Egan Bernal powered into pink after riding clear of his rivals on the dirt-road climb to Campo Felice to win Stage 9 of the Giro d’Italia. Amazingly, it was a maiden Grand Tour stage win for the Colombian climber, who capped off the groundwork from his Ineos Grenadiers teammates in some style.
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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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Mathieu van der Poel produced a spectacular victory to clinch the 2021 Strade Bianche title in style. The 26-year-old came up with a number of magical bursts just when he needed to and had too much for his rivals to seal a memorable win. Julian Alaphilippe came in second place with Egan Bernal in third.
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Ineos Grenadiers’ Egan Bernal has withdrawn from the Tour de France. The defending champion fell out of contention for the overall classification after being dropped by his rivals on the Grand Colombier on stage 15. He finished 10 minutes down on his rivals yesterday.
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UAE Team Emirates’ Tadej Pogačar was triumphant atop the Grand Colombier on stage 15 of the Tour de France as defending champion Egan Bernal cracked losing over seven minutes to Primoz Roglic and slipping out of the top ten.
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