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Opinion: And then there were four… Why Bora-Hansgrohe must now back Jai Hindley for Giro d'Italia glory

The three slender seconds that now split Richard Carapaz and Jai Hindley at the top of the general classification represent the smallest gap in this stage in the race since 1963, when maglia rosa Diego Ronchini had only two seconds on fellow Italian Vittorio Adorni. That year Ronchini did not hold on to win the Giro – but then neither did Adorni, who ended up in second place after conceding the race lead to Franco Balmamion after Stage 19 after a single day in pink.

‘He’s down, he’s down!’ – Mikel Landa crashes into team-mate Pello Bilbao at Giro d’Italia in awkward gaffe

Bahrain Victorious team-mates Pello Bilbao and Mikel Landa crashed into each other on Stage 16 at the 2022 Giro d’Italia – with the former stacking it and requiring a push-start from spectators to re-join the race. Bahrain upped the tempo on the final climb towards Aprica as the Spanish pair attempted to reignite their GC hopes, but when Landa moved slightly to avoid a photographer he accidentally clipped his colleague Bilbao and sent him tumbling. Ad/> “He’s down, he’s down!” cried Rob Hatch on Eurosport commentary.

Hirt overcomes cramps and faulty bike to win mountainous Giro stage 16

SALO, Italy: Czech cyclist Jan Hirt of Intermarche-Wanty Gobert overcame problems with his bike and fought cramps to win the 16th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday (May 24) as the race headed into the mountains in its final week.

Cycling-Hirt overcomes cramps and faulty bike to win mountainous Giro stage 16

SALO, Italy (Reuters) - Czech cyclist Jan Hirt of Intermarche-Wanty Gobert overcame problems with his bike and fought cramps to win the 16th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday as the race headed into the mountains in its final week.

Giro d'Italia - Jan Hirt wins on Mortirolo on Stage 16 as Jai Hindley slashes Richard Carapaz lead

Runner-up the last time the Giro d’Italia tackled the mythical Mortirolo in 2019, Jan Hirt (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert) went one better three years later with victory in Aprica after holding off a late charge from fellow escapee Thymen Arensman (Team DSM). Czech climber Hirt and Dutch youngster Arensman were the last two riders from a large 24-man break that held off the charge from the GC favourites, who were led home by Australia’s Jai Hindley (Bora Hansgrohe) after a thrilling sprint for third place against the maglia rosa, Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers).

Hirt triunfa en Aprica en otro combate nulo de los favoritos

Lo que hoy parecía posible, tampoco pudo ser. Se distanció Lennard Kämna en el descenso del Teglio. Y uno a uno, por este orden, le soltaron en la subida al Valico di Santa Cristina: Thymen Arensman, Jan Hirt y Hugh Carthy. Los años no perdonan… Pero para aplaudir el esfuerzo de un Alejandro Valverde que, desde la fuga, nos hizo soñar con que podría acabar con la sequía de victorias que arrastra el ciclismo español en grandes vueltas (91 etapas sin ganar). No pudo ser. con su tercera conquista en 2022 y devolvió la alegría a un Intermarché huérfano de estrella tras el surrealista abandono de Girmay. La batalla entre los gallos resultó en un Blockhaus 2.0, con Richard Carapaz y Jai Hindley (el ecuatoriano es líder con sólo 3 segundos de renta) como los más fuertes y un Mikel Landa voluntarioso que se acerca al podio tras recortar unos segundos sobre João Almeida. Las opciones, para cualquiera de los cuatro, siguen intactas.

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Simon Yates, Richard Carapaz and him?! - Five big winners from Stage 14 thriller at Giro d'Italia

Stage 14 of this year’s Giro was always going to be one to watch. Plenty of pundits had the second Saturday circled in their calendar long before the race had started constructing its Hungarian grande partenza, let alone arrived in mainland Italy. Yet even as the short, punchy Piedmontese profile invited aggressive riding, and promised to reward risk-taking, few could have predicted the devastating effect it would have on the general classification.

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Opinion: And then there were four… Why Bora-Hansgrohe must now back Jai Hindley for Giro d'Italia glory

‘He’s down, he’s down!’ – Mikel Landa crashes into team-mate Pello Bilbao at Giro d’Italia in awkward gaffe

Hirt overcomes cramps and faulty bike to win mountainous Giro stage 16

Cycling-Hirt overcomes cramps and faulty bike to win mountainous Giro stage 16

Giro d'Italia - Jan Hirt wins on Mortirolo on Stage 16 as Jai Hindley slashes Richard Carapaz lead

Hirt triunfa en Aprica en otro combate nulo de los favoritos

Giro | Todo es posible con Landa

Simon Yates, Richard Carapaz and him?! - Five big winners from Stage 14 thriller at Giro d'Italia