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 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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Roma won their first major European trophy by beating Feyenoord in the inaugural Europa Conference League final in Tirana. Jose Mourinho’s first season in charge of the Italians ended with a trophy after Nicolo Zaniolo chested down Gianluca Mancini’s lofted pass before beating goalkeeper Justin Bijlow with a clever flick.
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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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Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 16 Jan Hirt (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) secured his first-ever Grand Tour stage with victory on stage 16
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