Thomas De Gendt wins stage 8 from the break – Giro d’Italia

Thomas De Gendt of Lotto Soudal took the victory on stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia in Naples, beating Davide Gabburo (Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè) and Movistar’s Jorge Arcas after a long day in the breakaway group on an exceptionally attack-filled stage.

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Koen Bouwman wins thrilling contest on stage 7 – Giro d’Italia

Dutchman Koen Bouwman won a fascinating four-way battle at the conclusion of a pulsating Stage 7 at Potenza to secure Jumbo-Visma’s first win on the Giro d’Italia for three years. Expertly supported by teammate Tom Dumoulin in the day’s break, Bouwman also secured the blue king of the mountains jersey after denying Bauke Mollema and Davide Formolo for a maiden Grand Tour stage win.

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Déjà vu as Démare pips Ewan on stage 6 – Giro d’Italia

On the slowest stage imaginable, Frenchman Arnaud Demare provided the fastest sprint with a late surge to deny Australia’s Caleb Ewan in a photo finish in Stage 6 to Scalea. Launching himself from the slipstream of Ewan and Britain’s Mark Cavendish, Demare expertly took the long way round to secure his second win on the bounce and strengthen his grip on the maglia ciclamino

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Arnaud Démare triumphs in stage 5 sprint – Giro d’Italia

Frenchman Arnaud Demare got back to winning ways on the Giro d’Italia with a fine sprint victory in Stage 5 in Messina after rivals Mark Cavendish and Caleb Ewan were distanced on the day’s big climb. The Groupama-FDJ rider held off Colombia’s Fernando Gaviria to take his first Grand Tour stage win in almost two years while Juan Pedro Lopez retained the race lead.

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Gaviria wins Stage 3 after Viviani relegated for dangerous sprinting – Giro d’Italia

Fernando Gaviria was handed the stage 3 win today after Elia Viviani had the win stripped due to what was deemed to be dangerous sprinting. Primoz Roglic stayed out of trouble to retain the Maglia Rosa.

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