Alec Segaert springs surprise attack to win stage 12 – Giro d’Italia
A fantastic day for Bahrain Victorious saw Alec Segaert soar to a surprise win in Stage 12 at Novi Ligure after race leader Afonso Eulalio extended his grip on the pink jersey by six seconds over his rivals after sprinting clear at the Red Bull KM. If Portuguese climber Eulalio now leads Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard by 33 seconds after thriving on his eighth day in the fabled maglia rosa, all eyes at the finish were on his Belgian team-mate Segaert, who launched emphatically with 3km remaining to steal a march over everyone else in the reduced peloton.
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