Simon Yates wins Giro d'Italia stage 14 as Richard Carapaz grabs overall lead
Simon Yates went solo in the finale to win the 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia as Richard Carapaz took over as overall race leader on Saturday.
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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.
Simon Yates wins Stage 14 thriller at Giro d’Italia as Richard Carapaz takes pink and Jai Hindley hovers
Britain's Simon Yates (BikeExchange-Jayco) claimed a thrilling win on Stage 14 at the Giro d’Italia as Richard Carapaz and Ineos Grenadiers seized the pink jersey from the fading Juan Pedro Lopez (Trek-Segafredo). Yates arrived in Italy in terrific form but his GC hopes vanished on Stage 4 after picking up a knee injury in a crash, with the Brit almost 20 minutes adrift ahead of Saturday’s undulating and brutal run from Santena to Torino.
Yates wins Giro d'Italia stage 14 as Carapaz takes maglia rosa
Simon Yates went solo in the finale to win the 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia as Richard Carapaz took over as overall race leader on Saturday.
Etapa 14: clasificaciones del día y así queda la general del Giro
GIRO DE ITALIA | ETAPA 14
Yates gana en Turín y Carapaz asesta un primer golpe al Giro
La Basílica de Superga emana mística, tragedia y épica casi a partes iguales. Allí hemos visto triunfar en los últimos tiempos a Primoz Roglic en la Milán-Turín, pero también ha sido escenario fatídico del deporte, con la pérdida del mítico del 'Grande Torino' en aquel terrorífico accidente de avión en 1949 y la espeluznante caída sufrida por Marco Pantani en el descenso de la citada clásica de 1995 después de que un todoterreno invadiese el recorrido. El 'Pirata' esquivó la muerte, pero sufrió fractura de tibia y peroné que le dejaron muy mermado en los siguientes años. Por suerte, hoy tuvimos de todo menos incidentes que lamentar, porque el fue de traca. Simon Yates volvió a demostrar que si tiene el día inspirado es casi invatible y se alzó con su segundo triunfo en esta Corsa Rosa. Ni siquiera el terrible calor (33º), su gran enemigo, pudo pararle. La general quedó abierta, pero Richard Carapaz se vistió de rosa a costa de un Jay Hindley se confirmó como el gran rival del ecuatoriano, mientras que Joao Almeida, Mikel Landa y Pello Bilbao cedieron unos segundos.
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.