Andreas Leknessund became the first Norwegian in 42 years to don the famous pink jersey after starring from the breakaway in a dramatic Stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia. Taking over Remco Evenepoel’s maglia rosa was a welcome consolation prize for Leknessund after he was denied the win by Frenchman Aurelien Paret-Peintre.
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Michael Matthews won Stage 3 of the Giro d’Italia – a 213km mostly flat ride from Vasto to Melfi that ended in an uphill sprint. The peloton was strung out over the Cat. 3 and Cat. 4 climbs of Valico dei Laghi di Monticchio and Valico La Croce. And it was left to Matthews and Mads Pedersen to battle it out on the punchy finish. Remco Evenepoel extended his lead in the GC.
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was in a class of his own as he carved through the field to win the Miami Grand Prix from ninth place on the grid. It was a masterful performance, using an off-set tyre strategy to beat team-mate Sergio Perez, who started from pole position, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso finished third.
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Italy’s Jonathan Milan won a reduced bunch sprint in San Salvo after a late crash split the peloton and caused minor chaos in Stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia. British duo Mark Cavendish and Tao Geoghegan Hart were among the riders disrupted by the incident as Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel stayed out of trouble to retain the pink jersey.
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Sergio Perez took pole position for the 2023 Miami Grand Prix after a dramatic conclusion to Q3, which saw Max Verstappen qualify ninth as Charles Leclerc spun out to bring out a red flag.
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