoghegan Hart and Hindley are on the same time with just an individual time trial remaining, although Hindley will wear pink on Sunday after the pair were separated by milliseconds.

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Josef Cerny wins wet stage 19 following strike threat – Giro d’Italia

On a day of controversy on the Giro d’Italia, the Czech Republic’s Josef Cerny rode clear of a 14-man breakaway to take an unexpected win in Asti in a rain-shortened Stage 19. The peloton trundled home almost 12 minutes in arrears following a rider protest which slashed 125km from what was meant to be the longest stage of the race.

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Hindley triumphs as Kelderman takes pink on dramatic stage 18 – Giro d’Italia

An unforgettable day at the Giro d’Italia saw Wilco Kelderman limp into the pink jersey, while stage winner Jai Hindley and Tao Geoghegan Hart catapulted themselves into serious GC contention. And amid all the drama, overnight leader Joao Almeida’s hopes of winning the race vanished on the snow-clad peak of the Passo dello Stelvio.

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Ben O’Connor wins stage 17 as Almeida retains lead – Giro d’Italia

Ben O’Connor went one better than Tuesday’s second place to take a superb solo breakaway win in Stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia at Madonna di Campiglio. The Australian held off Hermann Pernsteiner to give his troubled NTT team a timely boost as the Austrian runner-up soared up the standings on another day of stalemate in the battle for pink.

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