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JAKARTA: Several thousand people lined the streets in Jakarta on Friday (May 19), chanting, lighting flares and waving flags to welcome the triumphant Indonesian football team home from the Southeast Asian Games.
Sean Kelly admits he would be “really peed off” if he was in GC hopeful Joao Almeida’s shoes at the Giro d’Italia after seeing his team-mate Davide Formolo lead a futile uphill chase on Stage 12 – less than 24 hours before the peloton roll out for the biggest mountain test yet. Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) started the day third in the general classification, just 22 seconds down on Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) in the overall competition. With a brutal day to follow on Friday, featuring three Cat.
A huge 30-man breakaway animated an intriguing Stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia before four riders extricated themselves with 90km to go ahead of a well-deserved win for the German journeyman Nico Denz (Bora-Hansgrohe). Denz went clear of a leading quartet on the final climb of the day alongside Latvia’s Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo) and Australian debutant Sebastian Berwick (Israel-PremierTech) before getting the better of his two rivals in an exciting finish in Rivoli.
After a Giro d'Italia pockmarked by crashes, dreadful weather, sickness and abandonments, stage 12 from Bra to Rivoli on Thursday offered some much-needed respite before the serious business kicks in again.
Davide Formolo (UAE Team Emirates) and Marco Frigo (Israel-PremierTech) made an awkward gaffe on Stage 12 at the Giro d’Italia when they threw away their lead by going the wrong way. After an almighty squabble to form the day’s breakaway on a rare day of sunshine, the Italian duo looked set to sail clear after opening up a 25-second gap on their pursuers. Then disaster struck.
Elsewhere, for the first time in 75 years, the Nakba ("catastrophe" in English) has been commemorated by the United Nations. For organisers, marking the displacement of Palestinians during the creation of Israel serves as a reminder of the ongoing refugee crisis. Our correspondents in Lebanon report.
Barcelona’s sporting director Jordi Cruyff will leave the club on June 30. The former footballer turned coach, manager and sporting director doesn’t have anything else lined up. He feels that he’s done his job over two years, helped rebuild Barcelona into a title-winning team, and that it’s time for something else.
Magnus Cort won a wet and cold 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday and Geraint Thomas kept hold of the pink jersey.