Alberto Dainese delivers first home Giro stage win
Alberto Dainese delivered the first home victory of this year's Giro d’Italia as he won stage 11 in Reggio Emilia.
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Biniam Girmay: Trailblazing Eritrean beats Mathieu van der Poel to make history with Giro d’Italia victory
Biniam Girmay (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) became the first Black African rider to win a Grand Tour stage after holding off Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) in a thrilling finale on Stage 10. Girmay was forced to fight through the pack in the closing kilometres after briefly going the wrong way on a descent, but his superb Intermarche team delivered him back to the front of a reduced 30-man group that contested the win.
Giro d'Italia 2022 Stage 10 LIVE - Mathieu Van der Poel eyeing more glory on route from Pescara to Jesi
Hindley upsets heavyweights on Blockhaus — the story of Stage 9 Ad/> A glorious summit showdown on the infamous Blockhaus saw Australia’s Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) edge Frenchman Romain Bardet (Team DSM) and Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) on a day of high drama on the Giro d’Italia. Giro d'ItaliaGiro d'Italia 2022 Stage 10 — Route map, how to watch as Van der Poel goes for gloryAN HOUR AGO Hindley, who famously lost the maglia rosa to Britain's Tao Geoghegan Hart on the final day of the 2020 Giro d'Italia, confirmed his return to form after taking the win in a six-way sprint by going long in the uphill finish and leading out around the final bend from the front.
Giro d'Italia 2022 Stage 10 - How to watch on Tuesday, TV and live stream details, timings and route
The second rest day of the 2022 Giro d'Italia came off the back of a drama-filled Stage 9 which saw a shake up of the General Classification. An uphill sprint saw Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) restate his credentials as a Grand Tour force, edging out Romain Bardet (Team DSM) and Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers). Ad/> Race leader Juan Pedro Lopez (Trek–Segafred) held onto the pink jersey after a gutsy fight but saw his lead cut to 12 seconds over Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates).
Giro d'Italia 2022 - What can we expect from the second week of the Giro with maglia rosa on the line?
More storylines emerged from Sunday’s summit showdown on Blockhaus than an entire season of Game of Thrones – from Natnael Tesfatsion’s high-speed crash on the descent of the Passo Lanciano to the longest uphill sprint you’ll likely see from Jai Hindley, as the plucky Spaniard Juanpe Lopez battled to save his pink jersey in the Australian’s wake. Many things were confirmed during the brutal 191km test, most notably Tom Dumoulin still being well short of his GC level and the poor state of Simon Yates’s knee following his crash on the road to Etna last Tuesday.
Richard Carapaz? Romain Bardet? Jai Hindley? The contenders for ‘wide open’ Giro d'Italia assessed
The fight for the maglia rosa at the Giro d’Italia is “wide open”, according to Eurosport expert Robbie McEwen, after an explosive outing on the Blockhaus left just 29 seconds separating the top seven riders. Juan Pedro Lopez (Trek-Segafredo) survived his toughest test in pink but saw his lead slashed as Jai Hindley (Bora-hansgrohe) chalked up a surprise win on Stage 9.
‘I lost my mind’ – Juan Pedro Lopez says sorry after throwing bottle at rival at Giro d’Italia
An emotional Juan Pedro Lopez (Trek-Segafredo) has apologised for throwing a bottle at Sam Oomen (Jumbo-Visma) after the pair clashed on Stage 9 at the Giro d’Italia. Lopez produced a gritty ride to cling to the leader’s pink jersey on Stage 9, coming home 1’46” adrift of surprise winner Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe). Ad/> However, the Spaniard used the start of his post-race interview to confess to the incident with Oomen.
Giro d’Italia woe for Simon Yates on Blockhaus climb
Simon Yates suffered more Giro d’Italia disappointment as his hopes of pink were extinguished on the climb of the mighty Blockhaus.