Casper van Uden delivered a shock sprint victory on Stage 4 at the Giro d’Italia to lift Picnic PostNL out of the relegation zone in the UCI World Rankings. It was Van Uden’s first sprint in a three-week race and he stepped up magnificently to see off Olav Kooij in the finale. Meanwhile, Mads Pedersen saw his nine-second advantage over Primoz Roglic trimmed by two seconds in the fight for pink.
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Mads Pedersen survived the Albanian mountains to retake the leader’s pink jersey with a brilliant sprint win on Stage 3 at the Giro d’Italia. Just like the opening stage, Lidl-Trek protected their leader throughout before a long and successful leadout. Pedersen leads the Giro by nine seconds from pre-race favourite Primoz Roglic courtesy of bonus seconds.
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Mads Pedersen sprinted to victory on the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia in Tirana, taking the first pink jersey of the race in the process. The Dane pipped Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) on the line. The Lidl-Trek rider had been put in the perfect position by his team on both the final climbs of the race and into the final corner, and managed to hold off Van Aert in the closing metres. Orluis Aular (Movistar) finished third.
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Jordi Meeus caused a monumental upset on Stage 21 of the Tour de France as he outsprinted Jasper Philipsen, Dylan Groenewegen and Mads Pedersen to win on the Champs-Elysees. The Belgian had not finished higher than sixth in the opening 20 stages, making Bora’s decision to pick him over Sam Bennett look questionable, but he came good at the last with a stunning sprint.
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Jonas Vingegaard all but secured a second Tour de France triumph as rival Tadej Pogacar ended his race on a high with victory in Stage 20 in the Vosges. Pogacar outkicked Felix Gall, Vingegaard and the Yates brothers in a five-up sprint after local legend Thibaut Pinot came close to the perfect Tour swansong. Italy’s Giulio Ciccone secured the polka dot jersey.
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