Dainese wins Giro stage 17 after mass sprint
Alberto Dainese timed his sprint to perfection in a breathless finish to win Wednesday's stage 17 at the Giro d'Italia, a 195-kilometre ride from Pergine Valsugana to Caorle.
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Giro d’Italia 2023: Pascal Ackermann edges Stage 11, Mark Cavendish third, Tao Geoghegan Hart crashes out
The longest day of the Giro d’Italia was won by the finest of margins as Germany’s Pascal Ackermann (UAE Team Emirates) pipped Italy’s Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious) in a photo finish in the 219km Stage 11 to Tortona. Ackermann sprang from the wheel of Britain’s Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan) to round Denmark’s Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) on the home straight to hold onto his first win of the season despite a late, late surge from Milan, the maglia ciclamino.
Giro d'Italia 2023 Stage 5: Preview, how to watch, TV and live stream details, route map and profile, when race starts
The fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday, May 10 will see the riders take the 171km route from Atripalda to Salerno with the focus again likely to be on Remco Evenepoel and if he can recover strongly from losing the maglia rosa. Evenepoel, Primoz Roglic and Britain's Geraint Thomas are among the big names that will be covering the stage, which will include two category-three climbs: Passo Serra and Oliveto Citra.
Giro d'Italia 2023 Stage 4: Preview, how to watch, TV and live stream details, route map and profile, when race starts
Stage 4 of the 2023 Giro d'Italia will take riders from Veneso to Lago Laceno, with Remco Evenepoel once again in the leader's jersey for a medium mountain stage. Evenepoel, Primoz Roglic and Geraint Thomas are among the big names that will be covering the hilly 175km stage, which finishes with an ascent from Montella to Lago Laceno. Ad There are 3.5km of climbs ahead of the peloton, and on the Passo delle Crocelle, it's the first time the race goes above 1,000m altitude in a sign of things to come.
Matthews wins stage three of Giro d'Italia, Evenepoel extends lead
Australian Michael Matthews timed his final effort to perfection to win a rain-affected stage three at the Giro d'Italia on Monday, following a 216-km ride from Vasto to Melfi.
Giro d'Italia 2023: Michael Matthews darts to Stage 3 win as Remco Evenepoel makes small GC gain
Michael Matthews (Team Jayco Alula) showed his mettle to win Stage 3 of the Giro d’Italia. A largely sedate stage kicked into gear ahead of the two climbs leading up to the finish. The long uphill grind towards Melfi whittled down the peloton, eliminating most of the pure sprint heavyweights, leaving the punchy finish to be contested by Matthews and Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo).
Matthews fends off Pedersen to win stage three of Giro d'Italia
Australian Michael Matthews timed his final effort to perfection to win a rain-affected stage three at the Giro d'Italia on Monday, following a 216km ride from Vasto to Melfi.
Giro d'Italia 2023: Jonathan Milan powers to Stage 2 win after late crash tears through peloton
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.