In a breathless finish to Stage 2 of the Tour de France, Mathieu van der Poel clinched a hugely entertaining victory over Tadej Pogacar in a dramatic finish at Boulogne-sur-Mer. It was a star-studded podium as Van der Poel edged out Pogacar in thrilling fashion, with Jonas Vingegaard in third place. Van der Poel was left incredibly pumped up as he celebrated his fine win.
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Jai Hindley became the first Australian to win the Giro d’Italia – proving his near-miss against 2020’s depleted field was no fluke. Bora-Hansgrohe carved apart the GC battle on the penultimate stage on Saturday, cracking pre-race favourite Richard Carapaz in the Dolomites as Hindley opened up a 1’25” lead heading into Sunday. This time there would be no final-day heartbreak for Hindley.
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Alberto Dainese became the first Italian to win a stage on this Giro d’Italia after coming from nowhere to edge Fernando Gaviria in Reggio Emilia and frustrate the favourites Arnaud Demare, Mark Cavendish and Caleb Ewan. Spain’s Juan Pedro Lopez retained the pink jersey as Richard Carapaz rose to second in the general classification after snatching three bonus seconds in an intermediate sprint.
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After days of knocking on the door, Biniam Girmay is now a Grand Tour stage winner – and in quite some style. The 22-year-old Eritrean fought back after riding the wrong way at the business end of an absorbing 196km Stage 10 through the hills of Le Marche before outlasting his big Dutch rival Mathieu van der Poel in an epic sprint for the ages.
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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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