Italy’s Filippo Ganna ensured there was life after Geraint Thomas for Ineos Grenadiers with a remarkable solo victory in Stage 5 to notch his second win of this year’s Giro d’Italia. Joao Almeida of Deceuninck Quick-Step remains in the Pink Jersey.
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Arnaud Demare won Stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia in Villafranca Tirrena in a photo finish ahead of Peter Sagan and Davide Ballerini as Joao Almeida extended his pink jersey lead by two bonus seconds.
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EF Pro cycling’s Jonathan Caicedo won Stage 3 of the Giro d’Italia but that was only half the story as Geraint Thomas and Simon Yates suffered disappointing days. Thomas crashed in the neutral zone and lost huge time to rule himself out of overall contention, while Yates struggled on the climb of Mount Etna.
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Sam Bennett won Stage 21 of the Tour de France in Paris to secure the points classification green jersey as Tadej Pogacar took the overall title after three weeks of dramatic Grand Tour racing. Bennett only needed to finish safely on the Champs Elysees to secure green, but made it a truly special day for Irish cycling with a famous stage win.
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Team Sunweb’s brilliant Tour de France continued as Soren Kragh Andersen won Stage 19, while Ireland’s Sam Bennett closed on the green jersey after nullifying the threat of Peter Sagan. Primoz Roglic remains in yellow heading into tomorrow time trial.
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