Jumbo-Visma rider Sepp Kuss put in a fantastic performance finishing 23 seconds ahead of Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) with Wouter Poels (Bahrain Victorious) coming in third on stage 15 of the Tour de France. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) retains the General Classification lead.
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Dutch veteran Bauke Mollema soloed to glory after riding clear from a strong breakaway early to take the Stage 14 spoils at Quillan. Canada’s Michael Woods secured the polka dot jersey while Frenchman Guillaume Martin moved into second place on GC, just over four minutes down on Tadej Pogacar, who retained the yellow jersey ahead of Sunday’s slog into Andorra.
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Mark Cavendish equalled Eddy Merckx’s long-standing Tour de France record of 34 victories to cap one of the greatest comebacks in sports history. And it was a one-two for Cavendish’s supreme Deceuninck-QuickStep team in Carcassonne as the Manxman was guided to the line by Michael Morkov after a hectic Stage 13 finish.
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Egan Bernal has won the 2021 Giro d’Italia following Stage 21 in Milan. The Colombian Ineos Grenadiers rider safely navigated the final stage time trial to finish ahead of Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) in second and Simon Yates (BikeExchange) making up the podium in third. Bernal’s team-mate Filippo Ganna claimed the stage win.
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Barring a disaster in the race-concluding individual time trial Egan Bernal will win the Giro d’Italia tomorrow. But the day was also about Damiano Caruso, who produced a gutsy ride to get his moment in the sun on stage 20. Bernal will take a huge lead into the final stage having dismissed doubts about his long-standing back problems.
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