Tadej Pogacar and Geraint Thomas avoided any drama on the much-hyped sterrato of Tuscany in a GC stalemate on Stage 6 of the Giro d’Italia. Instead, the day was about the three-man breakaway of Pelayo Sanchez, Julian Alaphilippe and Luke Plapp, who held off the bunch before the Spanish debutant proved the strongest to take victory.
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Stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia was tailor made for the sprinters yet Frenchman Benjamin Thomas won from a heroic quartet of escapees as the fastmen were let down by their team-mates. Tadej Pogacar retained the pink jersey but all eyes were on Thomas and Cofidis after their first win in 2024 from the breakaway.
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Jonathan Milan claimed his second win at the Giro d’Italia, and his first in the 2024 edition, with a magnificent sprint victory in Andora. The Italian had to sprint from far out after his team had chased down Filippo Ganna, but he blew away his rivals, including Stage 3 winner Tim Merlier, to triumph. Tadej Pogacar avoided any drama to retain the leader’s maglia rosa.
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Frenchman Arnaud Demare rewarded his Groupama-FDJ team for all their hard work with a third win on the Giro d’Italia after the breakaway was caught inside the final kilometre of Stage 13 to Cuneo. Demare strengthened his grip on the maglia ciclamino after holding off Phil Bauhaus, Mark Cavendish and Fernando Gaviria on a day pink jersey candidate Romain Bardet abandoned through illness.
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