Swiss debutant Gino Mader soloed to Stage 6 glory to give his Bahrain-Victorious team a morale-boosting win following the withdrawal of leader Mikel Landa. Attila Valter also made history by becoming the first Hungarian to take the pink jersey after overnight leader Alessandro De Marchi cracked in the sodden Sibillini Mountains.
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Caleb Ewan powered through the traffic to beat Giacomo Nizzolo in Stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia after a chaotic finish to an otherwise pedestrian stage saw Mikel Landa crash out and ended the general classification chances of Pavel Sivakov.
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America’s Joe Dombrowski won Stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia in the ski resort of Sestola as Italy’s Alessandro De Marchi settled for the pink jersey after a sodden day in the saddle. Colombia’s Egan Bernal led the charge from the race favourites as Remco Evenepoel, Simon Yates, Vincenzo Nibali and Joao Almeida all lost varying degrees of time.
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Dutchman Taco van der Hoorn caused a huge upset in Stage 3 of the Giro d’Italia after holding off the rampaging pack to win from the breakaway in Canale. The 27-year-old from Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert was the last man standing from an eight-man move which defied the peloton by a whisker over a series of leg-sapping climbs in the Langhe hills of Piedmont.
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Tim Merlier showed no fear on his Grand Tour debut as he produced a brilliant sprint to take the win on Stage 2. The 28-year-old led home Giacomo Nizzolo and Elia Viviani, with Fernando Gaviria suffering an unfortunate mishap in the closing stages.
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