Slovenia’s Jan Tratnik won the battle of minds and legs against fellow escapee Ben O’Connor in Stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia as Joao Almeida extended his lead by two more seconds over his rivals in the battle for pink ahead of some decisive days in the high mountains.
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A Raul Jimenez shot that took a heavy deflection off the head of Leeds United midfielder Kalvin Phillips gave Wolves a hard-fought away win in the Premier League.
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Virgil van Dijk will undergo knee surgery and is facing a battle to play again this season after scans confirmed that the Liverpool defender suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury during Saturday’s 2-2 draw against Everton.
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INEOS Grenadiers’ Tao Geoghegan Hart triumphed from a trio to win stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia as leader Joao Almedia battled through the pain to limit his losses to hang on to the Maglia Rosa.
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Filippo Ganna powered to a brilliant victory in the Stage 14 time trial at the Giro d’Italia. The Ineos Grenadiers TT specialist beat his team-mate Rohan Dennis into second, completing a hat-trick of stage wins at the Italian Grand Tour, and underlining his status as the best time trial cyclist in the world.
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