The 2023 Giro d’Italia will be decided by an uphill 18.6km individual time trial on Saturday, with Geraint Thomas holding a 26-second advantage over Primoz Roglic. Thomas looked the strongest out of the GC big-hitters in Stage 19 but saw Roglic claw back three seconds with a lightning surge atop Tre Cime di Lavaredo. Santiago Buitrago took the spoils ahead of the ubiquitous Derek Gee.
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Italian champion Filippo Zana denied French veteran Thibaut Pinot a farewell victory in a nail-biting conclusion to Stage 18 in the Dolomites. Meanwhile, Primoz Roglic put in a timely reminder of his class by pushing pink jersey Geraint Thomas all the way to Val di Zoldo, the Slovenian rising to second place in the GC after the duo took 21 seconds from Joao Almeida.
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Alberto Dainese rounded Michael Matthews and held off a late surge from Jonathan Milan to win Stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia in a photo finish. After battling back from illness, Italy’s Dainese enjoyed a textbook lead-out from his Team DSM train to inflict a fourth second-place on his in-form compatriot, Milan. Geraint Thomas retained the pink jersey while Mark Cavendish was left frustrated.
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The fight for pink exploded into life on Monte Bondone as Geraint Thomas took back the maglia rosa despite being denied victory in a thrilling Stage 16 by Joao Almeida. Portugal’s Almeida got the better of Welsh veteran Thomas in the final dash to the line after both riders dropped their big GC rival Primoz Roglic on the tough final climb in a brutal stage in the Alps.
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American Brandon McNulty won a thrilling three-way sprint against Ireland’s Ben Healy and Italy’s Marco Frigo to take the “mini Lombardia” Stage 15 in Bergamo after a large 17-man breakaway went the distance in the sunshine of northern Italy. Frenchman Bruno Armirail lost touch with the GC favourites in the closing moments but retained the pink jersey ahead of Monday’s second rest day.
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