Jai Hindley wins the Giro d’Italia as Matteo Sobrero takes time-trial victory

Jai Hindley became the first Australian to win the Giro d’Italia – proving his near-miss against 2020’s depleted field was no fluke. Bora-Hansgrohe carved apart the GC battle on the penultimate stage on Saturday, cracking pre-race favourite Richard Carapaz in the Dolomites as Hindley opened up a 1’25” lead heading into Sunday. This time there would be no final-day heartbreak for Hindley.

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Covi wins stage 20 as Hindley takes Pink from Carapaz – Giro d’Italia

Jai Hindley expertly rode into the pink jersey on the final big climb of the Giro d’Italia after his stinging attack on the Passo Fedaia cracked race leader Richard Carapaz in devastating fashion. The Australian will take a lead of 1:25 into Sunday’s decisive time trial in Verona after taking a stunning sixth place on Stage 20, won by the Italian Alessandro Covi from the breakaway.

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Koen Bouwman climbs to stage 19 glory – Giro d’Italia

Dutchman Koen Bouwman doubled up on the Giro d’Italia and secured the blue jersey despite a calamitous finish to Stage 19 that saw Attila Valter and Andrea Vendrame go into the barriers. Nothing separated race leader Richard Carapaz and his pink jersey rivals Jai Hindley and Mikel Landa on a day of GC attrition ahead of Saturday’s decisive day in the Dolomites.

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Dries De Bondt shocks the sprinters to win stage 18 – Giro d’Italia

Dries De Bondt pulled off a surprise as a plucky four-man break defied the peloton and the Belgian took a fine Stage 18 win in Treviso ahead of Italy’s Edoardo Affini, Denmark’s Magnus Cort and Italy’s Davide Gabburo. A thrilling finale saw the teams of the sprinters fail to make the catch as Arnaud Demare and Mark Cavendish were left empty-handed on the last flat finish of the Giro.

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Santiago Buitrago climbs to stage 17 victory – Giro d’Italia

Colombia’s Santiago Buitrago bounced back from a nasty crash to win Stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia after reeling in a leading Dutch duo of Gijs Leemreize and Mathieu van der Poel on the final climb. A successful day for his Bahrain Victorious team also saw Mikel Landa move into the podium positions despite falling a handful of seconds behind pink jersey Richard Carapaz and Jai Hindley.

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