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‘Nice jump!’ - Chris Hamilton drops risky bunny hop on terrifying descent on Stage 16 at Giro d’Italia

Chris Hamilton (DSM) dropped the riskiest of bunny hops during an amazing moment on Stage 16 at the Giro d’Italia. While his rivals in the chase group were carefully tiptoeing down the steep descent on the menacing Mortirolo, the sound of disk brakes being slammed echoing through the hills, Hamilton soared along without a care in the world. Ad/> As he went over a bump, the Australian flew into the sky with both wheels coming off the ground in a gravity-defying stunt.

South African paraglider makes first legal flight off Everest

A South African paraglider has made the first legal flight off Mount Everest, an expedition organiser said Tuesday, opening doors for "climb and fly" adventurers on the world's highest mountain.

'You're just doing everything you can to survive': How a quadriplegic former rugby player conquered a Himalayan mountain

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What Kylian Mbappe's decision means for Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and himself

Well, that was unexpected! While Kylian Mbappe's impending move to Real Madrid seemed like the worst-kept secret in sports, the French superstar made a last-second U-turn and decided to stay in Paris — for at least a couple of more years.

Blazin’ Saddles: Bora target Carapaz, Landa on the charge - Things to look out for in final week of the Giro d’Italia

A week ago the top 12 riders were separated by 1min 27sec; now there’s a chasm of over nine minutes between Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz in pink and the Czech climber Jan Hirt down in twelfth. Realistically, only five riders can now win this Giro, with just one minute separating Carapaz and Hirt’s Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert teammate Domenico Pozzovivo in fifth.

McClaren confirmed as Man Utd assistant to Ten Hag

Steve McClaren has been confirmed as one of Erik ten Hag's assistant coaches at Manchester United alongside Mitchell van der Gaag.

Giro d'Italia 2022 Stage 16 - How to watch on Tuesday, TV and live stream details, timings and route

The GC hopefuls will be nervously clicking refresh on the weather forecast amid suggestions there could be thunderstorms and heavy rain in northern Italy for Tuesday’s five-star trip to the mountains. After the final rest day of the week, and a subdued outing on Sunday, the foundations are laid for an explosive Stage 16. Ad/> The imposing Mortirolo is sandwiched between two other Cat.

'No point in attacking' – Final climb at Giro d’Italia was too easy, suggest Jai Hindley and Dan Lloyd

Eurosport expert Dan Lloyd admits there was «no point» for any of the favourites to attack on Stage 15 at the Giro d’Italia as the final climb was not hard enough. Sunday was predicted to be another big day in the fight for the maglia rosa after the Bora-hansgrohe detonation on Saturday that saw Simon Yates (BikeExchange-Jayco) win, Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) take pink and Bora’s Jai Hindley move seven seconds off the lead. Ad/> It was anything but.

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‘Nice jump!’ - Chris Hamilton drops risky bunny hop on terrifying descent on Stage 16 at Giro d’Italia

South African paraglider makes first legal flight off Everest

'You're just doing everything you can to survive': How a quadriplegic former rugby player conquered a Himalayan mountain

What Kylian Mbappe's decision means for Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and himself

Blazin’ Saddles: Bora target Carapaz, Landa on the charge - Things to look out for in final week of the Giro d’Italia

McClaren confirmed as Man Utd assistant to Ten Hag

Giro d'Italia 2022 Stage 16 - How to watch on Tuesday, TV and live stream details, timings and route

'No point in attacking' – Final climb at Giro d’Italia was too easy, suggest Jai Hindley and Dan Lloyd