Pedersen rules 6th stage of Giro, Leknessund stays in lead after calmer day
NAPLES, Italy: Mads Pedersen won the sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia on Thursday after a two-man breakaway was caught with the line in sight.
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NAPLES, Italy: Mads Pedersen won the sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia on Thursday after a two-man breakaway was caught with the line in sight.
Mads Pedersen of Trek–Segafredo held his nerve to win stage six of the Giro d'Italia in the final sprint on Thursday after the peloton caught up with a breakaway duo of Simon Clarke and Alessandro De Marchi 300 metres from the finish.
Mads Pedersen of Trek–Segafredo held his nerve to win stage six of the Giro d'Italia in the final sprint on Thursday after the peloton caught up with a breakaway duo of Simon Clarke and Alessandro De Marchi 300 metres from the finish line.
Favourite Remco Evenepoel crashed twice on stage five of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday, the first time after a dog strayed on to the road in treacherous conditions caused by driving rain, before Kaden Groves won the stage in a bunch sprint.
Italy's Jonathan Milan of Bahrain Victorious won stage two of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday after powering through to the finish line in the final sprint of the 202-kilometre ride from Teramo to San Salvo.
As is often the way on flat stages of the Giro d’Italia: nothing happens for most of the day – then everything happens at the death. And so it proved on the first road stage of the race with a crash 4km from the finish holding up sprinters and GC riders alike before Italy’s Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious) won the reduced bunch sprint to secure a maiden win on his debut.
Italian rider Filippo Ganna became UCI World Champion in the individual pursuit at the Velodrome National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines on Friday night, as he claimed the rainbow jersey in world record time. He beat compatriot Jonathan Milan as he became only the second-ever rider to cross the line in under four minutes, registering a time of 3:59.636. Ad Great Britain’s Dan Bigham came close to a podium finish, but couldn’t surpass bronze-placed Ivo Manuel Alves Oliveira’s effort and was made to settle for fourth.
(Reuters) - Italy's Filippo Ganna smashed the men's individual pursuit world record en route to clinching his fifth world title in the event at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome in France on Friday.