Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) surged into the leader’s jersey at La Vuelta with victory on day one of the Spanish Grand Tour. A string of tricky climbs saw the general classification shaken up right from the off, with only eight riders finishing within 40 seconds of Roglic, and Chris Froome struggling badly as he continues to search for his top fitness and form after that horror accident in 2019.
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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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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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Race leader Joao Almeida was denied victory in Stage 13 by an ice-cool Diego Ulissi but strengthened his grip on the pink jersey with six bonus seconds after two late climbs sparked an unexpected GC battle in the Giro d’Italia.
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