Spain’s Juan Pedro Lopez put in a brave fight to defend the pink jersey on the fearsome Blockhaus as Australia’s Jai Hindley upset Romain Bardet and Richard Carapaz to win a scintillating Stage 9 of the Giro d’Italia. But Simon Yates’s hopes of a high GC finish are all but over after the Briton cracked on the gruelling ascent.
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Thomas De Gendt of Lotto Soudal took the victory on stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia in Naples, beating Davide Gabburo (Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè) and Movistar’s Jorge Arcas after a long day in the breakaway group on an exceptionally attack-filled stage.
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Dutchman Koen Bouwman won a fascinating four-way battle at the conclusion of a pulsating Stage 7 at Potenza to secure Jumbo-Visma’s first win on the Giro d’Italia for three years. Expertly supported by teammate Tom Dumoulin in the day’s break, Bouwman also secured the blue king of the mountains jersey after denying Bauke Mollema and Davide Formolo for a maiden Grand Tour stage win.
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On the slowest stage imaginable, Frenchman Arnaud Demare provided the fastest sprint with a late surge to deny Australia’s Caleb Ewan in a photo finish in Stage 6 to Scalea. Launching himself from the slipstream of Ewan and Britain’s Mark Cavendish, Demare expertly took the long way round to secure his second win on the bounce and strengthen his grip on the maglia ciclamino
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Frenchman Arnaud Demare got back to winning ways on the Giro d’Italia with a fine sprint victory in Stage 5 in Messina after rivals Mark Cavendish and Caleb Ewan were distanced on the day’s big climb. The Groupama-FDJ rider held off Colombia’s Fernando Gaviria to take his first Grand Tour stage win in almost two years while Juan Pedro Lopez retained the race lead.
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